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516 - 10 Year Anniversary - Lupin III: Greatest Heists with Dawn "BunnyCartoon"

Join us as we celebrate 10 years of Manga Machinations! We discuss Monkey Punch's iconic style in Lupin III: Greatest Heists with Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast! Then, we wax nostalgic on our podcasting journey!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:04 - Hoopla

00:24:53 - Next Episode Preview

00:25:24 - Lupin III: Greatest Heists

01:18:12 - 10 Years of Manga Machinations

02:12:55 - Outro

Loved Circus by Nemui Asada 

Ordinary salaryman Kei has ended up at rock bottom after falling in love with a call girl and spending his life savings trying to pay off her debts. Now living out of his car while hiding from loan sharks, he contemplates ending it all... But when he comes to, Kei finds himself saved by the men of Circus, a brothel that caters only to male clientele. Despite his despair, he clings to the lifeline they offer him, and it becomes more than just an opportunity to pay off his debts, but a strange and unexpected respite. Living and working alongside the other men, each trying to survive in their own way, Kei faces his new chance at life head-on, learning both the sweetness and ugliness of desire and love — for a night and for a lifetime.

Seaside Stranger vol. 5: Harukaze no Etranger by Kii Kanna

It’s been five years since Mio and Shun came to stay with Shun’s parents. By all accounts, their life is great. Shun has taken a temporary break from writing novels, and Mio is working as a mechanic. But with stability comes ennui, leading both to begin quietly questioning their relationship. And an even more turbulent storm is brewing, as Shun’s now-teenage brother, Fumi, has entered a rebellious phase!

Whisper Me a Love Song manga vol. 6 by Eku Takeshima

Day 6 - A BL that I wanted to read more of.

Let’s see if I can do 5 again!

Loved Circus

This is a story about Sex workers.  It treated sex work with more realism than any other I’ve seen. While it was semi-respectful and kink-postive, it also had a lot of non-con that wasn’t treated with the severity I think it should be. It was also clearly wrapped up in a hurry and had a lot of potential. TW: A LOT

Stranger

Western but where the Native American and Cowboy fuck.  I want more of this kind of stuff.

Buddhist Priest and a Spider

Fantasy story about a Monk going around and destorying supernatural baddies, with the help of his spider husband.  I think this would work well as a long-form series. We also have a side couple that involve consensual tenatcles.  It’s a bit dub-cony at times, and the spider gets bigger for some reason later in the manga cause I guess having an uke taller than a seme is just abhorrent but it was a fun manga for sure.  Would love to have more like it.

Samejima-kun and Sasahara-kun

Dysfunctional idiots that behave a bit more like actual young men. I would like more of this because it was a fun read, and also because they were like 1 chapter away from being properly reversible.

Lies are a gentleman’s Manners