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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen return one week later just so they can stick to the schedule that was created at the start of the year! (So back to episodes every other week after this!). This does give them enough time to explain what they’ve been up to, from Helen going to Katsucon and telling of most of the stories there to Justin finally revealing that he could not hold back and ended up finishing Bookworm…all of it.
News
16:20: With the uncertainly surrounding Diamond, UDON has signed a deal with Lunar to distribute their works, which gets the two hosts discussing this distribution news.
18:03: Umi Sakurai’s not feeling too great, so the A Man and His Cat manga will go on hiatus for a bit of time; Grave of the Fireflies composer Michio Mamiya passed away at 95.
Licenses
19:21: After a fairly long time, Seven Seas has licensed some new yuri titles:
- Nekotarou’s The Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve the Villainess
- Hijiki’s A Yuri Manga That Starts With Getting Rejected in a Dream
- Kodama Naoko’s The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
- Paderapollonorio’s I Won’t Let Mistress Suck My Blood
- Kawauchi’s My Goddess is Precious Today, Too
21:32: A few weeks ago they revealed their print announcements, but now J-Novel Club has new digital titles on their service:
- Ehito & Koyukomu’s My Fiancé Cheated, But a New Love Rings! (J-Novel Heart, both LN and manga, manga drawn by Azumaya)
- Tsuta Sonehara & Yukio Qumoya’s The Villainess Is Dead! Long Live the Empress! Redoing the Story After a Poisonous End (J-Novel Heart)
- Iota Aiue & Tsukasa Kuga’s Fluffy-Eared Realm Restoration: Taking It Slow With My Cool Big Brother (J-Novel Heart)
- Asagi & Shino’s Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains
- MIDORIMAMESORA & Naoki Akamine’s Bullet Hellion: The Gunslinging Demon Prince Crushes Another World with Modern Arms
- Honobonoru500, Tai Nakashima, & Yousuke Ishibashi’s Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse!
- Gyokuto & Yunagi’s Revenge of the Soul Eater: Cast Out as a Weakling by My Sword Saint Father
- Saisou’s My Tiny Senpai
- Yanagi & Yoh Hihara’s The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
- Hiroshi Nagamatsu & Tsubame Nozomi’s Abducted Princess Running Rampant: Wielding Forbidden Magic in the Demon King’s Castle
- Hanmenkyoushi & kiltukaiki’s Three Cheats from Three Goddesses: The Broke Baron’s Youngest Wants a Relaxing Life
24:38: We got more Dark Horse manga to talk about, even one that’s new; Meanwhile, VIZ has added Land of Monsters to their simulpub catalog.
Streaming News
25:52: GKIDS once again has added another movie to their catalog, this time the Hatsune Miku film!
26:36: The Bocchi compilation films & Touken Ranbu Kai -Dо̄den Chikashi Haberau Monora- are now on Crunchyroll, which surely means Justin can skip the main TV series of Bocchi and hop on the recap films right? (Meanwhile Helen gives him the side eye)
Winter Anime 2025: Mid-Season Impressions
27:14: Justin and Helen spend the rest of the podcast discussing the Winter Anime 2025 season, which, well, has been pretty lackluster. Very few standouts, mostly ok shows, though that means the sequels will be carrying the season (See The Apothecary Diaries S2, My Happy Marriage S2, Hanako-kun S2, Re:Zero S3 Part 2 to name a few). The hosts do have a few new favorites however (Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!, From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!, Medalist).