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QQ Sweeper (with Laura from Heart of Manga)
QQ Sweeper (with Laura from Heart of Manga)
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Covers all three volumes of QQ Sweeper by Kyousuke Motomi
Spring is finally here! So Ashley and Laura prepare to start spring cleaning by first reading QQ Sweeper. Which is legit about sweeping. Like, with a broom. A plain old broom. Sure, it's also about exorcisms and supernatural stuff and punching giant centipedes, but mostly, it's about sweeping. And it is SO GOOD. Ashley and Laura get to the heart of what a Cinderella story even is, why this series has a sequel called Queen's Quality, the power of cleaning in real life and in metaphor, and take a quiz on how to properly clean your kitchen. (Sorry. Only your kitchen will be spotless. Kyutaro is very disappointed.)
LINKS
QQ Sweeper is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
The sequel, Queen's Quality, is also available from Shojo Beat (currently running series)
It's advised that you have already read Motomi's Dengeki Daisy as well, as there are some crossover characters
Laura runs this great blog, Heart of Manga
If you want to delve further into what makes a Cinderella story
The Four Gods (Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, Seiryuu)
Cleaning quiz! Learn how to clean your kitchen
Ender's Game and Hive Queens
Outro song: “Like Swimming” by Broke For Free, a really awesome electronic music producer your should support!
SOCIAL
Follow Laura on Twitter @Ellesensei
Follow Heart of Manga on Facebook
Follow Shojo & Tell on Twitter @shojoandtell
Follow Shojo & Tell on Instagram @shojoandtell
Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00
Comments, questions, concerns? Want to give us your speculations on why QQ Sweeper stopped after three volumes and has a sequel? Have suggestions for the show? Email shojoandtell [at] gmail.com or simply leave a comment on the episode page.
Spring is finally here! So Ashley and Laura prepare to start spring cleaning by first reading QQ Sweeper. Which is legit about sweeping. Like, with a broom. A plain old broom. Sure, it's also about exorcisms and supernatural stuff and punching giant centipedes, but mostly, it's about sweeping. And it is SO GOOD. Ashley and Laura get to the heart of what a Cinderella story even is, why this series has a sequel called Queen's Quality, the power of cleaning in real life and in metaphor, and take a quiz on how to properly clean your kitchen. (Sorry. Only your kitchen will be spotless. Kyutaro is very disappointed.)
LINKS
QQ Sweeper is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
The sequel, Queen's Quality, is also available from Shojo Beat (currently running series)
It's advised that you have already read Motomi's Dengeki Daisy as well, as there are some crossover characters
Laura runs this great blog, Heart of Manga
If you want to delve further into what makes a Cinderella story
The Four Gods (Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, Seiryuu)
Cleaning quiz! Learn how to clean your kitchen
Ender's Game and Hive Queens
Outro song: “Like Swimming” by Broke For Free, a really awesome electronic music producer your should support!
SOCIAL
Follow Laura on Twitter @Ellesensei
Follow Heart of Manga on Facebook
Follow Shojo & Tell on Twitter @shojoandtell
Follow Shojo & Tell on Instagram @shojoandtell
Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00
Comments, questions, concerns? Want to give us your speculations on why QQ Sweeper stopped after three volumes and has a sequel? Have suggestions for the show? Email shojoandtell [at] gmail.com or simply leave a comment on the episode page.
Released:
Mar 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Claudine (with translator Jocelyne Allen): Covers CLAUDINE by Riyoko Ikeda (it’s only one volume long!) Though Riyoko Ikeda’s classic manga featuring a transgender protagonist originally came out in 1978, it was officially released for the first time in English in the summer of 2018 (40 YEARS LATER!). S&T host Ashley asks Jocelyne Allen, the translator of CLAUDINE (and many other manga), about the use of gender pronouns and other translation challenges with this work that's set in early 1900s France, originally published in 1970s Japan, now being translated for late 2010s America. Plus, Jocelyne and Ashley walk through Claudine’s three romances, ponder if queerness coupled with tragedy are implied to be cyclical, and take a gender quiz that begs the question: Could Claudine be a mech? by Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast