This week we look into Moyoco Anno’s character study of an obese woman with In Clothes Called Fat! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Holidays, Awesome Games Done Quick, MOBA manga 00:03:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, The premise of a fictional manga artist’s one-sided rivalry against Osamu Tezuka in Chaser has dakazu hooked 00:07:57 - dakazu has gone full-in with The Full-Time Wife Escapist and even watched the live-action drama adaptation 00:13:37 - Darfox takes the fidelity of old video game scanlines in Hi Score Girl very seriously 00:18:56 - The ridiculousness of BAKI is entertaining for Darfox 00:21:07 - Darfox checks out some more manga on from the Shonen Jump app 00:41:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot Retrospective on An Invitation from a Crab, we will review this indie manga by panpanya 00:24:09  - Main Segment One Shot: In Clothes Called Fat, Transition Song: “Freebird” by New Cinema Tokage from Project ARMS, we discuss Moyoco Anno’s In Clothes Called Fat 00:25:52 - dakazu makes comparisons to Darren Aronofsky’s movie about drug addiction, Requiem for a Dream 00:28:22 - We explain the Japanese business practice of window seat jobs 00:30:46 - We discuss the similarities to Kyoko Okazaki’s Helter Skelter 00:34:31 - We debate the use of simple one-dimensional side characters 00:36:25 - Darfox praises the main character and discusses his own experiences with body image 00:38:28 - dakazu thought that mixing the chronological order of event in the ending was interesting 00:40:58 - We all agree that this manga is a mixed bag of really good parts and some more disappointing parts, we praise the way Anno drew the pretty women to be visually off-putting 00:43:15 -We debate if this book is worth recommending, Darfox compares it against A Silent Voice 00:47:21 - Seamus finds similarities of the boyfriend character and the main character of the French novel series In Search of Lost Time 00:48:57 - Next Week’s Topic: An Invitation from a Crab, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster