On this episode dakazu talks about Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro, Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler, and Ichigeki! Then we dive into the tragic tale of Ian in Natsume Ono’s not simple!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Darfox’s back pains, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:37 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: The State of Shonen, we will talk in-depth about the current arcs of popular shonen series we’re reading, Sharing our upcoming episode schedule 00:05:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro’s protagonist is so vile dakazu feel no need to keep reading  00:11:34 - The seamless transition from cartoony to serious artwork in Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler impressed dakazu 00:14:10 - Seamus plans on reading Osamu Tezuka’s Message to Adolf 00:16:11 - Jiro Matsumoto’s brand of sex and violence work perfectly with samurai assassins in Ichigeki 00:21:26 - News: Berserk creator Kentarou Miura’s manga studio Gaga is starting a new series Duranki 00:22:59 - One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows fighting game will have a unique mechanic involved with Saitama 00:24:42 - Junji Ito accepted his Eisner award and Akiko Higashimura cracked jokes about hers on her podcast 00:26:03 - Main Segment One Shot: not simple, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we review Natsume Ono’s tragedy about the life of a man named Ian *FULL SPOILERS* 00:27:41 - Darfox explains how starting the story with the possible death of Ian allows the reader to perceive his fate while reading 00:29:16 - We run through all the tragedy Ian suffers through from his birth origins to his fate of mistaken identity 00:32:47 - We comment on the unexplained motive of Kylie leaving Ian to go to America 00:36:22 - Seamus liked Ono’s art work was great but the story was awful 00:37:50 - Darfox thought the understated tone of the story worked well with all the melodrama 00:41:16 - We expand on Jim’s relationship with Ian and what his fate was 00:42:11 - We discuss if the “story within a story” narrative structure added anything to the narrative  00:43:07 - We talk about Ono’s choice making the epilogue chapter about the time Ian met the mobster’s wife 00:45:21 - Darfox enjoyed not simple and compares Ian to Forrest from Forrest Gump 00:46:34 - We debate the possibility of Ian being developmentally delayed from his birth 00:48:34 - dakazu is unsure if he’d recommend not simple to others 00:49:38 - Rick was a background character who was possibly having a relationship with Jim 00:50:29 - Next Week’s Topic: The State of Shonen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster