This week Darfox explains why he didn’t finish the graphic novel Lighter Than My Shadow, Seamus catches up on more To Your Eternity, and dakazu enjoyed the colorful web manga Mousou Telepathy! Then our hosts discuss themes of rural romanticism with the anime film A Letter to Momo!!! 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: “Uruwashi Mahoroba ~Utsukushiki Basho~” by Yuko Hara from A Letter to Momo, Opening, Introductions, Social Media 00:01:07 - Listener Emails: Discussion on the popularity of scanlations leading to official English publications 00:10:04 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox didn’t finish Katie Green’s graphic memoir about eating disorders, Lighter Than My Shadow 00:18:12 - *SPOILERS* Seamus is almost caught up on To Your Eternity 00:23:29 - Rereading the beginning of Vinland Saga got Seamus to make some predictions about where the current story will be headed 00:28:21 - dakazu really loved the web manga Mousou Telepathy for it’s use of color and cute character designs 00:30:22 - Bateribaisu - Ningen Denchi to Suna no Kyozou is a stylishly drawn sci-fi story about rebels fighting against nobles who control them in a world where human harness their own electricity to power weapons and pilot colossal robots 00:33:38 - dakazu is happy to have finally finished Soul Catchers since it jumped serializations between different magazines 00:38:09 - News: BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki revealed to be the daughter of Baki series creator Keisuke Itagaki 00:46:56 - Japanese publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Kadokawa, and Shogakugan filed lawsuits against several U.S.-hosted manga pirate websites 00:52:05 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani, Erased by Kei Sanbe, and O Maidens in Your Savage Season by Mari Okada & Nao Emoto 00:53:35 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: A Letter to Momo, Transition Song: “Kigatsukeba, Tomodachi” by Mina Kubota from A Letter to Momo, we review the 2011 anime film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura 00:55:31 - We can’t help but compare A Letter to Momo to My Neighbor Totoro 00:58:01 - Seamus notes that this movie fits into a genre of stories that romanticize the simple country lifestyle 01:00:39 - Darfox makes comparisons with the similarly themed Wolf Children 01:01:57 - We ponder what Japanese audiences think of these rural romanticism stories 01:03:51 - We agree that jumping off bridgesr is very dangerous 01:05:10 - We discuss the designs of three guardians and how they are portrayed as mischievous creatures commonly found in Japanese folklore 01:08:33 - We praise the great looking and realistic facial expressions 01:09:39 - We debate whether we would recommend this movie over other family anime movies 01:10:41 - Stories that focus on reconciling with the deceased are too common in Irish plays Seamus has seen 01:11:48 - Seamus recommends the movie Our Little Sister which did a better job at handling the similar themes 01:14:01 - Next Week’s Topic: Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare & Erased & O Maidens in Your Savage Season , Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster