Welcome as we begin our newest Retrospective on Daruma Matsuura’s Kasane! We’re excited to dive into this dark fairy tale of Kasane Fuchi and her magical lipstick that allows her to swap her hideous face with others. Join us as we discuss everything from Kasane’s addiction to beauty to the Japanese ghost story it’s based on!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Black Bird” by Aimer from Kasane, Opening, Introductions 00:00:59 - Seamus surprises us with his thoughts about last episode’s Same Cell Organism 00:05:37 - Listener Emails: Suggestion for Amazing Agent Luna and non-Japanese manga 00:09:35 - Discussing deluxe editions of physical manga and sharing our physical book collecting habits 00:36:21 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana read Nagabe’s anthology of love stories between humans and anthropomorphic animals, Love on the Other Side - A Nagabe Short Story Collection 00:39:20 - Morgana got Manhwa Contemporary Korean Comics for Free Comic Books Day 00:41:00 - Denjin N is the current horror series from the creators of Starving Anonymous 00:43:55 - *SPOILERS* dakazu feels like Seamus after finishing Ryuma no Gagou because of an ever so common story troupe 00:49:38 - *SPOILERS* Battle Ground Workers premise makes for an easily predictable twist 00:58:52 - News: Over 100 manga artists like Tetsuya Chiba join the MANGA Day to Day project to create daily comics about COVID-19 01:01:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Kasane, A complete review of Daruma Matsuura’s drama about an ugly girl who uses a magical lipstick to pursue a career in acting(covers volumes 4-6) 01:01:58 - Main Segment Retrospective: Kasane, Transition Song: “Dance of Salome” by Yugo Kanno from Kasane, Comprehensive review of Daruma Matsuura’s dark fairy tale about a girl with an ugly face who uses a magical lipstick to swap faces and become an actress like her mother(covers volumes 1-3) 02:02:48 - Next Week’s Topic: Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster