Our penultimate episode on Kasane has brought us on a story trajectory we’re not happy about! We desperately try to predict where Daruma Matsuura is trying to lead us with the upcoming ending to these literal dramatics! We also talk about I Don’t Know How to Give Birth!, Meshi ni Shimashou, the cancellation of Act-Age, and more!!! 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, Penultimate is a good word 00:01:19 - Listener Emails: Feedback on episode 306, dakazu’s impressions on Dai Dark 00:08:12 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! was a manga about giving birth that Morgana wanted 00:12:38 - Morgana keeps waiting for the shoe to drop in Blue Flag 00:13:58 - Not Your Idol does a great job exploring how assault is processed differently between individuals and how complicated navigating life afterwards can be 00:17:55 - dakazu was overjoyed to find a sequel to the unfinished Versus Earth with Versus Earth - War Hammer but that too was also unfinished 00:23:29 - Meshi ni Shimashou is by Daruma Matsuura’s former assistant Doumu Kobayashi and it incorporates behind-the-scenes stories from Matsuura’s workplace 00:27:47 - dakazu is confused why someone took the dad from Crayon Shinchan and made a decent food manga about him called Nohara Hiroshi Hiru Meshi no Ryuugi   00:33:07 - News: Act-Age has been canceled from Weekly Shonen Jump in the the wake of writer Tatsuya Matsuki arrested, Act-Age stage play is canceled, VIZ will no longer publish Act-Age 00:37:38 - Pirating sites KissAnime and KissManga have been reportedly taken down 00:43:02 - 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 13-14) 00:43:25 - 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 10-12) 01:31:51 - Next Week’s Topic: Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster