Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing a One Shot on Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist! Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to discuss Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a novelist haunted by a mysterious woman who threatens to expose his secret of plagiarism!!! Follow Dawn on Twitter! Listen to The Anime Nostalgia Podcast! 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: “Shichiten Battou no Blues” by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito Collection, Opening, Introductions, Catching up with Dawn 00:03:42 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Dawn comments on how hefty the hardcover editions of The Rose of Versailles are 00:08:29 - Dawn has been reading The Drifting Classroom and reacquired Love Song: 4 Tales 00:12:32 - Seamus really wants us to know that he watched Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 00:13:14 - Darfox teases the shocks and terrors in Blood on the Tracks volume 2 00:15:20 - Burn the Witch focuses on Tite Kubo’s strengths of “cool looking art” 00:23:37 - The Panorama of Hell was dakazu’s first experience with Hideshi Hino 00:34:22 - dakazu finally got a hold of the Mother/Earthbound tribute comic Pollyanna 00:40:17 - News: Hobonichi Techo released manga tie-in covers for their daily and weekly planners 00:48:46 - One Piece on hiatus due to Eiichiro Oda’s sudden illness 00:53:01 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, we’ll be reviewing the anime adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi and Yoshitaka Amano’s dark fantasy novels directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri 00:57:05 - Main Segment One Shot: Utsubora: The Story of a Novalist, Transition Song: “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, We review Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a veteran novelist plagiarizing a young woman 02:01:17 - Shout outs to Dawn, Anime Mike, Next Week’s Topic: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster