This week we’re excited to return to the “what if?” ladies with Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! What has happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki since the ending of Tokyo Tarareba Girls? Akiko Higashimura gives us the answers with this sequel that the hosts have been dying to read!!! 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: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, October Extravaganza, Bonus Candy Taste Test episode 00:02:24 - Listener Emails: Josei and BL recommendations 00:08:25 - Recommendations for character driven horror manga 00:20:52 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Sayonara Shikyu Sono Ato follows Yuki Okada’s life after the surgery that removed her uterus 00:30:31 - dakazu loved the end of Blue Giant Supreme and is super excited with the sequel series Blue Giant Explorer 00:33:52 - News: CLAMP’s Tokyo Babylon is getting an anime adaptation 00:36:49 - Netflix announces upcoming anime adaptations for Thermae Romae, The Way of the Househusband, and High-Rise Invasion 00:39:39 - 1st volume of Ching Nakamura’s Gunjou is now available in English for free on her website 00:40:57 - Seven Seas Entertainment licenses Takako Shimura‘s Even Though We’re Adults 00:42:33 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Everyone’s Getting Married by Izumi Miyazono, Complex Age by Yui Sakuma, and The Prince in His Dark Days by Hico Yamanaka 00:43:44 - Main Segment One Shot: Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, We review Akiko Higashimura’s sequel to Tokyo Tarareba Girls that shows what happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki 01:14:18 - Next Week’s Topic: Everyone’s Getting/Complex Age/The Prince in His Dark Days, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster