Category: Manga Pulse

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Manga Pulse 315: Log Master

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.hack was incredibly dull and pretentious. This naturally means there are about thirty five sequels that have come out through the years. It never fails to ask the question, can we make dull people playing a dull game interesting? To be fair, we could never get past the early espisodes/volumes. A lot of mangas centered on MMOs also seem to explore in the same vein. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 315: Log Master”

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Manga Pulse 314: Hot Flags

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If there’s one thing that Weltall and Tim are, it’s timely. Their discussion of the latest polio vaccine was the forerunner of talk before the large newspapers dared touch it. The first people to discuss the steam engines and its ramification upon the empire? Tim and Weltall; weeks before the telegraph carried the story across the Atlantic. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 314: Hot Flags”

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Manga Pulse 313: Toking Storm

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The ground of manga does not run red with the life blood of eviscerated works this week. Tim reviews Tokage no Ou where a boy with the ability to change his eye color finds out just how useless a power that is when confronted with people who can double jump and cut guns in half with their mind. This is a manga that goes on about pacing and Tim loves himself some pacing so you won’t be surprised at the rating.

Weltall tackles Red Storm which shares part of the name with a Tom Clancy novel(and game from 1988). Unfortunately, it does not show how ‘Murica can defeat the USSR through good ol’ fashioned ‘Murican gumption, grit and folksy sayings. Fortunately it does offer amusing training montages, desert landscapes and an ego big enough to make Wetall take notice.

With those spent the emails generate a lot of pointless conversation this week. So a big thanks to the folks that sent in chatter generation. Without that, how else would we have started trying to decide which actors would belong on our dream Quidditch team and what position they would play? Continue reading “Manga Pulse 313: Toking Storm”

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Manga Pulse 312: Hive Mind

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Comic Con news and discussions dominate a large amount the podcast. Most of it focused on Denver Comic Con where we solicit aid from the audience to guide us during our time there. So in case you’re reading this and have something you want us to do, say a specific interview you’d like us to try and get, feel free to email into us.

Meanwhile Tim reviews a mouthful of Japanese he(probably) butchers. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka. Yes, that was all one title and it doesn’t make up for its absolutely mediocre story. Power levels, generic monsters, various mythological figures and a harem that goes no where serve as a sleep aid.

Meanwhile Weltall tackles a Manwha, Hive. While it has a relatively small amount of chapters available, it manages to make quite an impression. As Weltall summed it up best, “it’s like a zombie apocalypse without the zomebies”. Instead there are giant wasps everywhere which is the stuff of nightmares for all the spheksophobics out there. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 312: Hive Mind”

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Manga Pulse 311: 12 Dragons

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Another recommendation for Tim this episode as he tackles 12 Beast. Unlike when he fell through that portal to an alternate, ancient Greece where legends lived, he isn’t tackling an actual dozen beasts. Instead he reviews a harem Manga that attempts to fulfill a number of beast girl fetishes. Does he hate it or merely loathe it? You may be surprised when you listen.

Weltall reviews The Dragon Next Door and complains about the music he plays late at night. And then he talks about the Manwha of the same title. Wacky adventures with a next door neighbor who happens to be a mystical creature? Surely, this will be new and original. If nothing else it manages to escape the sitcom laugh track which is comedy poison.

After reading a lone email-thank you solitary listener!-we dredge up an old tradition of mocking Craigslist ads. Under guidance from our live listeners, who always enjoy input on our recordings, we read through some hapless crazies looking for love. Be terrified by the lonely folks in Inland Empire, California and Houston, Texas. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 311: 12 Dragons”

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Manga Pulse 309: Squee Gee Bee

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Within the rotting halls of the internet, there remain some hidden gems. Like a fabled archaeologist of yore, Tim and Weltall search for things which belong in a museum. Sure, it’s a manga museum in Japan and half of what they find wouldn’t be allowed in as it’s foreign and anathema to the country but still.

Tim tackles Gwi, which may or not rhyme with squee. We could have looked it up, the internet is right there after all, but we are incredibly lazy. There’s some hacky and slashy which Tim will discuss, at length, within the episode. Weltall roman greco wrestles The Gamer which he found because he’s such a big fan of Gerard Butler. While you should listen for details, it may be the only comic we’ve reviewed that actually has an excuse to assign levels to characters.

For a finale we read through a list of conspiracy myths that a bunch of people believe and were willing to say so to a survey. Listen to us prove that we’re definitely not experts on medicine or other subjects as we tear through them. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 309: Squee Gee Bee”

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Manga Pulse 308: Crazy Times

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Sorry about the poor release schedule as of late. Everyone is going through a lot of stuff. There are deals we can’t discuss, taxes, sickness, vacations, investigations, moving and many other things between all of us and it has been might busy. Here is an episode for you listening enjoyment. Everything should be back to normal soon, then we can mess it all up again…