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That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Okay, that's enough good series, it's back to the trash pits with Hensuki, also known as Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She's a Cutie? Would this combination of friendship tropes and fetishes blended together into a romcom exceed expectations, or be yet another in a long line of fanservice rubbish?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!
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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll! - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GQWH0MX4W/hensuki---are-you-willing-to-fall-in-love-with-a-pervert-as-long-as-shes-a-cutie
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Another year, another big name series to kick us off, as we dive into the Shadow Realm to read Yu-Gi-Oh! But throw away everything you know about card games on motorcycles and Dark Magician Girls, this is OG, Season 0 Yu-Gi-Oh, where every game is a dance with death. Did we enjoy Yu-Gi-Oh Classic, or were we begging for Duel Monsters to return?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!
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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official release! Yu-Gi-Oh! is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/yu-gi-oh
Want to check out the anime? It's available via Yu-Gi-Oh! - https://www.yugioh.com/episodes
Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
An off week episode!? That can only mean it's the climax of Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V! With the chaff eliminated, we're into the knockout rounds, as we take the 16 survivors and 1v1 them down to find this year's Not Actually Trash series! Will a big name like Naruto or Pokémon win? Can the gays Girl Friends and I Think Our Son is Gay triumph? Or will the hentai Metamorphosis beat 'em all? Let the wars begin!
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official releases!
I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us
Girl Friends, 365 Days To The Wedding and The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/
K-On! and Girls' Last Tour are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/
Naruto, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc and Pokémon Adventures are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/
Metamorphosis is licensed by Fakku - https://www.fakku.net/
Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/
Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
Five years! Yes, that's right, we've made it to Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V, as for the fifth time we pit all the mangas, webtoons and whatever So Pure So Flirtatious was into the tournament arc to end all tournament arcs. In this first half, we'll find which of our 25 series survive the group stages and make it to the Last 16, and which are on the fast track to being the Trashest Manga, Friends.
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official releases!
I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us
Girl Friends, Plus-Sized Elf, 365 Days To The Wedding, I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class and The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/
K-On! and Girls' Last Tour are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/
Battle Vixens is licensed by Tokyopop - https://tokyopop.com/
Naruto, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc, Pokémon Adventures and Boys Over Flowers are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/
Metamorphosis is licensed by Fakku - https://www.fakku.net/
Don't Mind Me, Sensei! Give Yourself A Hand! is licensed by Tentai Books - https://tentaibooks.com/en/
So Pure, So Flirtatious is licensed by Webnovel - https://www.webnovel.com/
Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/
Battle in 5 Seconds is licensed by Comikey - https://comikey.com/
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
For our final Year 5 series, Mike has dived into his childhood once more, to pick the award winning, best selling, shoujo megahit Boys Over Flowers! Can this classic reverse harem of a poor girl in a rich person's school overcoming bullying, making friends and finding romance end the year with a beautiful bouquet, or wilt under our scorn?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official release! Boys Over Flowers is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/boys-over-flowers
Want to check out the anime? It's available via via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYW4W70M6/hana-yori-dango-boys-over-flowers
Thursday Apr 24, 2025
Thursday Apr 24, 2025
Five seconds was more than enough for us to decide the fate of Battle in 5 Seconds, a good ol' action manga where everyone gets wacky abilities and must fight to survive in the ultimate death game! Well, except there's not really any death. Or winning. Or losing. Confused? So were we...
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official release! Battle in 5 Seconds is licensed by Comikey - https://comikey.com/comics/battle-in-5-seconds-manga/33/
Want to check out the anime? It's available via via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G8DHV7DG7/battle-game-in-5-seconds
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
We're closing in on the end of Year 5, so let's get back to something we're all comfortable with. No, not more yanderes, we're returning to streaming with our lord and VTuber Saviour ✟ Messiah-chan! Was this a religious Live2D experience? Or should we have stuck with that one satanic VTuber Mike actually remembers...
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Is it our fifth April Fools special already? For 2025, we've dived into the world of rate-ups and infinite currencies known as gacha games, and taken aim at one of the genre's bigger recent successes, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE! Was this an SSR pull? Or just another title we'll set to aut-burn?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Play Trash Gacha With My Friends And Whoops There Goes My Life Savings But At Least I Have This Jpeg!
Or The Trash Gacha Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil download and play a gacha game, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
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Support the official release! Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available to play on iOS, Android and Windows - https://nikke-en.com/
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
The light at the end of the tunnel, it's healing vibes for our latest anime tie-in special, as we discuss The Too-Perfect Saint! Will we enjoy this fantasy series about escaping your abusers and being inundated with positive affirmations, or defy all odds and still find something to complain about?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian
~
Support the official release! The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Finacé and Sold to Another Kingdom is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/the-too-perfect-saint-tossed-aside-by-my-fiance-and-sold-to-another-kingdom-manga/
Want to check out the anime? It's available via via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Fun's over, we're back to abject misery, as we cover Ijousha no Ai, aka An Abnormal Person's Love. And by abnormal, we mean yandere. And by yandere, we don't mean happy go lucky streaming antics or Yuno Gasai facial expressions, we mean oh god help us. Did we find joy in the darkness, or just yet more despair?
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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!
Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.
Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!
~
Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/
Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking
Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/
Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian