Trash Manga Friends

Episode 146 - L.A.G

Webtoons are back on Trash Manga Friends, as we descend into the depths of L.A.G! No, I don't mean the audio glitches that plagued our last episode, I mean total nonstop action as we fight through chamber after chamber, challenge after challenge, and see if all fighting all the time is truly a winning formula for a series.

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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

Episode 145 - Secret of the Alien (Uchuujin no Kakushigoto)

It truly was a war of the worlds when we read Secret of the Alien! Our class rep protagonist confesses to the girl he likes, but shock, she's an alien and needs his help with her mission! What could it be? And how on (and beyond) Earth was it so divisive to have Sean and Mike at each other's throats!?

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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

Episode 144 - The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine (Kajiki no Ryourinin)

It's a feast for the senses this time around as we partake of The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cusine, a Jump Plus series set in ye olde Tokyo where giant fish swim the skies and chefs look to take 'em down and cook 'em up to make the best eats. And save people from rampaging monsters, I guess. Were we asking for seconds, or trying to get the fishy stank out of our noses?

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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! The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine can be read on MangaPlus - https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100184

Episode 143 - New Saga (Tsuyokute New Saga)

Fantasy! Anime! Truly, who could've predicted such an unexpected turn of events for our first anime tie-in episode of Year 6. Yes, buried amongst the mountain of sequels, it's New Saga, where our hero manages to rewind the clock at the end of the world to give himself one more chance to set things right. But did we want to rewind time to before we read this?

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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!

~

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! New Saga is licensed by Alpha Manga - https://www.alpha-manga.com/manga/830000061

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll! - https://www.crunchyroll.com/

Episode 142 - Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She's a Cutie? (Hensuki)

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!

~

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

Episode 141 - Yu-Gi-Oh!

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!

~

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

Episode 140 - Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V Part 2

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/

Episode 139 - Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V Part 1

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!

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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, 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/

Episode 138 - Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango)

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

Episode 137 - Battle in 5 Seconds (Deatte 5-byou de Battle)

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