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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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Nov 6, 2025
Nov 6, 2025
1hr 53 min
What could be scarier than Halloween? How about a Mike's choice episode! We delve once more into his childhood to unearth Zoids, a rare mecha manga for us to dissect, with its own massive toy line and legacy to boot. But did he finally come good, or am I just going back to watching Robot Wars reruns?
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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! Zoids: Chaotic Century licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
1hr 41 min
Halloween is here, so it's time to send in the clowns! Those murderous, psychotic clowns...? Join us for another gorefest as we tackle The Killer Clown's Questions, a bloody horror manga about... killer clowns... Will Pumpkin Night finally be toppled from its throne? And how many times will we say the word clus-
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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
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025
2hr 44 min
Episode 150! The Fall Anime Tie-In Special! Combine these two and yes, he is here, as we discuss one of the biggest series of the past decade and shounen megahit My Hero Academia, as it prepares for its final season airing now! In this special bumper length episode, we discuss the first three volumes and two seasons of the show, from Deku's origins to the sports festival! Did we find this All Might, or more of a Mineta?
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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! My Hero Academia is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/my-hero-academia
Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll! - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6NQ5DWZ6/my-hero-academia
Sep 25, 2025
Sep 25, 2025
2hr 2 min
Anime tie-ins aren't the only kind we do, as to celebrate the release of the third and final season on Netflix today, we're covering Alice in Borderland! Will this sort of isekai sort of death game very little Wonderland be the one to finally unite us in praise? Or will it be more developed by Randy Pitchford level?
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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! Alice in Borderland is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/alice-in-borderland
Want to check out the live action? It's available via Netflix! - https://www.netflix.com/title/80200575
Sep 11, 2025
Sep 11, 2025
1hr 39 min
Wait, an isekai that... justified being an isekai? Surely not! This time we've covered I'm Standing On A Million Lives, and asking ourselves if we have finally, truly found the best isekai ever... or if once again, we're standing on yet another trash manga.
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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! I'm Standing On A Million Lives is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/im-standing-on-a-million-lives/
Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll! - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6Q9GGE26/im-standing-on-a-million-lives
Aug 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025
1hr 34 min
After a trio of Chinese series over the years that have... let's say underwhelmed... we decided enough is enough. And so we turn to the #1 ranked Chinese series according to MAL, from acclaimed author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, it's Heaven Official's Blessing. Did we finally discover peak, or another worst of the year contender?
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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/G79H23XX8/heaven-officials-blessing
Aug 14, 2025
Aug 14, 2025
2hr 1 min
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!
~
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
Jul 31, 2025
Jul 31, 2025
1hr 55 min
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!
~
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
Jul 17, 2025
Jul 17, 2025
1hr 34 min
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!
~
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
Jul 3, 2025
Jul 3, 2025
1hr 27 min
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/