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Pride Month is kicking off our fifth year of podcasting, in this first of two LGBT manga focused episodes, tackling I Think Our Son Is Gay, featuring that rarest of critters in manga... no, not somebody gay, I’m talking about parents! Will our debut Year 5 manga set the bar, or be the first in a long line of disappointments...

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/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! I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/series/i-think-our-son-is-gay

The group stages are over, now the real work begins! In this second half of our Trashtacular Fournament Arc, the remaining 16 series are pitted against each other 1v1 until only one Not Actually Trash series remains. Is Frieren inevitable? Will One Piece remain the GOAT? And which series will get the prestige of being the Trashest Manga, Friends? All shall be revealed...

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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.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/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!

Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/

Elfen Lied is licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/

Welcome to the N.H.K. is licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

Death Note is streamable on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/

A whole term of trash is in the books, which can only mean it’s time for the Trashtacular Forunament Arc! Of the 24 series we’ve covered this year, which series will be crowned Not Actually Trash? I mean, One Piece, obviously, it’s the GOAT. And on the flipside, which will be the Trashest Manga, Friends? From Fairy Tail to I, Superhero and Magical Girl, lets relive (or should that be ReLife) another year of nightmares!

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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.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/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!

Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/

Elfen Lied and FLCL are licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/

FLCL, Monochrome Factor, Battle Royale and Welcome to the N.H.K. are licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/

Dark Gathering, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

I Fell in Love So I’m Streaming It is licensed by Mangamo - https://www.mangamo.com/

Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

The last series of Year 4! And we’re giving magical girls one more chance, as we tackle I, Superhero and Magical Girl aka Ore to Hero to Mahou Shoujo. Was this some dream fusion of My Hero Academia and Sailor Moon? Or more like Black Adam meets Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Arc? Find out in the last stop before our fourth Trashtacular!

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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.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/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

One of the all-time best mangaka is our focus this time, as we read Sand Land by Akira Toriyama, to celebrate the game coming out tomorrow, and the legacy left behind by one of the greatest to ever do it. Was this short shounen a fitting way to remember him, or a barren desert wasteland amongst his other iconic creations?

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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.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/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! Sand Land is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/sand-land

Want to check out the anime? It’s available via Disney+ - https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/sand-land-the-series/7I31jGPKAwz5

Want to play the video game? It’s available from Bandai Namco - https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/sand-land/sand-land

We’re going down, down, deeper and down, into the underground to cover 90s shounen manga Tokyo Underground and another piece of Mike’s childhood? Was this oldie with wind, gravity and healing powers being flung around a forgotten classic, or just plain forgettable?

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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.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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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 Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run at UKSG Red 2024 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUP32kRBOw

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian