Cafe Manga

Liz
Cafe Manga

This podcast is part of a Substack newsletter about anime, manga, and light novels. If you enjoy those as well, subscribe at https://cafemanga.substack.com! New episodes every few days. cafemanga.substack.com

  1. 2024/12/08

    What Am I Currently Reading?

    So as the title says I’m going to be discussing some of my current reads. And an important announcement about the podcast. First here’s a bit about what I’m reading now. This is a mix of the manhwa and some of the light novels I’ve been reading. Lately I’ve been reading the following: * The Top Dungeon Farmer - manhwa - Webtoon * The Gardener in a Hunter World - manhwa - Webtoon * My Comeback as the Youngest Member - manhwa - Webtoon * Kitchen Goddess and the Assassin - manhwa - Tapas * The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine - light novel/manhwa - Tapas * Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill - light novel/manga - J-Novel Club * Parallel World Pharmacy - manga - One Peace Books So the big announcement has to do with my podcast. It was a hard decision but basically I’ve decided that despite the effort to make things work out, I have to end Cafe Manga, the podcast. I’ll probably do a longer version of this story at some point in the near future, but I’m going to do the short version here. The short version is that I’m starting to experience some degree of burn out. Basically since September/October I was starting to experience minor burn out, but I was thinking I could have a stop-gap measure if I took a short break and then change up the content on the podcast. However the past month made it clear to me the results weren’t completely appealing to listeners. Or it could be a coincidence because it’s holiday season and people tend to not listen to podcasts much. On top of that I’ve been bogged down with the process of producing my ASOIAF podcast, which is a LOT of work if I’m being honest. Even though Cafe Manga takes relatively less work, it still feels like the time could be used elsewhere. On top of that, except for writing scripts for the other podcast and the little bit of writing on Substack for Cafe Manga, I haven’t done much writing at all. I really do miss it. It took a lot of soul searching for the past couple of weeks. It’s become clear that something has to give and it’s this podcast on Substack. It’s always possible I might revisit this in the future, but for the near future at least? It’s going to have to be the end. I will say that I’m planning to continue this Substack publication. Also I’m going to be working on a website in the near future! I’ll get into more specifics about it once I start working on it, but there’s going to be a website related to Japanese/Korean comics I’m working on. It’s going to be something I will release by Spring 2025. Here’s a hint! https://www.cafemanga.com/ What have you guys been reading lately? Leave a comment below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cafemanga.substack.com

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  2. 2024/12/01

    11 Titles For Food And Drink Lovers

    Well like a lot of Americans, I had spent this past Thursday eating way too much. It’s the start of the “eat way too much” season. And then New Year’s Day I restart the resolution to lose weight. In the meanwhile there are some titles that just involve a lot of tasty food and drinks that make you want to toss away the diet. So here are a few of the ones I’ve checked out and enjoyed. See the links for how I was able to read/watch these titles. While you can read many of the titles on Amazon, I will be using links to other sites I recommend as alternatives where available. Also I don’t use fan translation sites and other “illegal” websites. I’m paranoid and suspicious of malware, viruses, and other potential hazards those sites might have. Also are brief blurbs about why I enjoy these titles. Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Absurd Skill You get summoned to another world. Cool. You get a ridiculous skill called “online supermarket.” Lame! Or so you think. You never have to worry about food. You technically could sell unique, high quality food and ingredients that don’t exist in this world you’re stuck in. Plus consuming “other world” food means you get some buffs to your stats! What could have been a lame ass skill isn’t as bad as it appears! Anime - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GG5H5X3EE/campfire-cooking-in-another-world-with-my-absurd-skill Manga - https://j-novel.club/series/campfire-cooking-in-another-world-with-my-absurd-skill-manga Light Novel - https://j-novel.club/series/campfire-cooking-in-another-world-with-my-absurd-skill Restaurant to Another World Enjoy a relax Saturday where you can eat tasty dishes and drinks unlike any you’ve see before! Meeting fascinating customers from a variety of kingdoms. From humans to fairies to demons, you just never know who will come through Nekoya’s doors. It’s a wonderful, relaxing culinary tale with plenty of world building. You also get the building of relationships and bridges across races in another world. Anime - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR49493P6/restaurant-to-another-world Manga - https://yenpress.com/series/restaurant-to-another-world Light Novel - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/restaurant-to-another-world-light-novel/ 50 Tea Recipes from the Duchess Fellow tea lovers rejoice! There is a story for us! When an underappreciated office worker loses her job, she suddenly finds her consciousness teleported into the body of an outcast duchess! She takes the opportunity to reinvent herself and the life of this downtrodden duchess. And she does it with the power of tea! You can actually learn a surprising amount about tea you might not know before! Webcomic/manhwa - https://tapas.io/series/50-tea-recipes-from-the-duchess/ Isekai Izakaya Nobu When their business wasn’t doing too well, the staff of Nobu wished they’d get more customers to try out the food! Their prayers are answered when their front door becomes a portal that leads customers from another world to their humble izakaya! This is an enjoyable serious that’s not only a manga and anime series, but it’s also a live action drama as well! Anime - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6J0WJ05R/isekai-izakaya-japanese-food-from-another-world Live Action Season 1 - https://www.viki.com/tv/38713c-isekai-izakaya-nobu-season-1 Live Action Season 2 - https://www.viki.com/tv/38714c-isekai-izakaya-nobu-season-2 Manga - https://store.udonentertainment.com/products/otherworldly-izakaya-nobu-volume-1 The Gourmet Gamer The lead character is a talented chef who was a rising star in the culinary world. An accident leaves him unable to taste or smell. What a disaster for a chef! However he discovers there’s a new VR world that claims to recreate all the sense in their game world! He takes a chance and much to his shock, he really can taste and smell things again! His journey through “Real” helps him rediscover his passion and confidence in cooking again. It

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  3. The Top Dungeon Farmer (Part 1)

    2024/11/03

    The Top Dungeon Farmer (Part 1)

    If you’re interested in reading this Korean webcomic series, you can read it on here. Or if you prefer you can follow this URL too: https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-top-dungeon-farmer/list?title_no=5656&page=1 This is going to be the start of a pretty long series I’m doing on the podcast and this newsletter. Because I don’t want to spoil readers who actually want to read this series, I’m not going to delve too deeply into what happens in this series. I will however give you a short synopsis from Webtoons. Sejun, your average Seoul underdog, didn’t expect to grow tomatoes full-time when he stumbled into the mysterious dungeon full of monster quests and extravagant rewards. Yet, there he was, as a farmer growing and selling cash crops while clearing numerous quests that came his way. Will Sejun make it out of the dungeon with the plush rewards he hoped for? At least he has what it takes: optimism, resourcefulness, and a group of loyal furry friends. This was originally a web novel/light novel series written by an author known as “sdcknight.” The webcomic was adapted by Lim Hyeong and art by Lee Ha-kyoung. In this episode (and the others following it), I’ll just share some of my thoughts about each chapter covering 5 per episode. While I do discuss what I thought about events that happen per chapter, I don’t do full recaps. Why? For the people who are reading or read the chapters, you don’t really need me to recap everything that happens. Also ultimately recaps aren’t the point of listening to my podcast. I’m just sharing my thoughts about the stories and I’m hoping that people join in the conversation. I also acknowledge that some of you may choose to listen anyway without bothering to read the webcomic. I personally could care less about spoilers. There’s a chance some of you are like that as well. So if my episodes convince you to give this series a try, I’m happy you did. This is a really delightful series and I hope we get a proper ending and not just an abrupt one that unfortunately happens quite a bit with Korean webcomics. I’d honestly be even happier if someone got the rights to the webnovel. I’d buy it in a heart beat! What do you think of this comic series? Leave a comment below! Let me know what you think of this “react with me” series I’m doin on this podcast! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cafemanga.substack.com

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