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@diecastnorbz 5 күн бұрын
I am really enjoy this Podcast and this format really speaks to me! Love your story choice too! As a person that had a major breakup recently, this slice of life Manga gave me a lot to think about and made me feel like I need to follow this story further! Thanks for posting! 🤩🤩💯💯
@spiraken 5 күн бұрын
Thank you so Much! It is one of those stories that appeals to anyone over 30 who has to deal with Relationship stuff and growing up. Stay Tuned for some of the new anime reviews i will be doing as well. Including a possibility of a King of Braves Gaogaigar Review. Keep Reading Manga & Keep Being Awesome
@UltraMegatronus 5 күн бұрын
Great review Xan, I do miss hanging and reviewing with you, but by the power of social media, it can be done!
@otakunemesis34 25 күн бұрын
Keep reading the thing i see is that the opponents and stakes are not shallow or dumb. Sanraku loses a lot but he does improve and so do the rest of the cast.
@TheOriginalFayari 29 күн бұрын
This series looks like it'll be fun to skim through. Kinda like a little monster house encyclopedia more than normal manga story. Thanks for the recommendation, Xan, I'll definitely check it out. I subscribed too, looking forward to seeing more videos from you!
@spiraken 28 күн бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed the recommendation, It is a fun series and gets more interesting the more we learn about the world. I hope you enjoy all the upcoming reviews and our past ones. Also are there any manga titles, you would like to see put on the Wheel of Manga?
@TheOriginalFayari 28 күн бұрын
@@spirakenHmmm... nothing comes to mind, honestly. I mostly watch reviews like this to find new and interesting manga to read, so I don't have really any particular series I'd like to be included in the Wheel, sorry about not being that helpful.
@spiraken 27 күн бұрын
@@TheOriginalFayari it's all good. that's why having random manga to choose from is kinda fun. May i give you more fun manga to read and check out and keep checking my episodes out
@zachariahstein 2 ай бұрын
Zach and Madison here from Barnes & Noble !
@spiraken 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the Subscribe :D
@advillan 3 ай бұрын
Excellently put
@gprovidakes 3 ай бұрын
I am a big fan of the Apothecary Diaries (AD) in Light Novel, Manga, and the recent anime (now through episode 18 of 24). The story does not get into “exciting” parts immediately, but builds an understanding of the characters, motivations, character, and how they fit into the familiar yet exotic other-world Imperial China. Since your review was directed to the written and draw series, I don’t think spoilers need to be avoided. The build up and relationship developments as backstories emerge as well simple to complex mysteries actually makes me pay more attention and causes me to re-read the story as so much foreshadowing and multiple links emerge. The backstory of Laken and his family, Gaoshun family, and recently Gyokuyou from the west bring even more depth to this wonderful beautiful but also cruel world. The series build up of Brothel/Pleasure District, Rear Palace/Outer Palace, North and West Territories, the Apothecary medicine, herb, treatment Gremlin Maomao, … these remind me of another Light Novel, Manga, and Anime (season 4 in 2024?) with bookloving Gremlin Rozemyne/Myne Ferdinand and their world. I adore this series of Ascendance of a Bookworm as our heroine explores (rises is not right since her core character does not change) through commoner, priestess, duchy noble, and eventually incarnation of a Goddess. Aside from magic and mana, the story is full of little mysteries and events that do a lot of foreshadowing and connect across the many many volumes. I really enjoy all the dialog, character/world discover, wonderful characters with humor and in some cases tragedy, … this more leisurely read may not hit todays action focused “get-on-with-it” audience but I find it wonderful like Jane Austin novels and their movie versions that I also enjoy. It’s wonderful hearing the dialog, knowing nothing is offered for no reason (usually for many connection then and in the future), and the world building with real depth. I hope many many others take a bit of time and become immersed in the world of Maomao (or Ascendance of a Bookworm or 1800 English Country Gentle-world) they will be wonderfully rewarded.
@spiraken 28 күн бұрын
That is a great description of the series, I can't wait to review the LN in a new review. ls are there any manga titles, you would like to see put on the Wheel of Manga?
@-pizzagang-6003 4 ай бұрын
100 gfs is more like a slice of life after the gfs more than 5or6.
@spiraken 4 ай бұрын
This is 100% true. The series is more slice of life.
@peak_fiction3085 4 ай бұрын
100 Girlfriends is actually supposed to be a parody manga, which is why it is filled with all of the clichés. There truly are no bad characters in this manga, even if there are some that may slightly annoy you, there really isn't a reason to dislike them. Rentarou and his girlfriends all have very wholesome and loving relationships, and it seems unfair to pin the writing as "lazy".
@spiraken 4 ай бұрын
You bring up a great point @peak_fiction3085 , I completely agree that there are no bad characters in the series and I do love the fact that Rentarou genuinely loves each and every girl. It makes him a better harem protagonist than 60% of the ones I have read over the years. Its also a great quality for him to be actually interested in each of the characters wants and needs. I also understand that it is a parody of the whole genre, and every good parody must focus on the tropes of the genre. But as I said, its quantity over quality. After a while, many of the girls are going to be forgotten and replaced with "The Next Trope Girl", which does the characters a disservice. The many characters also become very one note. Many other harem series with over 15 love interests suffer from this problem. A good example of this is Negima! Magister Negi Magi, I love that series and all of the 31 students/ potential love interests in it. They are all unique, have great personalities, and have wholesome relationships with Negi. The issue is that after a character is introduced, they were thrown to the side and almost completely forgotten. (with the exception of the 9 main girls Asuna, Yue, Nodoka, Setsuna, Chisame, Evangeline, Ku Fei, Konoka, and Haruna). It just happens with books with larger casts, you take short cuts to make the story work. I just feel that after the first 15, they just become [Insert name, Insert Cliche], and I fear that this is where the story will end. Still, I could be 100% wrong and if they can pull it off, where all 100 girls get equal time and are fairly represented throughout the entire series, I would be pleasantly surprised. Still I understand and respect your opinion on it. I may just be jaded after reading so many harem series. No matter what, whatever you enjoy reading/watching is cool to do.Everyone has a different taste and it makes things unique and awesome. Either way. Thank you for the comment and Keep Reading Manga
@b-1352 4 ай бұрын
This was recommended to me by a friend, and thanks to your vid, I'm finally going to read it. Keep your videos up.
@spiraken 28 күн бұрын
Hope you enjoy it! I am glad that I inspired you to read this manga, so are there any manga titles, you would like to see put on the Wheel of Manga?
@LauraVIGNON-zn3vo 6 ай бұрын
Je l'ai 😊😊version english😊
@NickyMicky-rs8th 7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😊❤
@NickyMicky-rs8th 7 ай бұрын
Love you keep going❤😂
@Kai-pu2ix 7 ай бұрын
Would you review Strain by Buronson (mangaka of Fist of the North Star) and Ryochi Ikegami? I got it recently, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. I read a bit online, and it was pretty whacky 😂
@spiraken 7 ай бұрын
I have put it on the Wheel of Manga and we must wait for it to be spun but i will admit 100% that i have heard it is all kinds of Kazuo Koike Crazy. So what are your favorite manga series at the moment?
@Kai-pu2ix 7 ай бұрын
Damn. Didn't know how fucked up this manga truly was. I saw a pretty good deal for it, but after hearing your review, I'm gonna pass entirely. I picked up the entire set of Strain, which I'm really excited to get into :)
@spiraken 7 ай бұрын
It's Kazuo Koike. He is kind of a genius madman. One part shock and another part crazy. Glad you liked the episode
@rooseveltmoen 10 ай бұрын
"promo sm"
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
what do you mean by promo sm?
@AnimeGirl4891 10 ай бұрын
Is it true there was more space in the Dealers Room and not many booths?
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
There was more space in the dealers room and not many booths at Otakon this year. If this was your first year you would not have noticed but as an Otakon regular, it was obvious. Hopefully next year, there will be more dealers and or more industry guests. On another note, I will say that the guide book app for the dealers room map was erroring all weekend. it was a bit frustrating to say the least. I didn't want to include it in the con report because it was technically not their fault.
@AnimeGirl4891 10 ай бұрын
@@spiraken I see. Well, I've been going to Otakon for over 10 years. And I'm actually kind of glad I didn't go this year. So hopefully when I go next year and with it their 30th anniversary, there will be more booths and amazing guests. They can't mess up an important time like an anniversary. Especially a 30 year one.
@niraxusv2 10 ай бұрын
I missed your train manga panel, but I made it to the collection panel Saturday morning (I'm the guy on the right sitting by himself almost in the spotlight there); always a pleasure to see your panels, and how prepared you are, especially when I don't get to conventions like I used to. The dealers room was pretty interesting this year. Definitely a lot less stuff, it felt like, but I greatly appreciated more open space between booths and not feeling shuffled through the lines until I peeled off from the crowd. Looking forward to next year already, though. Going to try my hardest to make it!
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
I'm no expert, but the 4 second music camera panning intro felt a bit uh...brief? Music was upbeat & made me want to see more of what the camera was going to show, and then it ended quickly. I heard that the first 30 seconds of YT videos is important to grab audience, but it felt like something that looked engaging got taken away prematurely. But what do I know.
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment, after releasing this episode, I did re-edit the opening with a different clip and it flows a bit better, I released it on the patreon and on our website www.spiraken.com, I did not realize I did not update the fixed episode. Thank you.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the pics of some of your favorite cosplays, although the real estate of view space was a bit on the small side. Perhaps the side panels was taking a large % of the viewing space? Probably harder to see on a phone.
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
This was the first time we used this background for cosplay photos to showcase them a bit better. Would you have preferred the cosplay clips without the colored background? I.e. with a black background or would you prefer them to be larger in general.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
@@spiraken I was just thinking the side panels be smaller to allow the middle area to be expanded which would give viewer clearer pictures. Or some sort of adjustments to the border details. I'll let you decide how you want to do it, since i have no clue as to your schedule/availability to make such adjustments.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
Great video. Commend you having the courage to talk somewhat off the cuff (like in your panels, ne?). I'm sure you have plans on topics you're going to talk about. However, you might want to find other phrases to say to vary it up a bit. But I digress...
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
Might want to look into a mute button for when you don't want your audience to hear something.
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
Is there a moment specifically you are speaking about? If there is let me know the time code.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
@@spiraken Well, every time you had to blow your nose perhaps would be such a time I would suggest to mute your mic.
@WackyTerky 10 ай бұрын
Im not following your logic, The only difference between Ichikawa and Tadano from Komi is that you actually see Ichikawa before he gets out of his chuuni phase. They both were chuuni kids when they were younger and they grow into caring helpful people.
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
that is a very valid point. They are the same person at two different points in their life. I wanted to show Ichikawa as he was during the beginning of the manga and did not want to spoil the backstory of Tadano For people who did not read the manga and it ended up shading them as two very different characters when they are really similar. I can see that i did not convey my meaning as well as I thought i did and for that I do apologize for. Still I do love that Ichikawa grows up into his own and becomes an amazing person in his own way. Also excellent catch. i hope this kind of explains the logic
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
Seems you are double posting episodes with second one being shorter. 2nd one more edited? Is it shorter one a censored version?
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
The simple answer is that one is the video version and the other is the audio version that released on our official website www.spiraken.com (which automatically releases the audio version to youtube
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
@@spiraken May i suggest some difference in the titles to indicate the difference? Otherwise, it kind of looks like unnecessary bloat or spam. If you help viewers know the difference, it will help them determine which one they prefer to watch. Most people probably don't want to listen to redundant/repeated material. Double upload might cannibalize some views from each as they share the same content. Just some feedback thoughts.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
Oh, it does say Audio, but title is so long, I didnt see it on thumbnail. Still the duplicate cannibalization issue might affect the number of views each video gets.
@naejin 10 ай бұрын
Why is there 2 versions of Episode 514? I see one this second one is 3.5 minutes shorter?
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
The version that says audio and is longer is the audio podcast from our website. the one that does not have audio in the title , is shorter and has a different thumbnail with video on it is our video version that was streamed for KZfaq. We hope that clears the confusion and appreciate your question
@nancybrito8036 11 ай бұрын
Have you finished reading the manga? I just purchased the first two after watching the tv adaptation and I want to know if the manga are worth reading to get the full story. Thx!
@spiraken 11 ай бұрын
I read a few volumes further into it and while it eventually does become repetitive, it is a fun ride for a while. there are differences between the anime and the manga of course
@Cyberacademyanimation Жыл бұрын
You should do manga review for cyber academy manga 🙏
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
I may add it to the Wheel of Manga. I must follow its will
@Cyberacademyanimation Жыл бұрын
@@spiraken no worries I hope lands on mine fingers crossed 🤞
@THEHORROR225 Жыл бұрын
Another amazing video.
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Is there a manga you would like me to add to the wheel of manga? Also Remember to like, share and subscribe
@godoflight558 Жыл бұрын
Yeah i liked parts of this series, especially with how the MC with no powers has to use creative ways to solve his problems and the lengths that he goes to succeed, but the excessive fanservice ruins what could have been a decent series
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
Completely agree
@hoodedshadow7 Жыл бұрын
Hear this podcast video a year ago and wanted to say, thanks. Already bought five volumes of the series on December and love it, will get vol 6 soon. The main hero reminds me of myself. Did you already talk about my isekai life silme tamer mangas yet
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@terrancebell6512 Жыл бұрын
Later in the light novel or web novel you find out some tragic past of the mc why he doesn't use names or talking in rants it more of mental issues
@zemox2534 Жыл бұрын
This manga sounds great. The only people who won't read this series are those who prefer reading generic shonen, stupid romantic comedies, and shitty isekai. You should not give it a low score. People, the weak minded mainstream crowd does not appreciate it
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
I completely agree. That is why I gave this manga our second highest rating of Borrow from a Friend and Don't Return Unless Offered Pocky. Why did you consider it a low score?
@tangos716 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
There actually is an episode, I promise, my editor just released the wrong file
@nikitosnu Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, man! Appreciate it!
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
Any time! I am glad you enjoyed it. check out some of our other reviews as well
@Colin12475 Жыл бұрын
The plural of succubus is succubi.
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
valid point. fixed
@OxygenC2 Жыл бұрын
Cid wants to be a mob to be an Eminence in Shadow. You misunderstood.
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
i thought i established that in the review, that he is playing at a mob in order to hide his more edgelordy puppetmaster persona. i guess i did not convey that clearly. I understand his motivation.
@derekv81ify Жыл бұрын
Great review man, I gotta read these mangas
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
You should
@godoflight558 Жыл бұрын
I think that you are looking at the manga in the wrong way by taking it too seriously, its meant to be a comedy and a parody of the isekai genre and I personally found it to be very funny manga. Its not amazing but I wouldn't say it is as bad as you say it is
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
I can honestly see your point, but after reading so many parody isekai series, this one just missed the mark for me. I may try to give the light novel a chance (which I heard is vastly different than the manga). Thank you for the comment and keep reading manga.
@MrSidx1 Жыл бұрын
This is a great funny story I like it a lot
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@dragonball3166 Жыл бұрын
I will pass on manga I usually buy manga that reflects my life situations in some ways one manga series want to read but cannot it’s Japanese not English is manga 40 year old woman who gave up on love never had relationship who later on meets this guy who psychiatrist maybe fall in love with each other
@spiraken 10 ай бұрын
That's your choice
@Kite562bookishreviews 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed orochi volume 1 and I look forward to reading volume 2. I do hope more of umez's works gets the hardcover treatment, kind of like what viz is doing with Junji Itos large body of works. Right now I'm just mainly reading beastars by Paru Itagaki, a long with any new junji ito and kazuo umez works. I love my horror stories! ^_^
@WintersHarmony7474 2 жыл бұрын
I've watched anime for a few years and only recently got into the source material. (Manga, and light novels.) This was the first series I ever bought the source material for. I love this series and I can't exactly say why. I'm a sucker for good characters and plot. Probably my most valued things in any manga/anime/form of media. But this has one main character. And no real plot but it is my favorite anime/manga/light novel. I find it quite odd. But I think it may be the mix of everything it has to offer. Heavy stories, dark stories, light hearted ones, horror, comedy, action, mystery. I could go on. There's so much here that there is something for everyone. I also like how grounded Elaina is as a person. Most people like to self insert and think about what they would do in various situations. The reality is, most would run or turn a blind eye or not get involved in certain scenarios. Which is exactly what Elaina does. There's no closure to some of the stories, or things are left vague. Open-ended. I like how real that is because most people would do the same. Again, I'm not sure why I like this series so much. I'm not a traveler and have no want to explore the world. Characters and plot are the most important things to me in a story. And while those things rank low in Wandering Witch, for some goddamn reason this is my favorite series I've read/watched.
@dekusuchan6216 2 жыл бұрын
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@hibye-die 2 жыл бұрын
That intro got me to subscribe
@spiraken Жыл бұрын
thank you
@Timmy-ou8lw 2 жыл бұрын
ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ 🤷
@advillan 2 жыл бұрын
Huh? Explain
@dekusuchan6216 2 жыл бұрын
Love binge listening to this channel ❤
@spiraken 2 жыл бұрын
so any manga you would want us to put on the wheel of manga?
@dekusuchan6216 2 жыл бұрын
Pure degenerate classic 👌 ✨
@advillan 2 жыл бұрын
Very true assessment
@pauldhoff 2 жыл бұрын
I just found this after my post. Iman Vellani reacts to the Ms. Marvel trailer! | Disney+....... and what is she wearing...................... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8hofrOJ2rWtnXU.html
@pauldhoff 2 жыл бұрын
Why don't people talk about the Infinity Stones being like Green Lantern.
@spiraken 2 жыл бұрын
that is a very valid point. I do not know why people do not talk about the infinite stones like being Green lantern