The boys get serious this episode as Evan and David are joined by Okazu’s Erica Friedman (@OkazuYuri) to talk about the history of yuri manga and its intersection with lesbian identity, then review Kabi Nagata’s auto-biographical manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary. Get ready for lots of talk about everyone’s favorite subjects: depression, loneliness, and dysfunctional family relationships! Topics include: “after Europe and trains,” the linguistic power of 14-year-old girls, and Google Trends-driven manga publishing
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Show Notes
- Opening/Ending Song: “Blues Machine” by Scott Gratton
- Evan and Erica attended AnimeNEXT 2019 in Atlantic City, NJ, where Erica presented a panel called “100 Years of Yuri.”
- Erica name-drops a couple titles:
- The first yuri story: Yaneura no Nishojo (Two Maidens in the Attic)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- The first yuri manga: Shiroi Heya no Futari
- Heart of Thomas
- The Story of My Tits
- First up is My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata.
- Next is My Solo Exchange Diary, also by Kabi Nagata. That said, we kind of talked about both in the same discussion.
- Twitter: Evan, David, Erica, Ani-Gamers
- Mastodon: Evan
- Evan and David write for Otaku USA Magazine.
- Evan sometimes updates his side blog Anime Burger Time.
- David is streaming every weekend on his Twitch channel.