MangaKast
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MangaKast is a Podcast of all things Manga. MangaKast started as a weekly podcast on manga and anime by Lyda and Mason but it is currently on hiatus. Lyda continues to update the blog about her Manga reading. Lyda has a fondness for yaoi, slice-of-life, and cats, however, she reviews everything manga-related that she reads on MangaKast.
MangaKast
3d ago
It’s kind of shocking the extent to which Confessions of a Shy Baker is a direct rip-off of What Did You Eat Yesterday. SPOILER . . . . Instead of Kakei Shiro, the closeted lawyer, you have Yamamura Toshimitsu, a closeted real estate agent. Like Shiro, Toshimitsu works out regularly (yoga, in this case,) and ..read more
MangaKast
4d ago
I love reading about food, particularly Japanese food. I’m always struck by a couple of things whenever I read a manga like Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat. First, Japanese food is sometimes insanely simple. Like, at one point in here they put butter on a roasted sweet potato and act like they are eating the ..read more
MangaKast
4d ago
Because I am ridiculously poor, my big fun for my birthday was going to Barnes & Noble and taking pictures of the covers of all the manga I wished I could buy. I finally have a lot of time to read while my wife is convalescing from her full knee replacement surgery, so I’ve been ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
Long time readers of Mangakast know that I have a weakness for certain things. Yakuza is definitely on that list, but also… cats. You guys, you guys! Hiroware Koneko to Moto Yakuza / Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten has BOTH. SPOILERS . . . . This manga is a lot of wholesome hilarity. However, I can’t ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
When I was at Barnes & Noble for my birthday, I almost picked up Home Office Romance. I didn’t because I had limited myself to two manga and also because I’m never sure about straight people romance. I ended up really liking this one. SPOILERS . . . . There are a couple of reasons ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
I saw The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency referenced on another review site and I was intrigued by the art style. I thought I should take a look at it myself, so I found a copy. SPOILERS . . . . Matsuda Kei is a private investigator who tends to take on small jobs ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
After the last manga I reviewed, I was looking for a kind of palette cleanser where the romance was based on loving someone for who they are and not asking them to change for you. I found all that and more in The Guy She was Interested in wasn’t a Guy at All/Ki ni Natteru ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
It’s interesting that no one seems to categorize Just Like Mona Lisa as science fiction, even though it clearly is. SPOILERS . . . . Most of the sites, including Wikipedia, that talk about Just like Mona Lisa or The Gender of Mona Lisa categorize this manga as “gender-bender.” I could not find a good ..read more
MangaKast
1w ago
I’ve had a penpal in Japan for years. I’m behind at writing to her right now, but in the last few exchanges we discussed what I’d like to do if I ever came to visit her. Because I’d watched much of Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, I told her I wanted to see a rakugo performance ..read more
MangaKast
2w ago
As a woman who also writes m/m smut, I hate to say that sometimes it’s obvious when a woman is writing gay romance. You probably think I’m going to say something about the heteronormativity of the sex (which there is a little of here,) but really, for me the dead give away is when I ..read more