Urasawa Boys is BACK and there's no time to mourn for Gesicht! Just like that, we're in Australia! Tune in for some heated discussion of the story's pivot to Epsilon's turn in the spotlight, and all of its ups-and-downs. We tackle an opening flashback that may be one of the best to ever do it, and then dig into a volume full of loaded metaphors on queerness (Happy Pride!) along with some pretty sick robot fights. What's that? A typo in the episode description? No no no, you're mistaken, we just had to re-award the title of Best Boy with the sudden arrival of Hogan - who is definitely not a Poochie! Join us for what is somehow the penultimate reading for our season on Pluto, as we bask in the splendor of Epsilon's dying light! Folks, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Pluto (Chapter 48-55)

Next Time: Pluto (Chapter 56 - 65) - FINAL READING!

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on BlueSky and support us on Patreon. The theme music for this season is the track "Clues to the Truth" from the official soundtrack to the anime, composed by Yugo Kanno. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Pluto, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, racism, terrorism, death, suicide, weapons/guns, war, civilian and child casualties, war related trauma, the Ku Klux Klan, modern US politics, bugs, child abandonment, and parental trauma. Please proceed with caution!

And we're back! Here to welcome in the summer season after a nice 3-day weekend here in the US, Matt and Quinn re-convene for another episode of Urasawa Boys, to discuss the doomed, thrilling, and seemingly climactic reading that was volume 6 of Pluto! This one's got it all! New locales, dense discussions of orientalism and the loaded idea of saying "at least we got Democracy," classic investigatory chapters, a 3 chapter 90s action movie extravaganza, and a fittingly tragic end for our favorite robot detective. Also - we talk about dads! It turns out this adaptation of a work by the father of modern manga has a lot to say about dads! Who would have thought? The thrilling conclusion of Pluto draws closer every week, and who knows how this will all shake out! All I can say for certain is that folks - this is a good one!

Material Covered: Pluto (Chapter 40-47)

Next Time: Pluto (Chapter 48-55)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on BlueSky and support us on Patreon. The theme music for this season is the track "Clues to the Truth" from the official soundtrack to the anime, composed by Yugo Kanno. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Pluto, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, racism, terrorism, death, suicide, weapons/guns, war, civilian and child casualties, war related trauma, the Ku Klux Klan, modern US politics, bugs, child abandonment, and parental trauma. Please proceed with caution!

Flashbacks, revelations, symbolism, religion, history, and incredible robot battles - all of these things and more are here, in this month's groundbreaking episode of URASAWA BOYS! (Note from Matt - It's groundbreaking because we've switched to a MUCH more sustainable monthly release schedule!) Join us after 4 weeks of patient anticipation for a lively discussion of all the arcs in this next chunk of Pluto, as we tackle Hercules + Epsilon, Gesicht + Adolf's Horrible Brother, and Ochanomizu + Tenma (ft. Science + Philosophy). Additionally, there are some important notes from the Matt + Quinn arc, including apartment disaster updates and a thorough explanation of regional sodas and barbecue. Folks, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Pluto (Chapter 32-39)

Next Time: Pluto (Chapter 40-47)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on BlueSky and support us on Patreon. The theme music for this season is the track "Clues to the Truth" from the official soundtrack to the anime, composed by Yugo Kanno. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Pluto, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, racism, terrorism, death, suicide, weapons/guns, war, civilian and child casualties, war related trauma, the Ku Klux Klan, modern US politics, bugs, child abandonment, sexual assualt, and parental trauma. Please proceed with caution!