Trash Manga Friends (Trash Manga Friends)

Merry Christmas! We celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with not one, but THREE short series. Stocking stuffers, if you will. Mike's bringing Ashe of Purgatory from the creator of Spy x Family, Phil has How to Make an Invisible Man from the creator of My Monster Secret, and Sean champions Look Back from the creator of Chainsaw Man. Will these limited series live up to the pedigree's of their mangaka's, or prove even the best of us have trash days.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Look Back is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/look-back

You know what's better than siscon romance stories? Momcon ones! No, wait, that's worse. This time the trio discuss Ookumo-chan Flashback, where our protag keeps having flashbacks to his parent's highschool romance as the past repeats itself once again.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Friends Game (known in Japan as Tomodachi Game), where the bonds of friendship are put to the ultimate test. Will the trio enjoy friendly friends doing friendly things, or find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

The phrase "do you need a hand" has never been more twisted as we tackle Don't Mind Me, Sensei! Give Yourself A Hand! A lovely manga about drawing manga. Y'know, like iconic series Look Back and Bakuman. Except this time, with more masturbation. What will those mangakas think of next...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Don't Mind Me, Sensei! Give Yourself A Hand! is licensed by Tentai Books - https://tentaibooks.com/books/dont-mind-me-sensei-give-yourself-a-hand-volume-1/

This is it! Was the One Piece real? Or just another trash manga in disguise? We celebrate our hundredth episode by reading the Greatest Of All Time. But not just two mere volumes, no, but an entire 100 chapters! Did the entire East Blue arc make us want to undertake manga's most epic voyage, or avoid the sea forever more?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! One Piece is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/one-piece

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRMG8ZQZR/one-piece

Want to check out the live action adaptation? It's available via Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80217863

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

This time Sean, Mike and Phil delve into the mysteries of a harem from the past in The Apothecary Diaries (known in Japan as Kusuriya no Hitorigoto). Will it be good for what ails us, or just another bitter pill to swallow?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! The Apothecary Diaries is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/series/the-apothecary-diaries

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Loveless, where wars are fought with words not weapons as one hapless pair try to survive in a world that wants them dead. Will it be beloved by our trio, or will they trash it?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Loveless is licensed by Viz Media - https://www.viz.com/loveless

As our first year comes to a close, we take a look at one last webtoon, another horror-fest as the zombie apocalypse comes to your apparement complex in Sweet Home. Hey, if it's good enough for Netflix, it's trash enough for us!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Sweet Home can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/sweethome/list?title_no=1285

Want to check out the live action adaptation? It's available via Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81061734

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

It's Christmas! Tommorow, anyway. Unless you're reading this tomorrow, in which case... er... Anyway, this time Sean, Mike and Phil delve into the iconic Hayate the Combat Butler (aka Hayate no Gotoku! in Japan), where one hapless kid has a Christmas miracle foisted upon him. Will it be a gift for the trio, or just coal in their stockings?

Also! We throw in some Christmas recommendations for actually good series to while away the hours this holiday season. Enjoy!

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Hayate the Combat Butler is licensed by Viz Media - https://www.viz.com/hayate-the-combat-butler

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/hayate-the-combat-butler-season-1-2

Another April Fools special is upon us, and on Mike's repeated, insistent request, we're looking towards live action adaptations, as we review the infamous Death Note adaptation. No, not the Japanese films. Or the Korean TV series. No no, we're watching Netflix's adaptation. And with Willem Dafoe in the mix, this has to be the best one of all! Right?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Watch Trash Live Action Adaptations With My Friends And They Can't Keep Getting Away With This!

Or The Trash Live Action Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss an adapatation of an existing series that's made its way to the third dimension, watching, reviewing and breaking down (or having a break down over) what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this one pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run at UKSG Red 2024 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUP32kRBOw

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Death Note is available to stream on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80122759

Want to check out the original manga? It's licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/death-note

Shounen's are back baby, as we read Monochrome Factor, a manga about what happens when shadows from the other side invade our world and take our lead's body! Bleach? Nah, completely different. Will Sean love this as much as his beloved shounen darling, or see red in a world of black and white?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Monochrome Factor was licensed by Tokyopop, so happy hunting! - https://tokyopop.com/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Hidive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/monochrome-factor

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Thought the last episode was a little creepy? Well bad news, as this time Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Minamoto's Story (aka Minamoto-kun Monogatari in Japan), and one virgin's journey to bang 'em all. Will the trio be dtf, or nope nope nope nope nope nope nope?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

April Fools! In this bonus episode, we branch out into the world of anime, as our trio rewatches the original season of Sword Art Online to celebrate its tenth anniversary and the franchise's twentieth. Will time have softened us on the catalyst of a decade of isekai domination in anime and manga, or is SAO still just really, really, *really* bad?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Watch Trash Anime With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash!

Or The Trash Anime Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil watch an anime and discuss the series, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Sword Art Online is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series-search/?series=yen96-sword-art-online-manga

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll, Funimation and Netflix - https://www.funimation.com/shows/sword-art-online/ - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/sword-art-online - https://www.netflix.com/title/70302573

Is it a shounen? Is it a seinen? No, it's Peach Boy Riverside, an action fantasy manga featuring demons, psychopaths and ultra cute bunny people. We discuss this series, plus chat a little on the summer season of anime and what to look out for!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Peach Boy Riverside is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/peach-boy-riverside/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/peach-boy-riverside

Is it our fifth April Fools special already? For 2025, we've dived into the world of rate-ups and infinite currencies known as gacha games, and taken aim at one of the genre's bigger recent successes, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE! Was this an SSR pull? Or just another title we'll set to aut-burn?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Play Trash Gacha With My Friends And Whoops There Goes My Life Savings But At Least I Have This Jpeg!

Or The Trash Gacha Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil download and play a gacha game, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available to play on iOS, Android and Windows - https://nikke-en.com/

The trilogy is complete! After Bleach in Year 3 and One Piece in Year 4, we wrap up our Big Three specials by discussing Naruto! And as is our ninja way for these eps, we discuss not just two, but five volumes of this iconic manga. From humble beginnings to the Land of Waves to the First Chunin Exam, we analyse the journey of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, and whether you should, in fact, believe it.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Naruto is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/naruto

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY9PJ5KWR/naruto

For this special FIFTIETH episode, we celebrate the isekai GOAT by discussing the Sword Art Online manga's first two volumes. From Aincrad to Skull Reaper, Yui to... ethics codes... we deep dive into the manga version of the franchise that's come to define the industry this past decade. But is the original still the best, or best left forgotten?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Sword Art Online is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series-search/?series=yen96-sword-art-online-manga

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll, Funimation and Netflix - https://www.funimation.com/shows/sword-art-online/ - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/sword-art-online - https://www.netflix.com/title/70302573

It's a Year 3 climax of AAA Hollywood blockbuster scale as we tackle the all action thrill ride that is The Last Exorcist: Ender Geister! But beyond the endless film references, did we close out the year with a bang or twenty, or just morb out at what a flop this manga was?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

And now you can watch Mike speedrunning Inscryption as part of Indiethon! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0_ZaswjOIc

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

The Summer of Isekai is here! Sean and Phil are spending the hottest time of the year debating which truly is the best isekai with a non-humanoid lead. This time, it's Phil champion, That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, which is a manga about... well, that time someone got reincarnated as a slime... But is it a rare good isekai, or easy picking for Sean's choice next episode?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime is licensed by Kodansha and Yen Press - https://kodansha.us/series/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime/ ~ https://yenpress.com/series-search/?series=that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-light-novel

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll and Funimation - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime ~ https://www.funimation.com/shows/592641

The new era begins now, on April Fool's Day no less. Weird that. For the debut of Trash Hentai Friends the trio take a deep dive into the horrifying world and sticky mess of... well, Hentai. Or at least all of it that's been translated.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Fap To Trash Hentai With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Hentai Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a hentai, and discuss the first two volumes (or whatever's available), looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the lewd. Will we find something to make us horny on main? Or just shrivel up and be left flaccid?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Reject love, embrace villainy. With Valentine's in the rear view mirror, we journey back to the world of webtoons with Beware the Villainess, a... sigh... isekai, except one where our leading lady is cast as the baddy, not the hero. Will this flip of the script be enough to win over our trio, or will one of them really, really hate this? Like, really really.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Beware the Villainess can be read on Tapas - https://tapas.io/series/beware-the-villainess/info

It's another Christmas special, and this year we're getting back to the true meaning of the day, Jesus Christ himself! Will it be a religious experience for our trio when we read the award-winning comedy manga Saint Young Men, or will we be channelling the Buddha to avoid going off on one...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

And now you can watch Mike on GamesDoneQuick's Time Capsule show speedrunning Inscryption! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKygCR0KpSw

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Saint Young Men is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/saint-young-men/

We're going back, back further than we've ever been before, to the 1970s and some small series called Kinnikuman. Which you may know better as the origins of what became Ultimate Muscle! But were we (well, one of us) in wrestling heaven, or attempting to bury this all-time Shonen Jump classic?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Happy Halloween! We celebrate the season of spoopy by mashing together spiders, murder and macking in a blender and chugging the remains. That or by reading The Nameless Monster. Same difference. But is it horrifying the right way, or the trash manga way?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

We're delving back into the world of kinks on main for our penultimate Year 3 series, as we discuss Ore no Himekutsu wo Haitekure, or Help Me Put On My Princess Shoes, a story about cobbling, feet, and one guy's incontrollable leg fetish. Definitely legs. Honest.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

And now you can watch Mike speedrunning Inscryption as part of Indiethon! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0_ZaswjOIc

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

The horror vibes continue this time, as Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Pupa, a tale of two siblings transformed forever by a deadly diesease that makes its host crave human flesh. Will the trio enjoy chowing down on it, or just chew it up and spit it out?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Social deaths abound this time as we tackle Ikenie Touhyou, aka Sacrificial Vote. And what is a social death? As it turns out, porn. Lots of porn. In a stacked genre of death games and battle royales, could this different take stand out, or just have us praying for good old fashioned sudoku.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Christmas is a time of giving, so we're giving back to you, our listeners, by reading a series that you recommended! And it's our first magical girl series no less, in MachiMaho, a very on-brand manga for us. Why be pure and nice and innocent when you can be a bad bitch? But will we simp or will we scream?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! MachiMaho: I Messed Up And Made The Wrong Person Into A Magical Girl is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/machimaho-i-messed-up-and-made-the-wrong-person-into-a-magical-girl/

Another year, another anime season, another tie-in episode! We're tackling the risqué but super popular World's End Harem, which goes about as close to hentai as you can be without actually doing the deed. But will we appreciate the finer elements of this post-apocalyptic society sans men, or... y'know, just watch porn.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! World's End Harem is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/worlds-end-harem/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb

It's 4koma time for the first time on the podcast as we delve into A Maiden In Love With A Maiden Boy, a wuvy duvy slice of life featuring cross-dressers and pretty boys galore. Join us as we discuss this manga, 4komas and more!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Pride Month is kicking off our fifth year of podcasting, in this first of two LGBT manga focused episodes, tackling I Think Our Son Is Gay, featuring that rarest of critters in manga... no, not somebody gay, I'm talking about parents! Will our debut Year 5 manga set the bar, or be the first in a long line of disappointments...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/series/i-think-our-son-is-gay

World Cup season has descended upon the podcast! And hey, we're still in it as of this episode going live (by we I mean England, not Wales, boooo). So to celebrate it's time for our FIRST EVER sports manga! And not just any sports manga, but Blue Lock, the top sports manga currently publishing. But was this a beautiful series on the beautiful game? Or just further proof of why we never really discuss this genre...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

~

Support the official release! Blue Lock is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/blue-lock/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WEKE/bluelock

Has it really been 2 years already? We ring in another year of the podcast with our second Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown a new Not Actually Trash and Trashest Manga, Friends winners. In this first half, we work through Round 1, featuring 11 matchups and dredging up memories long forgotten including Tsubasa-chan, Alice Academy and Sword Art Online!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Black Summoner is licensed by J-Novel Club - https://j-novel.club/

Alice Academy is licensed by Tokyopop - https://www.tokyopop.com/

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

So I'm A Spider, So What, Dragons Rioting and Sword Art Online are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

The Way of the Househusband, Komi Can't Communicate, World Trigger and Claymore are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship and World's End Harem are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Our month of shounen continues as Mike brings the classic Claymore to the table, a dark fantasy series about fighting demons with a big sword that feels eerily like a certain Rivia man... But will it still hold up in 2022, or best be consigned to the trash piles of the past?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Claymore is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/claymore

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Funimation - https://www.funimation.com/shows/claymore/

We're discussing one of the biggest webtoons of the moment this time, as we analyse Onmiscient Reader's Viewpoint! As Earth and all of humanity become caught up in the world's largest Twitch stream survival game, will this tale of not one but two protagonists win us over? Or just make us stumble over identifying them through the episode...?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/omniscient-reader/list?title_no=2154

How many romcoms is too many romcoms? Time to find out as we discuss yet another romantic comedy manga in A Couple of Cuckoos, where two kids swapped at birth are forcibly engaged and made to live together. But the real question is, has Mike finally found a romcom to love? Or tolerate, at the very least.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

And now you can watch Mike on GamesDoneQuick's Time Capsule show speedrunning Inscryption! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKygCR0KpSw

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! A Couple of Cuckoos is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/a-couple-of-cuckoos/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GXJHM39MP/a-couple-of-cuckoos

Mike's taking charge this time and dragging us back two decades to a world of Linkin' Park and Evanescence when we cover the iconic manga Elfen Lied! Did its mature themes stand the test of time, or was it pure edgelord cringe widdling itself on the floor?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Elfen Lied is licensed by Dark Horse Comics - https://digital.darkhorse.com/series/1279/elfen-lied

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.com/Elfen-Lied-Season-01/dp/B003B21SP0

Woah, did you get romance and sci-fi in my isekai? This time the trio discuss Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (or in Japanese... Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu, aka MobuSeka for short), where one hapless guy is isekai'd straight into an otome visual novel when all he wanted was a peaceful life.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Trapped In A Dating Sim is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/2020/12/04/seven-seas-restarts-the-game-with-license-of-trapped-in-a-dating-sim-the-world-of-otome-games-is-tough-for-mobs-manga-series/

We're closing in on the end of Year 5, so let's get back to something we're all comfortable with. No, not more yanderes, we're returning to streaming with our lord and VTuber Saviour ✟ Messiah-chan! Was this a religious Live2D experience? Or should we have stuck with that one satanic VTuber Mike actually remembers...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

We're kicking off Year 2 the only way we know how. Isekai! Join us as we discuss Black Summoner, quite possibly the most isekai isekai that ever did isekai.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

The Fall anime season is here! And as we already suffered through Mieruko-chan way back in episode 7, this time we take on the super popular Komi Can't Communicate, a series about one very socially awkward girl's quest to make 100 friends! But will our trio find it endearing or enraging?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Komi Can't Communicate is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/komi-can-t-communicate

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81228573

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil dive into Grand Blue Dreaming (Grand Blue for short, not to be confused with Granblue Fantasy, totally different), which is definitely a manga about diving. Will it make a splash with the trio, or will they find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Grand Blue Dreaming is licensed by Kodansha Comics - https://kodanshacomics.com/series/grand-blue-dreaming/

Imagine taking a pill that could take you back 10 years? Not in time thankfully, who wants to relive the past decade, but back to your youthful good looks and high school banter. That's the premise of webtoon ReLife, but were our trio ready to go back to school, or happy to have left those days and this series behind?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/comic/23/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY5VE008Y/relife

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss The Gamer, our first webtoon from South Korea, based on the highly original idea of what if your life... became a game? Will the trio enjoy playing the game, or find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! The Gamer can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-gamer/list?title_no=88

We're back to webtoons as we see a Korean take on the wuxia genre in Nano Machine! When one kid at death's door gets a dose of nano machines from the future injected directly into him, how will this effect his future and that of his clan? And will Mike care? All those answers and many more await...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Nano Machine can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/nano-machine/list?title_no=4344

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Our Last Crusade or The Rise of a New World (known in Japan as Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen, or KimiSen for short), where two kids who desire peace are seperated by a never-ending war. Will it be love at first fight for the trio, or will they trash it?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Our Last Crusade is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/9781975358709/our-last-crusade-or-the-rise-of-a-new-world-vol-1/

Want to check out the anime? It'll be available via Funimation when it starts airing in October - https://www.funimation.com/

Sean is running the show more so than usual, as he provides his take on a classic 00s series in FLCL! But how on Earth do you adapt something so unique to manga? Is it even possible? We discuss the Fooly, the Cooly and everything inbetween!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! FLCL is licensed by Dark Horse Comics - https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/18-934/FLCL-Omnibus-TPB

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Adult Swim - https://www.adultswim.com/videos/flcl

Back to normalcy, or what qualifies as it, with another unconventional romcom series and the tale of one poor senpai being ruthlessly, relentlessly bullied by his kouhai Nagatoro in the say what you see Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro is licensed by Vertical - https://www.readvertical.com/product/dont-toy-with-me-miss-nagatoro-1/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/dont-toy-with-me-miss-nagatoro

It's our first manhua AND our first wuxia this time around, as we discuss Battle Through The Heavens. Will our first foray into Chinese manga bear fruit, or will it be just as trash as it's Japanese cousins?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

A long running detective manga? Yes, that's right, we're covering QED! ...what, did you think we meant something else? And boy does this redefine long, with the longest single chapter we've ever read, but was it packed full of content and goodness, or just a really, really long murder of the mind?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

The last series of Year 4! And we're giving magical girls one more chance, as we tackle I, Superhero and Magical Girl aka Ore to Hero to Mahou Shoujo. Was this some dream fusion of My Hero Academia and Sailor Moon? Or more like Black Adam meets Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Arc? Find out in the last stop before our fourth Trashtacular!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Valentines! Romance! Drool! Come now, did you expect anything less from us? We're discussing Mysterious Girlfriend X in our latest Love Day special, a romantic manga where one girl's drool has the power to drive you crazy, relay emotions, mimic traits, and so much more! With such a crazy mechanic, this has to be good, right?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run at UKSG Red 2024 here - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2045021433?t=17h2m7s

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr and Vertical - https://comics.inkr.com/title/793-mysterious-girlfriend-x ~ https://www.vertical-inc.com/books/mysteriousgfx.html

Want to check out the anime? It's available via HiDive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/mysterious-girlfriend-x

Another isekai? If we must. This time we dive into Loner Life in Another World, where it's not just one hero but a whole class summoned to ye classic fantasy lande, and our lead is left all alone with only the trash remains to survive upon. But on a scale of Solo Leveling to Redo of Healer, where does this one sit...?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Loner Life in Another World is licensed by Kaiten Books - https://www.kaitenbooks.com/loner-life-in-another-world

After years of teasing, it's finally time! We discuss ALL of Bleach in this Menos Grande edition of the podcast, from Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, to Fullbring and Thousand Years War, in celebration of the final arc getting animated this season (and for years to come).

What were our fondest memories? The most head-scratching narrative decisions? And just how much do we hate the Zeroth Espada? Join us for a near 5 hour celebration of the only Big Three manga we've all read!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends But It Was All A Ruse To Get My Friends To Discuss Bleach With Me All Along!

Or The Trash Bleach Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Bleach is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/bleach

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/bleach

The spring anime season is here, with sequels galore. But why would we cover any of that drek, when we could talk about something much more... fabled. The Fable, in fact. A little action, a little comedy, a little drama, a whole lotta slice of life, but surely a slife about a hitman must be enough plot for our Mike?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run at UKSG Red 2024 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUP32kRBOw

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! The Fable is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/the-fable/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Disney+ - https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/home

Want to check out the live action adaptation? It's available via Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81418329

One of the all-time best mangaka is our focus this time, as we read Sand Land by Akira Toriyama, to celebrate the game coming out tomorrow, and the legacy left behind by one of the greatest to ever do it. Was this short shounen a fitting way to remember him, or a barren desert wasteland amongst his other iconic creations?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Sand Land is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/sand-land

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Disney+ - https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/sand-land-the-series/7I31jGPKAwz5

Want to play the video game? It's available from Bandai Namco - https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/sand-land/sand-land

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this third episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss The Eminence in Shadow (known in Japan as Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!), our first isekai, which answers the age old question of man vs nuke. Will the trio enjoy this new world, or find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! The Eminence in Shadow is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/9781975359058/the-eminence-in-shadow-vol-1-light-novel/

Phil's back in control and has decided to drag us right back into fantasy hell this time around with Redo of Healer, a dark fantasy not-isekai all about the greatest member of any party, the healer! But, content warning, this series is anything but healing.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Want to check out the anime? It's available via Hidive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/redo-of-healer

Christmas is almost here, and so is the second half of our Secret Santa Specials! Sean and Mike are competing for Phil's affections to win a chance to screw the other over in Trashtacular 5 in 2025, and this time, Mike's gone for the jugular, picking a manga adaptation of critically acclaimed game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past! Will Phil love this as much as he loves Zelda? Or was it best left on the SNES?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Want to check out the game? It's available via Nintendo Switch Online - https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Super-Nintendo/The-Legend-of-Zelda-A-Link-to-the-Past-841179.html

It's time to get maybe a bit too real as we discuss the bitter, brutal and sex ridden A Girl on the Shore (or in Japanese, Umibe no Onnanoko), where two teenage kids do their best to support each other and move on with their lives after being abused and abandoned.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! A Girl on the Shore is licensed by Vertical - http://vertical-comics.com/books/shore.php

This is it! We celebrate one year of Trash Manga Friends with our Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown the first ever Not Actually Trash series, and the Trashiest Manga, Friends. In this first part, we work our way through Round 1, pitting 20 of the series of the past year against each other. Listen as we debate the grossness of Nagatoro and Loveless, the perverseness of Hentai and Pupa, and remind Mike of the fun times he had reading The Gamer and Eminence in Shadow.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

You can read The Gamer and Sweet Home via Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

Girlfriend, Girlfriend (digital only), Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (Vertical imprint), A Girl on the Shore (Vertical imprint), Rent-A-Girlfriend and Grand Blue Dreaming are licensed by Kondansha - https://kodansha.us/

Loveless and Hayate the Combat Butler are licensed by Viz Media - https://www.viz.com/

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs and The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

You can read The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter via Tappytoon - https://www.tappytoon.com/en/

The Eminence in Shadow, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World and Mieruko-chan are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

It's our return to Korea and webtoons this time, as we cover Girls of the Wild's, which is all about a guy joining an all-female school with girls fighting it out to be the strongest and... wait, did we cover this already? Will this claw its way to the top of the pile, or be just another Dragons Rioting?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Girls of the Wild's can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/girls-of-the-wilds/list?title_no=93

We're getting our Henshin on for Halloween this year, but... not in the way you'd probably like. Or hope. Yes, on the spookiest day of the year we're tackling one of the most morbid and horrific mangas / hentais of them all, ShindoL's Metamorphosis. This episode isn't for the faint of heart, so gather your resolve, and prepare to dive into a never-ending descent.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Metamorphosis is licensed by Fakku - https://www.fakku.net/hentai/metamorphosis-english

We're taking a break from Phil's tyranny throughout March, with Sean and Mike picking some shounen series to feature. And so we dive into the sci-fi world of World Trigger, a bonafide Jump series! But does being in the top magazine make this the cream of the crop, or just another forgettable fight manga?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! World Trigger is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/world-trigger

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/world-trigger

2025 is here! And we're kicking off with a romcom for our seasonal anime tie-in special, where I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class! Ah, back to the good ol' days of long titles that were just the premise. Did this make us fall in love and want to watch the anime? Or discover new depths of hatred?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/i-got-married-to-the-girl-i-hate-most-in-class-manga/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/

It's Fall anime season tie-in time, and for the biggest season we've gone corporate... and also magical girls? Yes, it's Magilumiere, where being a mahou shoujo is just another 9 to 5 career option. Did we enjoy this fresh take on the genre? Or stare longingly at all the other Fall anime series we could've been discussing instead...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc is licensed by Viz and can be read on MangaPlus - https://www.viz.com/magilumiere-magical-girls-inc ~ https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100183

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magilumiere-Magical-Girls-Inc/dp/B0CVKHHR6Y/

It's another first as we head to the stars for our first ever sci-fi! But don't get too excited, it's still an isekai. Is a change of genre enough to make up for the usual isekai trappings? Find out as our trio reads Reborn as a Space Mercenary!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Reborn as a Space Mercenrary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/reborn-as-a-space-mercenary-i-woke-up-piloting-the-strongest-starship-manga/

We're going down, down, deeper and down, into the underground to cover 90s shounen manga Tokyo Underground and another piece of Mike's childhood? Was this oldie with wind, gravity and healing powers being flung around a forgotten classic, or just plain forgettable?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run at UKSG Red 2024 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUP32kRBOw

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

It's the first half of our Secret Santa Christmas Specials, as Sean and Mike compete to woo Phil for a chance at winning the ultimate prize – screwing somebody over in Trashtacular 5! Sean steps up first, picking legendary award winning sci-fi manga Girls' Last Tour as his champion, as two girls travel the end of days to see what's what. Were his co-hosts as apocalyptically won over as Sean was?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Girls' Last Tour is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/girls-last-tour

A whole term of trash is in the books, which can only mean it's time for the Trashtacular Forunament Arc! Of the 24 series we've covered this year, which series will be crowned Not Actually Trash? I mean, One Piece, obviously, it's the GOAT. And on the flipside, which will be the Trashest Manga, Friends? From Fairy Tail to I, Superhero and Magical Girl, lets relive (or should that be ReLife) another year of nightmares!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/

Elfen Lied and FLCL are licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/

FLCL, Monochrome Factor, Battle Royale and Welcome to the N.H.K. are licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/

Dark Gathering, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

I Fell in Love So I'm Streaming It is licensed by Mangamo - https://www.mangamo.com/

Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

Time to go back to school and ask the important questions, like who calls superpowers Alices, why hasn't that teacher been arrested and did Gakuen Alice deserve all the popularity and success it accumulated? Join us as we discuss all this and so much more!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Gakuen Alice was licensed by Tokyopop, so happy hunting!

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/gakuen-alice

Finally we're back to the world of webtoons with Dice, the cube that apparently changes everything? Well, this series on completing random tasks to better yourself certainly changed one of our opinions on the little rollable trinkets... but for the better, or the infinitely worse?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Dice can be read on Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/dice/list?title_no=64

We're back to ol' inevitable this time, as we tackle yet another isekai manga in Kenja no Mago, aka Wise Man's Grandchild! Fantasy world? Check. Ridiculously overpowered protagonist? Check. But will it be checkmate once again for the genre, or is this actually one of the good'uns?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr and Mastodon @TrashMangaFriends (links coming soon!)

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll and Funimation - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G63K95846/wise-mans-grandchild ~ https://www.funimation.com/shows/wise-mans-grandchild/

Another fall anime tie-in!? That's right, this fortnight we hang out with Uzaki-chan in her titular romcom, and see if this teasing senpai and kouhai relationship gets torn apart like so many others at Mike's hands, or if this is the rare slice of life that we can all vibe to.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/uzaki-chan-wants-to-hang-out/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/uzaki-chan-wants-to-hang-out

Pride Month continues in our second LGBT manga focused episode! This time we're looking at lesbians in Girl Friends, a more traditional yuri romance series. Will we find a happy ending this pride?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Girl Friends is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/girl-friends/

The spooks are upon us for another year, and what could be more horrifying than kids fighting to the death in an all-out battle royale in... Battle Royale! We discuss the manga version of this household name, and how it compares to it's famous cinematic cousin and the many, many series that have followed in its wake.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Battle Royale was licensed by Tokyopop, so happy hunting! - https://tokyopop.com/

Trashtacular Tournament Two continues in this second half, as we pit the remaining 16 series against each other to find the best and worst of Year 2! Will Kissxsis or Sword Art Online go the distance? Or will it be a series we byed, like Peach Boy Riverside or Colorless? All is revealed in our Season 2 finalé!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Black Summoner is licensed by J-Novel Club - https://j-novel.club/

Peach Boy Riverside, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

So I'm A Spider, So What and Sword Art Online are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship and Colorless are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Look Back, How Do We Relationship and Claymore are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Beware The Villainess is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/

Summer's here, so time to watch some anime and pack on the pounds! And what better manga to do that with than Plus-Sized Elf which gets it adaptation this season? Were we feasting in this sort of reverse isekai, or running for the treadmill to get away from it all?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Plus-Sized Elf is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/plus-sized-elf/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via HiDive - https://news.hidive.com/2024/6/27/hidive-simulcasts-plus-sized-elf-uncensored-july-6

It's a rare sci-fi episode of the podcast this time, as we dive into a world without colour, but not a manga without it. Can this high concept translate into a great story, or just become a sea of confusing characters, concepts and art?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Colorless is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/colorless/

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Solo Leveling (also known as Only I Level Up), our second webtoon, based on the highly original idea of what if your life became a game... wait didn't we do this already? Will the trio enjoy this alternate universe version of The Gamer, or find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Solo Leveling can be read on Webnovel and TappyToon - https://www.webnovel.com/comic/15227640605485101 - https://www.tappytoon.com/comics/solo-leveling-official

Time for an isekai webtoon! An actual isekai webtoon instead of a might as well be an isekai but technically isn't one. This time the trio discuss The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter, where a girl gets reborn into a world of demons, angels, fairies, dragons and parents.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter can be read on TappyToon - https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/adventures-of-demon-kings-daughter

Yandere season has descended upon the Trash Manga Friends as we talk shop on Tsubasa, You're My Killer Match, a cancelled before it's time manga about trying to discover who your beloved is before they kill everyone you know. And Phil delivers a very important PSA.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

We're through the looking glass now, as on this day that never was, Leap Day 2024, we tackle the weirdness of Welcome to the NHK. Conspiracies, questionably legal substances and so much more dubiousness await in this bizarre cult classic...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Mike, foreeeeveeeer host, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Check out his recent run of Inscryption at ESA Winter 2024 here - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2070436771

Sean, definitely not forever host no siree, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Welcome to the NHK is licensed by Tokyopop and Viz - https://www.tokyopop.com/ ~ https://www.viz.com/welcome-to-the-n-h-k

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll and Funimation - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6MGNDGW6/welcome-to-the-n-h-k ~ https://www.funimation.com/shows/welcome-to-the-n-h-k/

Yes, we've finally made it to the funny sex joke episode, as our trio thrusts into Sunset of Passion, a romantic drama about reuniting with old flames, the stresses of working and... well, really, really wanting to fuck your neighbour. Were we dtf with this manga, or pulling out as fast as we could?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

The group stages are over, now the real work begins! In this second half of our Trashtacular Fournament Arc, the remaining 16 series are pitted against each other 1v1 until only one Not Actually Trash series remains. Is Frieren inevitable? Will One Piece remain the GOAT? And which series will get the prestige of being the Trashest Manga, Friends? All shall be revealed...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/

Elfen Lied is licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/

Welcome to the N.H.K. is licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/

Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

Death Note is streamable on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/

The light at the end of the tunnel, it's healing vibes for our latest anime tie-in special, as we discuss The Too-Perfect Saint! Will we enjoy this fantasy series about escaping your abusers and being inundated with positive affirmations, or defy all odds and still find something to complain about?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Finacé and Sold to Another Kingdom is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/the-too-perfect-saint-tossed-aside-by-my-fiance-and-sold-to-another-kingdom-manga/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/

The Summer of Isekai continues! Sean and Phil are spending the hottest time of the year debating which truly is the best isekai with a non-humanoid lead. This time, it's Sean's champion, So I'm A Spider, So What, as he tries to prove it's itsy bitsy superiority over Phil's beloved slime. Will the rest of the trio agree with his arachnolove, or prefer some slippery slimy goodness?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! So I'm A Spider, So What is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series-search/?series=yen23-so-im-a-spider-so-what-manga

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/so-im-a-spider-so-what

What do you get if you make a webtoon Game of Thrones? Probably something like The Flower That Was Bloomed By A Cloud, a historical romance series with political machinations aplenty. Was this enough to win us over for once? Or just remind us of how that TV show ended...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Anime tie-in time has arrived once again! And the spooks are out early this year as we tackle Dark Gathering, a supernatural horror manga about one lil' girl's quest to catch 'em all to help save her family and friends from eternal damnation. But did we need to perform an exorcism on this series as well?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Dark Gathering is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/dark-gathering

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Hidive - https://www.hidive.com/news/2023/6/8/horror-anime-dark-gathering-brings-screams-to-hidive-s-summer-simulcast-season

The epic conclusion! We celebrate one year of Trash Manga Friends with our Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown the first ever Not Actually Trash series, and the Trashiest Manga, Friends. This time we're down to the Last 16, as we blast our way through the second round, quarters, semis and the final to crown our favourite series of the past year. Can the ten victors from Round 1 hold a candle to the six we buy-ed through, including top seeds Solo Leveling and Apothecary Diaries? And which manga took home the honour of being the worst of the worst?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Girlfriend, Girlfriend (digital only), Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (Vertical imprint), A Girl on the Shore (Vertical imprint) and Grand Blue Dreaming are licensed by Kondansha - https://kodansha.us/

The Apothecary Diaries is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us

Hayate the Combat Butler and Fly Me To The Moon are licensed by Viz Media - https://www.viz.com/

You can read The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter via Tappytoon - https://www.tappytoon.com/en/

You can read Pigpen via Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/

The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Mieruko-chan and Solo Leveling are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

The time for love is over, the time for war is now. This time the trio discuss Record of Ragnarok (or in Japanese, Shuumatsu no Valkyrie), where a baker's dozen of gods fight the strongest humans from all of history in a tournament arc for the ages!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

We're delving into another manga full of superpowered kids going to school, but fret not, this definitely ain't no Alice Academy rerun, as we discuss the surprising Talentless Nana, and her bloody quest to save the world from the enemies of humanity. Was it a talented production? Or just really, really dumb.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Talentless Nana is licensed by Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/talentless-nana/volumes

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll and Funimation - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GJ0H7Q87Z/talentless-nana ~ https://www.funimation.com/shows/talentless-nana/

Ah yes, this is much more our speed, doing manga's with slave in the title. For our Winter anime tie-in we're discussing Chained Soldier, a very horny on main shounen manga that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain other big time shounen. Were we able to look past the more problematic elements, or chugging bleach to forget this ever happened...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

~

Support the official release! Chained Soldier is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/chained-soldier

Want to check out the anime? It's available via HiDive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/chained-soldier

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

In this spoopy Halloween episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Pigpen, where one poor guy washes up on an unnamed island, no memory of how he got there and no clue of what's in store as he meets the family who lives there. Will it make us as happy as pigs in... trash... or will they make a pig's ear out of it?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Support the official release! Pigpen can be read on Naver Webtoon (in Indonesian) - https://www.webtoons.com/id/horror/pigpen/list?title_no=1751

We're celebrating Valentine's with the most important l word of them all. That's right, lesbians abound in this episode as we ask ourselves How Do We Relationship?, a yuri romance manga for the modern era. Will we fall in love, or be left Loveless all over again?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile?

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! How Do We Relationship? is licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/how-do-we-relationship

Fun's over, we're back to abject misery, as we cover Ijousha no Ai, aka An Abnormal Person's Love. And by abnormal, we mean yandere. And by yandere, we don't mean happy go lucky streaming antics or Yuno Gasai facial expressions, we mean oh god help us. Did we find joy in the darkness, or just yet more despair?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

As we close in on the century, it's time for a highlights special, as we celebrate the Best of Trash Manga Friends with clips chosen by all three hosts! What weird things are we into? When did we rage the most? Is meat a food? The answers to these and so much more await in this whistle stop tour through three and half years of podcasts!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out!

~

Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

CONTENT WARNING – This episode discusses themes such as suicide and abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.

In this second episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss From Now On We Begin Ethics (known in Japan as Koko Wa Ima Kara Rinri Desu), a seinen following the life of an ethics teacher and his student. Will the trio enjoy going back to school, or find it to be trash?

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer

Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Year 3 is here! For our third season debut, we look at Soul Land, an iconic manhua from China, and one kid's path to get stronger while keeping his hidden strength a secret as he journies to Shrek Academy. Yes, really. But will this series live up to its All Star reputation?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Halloween is almost upon us, so it's time for a bloodbath as we trek through the slasher inspired and goreporn heavy Pumpkin Night! Will our trio keep their contents in their stomach long enough to dissect this grisly horror manga, or be throwing up out of sheer disgust?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out...

~

Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast

Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking

Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer

Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian