Earthian (with Vrai Kaiser)

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

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Covers all of Earthian by Yun Kouga.

Anime Feminist writer Vrai Kaiser joins Shojo & Tell host Ashley to discuss this late 1980s boys' love hot mess of a manga. Earthian starts off as a sort of mashup between Pet Shop of Horrors and The Good Place and ends somewhere way, way off from that. Vrai and Ashley discuss all the religion that is (and isn't) happening with the Catholicsploitation, how sweet Chihaya and Kagetsuya's relationship actually is, how many of the ideas the series presents (but doesn't follow through with) are actually still startlingly relevant, and tons more (probably problematic) topics. The journey is surprising and delightful and horrifying all at the same time.

REFERENCES

You can buy Earthian digitally from DMP (Yeah..... Yeah)
Other Yun Kouga series mentioned:
- Loveless
- Riddle Story of Devil (Akuma no Riddle)
Other manga series / creators mentioned:
Misc. references:
Caitlin, Mercedez, and Vrai are all writers at Anime Feminist
Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

Vrai on Twitter: @WriterVrai
Vrai on Anime Feminist
Vrai's podcast, Trash and Treasures
Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00

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