E008 - A Bride's Story, Last and First Idol

In this episode of Screentone Club, Andy and Elliot travel to far-off distant lands to look at a mundane yet extraordinary family life in A Bride's story then travel to very, VERY far-off and far-out locales in the novella compilation Last and First Idol!Series Discussed: A Bride’s Story Volume 1, Last and First Idol (Compilation)Assignments for next Episode: Gundam the Origin Volume 1, Getter Robo Devolution Volume 1Timecodes:0:00:00 - Startup! Banter! 0:02:15 - Patreon update! 0:03:30 - Returning Champions - The Promised Neverland (again!)0:07:00 - Manga as a vehicle for paranoia0:09:00 - The importance of making you ask questions in a story0:17:00 - Mid-series (Volume 3/4) Spoiler Alert! 0:18:15 - Spoilers over! 0:19:00 - Elliot’s Pick: A Bride’s Story Volume 1!0:21:00 - Joanna Lumley shout-out0:25:30 - “Hey, look at this sweet banister”0:26:00 - Confident artistry0:29:30 - Colonialism stand in character0:33:45 - “Hell yea Granny”0:36:00 - Now available in digital! Yay! 0:38:45 - Andy’s Pick: Last and First Idol0:39:30 - Andy tries to spoil the best part of the book!!! 0:41:00 - “Things start to get weird”0:43:30 - Momentum-based storytelling0:49:00 - Wait a second, this is an isekai story! 0:50:15 - “Gonzo takes from the anime front”0:52:00 - Maybe don’t read this all in one sitting like we did0:55:00 - Idol “yuri-baiting” as a sci-fi plot point?0:58:00 - Wait, do we recommend this?1:02:30 - Gacha: Evil, or very Evil?1:05:00 - “Our” choices for next episode! With Guest Host! 1:06:00 - Coming out soon in Manga! 1:08:45 - Closedown! If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!We have a Discord! Join us!We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.