E020 - Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World, Battle Angel Alita

In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy get tossed into the scrapheap world of Battle Angel Alita and then into the much harsher world of real life in Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World!Apologies for Elliot's audio this episode: he was trying to improve it during the recording and made it sound worse. Oops!Series Discussed: Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World. Battle Angel AlitaAssignments for next Episode: Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale, DanzaTimecodes:0:00:45 - Old Man Chat0:02:00 - Bonus Episode Topic for March! 0:03:45 - Returning Champions: After Hours! 0:06:00 - Get a feeling so complicated0:09:30 - “Complex emotional equation”0:12:45 - We are tastemakers??0:14:45 - Boarding School Juliet! 0:16:30 - Shrugging at Manga0:17:45 - “At Capacity with High School Stories”0:18:15 - WARNING: MENTION OF ISEKAI0:19:15 - Elliot’s Pick: Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World! 0:22:30 - Wild whiplash (and hatred of hairdressers)0:24:45 - Divergance of opinion! 0:28:00 - Undercutting yourself, making the paranoia real0:31:30 - No matter how you look at it, this manga title is too long0:34:30 - Andy’s Pick: Battle Angel Alita! 0:38:00 - “Like a Western Comic”0:39:45 - Elliot’s consternation! 0:40:45 - Elliot 0:41:45 - Always “Prime” Art0:45:00 - Shonen Jump Power Bloat0:47:45 - CURSE OF THE HUMBLE BUNDLE0:50:00 - Complex feelings! 0:51:15 - Our picks for next episode!! 0:52:45 - Shonen Jump app is improved! Give it a shot! 0:53:45 - 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.