E141 - Paradise Kiss, Neighbourhood Story

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy dive into a double billing of intense fashionable Shoujo works by Ai Yazawa! Will they Measure Up or get marked down as Seconds?Series Discussed: Paradise Kiss Omnibus, Neighborhood Story Omnibus Vol. 1Assignments for next Episode: See You Tomorrow at the Food Court, Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Vol. 1TIMECODES:0:01:00 - Programming Update!0:02:00 - A Double Feature on Ai Yazawa!0:03:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Paradise Kiss0:06:00 - “Legs for Days” 0:11:30 - The “Problem” with Isabella, Narratively 0:13:00 - The Second Series within This Series0:16:45 - Absolute Nightmare Characters (In a Good Way?) 0:26:00 - Everyone Treading Water0:32:45 - End-of-Series Spoiler - Skip Ahead 30 Seconds!0:33:30 - Sex and Fucking 0:36:45 - PEAK TEENAGER0:44:30 - “Face Tank Your Mum” 0:49:15 - “Plot Critical Auntie”0:55:00 - “Nourishing”0:56:30 - Andy’s Pick: Neighborhood Story0:58:30 - “Childhood Friend Crisis”1:10:00 - Smoking? And Drinking? In My Manga??? 1:14:00 - WAAARP1:18:30 - Remember When People Didn’t Have Mobile Phones and if You Wanted to Talk to a Friend You Had to Call Their House Phone? Wasn't That The Worst?1:20:15 - Our Picks for Next Episode! Elliot Gets the Name of His Pick Wrong! 1:21:00 - 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.