Episode 137 - Battle in 5 Seconds (Deatte 5-byou de Battle)

Five seconds was more than enough for us to decide the fate of Battle in 5 Seconds, a good ol' action manga where everyone gets wacky abilities and must fight to survive in the ultimate death game! Well, except there's not really any death. Or winning. Or losing. Confused? So were we... ~ 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 ~ Support the official release! Battle in 5 Seconds is licensed by Comikey - https://comikey.com/comics/battle-in-5-seconds-manga/33/ Want to check out the anime? It's available via via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G8DHV7DG7/battle-game-in-5-seconds