River’s Edge / Medalist

The Seattle Mariners are here in town, ish, playing the Angels and they won 11-0 and then lost 6-5 in extras, and guess which game I went to. I think the bats are waking up though. It's July. This episode, we're talking about Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge and Tsurumaikada's Medalist, both published by Kodansha. River's Edge credits: Editor: Ajani Oloye Translation: Alexa Frank Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap, Lorina Mapa Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen Medalist: Translator: Kevin Gifford Letterer: Darren Smith Original Digital Edition Editing: Thalia Sutton Editor: Aimee Zink Managing Editor: Alanna L. Ruse Production Manager: Claire Kerker Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matthew Akuginow As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:34 - We talk about River's Edge (content warning: animal cruelty, attempted murder, drug use, homophobia, realistic bullying, disordered eating) 27:24 - We talk about Medalist Next time is A Raven for All Seasons and The Elusive Samurai