Socrates in Love (with Asher Sofman)

A discussion about the manga adaptation of Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama and Kazumi KazuiGet ready to cry at this one-volume melodrama about a teenage couple torn apart by a tragedy. Socrates in Love follows Sakutaro and Aki as they go from being friends to lovers, but have their happiness cut short through illness. Chaplain-in-training Asher Sofman and Shojo & Tell host Ashley discuss how love and death are intertwined, how people grapple with suffering and illness, and other such fun, cheery topics. Ashley makes extensive comparisons between Socrates in Love and Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember, since they have similar plots and Sparks' novel is traditionally one of Ashley's favorite books. (Yes yes, we know.)REFERENCESSocrates in Love is currently out of print in English, but used copies can be easily found online.A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks contains many of the same plot elements as Socrates in Love.That time Nicholas Sparks compared himself to Ernest Hemingway.A Farewell to Arms and The Hunger Games round out Ashley's traditional list of top three books.Manga mentioned:All My Darling DaughtersWaiting for SpringAo Haru RideTokyo Mew MewPet Shop of HorrorsOutro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs"Never stop digivolving" is the tagline of Podigious! A Digimon Podcast, which Asher and Ashley used to cohostCONTACT USAsher on Twitter: @asherdasheryShojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and InstagramAshley on Twitter: @AshMcD00Next episode will be about Tokyo Mew Mew by Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida