Episode 20: Josei Manga

February is here, and Ray and I are talking about the josei demographic! We're answering your questions about manga for women, and the many amazing series we've gotten in English over the years. From Princess Jellyfish to Haru's Curse, come discover your favourite new series about women being women (and everything that entails!!)

Series mentioned in this episode: Princess Jellyfish, Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey, Haru's Curse, My Broken Mariko, Ooku, My Darling Daughters, pink, Helter Skelter: Fashion Unforward, In Clothes Called Fat, Sakuran, Buffalo 5 Girls, Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, Everybody's Getting Married, Between the Sheets, Descending Stories, Phantom Tales of the Night, Chihayafuru, Maiden Railways, Perfect World & Sweat and Soap

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@TalesofColor's question: - The Story of Saiunkoku - Princess Jellyfish, Akiko Higashimura - Maiden Railways, Asumiko Nakamura - All My Darling Daughters, Fumi Yoshinaga - Haru's Curse, Asuka Konishi - Perfect World, Rie Aruga

@lesbopymihys: Q1: - Kageki Shojo! The Curtain Rises, Kumiko Saiki Q2: - Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon), Yuki Kodama - Chihayafuru, Yuki Suetsugu - A Savage God Reigns (Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru), Moto Hagio - The Poe Clan: Dreams of Spring, Unicorn, and The Secret Garden (Poe no Ichizoku: Haru no Yume, Unicorn, Himitsu no Hanazono), Moto Hagio - Bou ga Ippon, Fumiko Takano

@365daysof801: Q1: - The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese/The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice, Setona Mizushiro - Fumi Yoshinaga (Ooku, Antique Bakery, etc) - Natsume Ono (ACCA 13, Ristorante Paradiso, etc) - Haruko Kumota (Descending Stories: Rakugo Shinju, Itoshi no Nekokke, etc) - JUNKO (Kiss Him, Not Me, Mr. Mini-Mart, etc)

Q2: - Helter Skelter and Pink, Kyoko Okazaki - In Clothes Called Fat, Moyoco Anno - All My Darling Daughters, Fumi Yoshinaga - Sakuran, Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, Buffalo 5 Girls, Moyoco Anno - NANA, Paradise Kiss, Ai Yazawa - A, A', Otherworld Barbara, Moto Hagio - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Fumi Yoshinaga

@rinreadsmanga's question: - My Androgynous Boyfriend, Tamekou - A Sign of Affection, suu Morishita - Sweat and Soap, Kintetsu Yamada

@LumRanmaYasha: Q1: - Akiko Higashimura (Princess Jellyfish, Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Blank Canvas) - Haruko Kumota (Descending Stories: Rakugo Shinjuu, Itoshi no Nekokke) - Moyoco Anno (Sakuran, In Clothes Called Fat, etc) - Kyoko Okazaki (Helter Skelter, Pink) Q2: - Phantom Tales of the Night, Matsuri - My Broken Mariko, Waka Hirako - With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child, Keiko Tobe - Everyone's Getting Married, Izumi Miyazono - An Incurable Case of Love, Maki Enjoji - Kaze Hikaru, Taeko Watanabe

@TakutoAnimeCafe: Q1: - Princess Jellyfish - All My Darling Daughters - Maiden Railways - Sakuran - In Clothes Called Fat - Haru's Curse - Paradise Kiss Q2: - Ooku - Descending Stories

@cursed_kona question: - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, My Solo Exchange Diary, Nagata Kabi - Haru's Curse - Helter Skelter - Otherworld Barbara - My Broken Mariko - Erica Sakurazawa manga (esp. Between the Sheets)

@storiedshelves: Q1: - Haruko Kumota - Akiko Higashimura - Moyoco Anno (I meant her when I mentioned a calendar too lol whoops) - Mari Okazaki (Suppli) - Matsuri (Phantom Tales of the Night) - Moto Hagio (A Savage God Reigns) - Chica Umino (Honey and Clover, March Comes In Like a Lion which just got licensed thank you Denpa) - Fumi Yoshinaga Q2: - Chihayafuru - Perfect World - Everyone's Getting Married