Welcome to My Taste is Better Than Yours, the manga podcast with Samu and Guardian Enzo! Who are we? Two anime bloggers (Samu former, Enzo current - at https://lostinanime.com) who love manga.
We'll discuss some of our favourite manga series and let you decide which one of us has the better taste. Throughout this podcast we’ll be covering series we've both already read or follow, as well as series one of us recommends to the other to compare our opinions. From time-to-time we’ll also cover some general manga-related topics and discussions.
68 - Next Manga Award Winners 2026 (Someone Hertz + Home at the Horizon)
The latest episode focuses on the winners of the Next Manga Award for 2026: Someone Hertz by Ei Yamano and Home at the Horizon by Taiyou Watabe, along with our additional recommendations in the print and digital categories. We go over the history of the award, the trend towards Jump titles in the past few years, and go into whether we think the two winners are deserving and worth checking out,
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction - another award-centric episode
2:01 Historical winners in print category
5:36 Historical winners in the web category
6:42 Is ‘Next Manga Awards’ launching successes or were they already hits?
7:54 Is it predictable that winners come from Weekly Shonen Jump and Jump+?
15:36 Someone Hertz by Ei Yamano
32:29 Print shoutouts: Bus for Two, Silver Mountain, Register, Dig It!, Roku’s House of Oddities
37:26 Samu’s Recommendation: Show-ha Shoten! by Akinari Asakura, Obata Takeshi
39:36 Enzo’s Recommendation: Futari Bus by Sakane Toyobayashi
41:06 Home at the Horizon by Taiyou Watabe
1:03:22 Digital shouts: Hitoner, WITCHRIV
1:04:45 Enzo’s Recommendation: Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzou
1:06:35 Samu’s Recommendation: Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu
1:08:42 Final overview + ratings
29 Sept 2026
67 - Manga with Hailed Anime Adaptations
In a similar fashion to our episode on Manga with Failed Anime Adaptations, we’re flipping it to the positive: those adaptations that we hail, and believe surpass the source material. Expect plenty of disagreements as we list of some potentially hot takes as well as a few we could both agree on!
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction - why do some adaptation exceed their source material?
4:44 The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui
8:42 Witch Watch by Kenta Shinnohara
15:31 A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ooima
22:10 Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
26:08 Go For It, Nakamura! by Shundei
34:58 Heavenly Delusion by Masakazu Ishiguro
38:15 Nichijou - My Ordinary Life by Keiichi Arawi
43:02 Haikyuu!! by Haruichi Furudate
50:22 Flowers of Evil by Shuzo Oshimi
55:26 Teasing Master Takagi-san by Souichirou Yamamoto
1:01:50 Honourable mentions
1:08:25 Hailed anime adaptations of non-manga
7 Sept 2026
66 - A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
We switch to an Enzo recommendation this time, and it’s another all-timer for him: A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori: a historical drama set in Central Asia in the nineteenth century - the winner of a Manga Taisho award and many other acclaims throughout its run and thus it’s another test to see where an Enzo classic shapes up in Samu’s estimations.
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction - another one of Enzo’s ongoing favourite manga
2:50 Comparing the artwork of A Bride’s Story to Bleach
5:14 It’s like going into an art gallery - for better or worse
9:49 The story of multiple brides, not of a singular bride
11:23 Karluk and Amir - their dynamic, their age gap, their romance
19:52 Spoiler discussion begins
19:54 Henry Smith - is he the main character of the series?
25:13 Amir - is she a Mary Sue or not and the resolution point of a first cour
33:47 Standouts from the other brides in the series
44:06 No anime or live-action adaptation - why?
51:40 Enzo’s Recommendation: Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest by Aki Irie
53:46 Samu’s Recommendation: Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia (A Witch's Life in Mongol) by Tomato Soup
57:25 Final overview + ratings
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