- 137
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 93
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast
A manga discussion podcast focusing on shojo (and josei!) series that make your heart go doki-doki. Covering classics like CLAMP’s “Cardcaptor Sakura” and Yuu Watase’s “Fushigi Yuugi” to newer favorites like Kazune Kawahara’s “My Love Story!!” and Hiro Fujiwara’s “Maid Sama!” Shojo & Tell host Ashley McDonnell discusses one series per episode with a rotating shojo superfan. We're recreating all those impassioned rants you'd have with your friends about your favorite series, just in podcast form. Shojo [or shoujo] manga: Japanese comics made for young women. A breath of fresh air after reading over 100 volumes of “One Piece.” The underappreciated sibling of all those same-y never-ending shonen titles.
- Publisher
- Ashley McDonnell
- Category
- arts · leisure · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Oct 2017
- Latest episode
- 9 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 137 episodes have a transcript.
9 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Red River Manga Discussion Part 1 (with Asher Sofman)
19 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Please Save My Earth Manga Discussion Part 2 (with Autumn)
27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Please Save My Earth Manga Discussion Part 1 (with Autumn)
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Red River Manga Discussion Part 1 (with Asher Sofman)
Published 9 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Maybe. Maybe. I just feel like most characters' motivations are pretty one-note. It's not exactly that any of their motivations are shallow or that they're shallow. They all feel pretty real. It's more that... The good versus evil aspects of it can be very simplistic. Yeah, they're all very simple characters, really. Nobody's complicated. which can be fine. It's good. Sometimes that's great. I don't always want it. And I like my fantasy politics to be crazy. Okay. It's just me. Normally, I agree with you, right? Like, I don't like when everything is so black and white. And I do have some gripes with that about this series that I think we will get further into when we actually discuss, like, plot points. […]
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- Asher Sofman
- Autumn
- Megan Frampton
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 52 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 41 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 62
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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