It is June 23, 2026. The Chicago White Sox are in first place.
This episode, we're talking about cancelled sports manga from Shonen Jump. Including Daiki Nono's Ekiden Bros, Kei Kurumazaki (writer) and Sotaro Nishii's (illustrator) Embers, Kento Terasaka's Green Green Greens, Togo Goto (writer) and Kento Matsuura's (illustrator) Harukaze Mound, Mikiyasu Kamada (writer) and Ashibi Fukui's (illustrator) Nine Dragons' Ball Parade, Yoshiharu Kataoka's Ping-Pong Peril, and Elck Itsumo's Two on Ice.
Ekiden Bros credits:
Translation: Melissa Tanaka
Lettering: Phil Christie
Embers credits:
Translation by Adrienne Beck
Lettered by John Hunt
Green Green Greens credits:
Translation: Christine Dashiell
Lettering: Brendon Hull
Harukaze Mound credits:
Translation: John Werry
Lettering: Phil Christie
Nine Dragons' Ball Parade credits:
Translation: Camellia Nieh
Lettering: Snir Aharon
Ping-Pong Peril credits:
Lettering: Snir Aharon
Translation: Dan Luffey
Two on Ice credits:
Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash
Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant
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Show notes:
0:30 - We talk about Embers
9:38 - We talk about Harukaze Mound
17:30 - We talk about Nine Dragons' Ball Parade
25:19 - We talk about Green Green Greens
32:12 - We talk about Two on Ice
38:04 - We talk about Ping-Pong Peril
43:34 - We talk about Ekiden Bros
48:11 - Bonus
18 Jan 2026
Top Anime of 2025
Bears are about to play a playoff game. I am unwell.
We're back with our annual anime spectacular! Chris (@gokuffy) and Helen (@wanderindreamr) join me (@nidokorn) to count down our favorite anime of 2025.
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Show notes:
0:30 - Number fives
23:03 - Number fours
(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)
45:58 - Number threes
1:12:54 - Number twos
(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)
1:38:45 - Takopi's Original Sin spoilers
1:43:46 - End of Takopi's Original Sin spoilers
1:49:37 - Number ones
2:14:16 - Also rans
Next time is...sports anime?
25 Dec 2025
Anime Secret Santa 2025: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!; The Fire Hunter; Jarinko Chie; The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún; Bocchi the Rock!
It’s Anime Secret Santa time, as always! We’ve got some anime, and we watched a subset of that anime. Chris (@gokuffy) and Patz (@PatzPrime) join me (@nidokorn) to talk about some anime:
I talk about The Fire Hunter and The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
Chris talks about Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and Bocchi the Rock!
Patz talks about Jarinko Chie
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Show notes:
0:30 - We talk about what we were recommended
6:55 - Chris talks about Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
17:12 - Kory talks about The Fire Hunter
26:03 - Patz talks about Jarinko Chie
33:33 - Kory talks about The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
39:49 - Chris talks about Bocchi the Rock!
1:00:09 - The reveal
Next time is top anime of 2025
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