Ok. It’s almost a year past due, but I’m reading Shigurui (Death Frenzy), so I can use my new power as Anime Corespondent to bring it into future podcast discussion

I love Mie. A character who holds such personal strengthin a world where she is denied the smallest scrap of autonomy or dignity

Gonzemon is fucking wild cause he got mutilated for darring to suggest that Mie should be wedded to a man who respects her, but he also eats a concubine’s nipple.

Spoilers, none of the three referenced is the dude who literally ate a nipple.

Shigurui slaps

There isn’t an actual old tiger with a sword, it’s just symbolic

Fellas, you ever strip down to your fundoshi and watch a turtle lay eggs with all of your bros?

Wonder what pivotal event goes down in this chapter....

Fellas, is it gay to kill your childhood love than casterate yourself with your bare hands to become the perfect samurai?

I love the anime, but holy shit I love the weird animal demon visuals the manga has

GOD DAMN

OH MY GOD

I love her even more now

This one isn’t symbolic, there really is a man eating baboon in this

Finally finished it. Bleak as hell, but worth reading if you got a high tolerance for body horror and the cruelty of man when they think it’s the “right” thing to do