Urasawa Boys is back, and we're off to Prague! In this chunk of chapters, we're introduced to some new plot threads and some new characters, and we've got a new friend along with us to talk about it! In honor of making it to our 10th episode, we were thrilled to welcome special guest Tyler Crumrine of Possible World Games. Listen along as we talk about the shifting financial realities of the podcasting marketplace, Gundam, 1980s horror movies, being single, the mechanics of a fictional moral universe (and its rules on accepting candy from strangers), and how much we like this manga. Folks, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 78-86)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 87-95)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

We've arrived at the halfway point of MONSTER, and what a mid-season finale this one is! Matt and Quinn got together to do a morning recording covering the explosive events of this reading - we dig into some new themes, revisit some old ones, and spend a lot of time talking about just how awesome the action sequences in this bit are! There's dark and spooky revelations from a fairy tale, and hints that another one awaits us further east. Join us for this absolute rollercoaster of a reading, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 69-77)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 78-86)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

The dark ambient music that plays during the intro this week is Track 3 from DARK LITANIES OF TERRA by Monasterium Imperi - check them out!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Whoops! The schedule got messed up again. Very sorry about this, but the semester is over now and I got a good grade on my data mining paper, so the strep throat was worth it? Quinn and I will be back next time with the thrilling conclusion to the first half of Monster, but today - please enjoy the first episode of Mattaining Balance! It's a good one!

Material Covered: BONUS - House of the Dragon / Rings of Power / Wheel of Time

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 69-77)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

And we're back! It's another episode in Munich as we zoom around the city, spending time with Rudi, Lunge, Lotte, Nina, Tenma, Reichwein, Dieter, Karl, Johan and Roberto. On reflection, I guess the whole crew's here! It's an exciting chunk of reading that seems to tighten all of the nets around each set of "a game of cat and mouse" that this comic contains! (This is definitely the most "Matt Fennell writing at the college newspaper trying to impress and amuse the copy editors" episode description I've ever written.) There's some updates on Quinn's "drinking vinegar," a bit where Matt talks about a patty melt, and generally, just a whole lot of fun! It's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 60-68)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 69-77)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Woah hey, another episode of Urasawa Boys! Matt and Quinn are really in the swing of it on this one, there's some good banter, some good thoughts about story and mechanics and theme - some brief discussion of pacing (in a fun way), and then some ancillary bits that are honestly groundbreaking! This is a Richard episode, which means we get to talk about Columbo, and also Die Hard, and all of it is fun and relevant and interesting. Tune in for the insightful discussion of recovery, stay for the bit where we cast Ms. Piggy as Eva Heinneman. It's a good one folks!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 51-59)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 60-68)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Another thrilling episode of Urasawa Boys! In this one, we stick the landing on last time's cliffhanger, spend some time with Eva, and then head to the city of Munich for some seemingly unrelated plot developments! Quinn works on his thesis of connections, and Matt draws some parallels to older literary storytelling modes! There's discussion of crushes, gambling, and things we like to say as pat responses. Folks, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 42-50)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 51-59)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Woah, it's here - so soon after the last episode (which was definitely not late)! Matt and Quinn convene once again to talk Monster, this time going over a relatively Tenma-free chunk of reading. We follow a criminal psychologist learning about the reality of a monster, and then follow some characters from previous readings, working through what it means to take a life and to be killed! Quinn has some ideas about the larger themes of the story, and Matt cracks himself up thinking about how one of the characters is a moron! Folks, it's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 33-41)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 42-50)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Better late than never - here's a weekend drop of your absolute favorite podcast covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa! In this episode, we read through a cinematic chunk of chapters that function as a real solid movie of the week. Eva's here, being mean and doing Eva stuff, and then Tenma and the gang do their best to stop the Turkish quarter of Frankfurt from going up in flames. It's an adventure with some big picture reveals that we're not quite sure we love! Thank you for waiting, this is a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 25-32)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 33-41)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Hey gang! We had some unexpected production delays related to the recent winter weather in the states - Episode 4 (which covers chapters 25-32) will be out a little later, but still soon! And I promise, it's a good one!

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!

Technically, the third episode of a podcast is the first official episode, since the first and the second are just provisional! (Don't think it through, you know what I mean!) In this episode, we sink into chapters 17-24 of MONSTER, and cover a few episodic stories of Tenma on the run, being a good doctor! Quinn's favorite side character makes an appearance, and Matt has some thoughts about exploitative moves being used for "cheap heat." We say this every time, but it's a good one!

Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 17-24)

Next Time: Monster (Chapter 25-32)

Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNINGS

We're currently reading Monster, which contains scenes of gore, violence, bodily fluids, child abuse, gaslighting/emotional abuse, racism, Nazis, terrorism, death, suicide, hospitals/surgery, alcoholism, drug abuse, weapons/guns, and transphobia. Please proceed with caution!