Monster 11: Afterimage of Tenma
Hoo boy! Matt had to update the content warnings again. This episode features a long discussion of transphobia (from 00:11:00 - 00:21:00) that references a Lindsay Ellis Video about the topic and really tries to unpack what this means for the story, and for the era as a whole. Afterwards, we spend a lot of time here in Prague, figuring out what happened last time, and setting up some landmines for next time, but overall - just really doing a whole lot of mixed analysis for this previously extremely good story (no caveats) that has become an extremely good story (many caveats). Matt and Quinn both agree that this "bombshell" just sucks, and then spend some time talking about some of the "western" comics revelations that they like (and hate) and figuring out where MONSTER goes from here. Folks, it's a bad one, but also - it's a real good one.
CW - In-depth discussion of transphobia from 00:11:00 - 00:21:00
Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 87-95)
Next Time: Monster (Chapter 96-104)
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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!