Monster 12: Smile Consultant Tenma
Just in time for your drive back from any 4th of July barbecues, it's the next episode of Urasawa Boys! Matt and Quinn relish in the Friday energy of this recording, and open by doing some real fun thinking about narrative theory, serialization, and how to deal with story events in and out of context. (That's not a joke, it's really fun!) From there, we launch into the next set of happenings with Grimmer and Tenma in Prague, spend some time with Lunge on vacation, and finally start to unlock (or uncover? unbury? un-wall?) the mysteries of Johan's origins. Where do we go from that shocking ending? Who knows, but I'm sure we'll find a way that will involve 3-5 more memorable characters with unique backstories. Folks, it's a good one!
CW - In-depth discussion of children in peril, depictions of sex work as horror, more transphobia, and exploitative stories / "cheap heat" in genre fiction from 01:13:00 - 01:32:00
Material Covered: Monster (Chapter 96 - 104)
Next Time: Monster (Chapter 105 - 113)
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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!