Episode 126 - Shangri-la Frontier by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji

After years of playing trash games, Rakuro Hizutome finds himself switching gears to play Shangri-la Frontier: a massively popular, full dive VR game that is anything but trash! Naming his character Sunraku and starting out with a duel wielding swordsman with a bird mask, Rakuro soon learns to love the game... It isn't until a chance encounter leads him to cross paths with a unique monster, Lycagon, that he sees the game's true potential and vows to become one of SLF's greatest players! On this week's episode, Mat is joined once again by tattoo artist Bar to discuss Shangri-la Frontier by Katarine and Ryosuke Fuji . Join us as we get into what we think this mmo-based-manga gets right on the gaming side of things, before broaching more weighty topics like what it's fair to expect of a shonen manga and how sometimes you find meaning in completely unexpected places! --- Show Notes --- Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akatami One Piece by Eiichiro Oda Mashle by Hajime Kōmoto The King's Avatar by Hu Dielan Overlord by Kugane Maruyama and So-bin Log Horizon by Mamare Touno and Kazuhiro Hara Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara Solo Leveling by Chugong and DuBu Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki Dr. Stone by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama Bleach by Tite Kubo Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music! Find us on: X: Manga Tak Pod Bluesky: Manga Tak Pod Instagram: Manga Tak Pod