Basara Pt. 3 (with Caitlin)

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

Covers volumes 19–27 of Basara by Yumi Tamura (the last third of the series).

The war epic that is Basara finally comes to an end in this long denouement (and two volumes of side stories). Shojo manga master Caitlin and Shojo & Tell host Ashley answer a listener question about lost limbs, pay tribute to the characters who didn't survive to the end of the story, go into the handling of the later plot developments involving the White King, Ginko, and chat about all the side stories (there were so many!). Along the way, dolphin bombs are discussed, and Nachi canonically becomes a California surfer bro.

REFERENCES

• Basara is available digitally in English from Viz Media
• Basara also has a 13-episode anime adaptation
• 7SEEDS is another work by Yumi Tamura that got a (not great) anime adaptation recently (available on Netflix). The manga has not been licensed in English.
• The Vision of Escaflowne features a character with a lost limb
• Other manga/anime references: Fushigi Yugi, Boys Over Flowers
• The "military marine mammal" Wikipedia page is probably the best/worst thing you'll have read in a while
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Caitlin on Twitter: @alltsun_nodere
• Caitlin’s writings on The Daily Dot and Anime Feminist
• Visit Caitlin’s blog, where she writes a lot about shojo
• Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
• Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00

Next episode will cover the short series Meteor Prince by Meca Tanaka.