The Dukes of Weebdom

The Monster Hunter Wilds and Street Fighter collab is out! And we have an anime packed episode this week! And we ever spend 20 minutes calling a character by the wrong name, can you point it out before we do?

Time Stamps:

0:00-14:30 Who is your favorite FMA character 

14:30-20:30 Anime blue ray sets and Durarara 

20:30-24:20 Eden of the East. Go watch it

24:20-51:15 Thibond watched ID: Invaded 

51:15-1:23:20 Death Note talks

1:23:20-1:28:30 Thibond is almost down with Oblivion

1:28:30-1:38:00 Monster Hunter Wilds x S...

Peel back the thin ass veil behind talent drought and cover all things Oblivion! Where do you all fall on the Town to Country Mouse spectrum?

Timestamps:

00:00 AAA Studio Rot Explained & Elder Scrolls Oblivion
49:34 Miscellaneous Games & Gacha Roundup 
55:14 Looking Back On Classics / Tenjho Tenge / Manga Plans
1:10:00 Pining For Mystery And Sci-Fi / The Anime Pipeline
1:20:38 Everything Chainsaw Man & More! As In More Isekai!!!

Join us as we embarrass ourselves about the cringe things we wrote as teenagers. And of coarse, all the newest games and manga discussions.

Time Stamps:

0:00- 13:30 The embarrassing books we wrote in out youth

13:30-35:30 Games just suck time out of the day

35:30-39:15 Recommending audio booking to Kuhaku

39:15-52:45 The Shadow Watch Saga

52:45-59:25 Manga's recent need to announce when it's ending with a chapter countdown.

59:25-1:01:15 Chainsaw Man

1:01:15-1:05:25 Kagurabachi 

1:05:25-1:07:00 Over Narration ruins arcs in anime/manga

From writing in video games to writing through the ages, we tackle most things literature (and Kaiju) in this brand spanking new Dukes of Weebdom!!!


Timestamps: 
00:00 Oblivion & Side Quest Design In Games
51:29 Witcher Talk & Games Used To Get More Love
1:08:30 Kaiju No 8
1:11:03 Chainsaw Man 
1:12:21 4 Chapters of Kagura Bachi 
1:29:09 Dandadan
1:32:06 Dialog Writing & Gacha Games
1:37:35 Reading, Books, and Literature. Oh My! & Of Course, Rome 

We are back from a small break just in time for all the episode 1 drops of the spring anime season.  We also had a bunch of back logged chapters to catch up on!

Time stamps:

0:00-5:30 To be a Hero X

5:30-9:30 Moonrise

9:30-11:55 DragonBall Diama 

11:55-13:35 Witch Watch Anime

13:35-19:55 The beginning after the End, and From back water bumpkin to sword master

19:55-25:40 Frankys voice change in One Piece 

25:40-47:55 Chainsaw Man chapters

47:55-51:00 Kagurabachi Chapters

51:00-1:03:00 Dan...

The winter anime season comes to a close with the spring season right around the corner. Kuhaku plays more Monster Hunter Wilds and we date ourselves with some old anime.

Time Stamps:

0:00-9:20 Sakamoto Days anime

9:20-16:45 Solo Leveling Season 2

16:45-25:30 One piece anime is coming back soon

25:30-45:05 April anime line up

45:05-50:25 More webtoons need anime adaptations

50:25-1:03:40 The difference in anime release schedules over the generations

1:03:40-1:11:15 LoL and Arcane

1:11:25-End Monster Hunter

Timestamps:

00:00 The Summer Hikaru Died & My Dear Self With Malice Afterthought            
20:31 KaguraBachi & Seraph Of The End          
55:42 One Piece Block       
1:06:28 Lord of the Rings mythos & Game of Thrones theology           
1:39:01 Kaiju No 8 & End Bits      

Monster Hunter Wild still dominates Thibonds time, but anime figures are about to dominate his wallet!

Time stamps:

0:00-37:20 Anime figures and the need to always buy more

37:20-39:45 Kuhaku "borrows" things from Thibond

39:45-44:00 Thibond finds even more manga to add to his growing list

44:00-1:45:00 Talking every Final Fantasy and a few other games.

1:45:00-End. Need to talk only manga next episode we are so far behind on discussions

Yes, its all Monster Hunter Wilds, no we wont change. 

Timestamps
00:00 Monster Hunter Wilds       
1:29:43 The Other Stuff (Gaming)

Still not sure if Kishimoto lost the plot or gained it. Also your dose of everything One Piece today!


Timestamps        
00:00 Planning Episode 100 & Bleach    
8:32 Demon Slayer and Adapting JJK      
19:01 Conclusive Endings Good / Naruto Boymance       
36:32 Long term stories / How to Read One Piece      
51:32 Chainsaw Man / More One Piece         
1:35:42 Science     

Timestamps: 

00:00 Catching Up & Monster Hunter trailer    
13:42 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2       
32:22 Moving Between Console Gens    
47:20 Yu-Gi-Oh Nostalgia & Abridged Series   
1:03:19 Filler Quality & Naruto's Childhood        
1:18:43 Thibond's Weekly Oda Glazing       
1:29:24 Best Selling Manga 2024       
1:32:50 KaguraBachi      
1:47:21 Chainsaw Man     
2:01:49 Kaiju No 8         

The wait for Monster Hunter Wilds continues! However we do have a few things to keep ourselves busy until then. And as always all the weekly manga chapters!

Time Stamps:

0:00-33:30 Why is it not February 28th yet???

33:30-41:40 Smite 2 talk

42:40-1:05:30 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and random new Skyrim mod

1:05:30-1:35:16 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 193)

1:35:16-1:41:00 Spy x Family (Chapter 111)

1:41:00-End Kagurabachi (Chapter 68) and Sakamoto Anime

Thibond beats Dynasty Warriors Origins just in time for Xbox to announce a bunch of new games including Ninja Gaiden! The Wait for monster hunter Wilds continues and some manga's go on break. We have a long discussion at the end about the use of AI in Art, media, and academia.

Time Stamps:

0:00-14:20 Thibond beats Dynasty Warriors Origins

14:20-31:25 DBZ Sparking Zero DLC

31:25-41:20 Ninja Giaden and Devil May Cry

41:20-46:30 New Xbox games announced 

46:30-1:01:15 The wait for Monster Hunter Wilds and the Switch 2

Not much manga but we keep it rolling with plenty of gaming news.


Timestamps:    
00:00 TCG Card Shop Simulator & Management Games         
12:38 Dynasty Warriors Origins       
33:53 Monster Hunter Wilds Soon & Other Upcoming Games     
1:05:24 Magi and The Homoerotic FF Arc        
1:11:54 Centuria    
1:18:33 Trying To Recruit Thibond To Marvel Rivals / Toxicity     
1:31:18 Top Steam Games      
1:41:38 Spy x Family & Outro Banter     

Back on Nomura for his reverse Midas Touch, also the first Fujimoto miss in a while for us in this RPG packed Dukes of Weebdom!


Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Yakuza Like A Dragon         
19:03 Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts       
1:05:39 Kingdom Come 2 & Other Quick Gaming Topics    
1:18:15 Chainsaw Man Ch 190 & Trusting People With Books     
1:35:22 Dandadan Ch 181          
1:37:30 Sakamoto Days & Magi       

Marvel Rivals continues to be a juggernaut of a game while other AAA games and studios fail to deliver on quality. Youtube shorts brings Kuhaku to some weird places and the new anime season kicks off. And as always, all the latest and greatest manga chapters! 

Time Stamps:
0:00-5:40 Marvel Rivals
5:40-12:00 Pokémon is huge
12:00-34:00 Weird Game of Thrones shorts and vs battles
34:00-37:00 New Anime season
37:00-47:15 Suicide Squad is ass
47:15-1:27:40 The fall of Ubisoft and AAA Games
1:27:40-1:31:40 Spy Family 
1:31:40-1:34:00 Astrobaby 
1:34:00-1:35:50 Magi...

We are back from Christmas break, come catch up on everything we did. From Watching Sonic 3 in theaters to reading a new manga, hunting game trophies and playing new games from the beginning. And of coarse, as always, all the latest chapters!!

Time Stamps!
0:00-5:40 Back from Christmas break
5:40-16:50 Thibond saw Sonic 3
16:50-19:35 Thibond beat Persona 3 Reload and missed 1 trophy
19:35-29:50 Ys X Nordic
29:50-1:09:15 Trophy Hunting
1:09:15-1:14:30 Spy x Family (Chapter 108)
1:14:30-1:26:25 Thibond read "The Extra Academy Survival Guide (Chapters 1-38)
1:26:25-1:29:15 Manga/Manwha titles are out...

Aliens, useless party members, and manga, oh my!

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro & More PoE2       
14:05 Thibond's Game Plans & Atlas and Square Enix RPG's      
30:55 Twitter Sucks & Mystery Drones      
49:40 The Fermi Paradox        
1:03:09 Peaking In At Shojo Null's Ending (Spoilers)     
1:05:25 Dandadan Ch 177     
1:13:00 Winter Anime Season & Best Selling Manga 2024          
1:27:52 Critical Roll      
1:36:32 KaguraBachi Ch 61      
1:50:41 Misc One Piece Stuffz & The Faces Behind Manga     
2:04:07 Wild Strawberry Ch 36

Path of exile early access came out and Kuhaku has been all over it! Marvel Rivals also released and is preforming very well. We talk about certain live service games that will never die and of coarse all the weekly chapters!

Time Stamps:
0:00-22:30 Path of Exile 2
22:30-40:40 Games that will never die
40:40:1:05:50 Marvel Rivals and Atlas games
1:05:50-1:16:00 Centuria (Chapters 24-26)
1:16:00-1:20:45 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 118)
1:20:45-1:25:00 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 186)
1:25:00-1:32:15 Astrobaby (Chapter 24)
1:32:15-1:36:00 Dandadan (Chapter 176)
1:36:00-1:40:45 Dandadan anime episode
1:40:45-1:42:50 Kuhaku started Beastar's season 3
1:42:50-End...

Lots of melodrama in The Boys and regular drama in Predecessor. Slow week on manga but KaguraBachi comes through as always~


Timestamps:             
00:00 Gaming Woes & Big Releases     
15:59 Salty Gamer Tears in Predecessor         
48:32 KaguraBachi Ch 59 & Anime Announcement       
1:07:50 Gokurakugai Ch 21     
1:11:33 Wild Strawberry Ch 35         
1:13:03 Centuria Ch 21       
1:22:01 The Boys Season 4  

Dynasty Warriors Origins had a demo come out this past week ad we both played it!!! Thibond started The First Descendant and Kuhaku watched Look back! And as always all the weekly chapters!

Time stamps:

0:00-2:45 Short on chapters this week
2:45-21:30 Dynasty Warriors Origins Demo
21:30-24:25 Path of Exile 2
24:25-39:00 First Descendant is just Warframe 
39:00-48:00 Diablo 4 and PoE 2
48:00-1:02:57 Battle passes and spending money on games 
1:02:57-1:07:40 Kagurabachi (Chapter 58.1)
1:07:40-1:12:00 Dandadan Episode
1:12:00-1:17:05 Kuhaku watched Look Back
1:17:05-1:28:50 Back to Dandadan 
1:28:50-1:37:20 Minor Sak...

Hokazono blasts all our expectations and predictions away in the new KaguraBachi while Renji does what Renji does best, bleeds for the cause.


Timestamps:   
00:00 The Boys & Invincible    
7:23 Tower of God making Kuhaku lose his mind / Fairy Tale falloff    
20:51 Dub VA's / Fishman Remake      
33:59 Dandadan Newest Episode    
46:39 Bleach Newest Episode & More     
1:14:44 Centuria Chs 15-17    
1:22:25 Chainsaw Man Ch 184    
1:48:29 KaguraBachi Ch 58      

Kuhaku finished watching the Fall Out Tv series, coming see is thoughts! We take a step out of the normal and discuss how people today are not smarter now then they were ages ago, but simply more educated on a broader basis. And of coarse as always, all the weekly manga chapter! 

Time Stamps:
0:00-7:10 Kuhaku finished the Fallout tv series
7:10-23:15 Vampire Survivors and new Monster Hunter mobile game
23:15-39:15 Wanting to get Metaphor and other games
39:15-1:03:30 Technology and how people today are not smarter then in the past
1:03:30-1:07:50 C...

Light on chapters but dense in bangers this week with CSM and Kagurabachi. Also a whooooole lot of MTG nostalgia with the new set coming.


Timestamps:   
00:00 Intro & Gokurakugai Ch 22  
8:39 Centuria  Chs 11-12
14:48 Chainsaw Man Ch 182
22:23 KaguraBachi Ch 56   
37:34 Dandadan Ch 173    
58:56 Pom Poko & Ghibli Movies   
1:09:53 One Piece Anime 
1:19:11 Sonic Movies    
1:22:46 Magic The Gathering: Crossovers, New Set, and Nostalgia   
1:47:46 The #1 Diablo Player & More MTG  

Dandadan anime continues to check off all the right boxes while Bluelock checks off all tyhe wrong ones. Bleach adds more new content to the TYBW arc and we had another great week of chapters!

Time Stamps:
0:00-7:50 Kuhaku went on a stay-cation
7:50-11:50 Dandadan (Episode 4)
11:50-25:00 Bleach TYBW Cour 3
25:00-29:15 Blue Lock season 3
29:15-35:50 Dandadan (Chapter 172)
35:50-40:15 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 116)
40:15-1:09:30 Old school anime filters were amazing, video games.... not so much
1:09:30-1:11:30 Spy x Family (Chapter 107)
1:11:30-1:13:40 Astro Baby (Chapter 21)
1:13:40-1:16:15 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 33)
1:16:15...

Dragon ball Sparking Zero release and we've been going at it! We started watching some new shows and movies, and cover as always all the latest manga chapters.

Time Stamps:
00-3:30 Intro
3:30-40:00 DragonBall Sparking Zero
40:00-47:35 Thibond started watching Dr Who and Kuhaku watched Deadpool and Wolverine 
47:35-52:30 Fall anime season is packed 
52:30-1:09:10 Kuhaku tries getting his partner into some animes
1:09:10-1:19:15  Chainsaw Man (Chapter 180) and Centuria (Chapter 2)
1:19:15-1:21:05 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 32)
1:21:05-1:23:30 Astrobaby (Chapter 20)
1:23:30-1:30:40 Dandadan *peak* (Chapter 170 and anime episode)
1:30:40-1:36:40 Kagurabachi (Chapter 53)

One era ends in the JJK manga as another begins in the Dandadan anime. Hopefully Gege takes a well deserved break. 


Timestamps:   
00:00 Uzumaki Anime   
06:33 Dandadan Anime Finally Premieres   
10:05 Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers / The Penguin / David Tennet   
26:20 Black Myth Wukong & GOTY    
38:49 Deadlock   
53:41 JJK's Final Chapter 
1:07:18 Chainsaw Man Ch 179   
1:10:19 KaguraBachi Chs 51-52   
1:19:28 Magi Chs 35-45   
1:32:39 Dandadan Chs 168-169   
1:45:04 Astro Baby Ch 19   

Coming at you with the second worst JJK chapter of all time!


Timestamps:   
00:00 JJK Ch 270  
12:44 Spy x Family Ch 105  
15:22 Wild Strawberry Ch 31 / BLEACH  
37:19 Deadlock vs Other MOBAs   
52:50 KaguraBachi Ch 50    
1:08:19 ChainsawTalk   
1:10:05 Dandadan Ch 167   
1:13:06 Magi Chs 25-35   
1:25:51 Centuria Ch 2   
1:31:43 Ichi The Witch Ch 2 / Shinobi Undercover Ch 1   
1:41:10 Tower Of God Anime Woes   

Whole lot of new manga to cover on top of the theatrical release of Dandadan!!!


Timestamps:   
00:00 New Manga Time! Ichi The Witch Ch 1   
13:06 The Childhood Friend Of The Zenith   
19:27 Centuria Ch 1   
27:52 Magi (Up to Ch 25)   
39:25 Manga Recap Channels   
49:04 Popular Isekai   
1:01:12 Dandadan On The Big Screen!!! (Spoilers for Eps 1-3) / Dandadan Ch 166   
1:12:03 JJK Ch 269 
1:20:24 Chainsaw Man Ch 177   
1:32:08 Space Battleship Yamato   
1:40:22 Blue Lock S2 Coming   
1:43:11 The Upcoming Anime Season Is PACKED    
2:01:40 Kaiju No 8 Ch 117   
2:05:00 KaguraBachi Ch 49  
2:07:50 Homework For Next Week And Outro   

The end of JJK draws nearer and bad animation riddles some of our favorite material, but not all is lost, Gokurakugai comes in HOT with the artwork and Dandadan and Kagurabachi never fail to bring us peak weekly chapters!
Time Stamps:

0:00-7:00 JJK (Chapter 268)
7:00-9:00 If NGNL came back it's art style would be different
9:00-21:05 Season 2 of Tower of God has bad animation
21:05-30:00 Gokurakugai (Chapter 20)
30:00-33:55 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 30)
33:55-41:45 DandaDan (Chapter 165)
41:45-52:00 Kuhaku is back on MTG
52:00-59:15 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 113)
58:15-1:03:20 Magi 
1:03:20-1:12:45 B...

We Conquer The Sun and our inner demon this week

Timestamps:
00:00 Right Into JJK Ch 268/ What Gege Will Do Next 
19:23 Pokémon 
34:27 Lord of the Rings Anime and Rings of Power S2 
51:03 Chainsaw Man Ch 176 
1:04:40 KaguraBachi Fanart Contest & Ch 47 
1:17:44 CONQUERING THE SUN (Swordsmith Village Arc) 
1:41:54 Anime Movie Trend 
1:47:16 Misc Topics (One Piece Animators/ TOG Looking Terrible/ Crunchyroll UI) 
1:52:15 The Concord Disaster 
1:55:51 Suicide Squad 

JJK is wrapping up the Sukuna fight, Chihiro tells it straight to the Kamunabi, and Kuhaku continues his Tower of God journey. We also talk about games and the generations of manga and how this gen is coming to a close and a new one begins.

Time Stamps:
0:00-8:30 JJK (Chapter 268)
8:30-17:25 Gene's next Manga and Idol manga
17:25-32:45 Generational Manga and the new gen starting
32:45-38:40 Sakamoto Days (Chapters 58-61)
38:40-46:20 Kuhaku plays more Elden Ring 
46:20-59:30 Thibond missed going to a store to buy games
59:30- We want a...

Alot going on today. New Dandadan trailer, started up the Magi manga together, and the announcement of 1 manga ending and another returning.


Timestamps: 
00:00 JJK Is Ending
9:31 Tower of God Last Station Arc
36:50 One Piece Elbaph is Coming
52:24 Astro Baby Ch 16
55:27 Spy x Family Ch 103 & New Dandadan Trailer
1:01:00 Hunter x Hunter is Returning
1:05:53 Shounen Jump Will Be Fine
1:08:04 KaguraBachi Ch 46
1:16:05 We Started Magi
1:25:34 Magic The Gathering Relapse

Thibond binged all of Castivania nocturne, come here his review! Speaking of reviews, the  borderlands movie came out.... on a brighter note we read 10 more Sakamoto chapters!!!
 
Time Stamps: 

0:00-27:30 Castlevania Nocturne 
27:30-46:20 Borderlands live action movie....ouf.
46:20-51:00 DLC overload.
51:00-1:04:05 Fortnite has games inside games and guitar hero
1:04:05-1:16:00 Warriors games
1:16:00-1:20:00 Mortal Kombat 1
1:20:00-1:39:00 Sakamoto (Chapters 48-58)
1:39:00-1:41:20 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 28)
1:41:20-End Chainsaw Man (Chapter 174)

How can Muzan carry 3 movies? How will Yoshida defeat Hero of Hell? And why the hell is Deku working at McRonalds?

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Viz Manga App
6:32 Solo Leveling Manhwa
12:01 Tower of God 
18:12 An Actual Fantasy Anime
27:05 The Latest One Piece Sakuga
29:44 The Biggest Anime Leak Of The Year & Castlevania Nocturne 
39:44 Demon Slayer Swordsmith Village Arc and How Will Ufotable Pace The Movies?
52:59 The MHA Uproar/ Following Up A Hit Manga
1:14:11 Jujutsu Kaisen Ch 265
1:23:39 Chainsaw Man Ch 173
1:34:46 KaguraBachi Chs 43-44 (And A Little Wild Strawberry)
1:46:05 Astro Ba...

Denji puts in the work against the jobbers and Saint Germain showing his suspicious side. And we talk ab out all the seasonal anime we are watching/plan to watch on top of out dislike of the handling of a certain manga app.

Time Stapms:
0:00-10:30 Chainsaw Man (Chapter )
10:30-22:40 Manga volume cover art slaps
22:40-26:30 Dead Man Wonderland needs love
26:30-43:00 Animes that need the FMA Brotherhood treatmen
43:00-45:00 Tower of God
45:00-51:50 Current anime season and others
51:50-1:09:50 JJK (Chapter )
1:09:50-1:41:20 Wish the Kodansha app wasn't bad<...

Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro & Soul Eater/NGNL rumors
9:20 Fire Force Final Season 
10:57 Big 3 OP's / Shippuden Sucks
20:22 FMA vs FMAB & Early 2000's Animation / Mecha Anime
35:28 Golden Kamuy
38:20 The Step Sister Anime Did It
40:47 Tower Of Rules
57:35 The Acolyte & Milking Properties
1:15:51 Thanking Fujimoto For God
1:17:46 KaguraBachi Ch 42
1:32:38 Astro Baby Ch 14
1:39:02 Live Action Anime & Tarantino Movies 
1:53:59 Dandadan Ch 162 & One Piece Popping Off & Avatar is Mid

Dadadan finally hits the shonen app, Kagurabachi starts showing off what the Shinuchi is capable of, and Denji goes berserk and brings back the lean mean chainsaw machine.

Time Stamps:

0:00-9:00 Dandadan (Chapters 161)
9:00-11:50 HxH and other Haiatus manga
11:50-13:13 Back to Dandadan
13:10-36:00 Jjk (Chapter 263)
36:00-1:09:00 The problem with badly written chacters and long running series
1:09:00-1:17:10 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 171)
1:17:10-1:21:00 Have we been sleeping on Elusive Samurai???
1:21:00-1:24:15 Kuhaku considers starting House of the Dragon
1:24:15-1:30:30 Kagurabachi (Chapter 42)
1:30:30-1:35:20 WIld Strawberry (Chapter 26)
1:35:20-1:38:10...

HUUUUGE turns in CSM right now! 


Timestamps:
00:00 Spy x Family Ch 101 / New Jump Series
10:33 Dead Dead Demons Snuck It's Way Out / New Anime Season
19:10 Devil Survivor 2 / MHA Ended (light spoilers)
30:31 Blue Lock On The Horizon / Anime Movies
42:08 Manga Sales This Year / Random Anime Musings
54:41 Kaiju No 8 Anime & Ch 110
1:00:04 Chainsaw Man Ch 170
1:15:13 Who Is Melina? / Shadow Of The Erdtree
1:35:50 Gokurakugai Ch 19 
1:40:42 Jujutsu Kaisen Ch 262.2 
1:49:02 KaguraBachi Ch 41