Manga Log
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings(Currently bi-weekly) Covers legally-available manga from a variety of genres and demographics. Discover popular hits and under-the-radar manga! Hosted by John.
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49: Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
May 14, 2021 05:57 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week's manga log: "Descending Stories," written and illustrated by Haruko Kumota. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Yotarou is a former yakuza member fresh out of prison and fixated on just one thing: rather than return to a life of crime, the young man aspires to take to the stage of Rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comedic storytelling. Inspired during his incarceration by the performance of distinguished practitioner Yakumo Yuurakutei, he sets his mind on meeting the m...
48: Nodame Cantabile
April 17, 2021 17:36 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week's manga log: "Nodame Cantabile," written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Shinichi Chiaki, the perfectionist son of a famous pianist, is in his fourth year at Momogaoka College of Music, hoping to achieve his secret dream of being a conductor. His admiration for his father led him to pursue a career in music. As much as he wants to return to Europe, his phobia of flying traps him in Japan where he now lives. One night, he passes out, an...
47: Tsuredure Children
March 31, 2021 14:19 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThis week's manga log: "Tsuredure Children," written and illustrated by Wakabayashi, Toshiya. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Love is not simple. It is complicated, frustrating, often incomprehensible—and it is something that many high school students are all too familiar with. Love takes on countless forms, but it is an emotion common to different kinds of people: childhood friends, tsunderes, classmates, delinquents, and student council presidents. Love can also flourish betwee...
46: Love Hina
March 12, 2021 21:16 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week's manga log: "Love Hina," written and illustrated by Akamatsu, Ken. Description (courtesy of MangaDex): Keitaro has had great difficulty getting into the university of his choice and no luck in meeting women. In a desperate effort to go into seclusion and study for his entrance exams, he volunteers to take over running his grandmother's hotel. His plans are ruined when he discovers that the "hotel" is actually an all-girls dormitory... and some serious distractions ensue. Feel ...
45: The Drops of God
February 12, 2021 00:55 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week's manga log: "The Drops of God," written by Kibayashi, Shin, and illustrated by Okimoto, Shuu. Description (courtesy of MangaDex): The main character of the manga, a young man called Shizuku Kanzaki, discovers the beauty of wine after his father, a famous wine critic, dies and leaves an unusual will: a description of 12 wines he considers to be the best in the world, comparing them to Jesus Christ’s disciples. The first person to find these “disciples” will inherit the father’s ...
44: Golden Kamuy
January 23, 2021 16:39 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week's manga log: "Golden Kamuy," written and illustrated by Noda, Satoru. Description (courtesy of MangaDex): In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold wi...
43: Shinobi Life
January 02, 2021 17:19 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week's manga log: "Shinobi Life," written and illustrated by Konami, Shouko. Description (courtesy of MangaDex): Energetic and strong-willed, Beni doesn't care if she lives or dies as long as her death will result in embarrassing her arrogant father! But one day, she suddenly encounters Kagetora, a ninja who's fallen from the sky and swears complete loyalty to her -- as her bodyguard. Kagetora has time traveled from a long, long time ago, and has devoted his life to protecting Pr...
42: Yona of the Dawn Pt. 2
December 06, 2020 22:06 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBThis week's manga log: "Yona of the Dawn" follow-up episode. Heavy spoilers up to the end of Volume 7 (or Chapter 41). This is also where the anime adaptation ends. Feel free to send your thoughts and questions via the Anchor app, the podcast e-mail: [email protected], or the podcast Twitter @mangalogpod. Next series: "Shinobi Life," written and illustrated by Konami, Shouko Music: "Eternal Youth" by RUDE. Please support him! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXHaVENo...
41: Beck
November 15, 2020 17:52 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week's manga log: "Beck," written and illustrated by Sakuishi, Harold. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka wasted away his middle school days listening to Japanese pop music and apathetically trudging through life—until a casual run-in with the enigmatic guitarist Ryuusuke "Ray" Minami. Through this encounter, Koyuki realizes what he has been missing all this time as Ray introduces him to western rock music and jumpstarts his desire to play guitar. Althoug...
40: Demon Slayer
November 02, 2020 20:10 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week's manga log: "Demon Slayer," written and illustrated by Gotoge, Koyoharu. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. On his way back, night falls, f...
39: Inuyashiki
October 15, 2020 22:21 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBRe-upload. Sorry, this originally had show notes but I had to delete the episode that went live and repost it. I was working this through my phone and wasn’t about to re-type all of the notes on my small keyboard LOL. Technical difficulties stink :( --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mangalog/message
38: Land of the Lustrous
October 01, 2020 21:42 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week's manga log: "Land of the Lustrous," written and illustrated by Haruko Ichikawa. Description (courtesy of Wikipedia): Land of the Lustrous is set in a far, distant future where the Earth had been struck six times by meteorites, ravaging it in the process. All of the remaining land was reduced to a single coast, whereas nearly all life was destroyed. Over vast stretches of time, a new race of sentient lifeforms emerged; immortal jewels that take the form of people. Phosphophylli...
37.5: I’m Still Here
June 21, 2020 00:01 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBHey guys! Just letting you know I’m safe and sorry for leaving you in the dark for so long! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mangalog/message
37: The Promised Neverland Pt. 2
January 08, 2020 18:54 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThis week's manga log: "The Promised Neverland" follow-up episode. Heavy spoilers up to the end of Volume 12 (or Chapter 106). Feel free to send your thoughts and questions via the Anchor app, the podcast e-mail: [email protected], or the podcast Twitter @mangalogpod. Next series: "Land of the Lustrous," written and illustrated by Haruko Ichikawa. Music: "Eternal Youth" by RUDE. Please support him! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXHaVENo6E) --- Send in a voice mess...
36.8: Updates
January 06, 2020 19:40 - 15 minutes - 7.35 MBImportant. Please listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mangalog/message
36.5: Updates + Holiday Break
November 20, 2019 16:53 - 11 minutes - 5.61 MBReturning in January. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mangalog/message
36: Cardcaptor Sakura
November 15, 2019 19:50 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBThis week's manga log: "Cardcaptor Sakura," written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Description (courtesy of MAL): Sakura Kinomoto is your garden-variety ten-year-old fourth grader, until one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious book containing a set of cards. Unfortunately, she has little time to divine what the cards mean because she accidentally stirs up a magical gust of wind and unintentionally scatters the cards all over the world. Suddenly awakened from the book, the Beas...
35: Flying Witch (+ Podcast Updates)
November 08, 2019 04:38 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week's manga log: Flying Witch, written and illustrated by Chihiro Ishizuka. Description (courtesy of MAL): In the witches' tradition, when a practitioner turns 15, they must become independent and leave their home to study witchcraft. Makoto Kowata is one such apprentice witch who leaves her parents' home in Yokohama in pursuit of knowledge and training. Along with her companion Chito, a black cat familiar, they embark on a journey to Aomori, a region favored by witches due to its ...
34: Sweetness & Lightning
November 01, 2019 15:13 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week's manga log: Sweetness & Lightning written and illustrated by Gido Amagakure. Description (courtesy of MAL): Since the death of his wife, Kouhei Inuzuka has been caring for his young daughter Tsumugi to the best of his abilities. However, with his lack of culinary knowledge and his busy job as a teacher, he is left relying on ready-made meals from convenience stores to feed the little girl. Frustrated at his own incapability to provide a fresh, nutritious meal for his daughter, ...
33: Vinland Saga
October 26, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week's manga log: Vinland Saga, written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. Description (courtesy of MAL): Young Thorfinn grew up listening to the stories of old sailors that had traveled the ocean and reached the place of legend, Vinland. It's said to be warm and fertile, a place where there would be no need for fighting—not at all like the frozen village in Iceland where he was born, and certainly not like his current life as a mercenary. War is his home now. Though his father once ...
32: The Ghost in the Shell
October 19, 2019 17:48 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week's manga log: "The Ghost in the Shell" written and illustrated by Shirow, Masamune. Description (courtesy of MAL): In a near future, technology has firmly taken root into society at large. Cybernetic implants are nothing uncommon and robots roam as plentiful as humans, all connected through their ''ghosts'' to the electronic datastreams of the net. Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Public Security Section 9 find themselves in a constant battle with the newly created wave of technologi...
31: Blade of the Immortal
October 11, 2019 16:09 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBThis week's manga log: "Blade of the Immortal" written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. Description (courtesy of Amazon): A cursed, seemingly immortal warrior aids a young girl in her quest for revenge, as the students of a brutal new sword school tear a bloody path across Japan. Hiroaki Samura's massive manga series spawned an anime run, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Samura's storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle A...
30: Beastars
October 04, 2019 19:29 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis week's manga log: Beastars, written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. Description (courtesy of Wikipedia): The story takes place in a world of modern, civilized, anthropomorphic animals with a cultural divide between the carnivores and herbivores. The series takes its name from the in-universe rank of Beastar, an individual of great talent, service, and notoriety. Legoshi, a large gray wolf, is a timid and quiet student of Cherryton Academy where he lives in a dorm with several o...
29.8: Updates + Podcast Return
September 28, 2019 16:03 - 9 minutes - 4.37 MBThe podcast is back! Next episode: Beastars. Oct. 4th. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mangalog/message
29.5: Hiatus
June 06, 2019 16:54 - 4 minutes - 1.94 MBReturning in September (tentative). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mangalog/message
29: Drifting Dragons
May 29, 2019 17:51 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week's manga log: Drifting Dragons, written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. Description (courtesy of Kodansha): The draking vessel Quin Zaza soars through the skies, hunting dragons that hide in the clouds. A single big catch means full coffers and all the meat they can eat, while failure means an empty wallet and an even emptier stomach. Join us as we log the crew’s grand adventures, chasing dreams of the sky, dragons, and gourmet cooking! Feel free to send your thoughts and ques...
28: The Seven Deadly Sins
May 17, 2019 20:38 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week's manga log: The Seven Deadly Sins, written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList.net): The "Seven Deadly Sins," a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia, were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d'état and captured the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king's third da...
27: Lone Wolf and Cub
May 13, 2019 17:22 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week's manga log: Lone Wolf and Cub, written by Kazuo Koike, and illustrated by Goseki Kojima. Description (courtesy of Wikipedia): Lone Wolf and Cub chronicles the story of Ogami Ittō, the shōgun's executioner who uses a dōtanuki battle sword. Disgraced by false accusations from the Yagyū clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. Along with his three-year-old son, Daigorō, they seek revenge on the Yagyū clan and are known as "Lone Wolf and Cub". Feel free to send your ...
26: Fruits Basket
May 03, 2019 15:13 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThis week's manga log: Fruits Basket, written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList.net): Tooru Honda is an orphan with nowhere to go but a tent in the woods, until the Souma family takes her in. However, the Souma family is no ordinary family, and they hide a grave secret: when they are hugged by someone of the opposite gender, they turn into animals from the Chinese Zodiac! Now, Tooru must help Kyou and Yuki Souma hide their curse from their classmate...
25: Grand Blue Dreaming
April 26, 2019 18:28 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week's manga log: Grand Blue Dreaming, written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList.net): Among the seaside town of Izu's ocean waves and rays of shining sun, Iori Kitahara is just beginning his freshman year at Izu University. As he moves into his uncle's scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, he eagerly anticipates his dream college life, filled with beautiful girls and good friends. But things don't exactly go according to plan. Upon ...
24: Toriko
April 19, 2019 18:13 - 22 minutes - 21 MBThis week's manga log: Toriko, written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList.net): Hamburgers that grow out of the ground like four-leaf clovers, mountain ranges carved out of ice cream, and warm servings of mac and cheese that stew deep within the stomachs of volcanoes fill the landscape. This world of delectable natural wonders has reached a prime age of exploration—the Gourmet Age! Citizens and chefs alike aspire to taste and prepare the finest d...
23: Blame!
April 12, 2019 18:19 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week's manga log: Blame!, written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList.net): Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. Who is this quiet, v...
22: Yona of the Dawn
April 05, 2019 14:34 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBThis week's manga log: Yona of the Dawn, written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. Description (courtesy of Amazon): Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Soo-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when she witnesses a loved one's murder! With Hak’s help, Yona flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her ...
21: To Your Eternity
March 29, 2019 17:50 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week's manga log: To Your Eternity, written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. Description (courtesy of Kodansha): A new manga from the creator of the acclaimed A Silent Voice, featuring intimate, emotional drama and an epic story spanning time and space, To Your Eternity is a totally unique and moving manga about death, life, reincarnation, and the nature of love. A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on ea...
20: We Never Learn
March 27, 2019 19:21 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week's manga log: We Never Learn, written and illustrated by Taishi Tsutsui. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): His late father always said that a useless man should strive to be useful, so to that end, third-year high school student Nariyuki Yuiga dedicated himself to becoming a high-achieving student in his school, despite his history of poor grades. In order to give his destitute family a better life, his ultimate goal is to obtain the special VIP nomination, a prestigious sch...
19: Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku
March 15, 2019 19:05 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week's manga log: Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, written and illustrated by Kaku, Yuuji. Description (courtesy of Anime News Network): The manga centers on Gabimaru, once exalted as the strongest ninja, but who has now quit his trade, violating the laws of his village. After being captured, he claims he has nothing left to live for. However, due to his superhuman levels of training, he has inadvertently survived multiple executions, from attempts at beheading to burning at the stake. The...
18: Mushishi
March 08, 2019 19:27 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week's manga log: Mushishi, written and illustrated by Urushibara, Yuki. Description (courtesy of Kodansha): Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existens...
17: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
March 01, 2019 18:34 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week's manga log: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, written by FUSE, illustrated by Taiki Kawakami, with character designs by Mitz Vah. Description (courtesy of Kodansha): Mikami’s middle age hasn’t gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he’s disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he’s not a knight or ...
16: Battle Angel Alita
February 22, 2019 16:38 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis week's manga log: Battle Angel Alita, written and illustrated by Yukito Kishiro. Description (courtesy of Wikipedia): The series is set in the post-apocalyptic future and focuses on Alita, a female cyborg who has lost all memories and is found in a junkyard by a cybernetics doctor who rebuilds and takes care of her. She discovers that there is one thing she remembers, the legendary cyborg martial art Panzer Kunst, which leads to her becoming a Hunter Warrior or bounty hunter. The story...
15: Children of the Sea
February 15, 2019 17:52 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week's manga log: Children of the Sea, written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. Description (courtesy of VIZ): When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the childr...
14: One Piece
February 08, 2019 16:21 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis week's manga log: One Piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Gol D. Roger, a man referred to as the "Pirate King," is set to be executed by the World Government. But just before his demise, he confirms the existence of a great treasure, One Piece, located somewhere within the vast ocean known as the Grand Line. Announcing that One Piece can be claimed by anyone worthy enough to reach it, the Pirate King is executed and the Great Age of Pi...
13: Tomie
January 31, 2019 18:10 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week's manga log: Tomie, written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Description (courtesy of VIZ): Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be...
12: Sweet Blue Flowers
January 23, 2019 15:30 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week's manga log: Sweet Blue Flowers, written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Fumi Manjoume, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls' High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls' Academy as a first-year high s...
11: Berserk
January 14, 2019 22:01 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week's manga log: Berserk, written by and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): Guts, a former mercenary now known as the "Black Swordsman," is out for revenge. After a tumultuous childhood, he finally finds someone he respects and believes he can trust, only to have everything fall apart when this person takes away everything important to Guts for the purpose of fulfilling his own desires. Now marked for death, Guts becomes condemned to a fate in which h...
10: Boruto
December 12, 2018 17:11 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week's manga log: Boruto - Naruto Next Generations, written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. Description (courtesy of VIZ): Naruto was a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He achieved his dream to become the greatest ninja in the village and his face sits atop the Hokage monument. But this is not his story... A new generation of ninja are ready to take the stage, led by Naruto's own son, Boruto! My podcast e-mail will be created soon, but for now, ...
9: Dragon Ball
December 02, 2018 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week's manga log: Dragon Ball, written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. Description (courtesy of VIZ): Before there was Dragon Ball Z, there was Akira Toriyama's action epic Dragon Ball, starring the younger version of Son Goku and all the other Dragon Ball Z heroes! Meet a naive young monkey-tailed boy named Goku, whose quiet life changes when he meets Bulma, a girl who is on a quest to collect seven "Dragon Balls." If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will appear ...
8: Dr. Stone
November 19, 2018 21:46 - 16 minutes - 7.71 MBThis week's manga log: Dr. Stone, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi. Description (courtesy of MyAnimeList): The science-fiction adventure follows two boys' struggle to revive humanity after a mysterious crisis has left everyone in the world turned to stone for several millennia. My podcast e-mail will be created soon, but for now, please feel free to send your thoughts via the Anchor app! Next week's series: Dragon Ball, by Akira Toriyama --- Send in a voice message...
7: Tokyo Tarareba Girls
November 08, 2018 17:22 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week's manga log: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura Description (courtesy of Kodansha): "I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33." Rinko doesn't think she's that bad-looking, but before she knew it, she was thirtysomething and single. Now she wants to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics rolls around in six years, but … that might be easier said than done! My podcast e-mail will be created soon, but for now, please feel free to sen...
6: Edens Zero
November 02, 2018 19:07 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week's manga log: Edens Zero, by Hiro Mashima Description (courtesy of Wikipedia): Edens Zero centers around Shiki Granbell, an orphan who is raised by sentient animatronics on a deserted theme park planet in the Sakura Cosmos. The park is visited by two space adventurers, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy, whom Shiki befriends while they are there recording videos for the video-sharing website B-Cube. Following this, Shiki joins Rebecca and Happy to explore the universe in the hope ...
5: Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
October 25, 2018 17:59 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBThis week's manga log: Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, by Inio Asano. Description (courtesy of Amazon): It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional. Meanwhile, Kadode Koya...