On this episode we share our most anticipated manga for 2023, Morgana talks about Embrace Your Size, Darfox has been watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and dakazu checks out Kaina of the Great Snow Sea! Then we review Welcome Back, Alice, Tales of the Kingdom, and Children of the Sea for a new Triple Dip!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, The Edvard Munch movie, Figma action figures, Bungo Stray Dogs - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Our most anticipated manga releases of 2023 - 00:06:50 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana really enjoyed the message of body positivity in Embrace Your Size - 00:12:18 Darfox is working his way through watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War in preparation for the upcoming movie - 00:22:17 Darfox must tell us about Avatar: The Way of Water - 00:30:40 dakazu checked out the manga of the upcoming Tsutomu Nihei anime project Kaina of the Great Snow Sea - 00:38:34 dakazu caught up on Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These and will now start on the 1988 OVA - 00:43:03 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Twiple Dip, We will revisit three manga covered on the podcast and read the next volume, Including: Kowloon Generic Romance 2 by Jun Mayuzuki, Drowning Love 2 by George Asakuara, and Chainsaw Man 12 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - 00:45:31 Main Segment Triple Dip: Welcome Back, Alice/Tales of the Kingdom/Children of the Sea, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three - 00:46:47 Including: Welcome Back, Alice by Shuzo Oshimi - 00:47:43 Tales of the Kingdom by Asumiko Nakamura - 01:19:22 Children of the Sea by Daisuke Igarashi - 01:39:44 We pick our favorite out of the three manga - 01:54:09 Next Week’s Topic: Kowloon Generic Romance 2/Drowning Love 2/Chainsaw Man 12, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:56:12