E008 - A Bride's Story, Last and First Idol

In this episode of Screentone Club, Andy and Elliot travel to far-off distant lands to look at a mundane yet extraordinary family life in A Bride's story then travel to very, VERY far-off and far-out locales in the novella compilation Last and First Idol!

Series Discussed: A Bride’s Story Volume 1, Last and First Idol (Compilation)

Assignments for next Episode: Gundam the Origin Volume 1, Getter Robo Devolution Volume 1

Timecodes:
0:00:00 - Startup! Banter! 
0:02:15 - Patreon update! 
0:03:30 - Returning Champions - The Promised Neverland (again!)
0:07:00 - Manga as a vehicle for paranoia
0:09:00 - The importance of making you ask questions in a story
0:17:00 - Mid-series (Volume 3/4) Spoiler Alert! 
0:18:15 - Spoilers over! 
0:19:00 - Elliot’s Pick: A Bride’s Story Volume 1!
0:21:00 - Joanna Lumley shout-out
0:25:30 - “Hey, look at this sweet banister”
0:26:00 - Confident artistry
0:29:30 - Colonialism stand in character
0:33:45 - “Hell yea Granny”
0:36:00 - Now available in digital! Yay! 
0:38:45 - Andy’s Pick: Last and First Idol
0:39:30 - Andy tries to spoil the best part of the book!!! 
0:41:00 - “Things start to get weird”
0:43:30 - Momentum-based storytelling
0:49:00 - Wait a second, this is an isekai story! 
0:50:15 - “Gonzo takes from the anime front”
0:52:00 - Maybe don’t read this all in one sitting like we did
0:55:00 - Idol “yuri-baiting” as a sci-fi plot point?
0:58:00 - Wait, do we recommend this?
1:02:30 - Gacha: Evil, or very Evil?
1:05:00 - “Our” choices for next episode! With Guest Host! 
1:06:00 - Coming out soon in Manga! 
1:08:45 - Closedown!

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.