E035 - Queen Bee!, OPUS

In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy fall in love with the hot boy in class in Queen Bee, then fall through multiple layers of reality and meaning as they are dragged into the Satoshi Kon metafictional epic OPUS!

Series Discussed: Queen Bee, Satoshi Kon’s Opus

Assignments for next Episode: BEASTARS Vol.1, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san Vol. 1

Timecodes:
0:03:30 - Please Read Chainsaw Man
0:04:00 - Elliot’s Pick: Queen Bee!
0:07:00 - Basically Satan
0:13:30 - DOUSHIO
0:20:15 - Volume 2?
0:21:00 - Andys Pick: OPUS
0:22:00 - A Manga inside a Manga?
0:25:30 - Meta “Ending”
0:27:30 - “Self-re-enforcing text”
0:31:15 - Elliot’s Catnip
0:36:15 - Kon’s pushing beyond mental barriers
0:40:30 - Trusting the Reader
0:43:30 - Please Read Ubik
0:46:00 - Fequently on Sale
0:48:00 - Our Picks for next episode
0:49:45 - Bonus Yawn!

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