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Shonen Showdown Episode 20: “Sit, Boy!” An Exploration of Our Favorite Lady Mangakas

Anime Addicts Anonymous

Mitsugi Hiten

Tv & Film, Video Games, Leisure, Animation & Manga

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

There are many mangakas in the world, but oftentimes people don’t realize their favorite shonen series were written by women. Today, Emiry and Raggedy celebrate some of these women. Intro music is "Shonen Showdown Opening" by Syn Strain In The Pentane and the ending music is "Chiptunes" by Liborio Conti (https://www.no-copyright-music.com/) You can support the podcast in the following ways: Merchandise Store: www.AAAShop.info Discord: www.AAADiscord.com Subscribe: www.aaapodcast.com/join Donations: www.aaapodcast.com/donate Patreon: www.patreon.com/AAAPodcast Thank you for your generosity and kindness

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0:00.0

Show me, show we are dedicated to making your Shonin brain rot worse.

0:36.9

Wait, that's my line.

0:39.1

Hey, today's for the ladies, raggedy.

0:42.1

So take a back seat here.

0:43.9

I am leading this topic today.

0:47.8

The floor is yours.

0:51.5

So welcome to another fabulous episode, which I have so generously called Sip Boy, an exploration

0:59.7

of our favorite lady mangakas, which, you know, everyone loves to explain a joke.

1:05.5

And that is, of course, from the beloved series in Yasha.

1:09.7

So, yeah, this is a topic that Raggedy planted the seed in my brain, you know, as, you know,

1:18.6

all great men do, I'm sure, right?

1:22.4

And I just, I really wanted to roll with this.

1:26.5

We want to explore today female mangakas.

1:29.3

There are so many mangakas in the world, and oftentimes people don't realize many of their favorite Shonen series were written by women.

1:38.3

While we touch on a lot of these authors, and I butcher so, so many Japanese names. I also want to go over when we can

1:47.8

little themes we see or uniquenesses that I think a female perspective can bring. Many times female

1:57.2

manga artists often stay hidden or use avatars or pen names for similar reasons to their

2:05.3

male counterparts and they also have the additional problem especially in Japanese society of

2:11.5

being put into a box with their gender and so this is a way for them to explore that.

2:19.0

And Raggedy even went over and beyond my list of authors I wanted to talk about today and

2:24.8

touched on a few that are likely or thought to be women that continue to just hide that

2:33.6

part of it just because to them, it doesn't matter.

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