Was it lucky year number seven for our trio, as we kick off another season of trash with Nozoki Ana, aka A Peep Hole! Well, considering its a 69 episode, it's definitely going to be a nice manga, but would good ol' T&A be enough to win us over?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

The trash journey never ends! Every fortnight our trio of hosts, Sean, Mike and Phil, pick out a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, read the first two volumes (or equivalent), and then spend the next hour or so having an existential breakdown about it. Some are good! Some are bad. Most are trash. So join us, for our seventh year, as we slowly close in on 200 episodes and series covered!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, your, say it with us, foooreeeeveeeer host, can be found on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, your streamer haternaire, can be found everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, your master of trashimonies, can't be found on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

Doesn't it feel like only yesterday we kicked off Year 6 with Yu-Gi-Oh? And now here we are, at year's end, with the King of Games standing alongside 15 other series, ready to fight it out for the title of Not Actually Trash. Who joins the Frierens and Narutos at the top of the pile, and who gets eternal trashnation as the Trashest Manga, Friends? Trashtacular Tournament Arc 6-7 concludes now!

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Alice in Borderland and My Hero Academia are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

New Saga is licensed by Alpha Manga - https://www.alpha-manga.com/

The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine is licensed by MangaPlus - https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/updates

I'm Standing On A Million Lives and Witch Hat Atelier are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

Kemono Jihen is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Sanda is licensed by Titan Comics - https://titan-comics.com/

The Holy Grail of Eris is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Guard Pass is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/

My Teasing Fiancée is licensed by Comic Growl - https://comic-growl.com/

Ottoman: Henshin Hero Husband is licensed by Udon Entertainment - https://store.udonentertainment.com/

We've made it! Once again, welcome to our end of year tournament spectacular! In this first half of Trashtacular Tournament Arc 6-7, we relive all 25 series covered throughout our sixth year, and slowly whittle them down to our Last 16 for next week's knockout stages. Was Yu-Gi-Oh better than My Hero? Was Flowers of Evil or Hensuki truly that bad? Does Sean still hate Secret of the Alien? All these answers and more await...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official releases!

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Alice in Borderland, My Hero Academia and Zoids: Chaotic Century are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/

New Saga is licensed by Alpha Manga - https://www.alpha-manga.com/

The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine is licensed by MangaPlus - https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/updates

I'm Standing On A Million Lives, Boarding School Juliet, Witch Hat Atelier and The Flowers of Evil are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/

Kemono Jihen is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Sanda is licensed by Titan Comics - https://titan-comics.com/

The Holy Grail of Eris and Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Guard Pass is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/

Trigun is licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/

My Teasing Fiancée is licensed by Comic Growl - https://comic-growl.com/

Ottoman: Henshin Hero Husband is licensed by Udon Entertainment - https://store.udonentertainment.com/

Baudelaire, give us strength. It's the FINAL series of Year 6, and we're going out with a traumatic bang, as Sean unleashes the manga version of one of his most hated anime – The Flowers of Evil! But that was 13 years ago, and it's not like you can rotoscope manga, so surely this romantic drama will have grown on him somewhat since then? If he can u-turn on Girl on the Shore, he can u-turn on anything, right?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! The Flowers of Evil is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/the-flowers-of-evil/

As the end of Year 6 draws nigh, who else will save us from endless trash manga, but Ottoman! This time around it's the turn of the Henshin Hero Husband, but can romance, superheroism, and a splash of Mike's beloved conspiracy theories make for a good series to relax in after a hard day at work?

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Ottoman: Henshin Hero Husband is licensed by Udon Entertainment - https://store.udonentertainment.com/

Revenge is a dish best served romcomtically, as after last episode we decided to subject dear Mike to his favourite genre – romcoms! This time it's My Teasing Fiancée up to the plate, a series with arranged partners (though at least both have agreed to it this time) and... er... wait, that can't be it, there must be more going on here, surely...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! My Teasing Fiancée is licensed by Comic Growl - https://comic-growl.com/series/cb45e345f928e

Happy April Fools! For you, definitely not for us, as for 2026, it's the turn of cartoons in the spotlight. And if you thought animation couldn't get worse than Sword Art Online, my friends, you have no idea. So enjoy, as the Trash Cartoon Friends discuss Stargate Infinity, the cartoon spin-off of the beloved scifi franchise that two of our trio grew up with. I'm so, so sorry.

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Watch Trash Cartoons With My Friends And Answer Is Teen Titans An Anime Or Not!

Or The Trash Cartoon Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil watch a season of a cartoon, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our toon club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Startgate Infinity is available via Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B09R4GNR5K

We've got a spring in our step for our Spring anime season tie-in, since one of the most anticipated anime adaptations has arrived! Yes, we're reading the award winning and critically acclaimed Witch Hat Atelier! Will the story of a normal girl stumbling into the world of magic resonate with our trio, or is one superfan about to have a horrible awakening...

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Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't!

Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short.

New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare!

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Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/

Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/

Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian

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Support the official release! Witch Hat Atelier is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/witch-hat-atelier/

Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2026/2/20/witch-hat-atelier-anime-april-6-premiere-new-trailer-visual