To Ears With Love: The Yaoi Shelf

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Better known by their professional names MommaLuvsManaga and AichiYume, Aisha and Amanda team up on the regular to talk about manga and anime with the humorous podcast The Yaoi Shelf. With everything going on, I’m attempting to move away from True Crime podcast for a hot minute. We’ll be back to it soon, I’m sure.  For this week, however, let’s take a look at a podcast that is cracking me up.

The Yaoi Shelf focuses on the sexy side of manga and anime, specifically the LGBTQIA+ titles. The hosts are also both people of color, so it is awesome to hear a perspective on anime that we don’t get to hear all the time..  Headsup, this is most definitely a podcast for 18+. There’s a lot of discussion about adult themes and a delightful sprinkle of swearing. As someone who has limited knowledge of manga, and was trying to find a break from True Crime, the hosts do a great job of delving into manga terms.  There are currently only a handful of episodes, but they are coming out regularly during the COVID-19 times.

As previously stated, even though this team is discussing animation, IT IS NOT CHILD FRIENDLY and you probably want to listen to it with headphones unless you’re around some super chill people. The random aside conversations are the absolute best. Whether it’s conversations about Revlon vs. NARS and a caboodle full of makeup, or “his eyes dimmed with the ‘f**ing’ as a line that throws one off reading a manga all together.

The Yaoi Shelf is distributed on all major podcast platforms.

 

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