Before Fire Force and Soul Eater, there was B. Ichi. A tale of superpowered clowns, bones, and 2000s music references. In this episode, we and our guest Riley Hopkins discuss Okubo’s original manga series before he made it big. Show Notes: Episode art by Jennifer Zhu (IG: art_by_toast) You can find Riley @RevRyeBread and his other works at linksmithgames..com, revryebread.itch.io, and narutohead.band DiggingInTheDome @diggingdome The Universal Wrestling Podcast @TheUWPod Snowflake Sports Podcast @SportsSnowflake Game for a movie podcast @GameForAMovieP1 True Crime Real Time Pod @TrueCrimeRTPod
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