In the 89th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review Podcast, Xan reviews a manga adaptation of the Kyoichi Katayama novel, Sekai no Chushin de, Ai o Sakebu (Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World) which is entitled , Socrates In Love by Kazumi Kazui Xan debates over the strength of this manga over its novel counterpart. He also reads an email, explains the awesomeness that is Bioshock 2 and talks a little bit about the Design-A-Logo Contest. One thing that Xan forgot to mention is that the song inspired by this manga is slightly irrating due to the singer sniffling through the entire song. Very Annoying. Remember to check out Xan's Appearance on Fightbait.com's podcast as well as play against him in Bioshock 2 on xbox live Music For Episode: Background Music -Dust In The Wind (Instrumental) by Kansas (Kansas Greatest Hits) Intro Music -Katachi Aru Mono by Kou Shibasaki (Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World TV OST),Ending Music -Hitomi o Tojite by Ken Hirai (Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World Movie OST) Our Website http://spiraken.podbean.com Our Forum http://spiraken.rapidboards.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com My Email xan.spiraken@gmail.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xbox live Gamer tag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-426-6665 (monk) Random Question of the Week: What novel was replaced by "Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World" as the bestselling book in japan in 2004?
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