After School Nightmare Pt. 1 (with Mouna Toure)

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

Covers volumes 1–5 of After School Nightmare by Setona Mizushiro

Welcome to the most mysterious and frightening after school club you’ll ever join. Content warning for sexual assault and gender essentialism themes. This is a manga that isn't afraid to go to dark places, as its intersex main character, Mashiro Ichijo, grapples with his gender (he currently identifies as a "he") and fights his fellow classmates in a collective nightmare, hoping to graduate. Cartoonist Mouna Toure and Shojo & Tell host Ashley discuss what genre Setona Mizushiro’s series is (is it horror? is it drama? is it BL?), the representation of an intersex character, how they feel about the love triangle between Mashiro, Kureha, and Sou (Team Kureha!), and generally what the heck is even going on in this manga. Listen if you dare.

REFERENCES

• After School Nightmare is out of print. You can use BookFinder to find used copies.
• Other manga/anime mentioned:
  • Sailor Moon
  • Tokyo Mew Mew
  • Shugo Chara!
  • Free!
  • Maid-Sama!
  • Kitchen Princess
  • Kimi ni Todoke
  • Love Com
  • X-Day (another series by Setona Mizushiro)
  • Fruits Basket
  • From Eroica with Love
  • Ouran High School Host Club
  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
  • Peach Girl
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Princess Jellyfish
  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden
• Other media with intersex characters we were aware of:
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
  • Steven Universe
• Creators mentioned
  • Junji Ito
  • Asumiko Nakamura
• Mouna is very into Hypnosis Mic
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• You can find Mouna on:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Patreon
  • Work for BlackLight Sugar Press
• Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
• Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00

Next episode will be about the second half of After School Nightmare (volumes 6–10).