Episode 107 - The Bugle Call: Song of War by Mozuku Sora and Higoro Toumori

Arboral Year 1294. It was an age when wars were fought over the spires. In the shadows of the battlefield lies one young boy, shunned by the mercenary troupe he accompanies because of a single horn growing from his head and bleeding out from a wound in battle, he desperately tries to sound the retreat... only for his song to unlock something within him he didn't know was possible. 

His name is Luca and he is one of the Branch-hexed. In a world plagued by war, all he wants is to stop using music as a tool for war and play for pleasure, but first he must help The Pontiff, the head of religion called Spiralism, defeat a mysterious power known only as The Garland. Does Luca have what it takes? And even if he succeeds, will The Pontiff keep his word?

On this week's episode, Mat is joined once again by SonMangaKing to chat about Vol. 1 of The Bugle Call: Song of War written by Mozuku Sora and illustrated by Higoro Toumori. Join us as we discuss the book's clear influences in other Seinen fantasy, how Luca's powers are used to dazzling effects on the page and why we'll be reading on with the story despite some initial apprehension! 

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Show Notes

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Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

Berserk! by Kentaro Miura

Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue

Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura

Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Claymore by Norihiro Yagi

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Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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