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Covers volumes 10–18 of Basara by Yumi Tamura (the middle third of the series). The middle third of Basara contains some wacky stuff, like a baby who's not really a baby and threatens to stab Sarasa. But honestly, we don't get into all that: shojo manga master Caitlin and Shojo a Tell host Ashley discuss the identity crisis of Sarasa/Tatara and how that's wrapped up in gender, get into Ageha as a character and the manga's main theme about reconciling with your perceived enemies, and both applaud and laugh at the sexy sex scene between Sarasa and Shuri. Plus, we weigh in on the most important part of all: Ageha's haircut, yay or nay? REFERENCES Basara is available digitally in English from Viz Media Basara also has a 13-episode anime adaptation 7SEEDS is another work by Yumi Tamura that got a (not great) anime adaptation recently (available on Netflix). The manga has not been licensed in English. Yona of the Dawn is a lot like Basara Other manga/anime references: Fushigi Yugi, Tokyo Babylon, Ceres: Celestial Legend, and The Vision of Escaflowne Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs CONTACT US Caitlin on Twitter: @alltsun_nodere Caitlin’s writings on  The Daily Dot and Anime Feminist Visit Caitlin’s blog, where she writes a lot about shojo Shojo a Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00 Next episode will cover volumes 19–27 of Basara.