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Welcome to Show Joe, the podcast about show Joe anime, a genre typically targeting young

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girls. And I'm Sarah, your host who's introducing my good friend Joe, who is a little less familiar

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with the genre. So we're getting good, genuine, uh, dude reactions to this, all these fluffy

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shows. And if you want to say hi Joe.

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Hello, I am here to give reaction to fluffy shows.

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Yeah.

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I'm not really sure this first one's that fluffy.

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No, well, as we, after the fact, determined that it was totally to, to ease you into the

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genre. So it's not just full blown. I'm not sure if justifying that.

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I'm not sure if any of the show Joe I have watched is really all that fluffy, to be honest.

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Like, I don't know. Sailor Moon fluffy.

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I wouldn't say so.

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Utena definitely is not.

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No, you'll see. It's what we do like slice of life stuff that's really going to get,

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you know, like those sparkles in the background and, you know, extended shots of just staring

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at each other.

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So yeah, before, before we get into things, what have you been up to? Or what's, what

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have you been consuming this week Joe?

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I couldn't decide what to put for this as I was saying right before we did this recording.

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I have been watching a lot of stuff, but I kind of want to wait until I finished it

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to talk about it.

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Yeah. You don't want to say you hate it and it turns out you loved it or vice versa by

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the time.

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Yeah. Or it could get worse. Like there are things where I'm like, ooh, because a lot

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of the stuff I watch is very like speculative in terms of like, I'm enjoying it while I

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watch it. I watch stuff kind of slow. I don't really just binge things.

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And so by doing that, I'm like, oh, I can think of like a lot about like what's happening

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in the episodes and I can be like, oh, it's really cool if they do this thing. And then

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sometimes they don't do this thing. And I'm like, oh, actually, the show was not that

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good.

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Or like sometimes it's the other way where it's like, it turns out the thing is actually

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really good because it was doing something the whole time and now like conceit and totality.

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It's good.

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And in the vein of that, I'm instead going to talk about mobile suit Gundam. So I watched,

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I've been watching all of Gundam in order along with the Great Gundam Project. So I guess

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we'll talk about the first the original Gundam series from the 70s.

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Double 79.

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Damn, is that old?

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It's old.

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Oh, I had no idea it was that old.

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Gundam is old, but it's very good. I think they have like a really good setup because

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it's so old it like predates some of the less good anime tropes that you've seen a lot of

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other stuff. So it actually ends up being much more enjoyable than you would think.

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Uninfluenced by other enemies.

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Yeah.

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Trailblazing.

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Yes. But the setup is really good. It's really interesting like politically the situation

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because it kind of takes place in a universe where there is like people have gone to space.

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There's the Earth Federation, which is like this kind of ineffective liberal government

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kind of like how the United States is that runs everything from Earth and there's all

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these space colonies and one of the space colonies decides that it's going to, you

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know, stop being neglected and they declare independence as the principality of Xeon and

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they are trying to like fight for their own independence movement.

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But then very early on in the Xeon movement, the like ruling power in that gets overthrown

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by a bunch of fascists and then they become like a weird kind of fascist regime also.

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And so like you have characters like Sharr who is caught in between that where he is

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like pro space noid independence, but also doesn't like the like fascist rulers. So he's

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kind of like playing both sides a little bit. The main character Amaro is just like a kid

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who is on a colony that gets attacked by Xeon because there's a Federation base there. So

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he's basically like forced into fighting. A lot of like interesting stuff is happening

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that you probably wouldn't expect from a show where you just know, hey, cool robot. So yeah,

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it ends up being really enjoyable. And like the first three series like double 79 Zeta

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Gundam and double Zeta all like have a lineage and are in conversation with each other and

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it's pretty cool.

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I feel like almost all mechas have political elements, which maybe that's why I don't watch

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them as much. But like Gurren Lagann, Darling and the Franks, which was a

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Oh my God, I'm taking I'm taking damage from these. I'm taking enormous psychic damage

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that your two go to our Gurren Lagann and Darling in the front darling in the front

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is like, isn't that like supported by Scientology or something? There was always a weird funding

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thing. Oh, I think they were funded by a cult. Hold on. I'm going to look this up. I just

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I know. I mean, I guess I like that one because maybe it's younger pilots, I guess are younger.

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And so there's elements of teen awkwardness and romance and stuff that I like. I don't

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think you remember the show. The show is they have sex in the robot, basically like the

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positioning is it's like the girl is on all fours and the guy is like right behind like

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it's doggies. Yeah, I know. I know. I know. I don't know. This is a bad. This is a bad

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Gundam is a thousand times better than this. I hate darling in the front. It's my enemy.

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Do you know how it ends? I had to listen to how it ends. And it like space aliens. I'm

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sorry. I'm not meaning to like dunk on a thing that you like. I don't know. I mean, I don't

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like absolutely adore it or anything. I don't know. Even my sister watched it. So it's got

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something about it. Maybe it's because there's more. I feel like a lot of the mecca shows

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are very male protagonist oriented and at least anger and log on. There's Yoko and

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then in darling in the Franks, there's zero two. So those are like iconic characters like

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everyone recognizes them. Yeah, but they're both like the dream girl. Maddie, dream girl

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kind of like it's bad like zero two sucks. Like, you know, it's like the waifu culture.

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I hate this stuff. Yoko doesn't get to do anything. It's like really unfortunate. I

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don't know. Like girl and log on. I like better because I think there is some interesting

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stuff going on there, but it still is extremely frustrating the way a trigger does it. I mean,

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these are both animated by trigger, right? Studio trigger. Dude, you pay attention to

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that stuff. I do not. I believe so. They have really nice looking like studio trigger is

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known for like action sequences. I feel like it's like their big thing and it looks really

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good. They make stuff that's really good and they also make stuff that's really horny all

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the time and I'm mad at them for it. Yeah, I guess. The girl log on opening is so good.

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It is good. Like both of these things are like, I don't know if they really hold up,

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but I did. I watched them at the time and I'm like, oh, this is pretty fun. I think

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there are parts of it that are interesting. Ultimately, I think there are better versions

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of these things. What is the one with the guy with the weird eyeball? The guy with the

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weird eye code, geese is there something that's kind of mech. Yeah, one talks about politics.

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I don't want. Okay, because there is one. It's not full blown mecha, I guess, but I don't

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know if you've watched Rideback. No, I've never even heard of that. Okay, it's got killer

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opening. It's so it's another like it's straight up a female protagonist for that one, but

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she's in college and she is kind of these rightable. Yeah, like it transitions from

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like riding to standing forms. It's got arms. It's like a motorcycle with an arm. But I

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hate because it starts off just kind of college and competing with these things, but then

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freaking politics, man, I hate it. Okay, but the politics part is good. See, here's the

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thing. The politics part is the fun part. The part where it's just people hanging out

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is fine, but like you can't you can't support a show just from hanging out. I mean, that's

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a world in which it's fun to envision you partaking in not the like dreary political

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stuff. I just it's so not. Unfortunately, the world we live in also has dreary politics.

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Yeah, I just live under a rock happily. Okay, well, I think it's fun to think about politics

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sometimes. I think we should get you watching better mech animation. Maybe that can be a

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bonus because maybe the stuff you've been watching is not the greatest. The Zoids count.

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I watch a little bit of Zoids on like cartoon networks. Oh my God, I haven't thought about

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Zoids in a million years. I don't think that counts. No, it's big robot things. Do they

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write in Zoids? I don't even remember. Yeah, they're like they're at least the one I saw

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was like they're animal shaped. Yeah, I guess they do get inside of them. Man, I don't remember

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any of this. These are wild. Do they look like this? I I so vaguely remember. These are like

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a look at pictures. It's like what if a transformer was even more complicated than they already

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are and also in the shape of a dog? Okay, but let me get into to bring it back home to more

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show Joe as content. What have you been watching? Okay, well, number one, Avatar Last Airbender,

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the live action just came out. So I've binged all of that. It's fine. There's like a few

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cringy airbending moments. Oh no, Sarah, I have to watch this on Monday. My friends

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want to watch this with me and we're watching it on Monday and I'm going to hate it. Well,

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okay, here's the problem with it without spoiling anything. They seem to purposely avoid some

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of the cooler, large scale bending moments. I am assuming for the sake of like trying

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to execute that visually. Well, like, wait, what do you mean? Like, like which ones? We

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watched the first episode and my brother's like that's, that's my favorite part of the

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show. And they didn't even put it in. But you know, when they're, it's like in the first

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couple episodes, Aang is on Zuko's ship and they're kind of leaving and he kind of escapes

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his prison cell and then he goes into the Avatar state for like the first time he does

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the cool like water funnel thing. Like he doesn't like collapse part of like a glacier

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on the ship or something. Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Which was cool. And they didn't

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do that. I mean, does this lazy budget? I don't know. But like you have to go all out.

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That's what people are here for is the bending. Well, this is such a fundamentally hard thing

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to adapt. Yes, as we've seen in the past. Okay. Yeah. I messaged me about this. She's

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like, did they make another Avatar thing? Oh my God. Did they remake it? I don't have

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you thought any of them have been good? Like any of the like, I'm going to include any

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kind of like adapting animation into live action, including like all of the Disney stuff where

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they're like live action. I don't like the Disney ones because they aren't bringing

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like it's almost exactly. I only watched the Cinderella one, which is one of the first

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ones they did. But it's exactly the same. So there was no reason to watch it because

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I've already seen it in the preferred method of animation. Yeah. I mean, but that is one

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thing about Avatar is that it does. I thought it was going to be slight differences, but

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they kind of like fool. I mean, it like kind of falls the same path, but things go differently.

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So it is different. Yeah. So there's, I mean, I don't know if you want to count it. Here

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we go with the Canon again, but because the creators of Avatar were on the project to

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begin with, but left because I think they didn't like that it was departing so much

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from the source material. But honestly, just watching the live action made me want to rewatch

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the animation because that's just so good. It doesn't matter if you're, I had my free

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grandma watch the first episode of the animated one and she was into it. Yeah. And this is

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the problem where it's like, why are, well, I know why they're, they're adapting the stuff

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that's good into live actions because they want to like cash in on it. Yeah. But I feel

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like what you should be doing is adapting the stuff that was bad. And then you can do it

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will always be better because the original shot didn't go well. But you know, that's

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good thinking. I was going to say the one piece was okay. I watch most of that. Good job casting

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for that. They did for avatars. Well, like I liked the actors they picked. Uh huh. Does

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it look flat? Because like when I watched the Netflix adaptation of one piece, like

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I like the actors and the costumes, but like the sets all look so flat, like just like

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a big room. No, not no. I wouldn't say so, although I also am maybe not as critically

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viewing it as you would with that in mind. It's essentially just chapter one water. So

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lots of different locations. Is it good? Is it okay? Does it just make you want to watch

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the thing that's actually good? Yes, but that I did watch it. It's interesting because

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they do change a lot. So it's interesting to see a different interpretation. This live,

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you know, oh, maybe this live in cool if they had done this in the animated series. Um, you

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know, I'm 30 you guys, but I'm freaking rewatching series that, you know, periodically saw episodes

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of just tuning in as a kid that I am now sitting down and watching in its entirety. I don't

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know if you've ever heard of a show called Code Lyoko. Uh, it was on Cartoon Network

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is it's like a Canadian or yeah, French, French, because even that art style, they have all

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giant foreheads, but other than that, I like it. The opening's good. And I've just been

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watching that while I work. And do you want to say the premise? Yeah, yeah. I like it.

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It's these kids who go to this boarding school and they discover a nearby factory that has

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this technology to virtualize people and put them in this virtual world called Lyoko.

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And they meet a girl who's like a resident of it. And then there's like a evil AI from

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that that starts interfering with the real world. And so they have to go in and address

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it when he starts interfering with the real world is essentially so there's it's like

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a mixed animation. So there's like 2D for their day to day lives. And then when they're

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virtualized 3D model style. But yeah, I've been watching that. And then to top it off,

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there's a new shojo series that I've read a lot of the manga online for that just released

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and it's kind of being hyped as like one of the best shows to come out for 2024. It's

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called a sign of affection. And it's about this girl in college who's deaf and she meets

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this guy and you know, it's kind of just like a romance, but it's got like those elements

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of sign language and stuff. And so I watched the first two episodes. It's fine. Like, I

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don't really like the guys maybe aren't as something about their lips are weird. But

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other than that, it's fine. I don't know that it'll compel me enough since I've already

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read it to watch it. Is this a case so we had talked or like in your in your like streaming

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discord, I guess some people have talked about it and linked us stuff that was talking about

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how shojo adaptations of anime from the mongas they are like usually lower budget or like

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lower quality for unknown reasons or like, you know, people speculate. I guess they're

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not depicting as maybe visually interesting things. Yeah. But like there's like stuff.

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I mean, there's like series that don't depict like high action stuff that are still like

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animated very yeah, I know what that's what I was saying when we were going through some

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of those openings is that this one artist in particular has gorgeous, gorgeous manga,

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but the all the anime versions were not doing it justice. Right. I don't think it's as much

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the case now like I mean, I got this week on to the point where everything feels a lot

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more polished angelic layer definitely has that older feel angelic layer looks great

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though. I feel like the modern stuff is more characterized like you can tell where they

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cut corners for things or like put in like 3D modeling. Yeah, that looks bad. God, we've

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been doing this for almost 30 minutes of shows that pack a lot of stuff into episodes. These

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summaries I have I have 18 I these long these are long. I have long summaries of what happens.

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Let's kick it off. Angelic layer episode five is titled I don't want to lose I'm believing

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in Hikaru we open on a flashback where an even younger Hito co is standing outside in

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the cold in front of an angelic layer practice location holding her doll and employee comes

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out and tells us that the practice building is closed today but Hito co sadly pleads that

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if she doesn't practice for one day it'll take her three days to catch back up the employee

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who refers to how to go by name so like she knows what she is feels bad and eventually

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lets her in Hito co does some training and she is able to get Suzuka her doll to move

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fast enough to counter a bunch of like simulation attacks and then the opening plays back in

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the present Misaki and Tamayo are eating lunch in between matches Tamayo complements Misaki's

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cooking and the fact that she won her first match so easily Misaki protests that she only

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happened to win since she didn't really understand what was going on in the match all that well

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Katara joins them and they all cheer to Misaki's future victories as they make their way back

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to the stage Tamayo theatrically announces that she's going to the bathroom so Katara

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can go alone with Misaki and then to drive the point home she puts Katara on a full

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Nelson and tells him to keep his hands off Misaki while she's gone and then she turns

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to the audience and tells them not to try that at home and then walks away laughing

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I included that bit because that bit is really funny to me.

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Is it the fourth fourth wall breaking the fourth wall is that what it's called?

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Yes she's definitely breaking the fourth wall it's pretty good.

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Um Katara recovers and wishes Misaki a luck on her next match Misaki is not all that

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confident though because she still thinks she just won by luck Katara reassures her that

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she won because she believed in Hikaru.

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Hitoko joins them and tells Misaki that she also um that she has the most important thing

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for angelic layer which is the desire to grow stronger.

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Hitoko then gets swarmed by a bunch of fangirls and she wishes Misaki luck as she deals with

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all of them and then she also mentions that if her and Misaki ever have a match together

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it'll probably be a pretty good one.

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We then return to the arena where two angels are having a match.

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In the control room Ichan is watching the match when his phone starts ringing he answers

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it and one of his employees complains that he's been missing the uh examini testing for

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a new product they have.

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Ichan tells her that he isn't going to be able to make it and that they can run the

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tests uh for exactly 10 minutes but not to go longer than that.

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We then return to the ongoing match where a buff looking angel wins her match by like

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suplexing her opponent in like a wrestling move um and then back in the waiting room

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Misaki comments that that angel who just did that is going to be her next opponent.

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In the testing facility we see Ojiro I think?

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Is that Ojiro?

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I'm pretty sure it is.

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Yeah he walks in on the ongoing test which is of like a new AR headset um unlike the

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previous one that's like a wrap around you put it on your head it has little wings on

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it this is just like a like sunglasses more or less.

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Misaki's mom is using it and testing with with Athena and we get some comments that

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the new sunglasses AR headset has like faster reaction speed and is like more accurate.

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We then come back to the tournament where Misaki's match is the first round or the first

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match of the second round.

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Her opponent's name is Tomoko Tamada and her angel is Vasquez.

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The girls observing the match from last episode are back and they provide some helpful exposition

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about how Vasquez is like famous for her power so she's like a power hitter and Hikaru

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probably doesn't stand a chance.

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The match begins, Hikaru rushes forward and tries to get in some quick hits but narrowly

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dodges a punch from Vasquez that's so powerful green sparks fly out when she actually impacts

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the floor.

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Misaki gauges that Hikaru won't be able to take that many hits.

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A kick from Vasquez barely hits Hikaru's shoulder and sends her flying so we got a

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heavy hitter.

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Vasquez closes in on Hikaru and does a couple of you know hits her a couple times but Hikaru

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is able to effectively block most of these.

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Misaki starts getting into the swing of things and is able to start landing some counters.

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Back in the cafeteria Hitoko eats some cake while watching the match and comments that

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she isn't all that surprised that Misaki can hold her own.

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While keeping Vasquez at bay Misaki tries to strategize how she can actually win the

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match.

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She watches how Vasquez moves and notices a weak point where she briefly turns her back

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to do a spin kick and she tries to hit her in the back while it's turned but she messes

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up the timing the first time she tries it and takes a hit instead.

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She tries to do it a second time but can't get the timing right and then she's about

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to try it for a third time but then doesn't because she doesn't want to commit to the

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attack because she's afraid she'll mess it up and lose.

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So instead she tries to wait it out and just win the match by scoring points and playing

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conservatively.

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However, when it becomes obvious that this is what she's doing, Ichan, Hadoko and

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Kataro all comment that this is like a losing strategy and probably not a good way to get

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better at the game.

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During the match Ichan is interrupted by Ogata who hands him the phone.

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The testing engineer tells him that Misaki's mom has passed out after using the new headset

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for 20 minutes and Ichan yells at her for going past the 10 minute limit he said earlier.

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We learned that these AR headsets or at least this new one causes stress on your optic nerve

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and Misaki's mom insisted to keep going past the 10 minute mark so they can get better

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measurements and Ichan just cancels the whole test.

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Back in the match, Ikaro has taken the point lead and there's only a minute to go.

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Misaki explains to try to wait it out.

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Back in the cafeteria we see Hadoko disapproving of this strategy and saying that she feels

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bad for Ikaro.

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With 30 seconds left to go, Vasquez takes a knee which is like a maneuver she did in

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the previous match we saw where basically she baits the opponent to attacking her and

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then she does a counter.

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So she baits Misaki into a trap by commenting about how cowardly she's being.

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Misaki takes the bait and starts to attack Vasquez but then Vasquez does a counter at

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the last second.

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Fortunately, Misaki reacts very quickly at the last second and Ikaro dodges and then

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does her own counter-counter and wins the match that way.

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After the match, Tamayou congratulates Ikaro for winning while Katara says nothing.

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Misaki sees Hadoko and asks if she thinks they'll have a match together after all.

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Hadoko very coldly replies that she doubts they'll have a match and then she walks away

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as we cut the credits.

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Ice Queen.

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Ice.

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Ice cold.

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Sometimes you disapprove of someone else's play style and you tell them actually I don't

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want to be rivals with you.

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I mean, okay so my first note is at the beginning when it's a flashback of Hadoko and I said

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I'm concerned that she's not going to have a normal childhood.

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Like, does she not hang out with friends?

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Does she not spend time with her family?

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All she does is angelic lair.

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Above all else that's what she cares about.

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Okay, but this is a show about angelic lair.

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I know, but...

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I feel like it's fine.

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My first note is that Tiny Hadoko is so cute.

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She's so small.

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She's already tiny.

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She's even tinier.

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She's so sad.

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Because, I mean, she's just so focused on it.

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I feel like it'd be hard to talk to her about anything else.

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Well, the employees know her.

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So like, she's a known quantity all the way.

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Yes, she's a regular.

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Hey, girl, maybe these people are just doing training and then they're supposed to leave

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work early and now because you're there, they're not going to have a day off because you're

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selfish.

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My God, she's so five.

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Hey, you gotta respect facility hours.

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Listen, she doesn't know about facility hours.

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She's tiny.

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She just wants to play angelic lair.

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And she's so cute.

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The employees are like, yeah, that's fine.

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She can come in.

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Look at her.

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She's just a little, just a little tiny girl.

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It's fine.

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Yeah, I guess.

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They have the same haircut as Suzuka.

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Yeah, it's called the Hime cut.

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Hime stands for princess, but I think in Fiddle, Japan, that's a popular style for women in

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like nobility, where it has like the sharp cut of bangs.

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But yeah, I mean, it makes sense that at least when I make a game a lot of the times, depending

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on the character creator, you know, or at least as a kid, I tried to make them look

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like me.

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So it makes sense that the angel is kind of similar to Hitoko.

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Well, it's her avatar.

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It's her angel.

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She's the dais and it's the angel.

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My next note was about, yeah, I thought it was fine to my own saying that like, don't

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try this at home.

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Yeah, she just directly turned like, it's so funny how Tamayo is just turning into like

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a Looney Tunes character in the way that she's like always just doing bits with Katara

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where she like puts him in headlocks or something.

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And she does like a goofy laugh.

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It's good.

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I like the cartooniness of Tamaya.

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Yes.

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I said each time the terrible boss.

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I would.

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We get another, we get another like what penalty game gag, but like he just makes him go, he

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makes Ogata get a get like a manga or something.

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Is this like this must be where they got like where this angelic layer which like got published.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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He said I'm like an errand to a place that turns out to be closed.

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Yeah.

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To pick up a pick up a manga or like a.

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Yeah, I was gonna say, I think it was like shown in jump or something.

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It's like when Hitoko comes up the first time and is like talking to her and then she

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gets sworn by fangirls.

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At first she has a bunch of fangirls, which I think is very funny.

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Freakin like Chad Hitoka.

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It's like a.

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It's gonna warp her personality.

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She's gonna think she's hot shit for the rest of her life.

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I know.

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I know.

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It turns out Hitoko rules and is the best.

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Also, she talks to Misaki as like her equal like Katara was like, she's like older than

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you need to like be a little respectful and it just doesn't care.

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She's like, yeah, whatever.

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I think that's good.

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I like angelic layer as like an equalizer between people.

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I was gonna say, yeah, Misaki said she's more experienced than angelic layer.

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So she's fine with her being more casually.

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Yeah.

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I don't remember what they said in the Japanese version, but you know when what does the announcer

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say when they first throw in their angels as they're landing?

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There was like a specific thing.

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Fall in.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So in the English version, if I, I didn't watch any of the episodes in English this time

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around by very distinctly remember them saying something along the lines of like, and the

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angel descends, which I think sounded cooler than just fall in.

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Yeah.

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So now we're getting whole, you know, we talked about how this doesn't have magical

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growth transformation sequences.

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Instead, what we get is the entire sequence where they throw the dolls into the match and

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like Hikaru gets her own sequence for like being thrown in and like becoming animated

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and then landing and that gets repeated in these last two episodes.

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So we have that now.

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Okay.

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So her opponent is this.

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Askez.

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Militant.

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Yeah.

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Like super humongous angel.

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That's hardcore.

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She looks like a character in like advanced wars or something.

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Or like, or like, or Jane or something.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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She's like got like the shoulder pad armor on and she's like buff.

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Even like her, her dais is dressed like she's in the military.

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She's wearing like a camo muscle shirt and like green cargo pants.

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So like very military coated.

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I don't really know.

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Cause like she just kind of does grappling stuff the whole time.

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But yeah, going against her, I was thinking like, oh, maybe glass can wasn't such a good

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idea.

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Asackie.

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Well, I mean it is.

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Cause she does like the thing about this, the thing that's interesting about this episode

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is like it hinges on the idea that she doesn't go for the quick kill or like the quick win

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in terms of like, she recognizes how she can win the match early by hitting Vasquez in the

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back when like her back stern cause she was like a bear slower angel.

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But she doesn't commit to it cause she's afraid she's going to mess it up.

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Which you know, ties in earlier when, you know, everyone's like, oh, congratulating

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her on winning.

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And she's kind of like, ah, kind of just got lucky.

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Like she doesn't really believe that she won those matches with like her own skill and

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stuff like that.

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And so I think that's a pretty good follow through.

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But the thing is that she still wins by playing conservatively.

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Yes, but freaking everyone is so critical.

434
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:57,040
Um, yeah, I was like, each time that Hotoko have incredibly high expectations for a total

435
00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,280
newbie of angelic layer, like guys, she's brand new.

436
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,480
She can't be the same caliber as you already.

437
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:04,480
Yeah.

438
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:09,760
And they're, they're both invested in like her longterm growth and not like winning immediate

439
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:10,760
matches.

440
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,840
And so they're, they're right in terms of like, this is an opportunity for you to like

441
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,600
learn how to like win fights cause in higher competitive fights, you're going to have to

442
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,160
land that hit, right?

443
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,720
And Misaki is more just like playing to win, which isn't the same as like playing to get

444
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,760
better, which I think is the main difference here that is happening.

445
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:32,960
It's essentially when people and first person shooters are like, oh, you're just camping

446
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:38,200
like, you know, loser tactic, play the game for real.

447
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,840
I mean, the difference here is like, this is, this is, I mean, we're fully in sports

448
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:42,840
mode, right?

449
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,600
Like this is the sports thing of like, oh, you know, you're not taking shots on goal

450
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,240
when you could, you're like passing it, which, you know, does win you the game, but it's

451
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:53,080
not like you're not improving in a way that's going to like get you up to the next level.

452
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,120
You know, we're like, winning isn't necessarily the point.

453
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:58,040
It's about playing your best, which she was not doing because she was kind of like holding

454
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,040
herself back.

455
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,600
Uh, I also have a note that I'm now paying attention to the music and it sounds like

456
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,200
it's from the N64 game, GoldenEye.

457
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:06,200
It's good.

458
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,200
It just sounds like it just reminded me of that.

459
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,200
Or it's like, oh, that's fun.

460
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,760
I think the show's doing a good way, a good job of conveying the weight of attacks, even

461
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,320
though they're dolls, like they're small scale.

462
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,120
So like there's a part where Hikaru hits the ground and she makes like a really light

463
00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:21,120
thumb, even though she like, she lands and it's, it's good because all of the shots

464
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:22,120
are close up.

465
00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,320
So they look like they're full size, even though you have to remember that these are

466
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,560
probably like a foot tall or something.

467
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,760
But when they land, it like makes a little tiny thumb.

468
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:29,760
Yeah, I know.

469
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,320
Like just, yeah, yeah.

470
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,320
Good sound effects.

471
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:37,320
So, I think like so overall about this episode, I think it's interesting that like Ichan and

472
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:43,920
Hattok Haruko are both like critical of Misaki for not going for, like pushing herself to

473
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,240
be the best and like do the stuff.

474
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,320
But then at the same time, we get this subplot where Misaki's mom ends up like hurting her

475
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,520
optic nerves by trying this test thing too hard.

476
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,720
Oh, look at you drawing parallels.

477
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,480
Well it's like, this is about to be, I mean, they're gonna mention this a little bit more

478
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:00,480
in the next episode.

479
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,640
So I guess we'll talk about it a little bit more, but it's kind of unclear what the show

480
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,240
thinks about, like how much of your all you should be putting into an activity.

481
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,240
Because like obviously Ichan, whose job it is to make this and Hattoko, who makes like

482
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,800
this her whole life, you know, don't like holding back or like being conservative about

483
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:17,800
doing the things you like.

484
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,400
But also her mom like, like lands herself in the hospital by doing this.

485
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,920
So I'm interested to see where the show will land on this idea.

486
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:26,920
Yeah, I know.

487
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:31,000
We haven't really gotten predictions from you much other than you saying that she's

488
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,880
gonna fight her mom at some point.

489
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:33,880
Yeah.

490
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,880
Well, I like, if this show has like an interesting thing to say about that, that will be very

491
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,920
cool because like so far it's been like a pretty good show.

492
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,920
But I'm interested to see like what it has to say about competing in sports.

493
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:48,240
Yeah, it's been a little more surface level so far, but then again, we're only on episode

494
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,080
five here, which is so early in the show.

495
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,600
I mean, this series is only 26 episodes.

496
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:59,800
So it's, you know, each episode has more purpose, but in longer series, like episode

497
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,600
five would be nothing as far as what's happening in the main plot.

498
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:05,600
Right.

499
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:06,600
Can I get into episode six?

500
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:07,600
Yep.

501
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:08,600
Yeah, have at it.

502
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:14,720
Angelic Layer episode six is called Suzuka, the speed of light, Hattoko's declaration

503
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:15,720
of rivalry.

504
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:20,560
We open on Hikaru fighting another match while Tamayo Kataru and Hattoko watching the crowd.

505
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,800
Misaki and Hikaru appear to be playing much better and we get a montage of Hikaru winning

506
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,680
like three matches pretty easily.

507
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:31,400
A frustrated Hattoko walks out of the stadium looking kind of intense and the announcer

508
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:36,760
tells us that Misaki has won eight matches and no losses as the opening begins to play.

509
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:41,880
Back at school, Tamayo and Kataru are congratulating Misaki on her performing so well for a rookie.

510
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,640
Two classmates snidely comment that she's probably winning just out of luck and Tamayo

511
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,240
forces them to apologize, but Misaki tells them that it's fine.

512
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,280
Back in gym class, Tamayo asks why Misaki doesn't get upset when people badmouth her

513
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,920
and Misaki says that she doesn't really get frustrated and doesn't want to get into arguments

514
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,080
and that she's never really like wanted to be anyone special.

515
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,800
Tamayo isn't satisfied with this answer, but we get interrupted when Misaki looks

516
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,480
over at a glistening Kataru doing a great high jump and she is very impressed.

517
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,240
Misaki then tries to do her own vault jump, but like completely misses the target and

518
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,040
eats it.

519
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,400
Back at HQ, Ichon asks Ogata if he's recorded all of Misaki's matches.

520
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,280
Ogata says he missed a little bit, but he got the rest of them.

521
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,680
As a punishment, Ichon makes him eat Udon without making noise, which he comments isn't

522
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:27,680
as appetizing.

523
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,360
That seems like the easiest one so far.

524
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,680
Walking home, Misaki wonders if she has any athletic ability at all.

525
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,960
She meets up with Hadoko on her way home and they walk together.

526
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,680
Misaki thanks Hadoko for the advice that she gave her about believing in herself in Hikaru.

527
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,840
Hadoko asks if she actually does believe in Hikaru and tells her that if she isn't going

528
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,240
to be able to progress any further as she is now.

529
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:52,360
Back at home, Misaki wonders what Hadoko meant by that and she accidentally burns the fish

530
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,440
she was making for dinner.

531
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,760
We then cut to Misaki and Shoko eating dinner and Misaki tells her that she likes doing

532
00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:01,200
angelic layer and that she's never liked anything as much as it before, causing Shoko

533
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,960
to accidentally drop a bowl in the sink breaking it.

534
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,440
Later that night, Shoko cracks open a beer and wonders if all of this is really for the

535
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,440
best.

536
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,440
Shoko is so good.

537
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,560
I love Shoko.

538
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,800
The next day, Misaki returns to the tournament and Tamaya shows her a new cheer she came

539
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,800
up with.

540
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,800
Kataru and Hadoko reveal that Hadoko is her next opponent.

541
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,520
Misaki is very unsure of herself as the match starts.

542
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:29,200
Back in the control room, Ichon and Kou discuss Suzuka and how she wins all her matches in

543
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,200
like, mere seconds as we saw earlier.

544
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:36,640
However, in the match, Suzuka waits for Hikaru to make the first move.

545
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,280
Hikaru rushes her but Suzuka easily counters.

546
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,720
Suzuka then releases a fury of quick kicks that Hikaru is able to dodge but she's being

547
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,640
pushed back near the edge of the layer.

548
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,640
Suzuka closes in to push her out and Hikaru dodges using the same high jump technique

549
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,320
that we saw Kataru do earlier.

550
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,400
Hikaru and Suzuka get into a more straightforward brawl and while Suzuka is putting up a better

551
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,560
fight, um, I'm sorry, and while he taught- wait, what?

552
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,520
Yeah, he- I'm gonna say this whole sentence over again.

553
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,600
Hikaru and Suzuka get into a more straightforward brawl and while Hikaru is putting up a better

554
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,960
fight, both Hadoko and Ichon agree that Misaki and Hikaru are looking much better than they

555
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,680
have been before and Hadoko thinks it'll be a good fight after all.

556
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,160
Suzuka is able to consistently land hits on Hikaru and Misaki wonders how Hadoko is able

557
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,640
to exactly guess where she's going to be.

558
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,560
Kataru tells Tamaeo it's because Hadoko has been watching not only Hikaru but also Misaki

559
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:31,720
during the fight and Misaki realizes that she is telegraphing her moves with her face

560
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,720
as she fights so she'll like look to the left when she wants Hikaru to dodge to the

561
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:36,880
left, that kind of thing.

562
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,480
She corrects this and is able to start actually dodging.

563
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,400
Ichon comments that Angelic Layer isn't a game where the angels fight but also the

564
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,960
dais themselves are also playing against each other.

565
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,120
Hadoko starts talking to Misaki to tell her that she's been having a great time but the

566
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,000
match is almost over and it's time to finish it.

567
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,240
She tells her not to lose to anybody but her and then she sends Suzuka to do like this

568
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:58,880
wild full body kick which we did a reveal called Rolling Thunder where she just like

569
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,280
knocks the crap out of Hikaru.

570
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:05,000
I very sad Misaki cradles Hikaru as Hadoko comes up and tells her that Hikaru will be

571
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000
okay.

572
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,400
She then tells her that they'll need to meet up again at the Kanto Games and they swear

573
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,240
on a pinky promise.

574
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:14,640
After the match, Tamaya and Katara try to find Misaki but she's gone.

575
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:19,240
In an empty hallway, a sad Misaki bends over Hikaru as Ichon appears out of nowhere.

576
00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:22,840
Misaki apologizes to Ichon for losing after he spent all that time teaching her but he

577
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,080
tells her not to worry about it.

578
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:27,520
He asks her how she's feeling and Misaki finally admits that she feels very frustrated

579
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,440
about losing and Ichon encourages her to keep learning about Angelic Layer.

580
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,640
Then Tamaya and Katara meet up with her and they cheer her up as we cut the credits.

581
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,640
A lot of talking.

582
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:43,280
I'll try to stay on in order of my notes.

583
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:48,240
Okay, so at first I was like, didn't her opponents, there's like a quick montage of

584
00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:49,240
Angel she beats.

585
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,880
I was like, didn't these people lose?

586
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:52,880
Why are they still here?

587
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,880
Is this a loser's bracket or something?

588
00:34:54,880 --> 00:35:01,080
Then I realized I guess it's more like whoever I guess has the best what, win to lose ratio

589
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,960
is the one who wins, not just elimination.

590
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,040
Yeah, this isn't a single elimination tournament.

591
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,760
It's like a round robin or a group play or something.

592
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,920
Yeah, I was like, do they think I'm not going to notice the same Angelus for the last episode?

593
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,440
And then it dawned on me.

594
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,520
I mean, I guess that's fair because it's qualifiers, right?

595
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,040
So if you get paired up against Atoko in your first round, are you just out because you

596
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,560
lost to the best person here?

597
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,560
That's true.

598
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,480
Okay, so freaking those girls in their class are stupid.

599
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,920
Like, have you not seen Tamoya?

600
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,440
Why would you try to pick a fight with her friends?

601
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,240
Oh yeah, she's like, you're serious.

602
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:42,360
Like, you probably just won because you got lucky.

603
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,120
And then Tamoya just grabs them by the lapels and was like, you need to apologize.

604
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,120
And they're like, okay, yeah, sorry.

605
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,120
It's very funny.

606
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,160
Yeah, foolish girls.

607
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,160
Let's see.

608
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:58,600
I was like, it's back at the house with Shoko.

609
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,280
I was like, it's child labor.

610
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,280
That's what's happening here.

611
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,280
Oh my God.

612
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,280
She's just making dinner.

613
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,480
Like, this is not an uncommon thing.

614
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:12,400
Okay, but I also relate to Shoko because basically what she is insisting, oh, I'll do the dishes

615
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,400
since you cook.

616
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,960
And then she sucks at it.

617
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,280
And then that way she never gets asked to do it again.

618
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:18,840
Okay, that's not what's happening.

619
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,840
This is not how this scene goes at all.

620
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,240
I definitely have done that before.

621
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,960
Like, oh, that way I never get asked to babysit already.

622
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,960
It's a strategy.

623
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:28,960
Yeah.

624
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,960
Okay, but that's not like, she doesn't break the plate as a strategy to get out having

625
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:32,960
to clean.

626
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:38,920
Like Shoko, like there's something weird going on with her sister, like Misaki's mom,

627
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,240
An Angelic Lair because like Shoko is very nice.

628
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,240
Like she's great.

629
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:43,680
And she's like very nice.

630
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,040
Like Misaki accidentally burns food because she's like worried about what Hadokas said

631
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,040
earlier.

632
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,880
But Shoko was like, I don't like it's still, it's still really good.

633
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,360
Like you did a good job on the rest of it.

634
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:52,360
Like, you know, this is great.

635
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:53,360
I'll do the dishes or whatever.

636
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,280
And she only like starts to get fazed when Misaki keeps talking about how much she loves

637
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,280
Angelic Lair.

638
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,920
And that's what like, Stardl's Shoko enough for her to break a thing.

639
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,040
She's been going to a tournament, dude.

640
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,200
Obviously she likes it.

641
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,360
She's being so dramatic.

642
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,400
Yeah, but like there's something weird going.

643
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:09,400
This is what I'm saying.

644
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,920
Like from the last episode stuff, like her mom clearly likes Angelic Lair so much that

645
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,320
she doesn't see her daughter and also gets herself in the hospital from like saying it

646
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,320
to Misaki.

647
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:23,200
And I feel like when she's older, she's going to ignore all other responsibilities in life

648
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,840
and her own health for Angelic Lair.

649
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:26,840
That's her future.

650
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:27,840
Yeah.

651
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,040
This is why I'm so interested to see where the show goes because like that's kind of

652
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:31,480
what it seems like it's hinting at.

653
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,960
Like, hey, being too into a thing is bad.

654
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:34,960
Yes.

655
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:35,960
Which is like not, okay.

656
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,240
But like I want to say this because if you haven't watched a sports anime before, they

657
00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:40,760
know, I feel like they never do this.

658
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,560
I feel like this is not a subplot in sports anime normally.

659
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,840
It's normally about how like great playing sports is and how much it rules and how you

660
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,560
should dedicate all your time to it.

661
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,240
Like this is the, the complaint I have about a lot of sports anime is that like it kind

662
00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:57,080
of like the whole world revolves around this and you don't have a life inside of it.

663
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:01,320
But I am interested to see if Angelic Lair says that that's a bad thing.

664
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,640
Because it kind of seemed like it's going to and that would be cool.

665
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,280
I haven't watched much sports anime, but you're right.

666
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,600
A very like no other elements of life are shown.

667
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,600
Yeah.

668
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,080
I mean, it's like the joys of sports, like how you can find camaraderie in it.

669
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:15,080
I mean, it's like positive.

670
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:16,080
It's not like negative.

671
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:20,600
It's not like abandon your life only play basketball.

672
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,200
But like, you know, it never shows this part where it's like, Hey, you like this opportunity

673
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,160
cost for becoming obsessed with the thing.

674
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,160
I also had a note.

675
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,280
Boo's Hound Choco strikes again.

676
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:30,280
Chugging a beer.

677
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,280
Dude, she's so good.

678
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,280
She's cracking open a beer.

679
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:33,280
It's good.

680
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,280
I do this.

681
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,280
I love Choco.

682
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,600
So her name is Choco and her sister, Masaki's mom is Shuko.

683
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:39,600
Okay.

684
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:40,600
I didn't write that.

685
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:41,600
To have so much similar names.

686
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,600
Shuko.

687
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,040
It was like when she called her in the first or second episode.

688
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,040
Shuko.

689
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,040
Shuko and Shuko.

690
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,040
Cruel parents.

691
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,040
We love that.

692
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,640
I have a couple more notes.

693
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,320
The part where Katara does that high jump and Misaki's all impressed, but like, I guess

694
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,680
it's unclear if she's impressed by Katara or the fact that he's athletic and she wants

695
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:58,680
to be athletic.

696
00:38:58,680 --> 00:38:59,680
I think it's that.

697
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,360
I don't think she particularly cares about him doing it.

698
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,680
I think it's just an athleticism that she admires.

699
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,600
He's definitely losing in like, boyfriend run.

700
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,600
I like him though.

701
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:11,600
Too bad.

702
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:12,600
The cheer that come up with socks.

703
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,200
She was so bad.

704
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,200
Okay.

705
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:22,240
So it's like Misaki Chi Chi.

706
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:27,240
No, it's she does like the ramp up or it's like, she says like the first syllable.

707
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:32,920
So it's like for Misaki Chi, it's like me, me, me, me, me, Misaki Chi or like for Hikaru.

708
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,000
It's like he, he, he, he, he, he, Kari or something.

709
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,000
That's what she does.

710
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000
That's the whole cheer.

711
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000
She does this.

712
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,320
She does this for Misaki.

713
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:44,680
Misaki watches her do this and just doesn't react and then immediately changes the subject.

714
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:45,680
It's so funny.

715
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,680
Okay.

716
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:52,680
I made the note that she's so athletic whether she couldn't even throw a Hottaru.

717
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:53,680
Hottaru.

718
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,680
No.

719
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:55,680
Hikaru.

720
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,680
Yes.

721
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:57,680
Into the layer.

722
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,680
Like what if her chair was too far and like she was through and she was like, you want

723
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,680
to make it far enough?

724
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:04,680
Oh my God.

725
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:05,680
That should be an outtake.

726
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:06,680
That's so funny.

727
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:12,240
I made a note, she's, I mean, essentially this episode, you know, we discuss, oh, she

728
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:18,840
doesn't, basically she's never cared about something enough to get frustrated by any

729
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,640
kind of difficulties.

730
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,640
So that's what we learn.

731
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:24,640
Yeah.

732
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,240
Like she's never really had an identity around things.

733
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:28,240
Just cooks.

734
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,160
So that, I mean, like when Tommy was like, doesn't it make you mad and people like talk

735
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,680
shit about how you're not good at this thing that you put a lot of time into?

736
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,360
And she's like, I've never really cared because like I don't really want people to notice

737
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,800
me, but like clearly she does want to forge an identity around Angelic layer.

738
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,600
And like, I feel like that part's pretty good where it's like, actually I want to engage

739
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:44,600
with the world.

740
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:48,200
I want to like be involved in a thing and like have it be important to me.

741
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:49,200
Yeah.

742
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,560
I mean, that is like the through line of this episode, which I think is pretty good.

743
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:59,240
I bet Hotoko really was excited to just totally demolish Misaki because, you know, she's been

744
00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:01,040
like so disappointed in her.

745
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,240
Like let me freaking teach you a lesson, messy.

746
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:07,200
Yeah, I mean, like Suzuki doesn't do the normal thing, which is just like rushing

747
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,200
win the fight.

748
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,520
Yeah, she does actually want to have a fight.

749
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:14,120
She's toying with her because she could definitely end it immediately if she wanted.

750
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,800
She's just trying to fill Misaki's confidence, I guess.

751
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:18,800
Yeah.

752
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:19,800
Well, she doesn't want to have a good match.

753
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,960
I mean, this is the thing is like, Hotoko does like Misaki.

754
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,960
It's just like she's kind of disappointed that she hasn't been playing like to her strengths

755
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:26,960
or like trying to get better.

756
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:27,960
Right.

757
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,560
Like it's more of a disappointment thing than like an actual mad about something.

758
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,840
So like this whole match is basically like getting her to try her hardest.

759
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:39,360
And so this way like, Hotoko is being really cool actually and like really nice and like

760
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:40,960
trying to get very mature.

761
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,360
You are to play your best.

762
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,360
Yeah, it's because Hitoko rules.

763
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,640
It is the best character.

764
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,880
Her doll is the coolest for sure.

765
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:50,880
Her doll is so cool.

766
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,040
She does all these like when she does like a million kicks.

767
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,040
Yeah.

768
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,040
It's like cool.

769
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,040
The last one she does.

770
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,040
Rolling Thunder is badass.

771
00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:59,040
Yeah, dude.

772
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,040
Okay.

773
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,760
So like Rolling Thunder is like she, she does like that thing where you do like a handstand

774
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:04,760
and then kick.

775
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:05,760
Yeah, the momentum.

776
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,000
But it does a huge flash because she does it so quick.

777
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,000
It's cool.

778
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,000
It's awesome.

779
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,680
Dude, Hotoko at the end is where she's stone cold, where she's like, dang, you know, Misaki,

780
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:14,760
this has been really fun.

781
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,120
I think we should be rivals.

782
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,680
Anyway, the match is almost over.

783
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,160
I'm going to win now with the Rolling Thunder by.

784
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:22,160
Yes.

785
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,160
It's so funny.

786
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:24,920
And the bell rings.

787
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,000
You know that Suzu-Ka is going to win because you hear the bells.

788
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,000
Yes.

789
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,200
Oh, so freaking cool.

790
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,200
It's good.

791
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,200
For, okay.

792
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,840
So you know, those, all those chicks here kind of on the sidelines observing.

793
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:36,840
Oh, the spectators.

794
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:37,840
Yeah.

795
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,680
Who are from different region.

796
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,240
How far do you think they've traveled to get to this place to watch them?

797
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,080
Is this every weekend they're making this trip to watch?

798
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,840
I mean, it seems like the tournament takes place over like a couple of days, right?

799
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,200
And they're all wearing different uniforms.

800
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,760
So like they come from different places, it seems like, but we don't see them play.

801
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,080
So they're not in this tournament.

802
00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,840
So I guess they're not from Tokyo, right?

803
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,200
Because they've already, I guess, competed in whatever one they need to be.

804
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:04,200
Yeah.

805
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,640
At the beginning they made it sound like, oh, we're going to make Hadoka lose, but like,

806
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:07,640
I guess not here.

807
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:08,640
I guess in the con.

808
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:13,320
Well, they just know she's the best in this area so that she's definitely going to make

809
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:14,320
it past qualifiers.

810
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:15,320
Yeah.

811
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,320
They're scouting her out.

812
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:17,320
Without a doubt.

813
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:18,320
So that's, that's just foreshadowing.

814
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:19,320
We're going to fight these.

815
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,320
She's going to fight, we're going to fight these people.

816
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:22,320
Mm-hmm.

817
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:26,240
The anime is, if you watch enough of it, it's all very predictable.

818
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:27,240
I mean, this is just a trope.

819
00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:28,960
This is like, this happens in anything.

820
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:29,960
Yeah.

821
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:31,840
This is good writing is basically what it is.

822
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,840
Like, wouldn't it be good if you saw people you were going to see later earlier than when

823
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,760
you addressed them for the first time?

824
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:37,760
That's good.

825
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,760
Yeah, I said, when she's crying, like, oh, it's about time you understand human emotion.

826
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,880
She hasn't not been understood in human emotion.

827
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,440
You're so mean to these characters.

828
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:48,440
These characters are great.

829
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:49,600
Hadoka is the best.

830
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,240
Hadoka and Tamayo are the best characters.

831
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:53,240
Ichan's cool.

832
00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:54,440
I like, Ichan's cool here.

833
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,800
He's like, again, he's like being her dad.

834
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:57,800
It's good.

835
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,800
Yes, I made a note once again, playing dad.

836
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,640
Yes, because he like actually cares.

837
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,640
Yeah, I know.

838
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,880
Like, for as much as this show wants you to think like Ichan's this like weird kind of

839
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:10,880
creepy guy, he's actually extremely cool most of the time and like being a good guy.

840
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,160
You're so good at just seeing right through.

841
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,960
I mean, because he is, because like, she, you know, she's like feeling bad.

842
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,720
Like he finds her first and she's like feeling sad and then she apologizes for losing and

843
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,360
he's like, hey, like this, you know, I'm not, I didn't help you out so you'd win every

844
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,360
match.

845
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,160
Like that's not why I was doing this.

846
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,960
And then he asks her how she's feeling and then she's like, yeah, I actually am really

847
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:29,960
frustrated.

848
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,760
Like she does actually want to make an identity out of this.

849
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,720
This is like a part of her life that she's going to acknowledge is important.

850
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,040
She doesn't just think that she wins by luck anymore.

851
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,040
This is good.

852
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,040
This is all good stuff.

853
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,040
Yes.

854
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,040
This is all the stuff I never did when I was in things that were competitive because

855
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,200
I just decided I actually didn't care about the thing.

856
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,040
Yeah, that's true.

857
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,040
Yeah.

858
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,800
I like freaking re-entross country for years.

859
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:55,000
And I was just like, I want just doing this so that I'm in running shape for track, the

860
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,440
thing I actually care about.

861
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,360
Then no one else gives a damn about.

862
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,400
Did you ever have this for like paintball or stuff?

863
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,080
Because you actually did sports stuff like somewhat seriously.

864
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:06,040
I've never really done anything competitive seriously.

865
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:07,040
Like, okay.

866
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:12,880
So in high school I did, well, seventh grade through 11th grade, I did cross country.

867
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,800
And honestly, looking back is like, what the hell's wrong with me?

868
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,200
Why would I do that?

869
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:18,200
It's awful.

870
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,200
Longest is running terrible.

871
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:25,600
Oh, because there's never a class for track, the thing I liked because I liked sprinting.

872
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:28,840
And that was like the one time of the year that I felt confident because there'd be new

873
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,120
people and I knew what I was doing.

874
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,920
So I could like kind of mentor and stuff.

875
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:41,320
Whereas I like didn't talk to anyone at my school outside of that essentially.

876
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:47,040
And college, like, because maybe it's because if you're on a team, I mean, I guess you could

877
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:52,240
either feel like, I guess in my mind is like, oh, I can't be successful because I had to

878
00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:54,160
depend on these other people.

879
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,240
So it's more so just for fun.

880
00:45:57,240 --> 00:45:58,240
Freakin.

881
00:45:58,240 --> 00:45:59,240
Yeah.

882
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:00,240
Yeah.

883
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:02,640
It's mostly just for fun to have a group of people to hang out with like, because after

884
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,080
college, and I didn't have those same people to play with, I haven't really played much

885
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:07,080
since.

886
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:11,080
So it wasn't necessarily the sport, just more of the like community.

887
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:15,320
And I'm not competitive and like gaming or anything.

888
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:16,320
Yeah.

889
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:17,320
I'm like tipsy.

890
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,320
And then I try to arm wrestle everyone, but other than that.

891
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:21,320
Okay.

892
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,320
I don't think this is what you're saying.

893
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:24,320
But that is good to know.

894
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:25,320
I'll keep that in mind.

895
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,320
Mm-hmm.

896
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:27,320
Yeah.

897
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,240
I've never really like been competitive in this way where like I wanted to be the best

898
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:31,240
at a thing.

899
00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,640
Like I've had stuff where it's like, I want to do like, I'll just set a benchmark for

900
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:34,640
it.

901
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,640
Like I want to be able to do this.

902
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:36,640
And then I get there and I'm like, cool.

903
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:37,640
I guess I'm done because I don't want to keep going.

904
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:38,640
Yeah.

905
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:43,560
I mean, it's yeah, because you've, I feel like pursuits so many different interests,

906
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:47,800
which I think is cool, like master of all trades or something.

907
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,800
It's more like amateur at all trades.

908
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,280
But it's better than just, you know, not getting any of these things.

909
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,280
But like that's fine.

910
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:55,280
Like that's never bothered me.

911
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,040
But you know, it is interesting to see like, oh, maybe my life could have been different

912
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,520
if I like ever dedicated myself any of these things.

913
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:01,520
Yeah.

914
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:05,040
I mean, most people don't excel past school.

915
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:06,040
True.

916
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,640
Or maybe you would land me in the hospital because I burned my eyes out playing Angelic

917
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:10,640
later for too long.

918
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,840
Who knows what is good and what is bad at this point.

919
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:13,840
That's right.

920
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:14,840
Yeah.

921
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:15,840
Good episodes.

922
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,040
I think this is like, I think these were really good episodes.

923
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:22,640
I mean, I don't love when the protagonist is likeable.

924
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,160
Like, you don't think Misaki is likable?

925
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:29,120
Just, you know, in these episodes, well, she's learning about sports for the first time.

926
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,120
I guess that's true.

927
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:31,120
It's forging an identity.

928
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:32,120
I think this is all really good.

929
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,360
Like coming of age stuff.

930
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:37,880
I'm just judging, I guess you're critical of like the content of the show and I'm just

931
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:39,120
critical of the characters.

932
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:44,360
I guess my fear like where I will turn on the show is how they deal with what's her

933
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:45,360
shuko.

934
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:46,360
That's her mom.

935
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:47,360
Yep.

936
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:48,360
How they deal with her mom.

937
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,120
If they if it ends up being like, oh, she's great actually.

938
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,840
Isn't it cool how much she likes this?

939
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:52,840
Isn't Angelic later?

940
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,960
Like if it doesn't do the heel turn I'm expecting, which is like your mom like ruined her whole

941
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,560
life by being obsessed with this this game.

942
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:00,560
Yeah.

943
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,240
And like she shouldn't like that's what I want it to be.

944
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:05,800
If it turns out to be the other thing, I'm going to be mad.

945
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,360
That would be what would upset me.

946
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:15,040
So far for it's technically shonen, but more shojo-esque series compared to other shonen

947
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:20,000
is kind of exploring more things than typically found in like a sports.

948
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,120
I feel like it's always about it's always a team thing like team camaraderie, but this

949
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,280
is a sport where you're competing individually.

950
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:27,280
Yeah.

951
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:30,600
I mean, this is much more about like it's sports as a metaphor of like where you fit

952
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,200
in with the world around you.

953
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,200
And I think that's good.

954
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,920
I think it's like good to have an identity based on stuff that you like.

955
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:36,920
Yes.

956
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:37,920
And then we'll see where it goes.

957
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:38,920
Yeah.

958
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:40,480
So next time we got 20 more episodes.

959
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,480
Oh dear.

960
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:42,480
Okay.

961
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:47,440
10 more of these or 10 more episodes of this of this podcast dedicated to angelic layer.

962
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:48,440
Yeah.

963
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,440
That'll be forever from now.

964
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:51,960
It'll be 10 weeks from now.

965
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:52,960
Yeah.

966
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:53,960
Take a break at some point.

967
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:55,440
I mean, at least we're doing it weekly.

968
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:56,440
That's true.

969
00:48:56,440 --> 00:49:00,440
So we're pretty reliable for scrappy beginning podcast.

970
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,720
Well, we like we like the angelic layer this week.

971
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:07,040
So why don't we give the people some other stuff that we think they should check out that

972
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:08,160
we also like.

973
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,720
Sarah, what do you have to recommend to the people?

974
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:11,720
All right.

975
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:17,280
For today, I'm going to recommend a web comic also typically known as Manhwa.

976
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:22,920
I think it's like Korean manga basically, but it's typically in color.

977
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:27,960
And yeah, it's like a wider range of different illustration styles because anyone can essentially

978
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,480
make one and upload it.

979
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:37,000
So I use this app called webtoon and last night I found a new one that was recently released

980
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:38,480
by that was really cute.

981
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:43,520
It's called a spell for a Smith and it's there's only it just came out.

982
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:49,120
So there's only a few chapters, but it's cool because they're two protagonists one.

983
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:53,440
I mean, typical like, oh, there she's an outcast and everyone's so mean to her.

984
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:57,680
But so it's like some dudes gonna, you know, see her differently and stand up for blah,

985
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:02,280
blah, blah, blah, but the dude's like a dwarf any shorter than her, which is like something

986
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,680
we don't see typically.

987
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:09,640
So it's cool to, you know, there's like fantasy elements, but also kind of making a typically

988
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:15,200
side character fantasy race as one of the main characters and depicting them as someone

989
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:16,200
desirable.

990
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,760
I guess it's a cool thing that I haven't really seen before because everybody's swimming

991
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:25,240
over a leg a lot and not Gimli, you know, so it's just cute.

992
00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:30,080
It's just recently started, but other if you want to watch a more like long, like a complete

993
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:35,040
series, there's one called Unholy Blood, which is kind of about the empires and stuff.

994
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:39,520
And it's gorgeous and highly recommend also available on the app webtoon.

995
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:40,520
How about you Joe?

996
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,840
What have you got for us?

997
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:46,720
So we did not we did not coordinate this, but I am also recommending a webcomic.

998
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:50,880
Ah, well, it doesn't matter just whatever we want to recommend.

999
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:54,120
It's just incidental that we're both going to load up on the webcomic.

1000
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:59,920
This is a webcomic called Harpy G. That is Harpy like the mythical thing and then G, which

1001
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:00,920
is G E.

1002
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:07,280
This is a comic that's been running for a long time, but it's about Nelth who comes

1003
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,360
to this small town.

1004
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,840
She's like just let out of her the place where she comes like her kingdom for the first time.

1005
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:16,600
And she like makes some friends with some of the people there and she's like a bunch

1006
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,320
of different adventures they have.

1007
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:19,840
There's like magical elements.

1008
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,280
It's really like pretty to look at like it looks really nice.

1009
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,200
I'm looking at images.

1010
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,720
Yeah, it's super cute and distinct art style.

1011
00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:30,480
Yeah, but this webcomic has been going on for a long time.

1012
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:35,160
It's really beautiful like the way that it's drawn is really nice.

1013
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:36,560
The plot lines are very good.

1014
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:41,800
It's kind of like in that like adventure story fantasy, but like still kind of for kids like

1015
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:43,280
this could be on like Nickelodeon.

1016
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,240
So it's like very you know, it's heartwarming in places.

1017
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:47,240
It's very cute.

1018
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:50,240
It's very funny in places.

1019
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:52,320
And yeah, it's just like a really nice way to spend some time.

1020
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,520
If you've ever have some time and you don't know what to read, I would check out Harpy

1021
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:56,520
G.

1022
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,440
Do you just read it directly on the website?

1023
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:03,240
Yeah, I think it's like it's I think it's also posted on web tunes, but like you can

1024
00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:04,880
just go to harpyg.com.

1025
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:05,880
It's all out there.

1026
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:11,760
Okay, so check those out as you're just dying of anticipation of the next show Joe episode

1027
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,400
coming out next week.

1028
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:19,440
If you like the show, please rate it five stars on whatever, you know, an Apple podcast or

1029
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:20,440
on Spotify.

1030
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:24,840
If you leave a comment on Apple podcasts, I will read it out.

1031
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:26,800
If it's five stars, only if it's five stars.

1032
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:31,320
Yeah, so make it clear you can rate it, but review is where you have to write something

1033
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,200
else specifically and that super helps.

1034
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:34,920
So write those if you can.

1035
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:38,960
Here is here is a comment or here is a here is a review by I don't know how to say this

1036
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:39,960
OZ JJTX.

1037
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:43,720
Sarah and Joe made my intro and experience to anime so fun.

1038
00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:47,240
Their goofball conversations were very informative that I cannot wait for the next episode to

1039
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:48,240
drop.

1040
00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:49,240
Thank you so much.

1041
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:52,960
JJTX another parental in my life.

1042
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:54,960
Leaving a comment.

1043
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,960
It's my stepdad.

1044
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,320
None of my parents are leaving reviews.

1045
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,680
Let's go and have them talk with them.

1046
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,240
Freaking guilt trip them.

1047
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:05,240
Guilt trip them.

1048
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:09,040
If I can get my grandma to do it, then surely your parents can.

1049
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:13,120
I know my sister has been listening and she's like, well, I've never heard Joe talk so

1050
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:14,120
much.

1051
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:16,080
And I'm like, yeah, well, I'm like twice.

1052
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:19,960
I've been talking to people in my family, maybe like my cousins were like saying that

1053
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:20,960
they listen to this.

1054
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,440
I'm like, dang, I've never heard Joe like be excited about anything.

1055
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:28,200
I'm like, I feel like that's all I know is that you're always very.

1056
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:29,200
Stoic.

1057
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:30,200
Like genuine.

1058
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:31,200
No.

1059
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,800
Like genuinely, I guess because we just talk about these things that we're both into.

1060
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:38,320
But and I guess I could imagine you a family function with nothing in common with the people

1061
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:41,120
around you, maybe being a little more reserved.

1062
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,300
But no, you're always very like excitedly talking about things.

1063
00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:48,780
But yeah, I mean, that's, you know, here I am doing a freaking podcast and doing streaming

1064
00:53:48,780 --> 00:53:52,980
and stuff when I am a, you know, hermit and I work in social media.

1065
00:53:52,980 --> 00:53:57,940
I do all these social things that are so different from how I envisioned my life.

1066
00:53:57,940 --> 00:54:03,220
Because when I was a kid, I envisioned me with like a bunch of books and cats and that

1067
00:54:03,220 --> 00:54:04,420
was my future.

1068
00:54:04,420 --> 00:54:07,820
So I do have a lot of books and a cat.

1069
00:54:07,820 --> 00:54:08,820
Right.

1070
00:54:08,820 --> 00:54:09,820
You're most of the way there.

1071
00:54:09,820 --> 00:54:11,820
And a few extra critters.

1072
00:54:11,820 --> 00:54:12,820
And alone.

1073
00:54:12,820 --> 00:54:16,740
So, boom, all the things are, I guess I did.

1074
00:54:16,740 --> 00:54:17,740
So you've made it.

1075
00:54:17,740 --> 00:54:20,340
You've lived up to your expectations.

1076
00:54:20,340 --> 00:54:21,340
Yeah.

1077
00:54:21,340 --> 00:54:23,940
Anything from here is just a bonus.

1078
00:54:23,940 --> 00:54:24,940
Oh boy.

1079
00:54:24,940 --> 00:54:25,940
All right.

1080
00:54:25,940 --> 00:54:30,180
So next time we'll be watching episodes seven and eight.

1081
00:54:30,180 --> 00:54:33,900
Thanks for listening and we'll catch you next week.

1082
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:35,820
Believe in yourself, Andy Karo.

1083
00:54:35,820 --> 00:54:36,820
Yeah.

1084
00:54:36,820 --> 00:54:37,820
Believe it.

1085
00:54:37,820 --> 00:54:38,820
Darto.

1086
00:54:38,820 --> 00:54:40,820
That's a different show.

1087
00:54:40,820 --> 00:54:43,820
All right.

1088
00:54:43,820 --> 00:55:12,240
On behalf of all of you there.