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Welcome back to show Joe the intro to show Joe podcast that you and every person you

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talk to needs to watch. So, you know, tell everyone about it. I'm Sarah, your host and

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show Joe, you know, avid fan and Joe here who I'm showing show Joe to is our newbie

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to this genre. And we're here to continue our discussion of Kimi need to doke the most

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doki doki cute, just happy show. And yeah, so guy thing.

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Oh, this is my time for the intro.

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Apparently the best episode ever of the show so far.

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You should watch our podcast with your eyes. Go to YouTube right now and type in show Joe

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and watch it. No, you said watch.

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We are going to. Oh, shit. Did I say watch?

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Yeah.

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Damn it. Yeah.

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You can listen or watch because we're doing it all, which you're already doing. You must

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already be doing if you're hearing this. Yeah.

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The only one you need to watch if you're going to watch any podcast of ours, you should watch

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the Angelic Layer bonus episode because I did a lot of editing pictures in there and

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I need somebody to watch that.

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I watched it.

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I watched it. Yeah.

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Although I was the full screen image of our cover art. So it's not just square.

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God outlier on our YouTube channel.

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What have you been up to Joe apparently a lot?

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Yeah, my second is going to be long. Do you want to do yours first?

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Okay.

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Yours is going to be long.

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Yeah.

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What am I ever doing that much? Let's see.

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I don't know.

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I stayed up till four in the morning playing Horizon Forbidden West still.

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Are you beat it yet?

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No, I'm like 65 hours in and I'm like driving over. I don't want it to be over ever.

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You don't want it to be over after 65 hours.

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What am I going to do in my free time once I beat it?

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I have given plenty of video game recommendations on this podcast.

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Yeah, but they're so brief.

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Oh dear. Okay. Let's see. I dogged that for a coworker who's out town in Vegas because

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we went to the licensing expo and announced that we're doing a Viva Las Elvis course.

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So that's like a work thing that happened this week.

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And oh, also fun news. So I'm moving and I live in a or I've been leasing a house with

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my brother and our landlady is having people come and tour it while we're still living

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here.

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So basically I have at least two hours notice when it's like, okay, someone's going to

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come look at the house.

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So I had to be out, but also I had to hide all my animals that I don't tell them I have.

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Oh my God.

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So I had to like, okay, quick.

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First get all the critters in carriers and in my car and then hide the ferret cage and

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make sure it doesn't smell like a ferret in here so I can bounce and you know, at a moment's

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notice.

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So that's my new reality of just being like needing to spirit away my secret life set.

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And you know, so much.

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Oh man. Yeah.

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That's all I've been up to you for the most part. How about you?

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So I've been watching, I've been watching some anime as one does. So I watched, I guess

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two major things I watched.

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I finished Macross last time. I talked about that.

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And then I watched the, I'm going to look up the name, make sure I'm getting it right

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with all the subtitles and stuff.

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I watched the super dimensional Fortress Macross.

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Do you remember love like movie version of the show?

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Like they do the thing where they make like a film version of like a show like Gundam

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does this. This is a thing they used to do a lot.

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I don't think they do it so much anymore.

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I guess they do kind of the opposite now, which like with Demon Slayer, it's like, oh,

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you have the train movie, but then we're going to break it up and it's going to be season

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two. So they kind of do it in reverse.

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Anyway, I watched that.

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And it was, it looked really pretty and it was bad.

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So unfortunately, when you shove a like 28 episode series into two hours, you have to

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cut away a lot of the like details in nuance and stuff.

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And it turns out the details of nuance and stuff is what makes the show work.

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So yeah, unfortunately, not that good.

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It's like interesting to watch this because you can see how like things that are like

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how important some of these like pieces are that get cut out where you're like, oh, this

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completely changed the entire like mood of this series.

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I guess so like in this, it's interesting to compare at least like, OK, now I can see

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what makes the show work versus trying to shove it into film format.

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Yeah, it does. It's also weird because it's like the same people made this as the show.

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And so when you see them cutting out stuff, it's like, do you not do you not know what

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made your show good? Like, I don't know.

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Maybe they did money grabbing this.

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Well, like, I don't know because it seems like it looks really good.

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Well, the animation is really good.

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A fancy ad for the show and toys that they probably sell.

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Well, but it also tells the story of like you wouldn't need to watch the show if you

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watch the movie, right?

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Because it's the same ish stuff like the same major plot beats are the same.

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When the context comes out, this came out like not even like a year after the show came

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out like it was really nearby.

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Like they must have been developing it around the same time.

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Oh, it came out in 1984.

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Oh, damn. OK, so well, I don't know, merch, merch sales.

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I mean, like it's great because like it looks good.

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budget compared to the TV show, which like had some production woes in terms of like

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the quality of some of the images, right?

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show. But then there were also parts of the TV show that looked incredible and they did

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some really cool stuff, but it's like inconsistent.

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It was not that good, but I guess I'm done with that part of Macross.

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There is Macross 2, which is literally just called Macross 2.

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Oh, no. That's like Dragon Beasts 2.

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Which I'll probably watch.

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It's an OVA. It's only six episodes.

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It should be pretty easy to get through.

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I'll probably be through it by next time.

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So that should be good.

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Yeah, that's called.

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Macross 2 Lovers Again.

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Oh, dear.

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Well, we'll see how that is.

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The other thing I watched is I revisited.

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I'm back in I'm back in Vodem's, baby.

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I watched a Vodem's OVA called Brilliantly Shining Heresy, which is a five episode OVA

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that takes place after the like original story of Armored Trooper Vodems.

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And it's incredible.

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It's really good.

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It's like the best Vodem's thing easily so far, I feel like, because like the main

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show is good, but it's kind of meandering.

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Like there's a lot of stuff.

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Like there's a lot of arcs that lag that are like a couple of episodes too long.

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The ending of that show is wild, just in terms of like the stuff that goes down

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and like how the plot takes a turn in a way that's really interesting.

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But it just takes way too long to get there.

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It's like a 50 episode anime, right?

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So but this is five episodes.

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It's really cool.

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It's all about like, like, wow, I kind of have to spoil parts of Vodem's talk about it.

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But basically they have to deal with the space church.

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This is about the space church that takes place in the future.

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It takes place like 36 years after the original show.

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Kira Ko is brought out of Space Sleep for reasons that are all about a power grab

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within the church and they introduce this new character, Titania, who is a another

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perfect soldier, but like developed in a different way.

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in as you learn that the people in power structures don't actually care about those

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things and are only involved in their own personal power.

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It's cool.

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There's a lot of cool stuff that happens.

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Basically, the first episode is like, what if Kira Ko woke up and then had to fight the Terminator?

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Oh, damn, which is awesome.

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It looks really good.

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It's it's good.

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Unfortunately, you have to watch all the Vodems first for it to kind of make sense.

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But if you do, definitely stick around for brilliantly shining heresy.

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I'm sure all the the shojo lovers are super into 80s mech genre as well.

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There's probably some overlap.

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Maybe.

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I mean, not with you.

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That's because we haven't gotten you watching it yet.

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We'll get you there.

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I don't want to be there.

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I'm going to have to I'm going to have to carve a vector through Darling and the

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Franks, which is going to make me insane, but we will get you into into mech content.

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Macross is the best chance since there's romance in that seems to be the whole thing

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that they're shoving into the subtitles or the subheader of their shows.

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Let's confess the next show about romance.

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Yeah. Well, OK, what else?

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Have you had anything non-mech related in your life?

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In my life, I got my car serviced the other day.

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So it is mech related.

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Check engine light came on, but it turns out it was nothing.

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So OK, look at you actually getting that checked.

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I don't really want to be my car is just like I'm done all the time.

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So I don't trust it.

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It's own diagnosis of itself.

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I'm still watching other stuff, but I'm not.

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I'm not.

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I'm not.

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I'm watching other stuff, but I'm not through it yet.

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So I don't really want to like comment on it yet.

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Like I finished or I got through Green Island and Hunter, Hunter.

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Uh-huh.

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And I'm now on Chimera, the Chimera arc, which is the one everybody loves

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and says is good. So we will see how this is done.

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I'm out. It's like this.

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What episode I was like, what the hell is this? I'm out.

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My friend, Elvin was talking it up because he like loves this arc.

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And then we get to it and Elvin's like, I think you're going to hate it.

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No, I'm like, why did you make me watch this show?

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It's a big arc you think I'm going to hate.

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I mean, to be fair, I haven't liked the other arcs very much.

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Like York knew is the best one so far

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because it's like a big revenge story. That one rules.

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Green Island was OK.

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I just like if you got the girl with the hair, I hate it.

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A biscuit.

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Yeah. Well, name Dom, hair Dom.

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If you're in there's like been no good, like recurring female characters.

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And then there are no women in Hunter, Hunter.

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I point this out all the time.

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It upsets me.

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I was really hoping Kroppy Co actually was a girl.

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I like I had a bit running run just like how long until we passed

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the back to test with Hunter, Hunter, and it takes like 30 episodes or something.

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The what test? The back to test.

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What the hell is that?

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You've never heard the back to test?

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No, actually, I'm not culture.

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That's OK.

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The back to test comes from a comic.

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Let me look it up to make sure that I'm saying stuff that's correct.

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Yes. So the back to test is so the test is whether a work features

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two women characters who have a conversation about something that isn't a guy.

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Oh, my God.

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This comes from this comes from the

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this is a comic strip in the book, Dyches to Watch Out for by.

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Oh, OK.

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Bechtel and it's called the Bechtel test.

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It's like an extremely low bar for like, hey, are women considered

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like it are 3D characters in this?

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And the answer is it takes a long time for Hunter, Hunter to even pass

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that extremely low bar.

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And even when it does it, I don't think it's very good, but it technically does.

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So I guess it gets a check mark.

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That's wild. OK.

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Well, that's going to be a thing I think about now.

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Wow. OK. Back to test.

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That's the kind of shit you're watching.

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Hunter, Hunter. No. Well, you like the show.

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I know. I like this show more than I do. I know.

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I just I think I like the character.

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I don't I don't know.

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I like it. I mean, I'm also watching Victory Gundam.

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That's I'm almost done with that.

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I'll probably have a thing to say about that later.

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I was watching Delicious in the Dungeon Dungeon Meshie, which is very good.

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But I'm still not the name. You don't like the name.

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The name's good. No, it's goofy.

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I don't like Dungeon anything. OK.

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I mean, it's like a take on like D&D adventure.

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So you're not into that. You won't be into it.

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So I want you to watch the Sacred Blacksmith and tell me if it's trash.

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I like the Sacred Blacksmith.

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I don't think I've heard of this.

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The say you need me to tell you if it's trash.

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Because it's got elements where it's like, OK, this is like the law.

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But yeah, I'm looking at this this poster.

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She does the pose.

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She does the like I'm a woman, my butts out and my boobs out

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because I'm like twisting my torso in a way that feels impossible.

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Yeah. OK. Well, I like this.

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Sure, I'll watch it.

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I feel like the key to you is like, is there woman protagonists?

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And if there is, we're OK.

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No, that's not necessarily true.

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I'm not freaking watching it.

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That's not that's for video games.

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That's the case. If I can play as a girl 100 percent.

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Uh-huh. Not anime, though, because a lot of anime

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female protagonists are depicted in a way I don't relate to.

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But speaking of anime girls, I can relate to

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Sawako, the awkward, the adorable, the fumbling.

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We love Sawako just to put that out there.

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Now when you give her an introduction like that.

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No, I'll I'll.

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Sawako, the bumbling.

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Adorable, adorable.

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OK, yeah. Well, the show we're here to discuss.

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Can we need to doke episode seven?

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Let's get started.

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Can we need to doke episode seven is called Saturday Night?

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It's Saturday night.

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And Sawako is making food.

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Her mom is excited because Sawako cooks on Saturdays.

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And that's fun.

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Sawako tells us the audience that her plans to get ramen with

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Chizu and Ayane yesterday were bust because the shop they were going to was closed.

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Then Sawako gets a call from her friend on the landline.

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And it's Chizu and Ayane.

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They're asking her if she wants to get ramen tonight instead.

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She asks her parents if she could go and her parents are very supportive of her going.

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They're all scrambling like, like this is never happening before everyone.

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This is what we do.

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Yeah, yeah. Her parents are like, oh, you have friends.

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That's great. You should definitely go.

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Forget that you're cooking right now.

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We'll just figure it out. Whatever.

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Go, go, go.

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Supportive parents.

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Also, there's some really good camera work going on in this part where they do

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like a cool zooming animation when like I think her dad answers.

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No, her mom answers the phone.

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Yeah, her mom was like little dot eyeballs.

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They like bother to animate that she has actual normal eyes for the show.

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And this thing. Yeah, it does like a dramatic zoom.

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It's very good.

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Sawako meets up with Ayane and Chizu.

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They ask her for her cell number as they walk to the restaurant

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and she reveals that she doesn't have a cell phone.

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And I had to note this.

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So this series takes place in like the early 2000s.

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So yeah, I got a little flip phone.

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Yeah, I think Ayane has a flip phone.

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They go to the ramen place.

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Chizu is a regular there and like knows the owner while they're like sitting there.

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They run out of water and more is brought out by another than Ryu.

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He's our boy. He our boy.

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He's in the episode.

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And we learned that Ryu's family like runs this restaurant after they eat.

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She says she's going to go up first

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and then just starts like walking past the like restaurant part

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into Ryu's family's house because it's connected by like a staircase.

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They go into a bedroom and they hang out there and Chizu gets on the bed.

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Well, Saoko and Ayane sit on the floor.

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Ayane gets a phone call on her cell and Saoko is amazed

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how popular Ayane is getting a phone call on her cell.

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We learned that Ayane has a boyfriend, I guess, and he's in college.

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And then she doesn't expand on that at all.

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But she does have to tell her boyfriend that she's only hanging out with girls

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and not guys. Red flag.

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Toxic red flag.

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The fact that he's in college is also a red flag.

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That's true.

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But yeah, they doesn't trust her.

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But Chizu does say, oh, your current boyfriend,

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a, as in since the time that they've known each other, she's had several.

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I guess so.

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Saoko is amazed that she has a boyfriend.

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And Ayane says that Chizu and Saoko will join the adult world soon enough.

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Chizu complains that she's an adult because she's already beat up 99 guys.

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And Ayane is like only 99.

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What happened to the 100s?

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Did you lose to somebody?

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And Chizu's like, yeah, I actually lost to Ryu.

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Right as he walks in and we learned that this is his room.

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Yeah, poor dude can't get any privacy.

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No, he doesn't seem to mind.

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Saoko asks, or asks, yeah, were you and Chizu if they're dating?

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And Ryu gives like a weird smirk.

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And Saoko thinks that she guessed it right.

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But then Chizu's like, no.

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And Ryu says that they're more like brothers.

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And then Chizu asks, which one of them is the older brother?

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This makes Saoko envious because she's an only child.

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It doesn't have a brother.

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Single child.

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Wow.

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We hate brothers here.

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I wanted to be a single child.

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So bad.

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I am the brother, so I don't know what it's like to have one.

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They're just a lost cause, like, oh, wow.

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Or at least in my family, it's like, wow, they're emotionally detached.

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Like, don't expect much from them.

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OK, well, that sounds like indicative of something else.

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Anyways, the girls eat snacks and talk while Ryu reads a book.

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Chizu suggests inviting Kazahaya.

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They make Saoko call him using Ryu's phone.

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We switched to Kazahaya's perspective

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and we learned that he has a little brother.

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So it's really about this episode.

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Yeah, he's like a little mini him.

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Yeah, it's like a kindergarten or something or like an elementary school kid.

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She invites him over and he says that he'll get over right away.

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They're eager. Yeah.

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While waiting for Kazahaya, they look at a middle school yearbook.

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We learned that Kazahaya used to be on the baseball team

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but quit when he started high school.

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Saoko says she wishes she could have known him then

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so she could see him play baseball.

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And Chizu tells him that there will be a sports festival at school soon.

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So she can watch him play softball then because he's going to have to do that.

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Then Saoko flips the page and we see the blonde chick

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and we learn that her name is Kurumi.

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And Chizu doesn't like her very much but doesn't elaborate on that.

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Ayane teases Ryu asking if he thinks Kurumi is hot.

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And he says that she's not his type and they're like, oh, you have a type.

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What is it? Is it Saoko?

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Do you think she's hot?

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And he pauses before saying, yeah, he likes Saoko.

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And Saoko is very touched and says that she likes Ryu too.

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And he's like, cool.

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His T.B. I think I guess it's just the style where they have like just a perfectly round head.

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But his little T.B. vervement is funny because it just has like essentially

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he looks like he's asleep when he's in his little doodle form.

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Yeah.

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Just so zoned out.

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He's just like whatever.

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Yeah.

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Then Ayane and Chizu ask Saoko or ask Saoko what she thinks about Kazehaya.

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She turns red and she meekly says that she really likes him.

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And then Ayane and Chizu sidebar to discuss if they should tell her

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that she likes him romantically and maybe they should tell her that

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because she doesn't seem that aware of it.

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But Ayane decides that she should just ease into it instead.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I know it like blame Ayane for you having to like wait for this to play out

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rather than them just telling her.

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Yeah.

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I mean, maybe it's the right call.

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I don't know.

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Uh huh.

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We get a lot of Ayane oscillating between being a cool friend and being a little shit.

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So it's going to be hard to know.

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She's a little troll.

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What what what parallel she's running on.

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Let's see.

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Kazehaya gets to the Riyu residence but narrowly dodges pin who has come to eat ramen.

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He walks in on Chizu and Ayane like trash talking him like teasing him somewhat

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and announces loudly that he is a normal guy and they should stop saying weird stuff about him.

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Then Kazehaya teases Saoko and they share a smile.

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Ayane decides to start being a little shit until Saoko to sit next to her.

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Don't call that.

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To sit in between her and Chizu.

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We love it.

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And they start cuddling her like she's a cat.

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They're teasing because it's like oh look how we get to touch her.

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Not you mister.

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Right in front of you.

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Yeah which makes Kazehaya jealous.

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It's ridiculous.

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I love it.

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The pin hears them from downstairs and barges in and starts joking around with everybody.

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Saoko is like why is a teacher here and they explain that pin used to coach their little

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league games and is like a regular so they've known him for a long time.

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Blaine's like so familiar and unprofessional with Kazehaya.

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Pin is amazed that everybody is okay with Saoko being around because she made him

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hallucinate that one time and Ayane tricks him into thinking he has a sixth sense.

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Then Saoko gives him some advice about like taking a bath or salt in it and he starts

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to believe that she's actually an exorcist.

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They decide to call it a night and I'll leave.

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Kazehaya offers to walk Saoko home giving some really obvious excuse and Ayane and Chizu

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tease him.

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Ayane then starts walking home but pin tags along because quote walking home alone is

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scary unquote.

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Chizu asks Ryu what his type actually was and he says he likes somebody who's dull

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and simple.

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And we get a scene where Chizu is like hmm who do I know that's dull and simple.

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I guess Saoko is kind of like that.

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Can't think of anyone else though.

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Ryu says that this was fun but she didn't need to do all of that because he already

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knew and she's like what do you mean already knew what.

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And he says oh I already knew that the three of you made up of course and then she gets

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all embarrassed.

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We get a scene where Kazehaya and Saoko walk home and it's cute the end.

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Is this the episode that you're saying was the best episode?

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Yeah this episode is great because this is the signposting episode of like here's what

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the like the next arc is going to be about.

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We learned stuff about Ayane and her weird boyfriend who probably sucks because he's

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in college and dating a I guess freshman in high school.

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Bizarre and also was like like jealous or something.

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I don't know.

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Loser behavior.

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I mean this episode just sets up like what the dynamics are going to be for the group

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going forward.

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I just got myself smiling and being like oh happy happy watching it.

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You know.

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You were just saying that you were like happy happy as you were watching it right.

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Yeah no no I was saying it but how I felt.

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I was like smiling to myself as I was writing my little notes.

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It's just such a doesn't it aren't you just like let you watch it.

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Sure.

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You're just dead stone cold as you're watching it.

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No like this is the best episode.

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This is the best episode of the show so far.

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Everybody gets to hang out.

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Yeah we get all the signposting we know that Ryu and Jizu have a thing kind of a whether

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or not she really understands it or not.

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No culture signposting.

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You're planting flags for stuff that's going to be discussed later on.

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Okay okay.

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You're posting signs for a thing that's for the turn you're about to tell.

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Just for any listeners who aren't familiar with that.

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This is just going to be the future stuff basically.

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Which brings me to a couple things.

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Number one Ayane is great.

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She's my favorite.

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I love her.

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Aside from Ryu who's also great.

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She's a little Gremlin.

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It's great.

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I love that she's a little Gremlin.

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She would get along with her toko.

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So much.

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Yes for sure.

482
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:18,400
Well she loves well Kazaihaya so easy to tease and then she can use Sawako as a vessel

483
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,040
to tease him because Sawako is just so unaware.

484
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,280
It's such a good little dynamic.

485
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:27,520
Well it's also interesting in the way that like how Kazaihaya handles teasing versus

486
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:28,720
how Ryu does.

487
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,520
Because Ryu like plays into it a little bit right but he doesn't really like detach kind

488
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,400
of coolish way like he's very used to this.

489
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,400
Yeah.

490
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,400
Unaffected.

491
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,360
Whereas Kazaihaya gets reactions out of.

492
00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,360
Yes.

493
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,360
Reactionary.

494
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,360
Yes boy.

495
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:47,280
Ayane calls Ryu by his first name as well so I guess they're somewhat close or just

496
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:48,280
by being close.

497
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,280
Yeah they're brothers.

498
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,280
No.

499
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,280
Ayane next to Ryu.

500
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,280
Ayane.

501
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,280
Ayane sorry.

502
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,720
So like they're casually calling each other.

503
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,480
Well that comes up in next episode.

504
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,360
So we'll talk about that when we get to the first name arc.

505
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:02,360
Let's see.

506
00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:03,920
Oh something that I'm not excited about.

507
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:04,920
Oh let's hear it.

508
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,240
Ayane and Pin go home at the same time.

509
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,040
They need to not be a thing.

510
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,760
You're so perceptive.

511
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,360
I am burning down the establishment.

512
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,360
Oh god.

513
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,360
Gross.

514
00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:17,360
You're so smart.

515
00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,080
I mean we've had a lot of we've had a lot of episodes like on a lot of moments where

516
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,600
like Pin walks up to Ayane and he's like hey go home brat and she's like fuck you.

517
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,720
This is pretty good but I don't want that to be a romantic thing.

518
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,360
Not every thing needs to be romance in this.

519
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:31,360
Thank you.

520
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:34,040
Well maybe she has like a thing for older dudes.

521
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:40,840
If Pin does this directly to jail do not pass go do not collect $200.

522
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,880
This better not happen.

523
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,080
I say as like I'm manifesting it happening.

524
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:53,000
I notice it does seem to be a thing like it's a common trope in Shoujo that there's like

525
00:23:53,000 --> 00:24:00,120
a teacher situation sometimes especially in the older ones I feel like.

526
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,160
But she's a freshman in high school.

527
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,760
Like it's just it's crazy.

528
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:11,240
Like if she was a senior and he was like a like first year aide I'm like my second year

529
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,960
of college or whatever like doing a thing that would be I would be okay with that.

530
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,480
I bet he's still her teacher.

531
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,480
I don't know.

532
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,480
Like you know what I mean.

533
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,080
This is where like the age gap actually matters a lot.

534
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:24,080
You know what I mean.

535
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,000
Like if she was a college freshman and he was like a grad student that would be different.

536
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,840
I'd be fine with that but like this is she's like 15.

537
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:32,840
Yeah.

538
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:33,840
Bad.

539
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,080
Well you're a sharp sharp one Joe.

540
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,080
We'll see how insane this makes me.

541
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,160
I like that everyone I just it seems nice to like live.

542
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:48,120
I mean this is kind of how it was where you live but like truly being in a town so like

543
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:54,680
self contained that you can just walk to everything that in your life like you can just walk seems

544
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:55,680
nice.

545
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:56,680
That was not how I lived.

546
00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,680
Well I just mean the place you live now like there's lots of little areas you can walk

547
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,680
to like a big giant place.

548
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,680
Yeah.

549
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,520
This is like a small town where everything you need for day to day life is all in walking

550
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:08,520
distance.

551
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:09,520
It's pleasant.

552
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,840
Oh you mean walkable city design if we didn't live in carscape hell.

553
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:14,840
Yeah.

554
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:15,840
Yeah.

555
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:20,040
Unfortunately American culture sucks and we live in car hell.

556
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,040
Okay.

557
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,720
Because we got to make sure that GM like makes a quarterly profit or whatever.

558
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,720
Is our episode title car hell.

559
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:29,720
Car hell yes.

560
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:30,720
Okay.

561
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,720
Not related to the content of the show.

562
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,720
Yeah.

563
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:35,720
Let's see.

564
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,960
The beginning of the episode where she's at home and she like walks out and her parents

565
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:46,680
see her off it's just funny because she like has a gloom effect on her but then her like

566
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,120
being happy gives out little flowers on top of the gloom effect.

567
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,120
Oh yeah.

568
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,120
Funny and contrast.

569
00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:53,120
That's pretty good.

570
00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:58,160
So it's interesting I have a note here how Sawako both has trouble identifying romance

571
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,200
well she doesn't have trouble she's just uncertain about identifying romantic feelings

572
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,200
between other people so this is like the Chizu and Ryu thing which she guesses probably

573
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,200
correctly.

574
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,200
Oh my god I love it.

575
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,200
Yeah.

576
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:14,480
Because essentially it's clear Chizu is oblivious that Ryu may be interested in her at all and

577
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,400
he's just playing into the childhood friends thing to sustain the relationship but I'm

578
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,520
like he's holding in there look at him he's like okay if other people can guess that then

579
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,800
there must be something.

580
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:31,040
Oh Ryu our patient king just well letting Chizu do her own thing.

581
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,360
Ryu is really good at reading people like this is a difference that I'm going to talk

582
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:39,840
about more in like the next couple episodes with like the difference between him and Kazehaya.

583
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,800
Ryu is good at reading people like the thing he does where they're like oh it's Sawako

584
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:47,560
your type and he's immediately able to deflate that to being like oh yeah I like Sawako and

585
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,160
Sawako immediately picks it up and is like oh I like you too and they have like a nice

586
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,560
friendship moment that isn't like that isn't like the weird oh do you think this girl is

587
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,480
hot just like the Chizu kind of thing.

588
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,480
Yeah.

589
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,000
Like Ryu can get away with that in a way that Kazehaya never could even if he wasn't like

590
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,560
into Sawako you know what I mean like he cannot deflate it in that way.

591
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,520
Well he's also not as close to Chizuru and Nayani.

592
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,320
Kazehaya is only talking to him because he likes Sawako so it's not like he hasn't established

593
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,520
rapport necessarily with those two girls.

594
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,120
Yeah but again like I don't even think if he did he could like I don't think like in

595
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:23,400
a season he'd be able to pull that off either because he's not he cannot read people that

596
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:24,880
well like in that way.

597
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:30,440
Like Ryu is a vibes based guy you know he can like tell like even when he was comforting

598
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:36,320
Chizu during the gossip arc right he's very much like yeah there's no way it's Sawako

599
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:37,320
I mean come on think about it.

600
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,280
She didn't even have any other friends who she could gossip to herself you know instantly

601
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,680
reads it and it's just like this is ridiculous.

602
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,680
Yeah.

603
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:45,680
Because he is that guy.

604
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:46,680
Just threw the bullshit.

605
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,440
It's so cute how awkward Sawako is when she's with the phone.

606
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,560
I just I look ah she's so cute she's nervous.

607
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,680
I have bigger Sawako thoughts I'll get to later.

608
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:04,120
Okay when they're going through the yearbook and stuff and I made a note because right

609
00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:09,560
it's always that boys in baseball have to have their hair buzzed and Ryu just keeps

610
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,840
his that way but we learned that Kazai Haya did at some point but I was like why is that

611
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,760
a thing why did I have to have their hair cut.

612
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:20,800
I looked into it a little bit and it seems like originally it was like a like give it

613
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:27,240
a sense of unity that you're all the same hair as a part of the same team but I guess

614
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:33,040
it was also a thing they did for like military stuff you know like having to wear helmets

615
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,040
and what not.

616
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,040
Yeah.

617
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,040
I just thought that was interesting.

618
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,040
Yeah it's like part of a uniform.

619
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:42,680
I had to like look up as well because there's this show I mean I guess it is it's not dubbed

620
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,440
so and it's never been dubbed so I'm interested to see what they would say and these intises

621
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:53,280
that are very Japanese based references and because later my Kazai Haya joins them at

622
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,800
Ryu's room they're talking about how fast his hair is growing right after he got or

623
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,400
it was growing it out after baseball and saying oh he must be a pervert so there's some like

624
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:08,360
apparently old wives tale about people with fast hair or fast growing hair perverts like

625
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,400
if you having any kind of like salacious thoughts make your hair grow faster in that moment

626
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,600
so if your hair grows fast and you're thinking that way a lot being the.

627
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:18,600
Okay that's where I came from.

628
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,600
Yeah.

629
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,600
I didn't I didn't include that in my notes because I didn't know what to make of it.

630
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:29,040
Yeah I tried to like learn I guess the that's the only time I picked up on that being referenced

631
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,880
that the baseball thing is a thing that I have noticed in other shows.

632
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:37,640
Penn being freaking he's just gonna be the cock block of this show he's just gonna diffuse

633
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:44,280
moments because like everyone's having a nice time and he comes to crash the party and Kazai

634
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,360
Haya's pissed he's like damn it I just got here I just.

635
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,360
He hates that guy.

636
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,360
So funny.

637
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:50,360
Yeah.

638
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:51,360
Yeah.

639
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,840
Oh that's pretty good.

640
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,840
Okay should I get an episode eight now?

641
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,040
Yes let's do it.

642
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,200
Episode eight is called practicing on my own.

643
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:04,000
It's before school and some girls talk about the Sawakawa note which is the notes that

644
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,520
Sawakawa wrote for the midterms that helped everybody else in her class.

645
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,720
Karumi hears this and is displeased then some of her friends meet up with her and they gossip

646
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,600
about how Sawako and Kazai Haya hang out a lot and Karumi is like oh yeah Kazai Haya

647
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,560
probably likes her and her friends are like what that's in no way why would she like her

648
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,800
or like why would he like her that's impossible it's way more likely that he's into you Karumi

649
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,720
because you guys are so close and Karumi is just like oh that's only because we were middle

650
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:29,880
school friends.

651
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,920
Sawako is walking to school thinking about how her classmates keep doing weird stuff to

652
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:38,080
her like making a face at her or like tickling her or something.

653
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,800
The two plot device delivery girls tell her that there's a rumor going around.

654
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,760
Hey hey hey right we said they're gonna be a thing father to remember their names.

655
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:46,760
Yeah we get them later.

656
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:47,760
What are their names Joe?

657
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,960
They're in I have them later in a bullet point.

658
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,960
Okay.

659
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:51,960
I do a little joke here.

660
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:52,960
Okay.

661
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,360
Uh huh I got it I wrote it down.

662
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,360
No you weren't.

663
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,360
Okay.

664
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,520
They say that there's a rumor going around that if you make Sawako laugh you'll have

665
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,800
good luck and Sawako is like oh that's great a positive rumor about me I'll start laughing

666
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,320
at everything but then she tries to force a laugh and it's super creepy.

667
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,640
Ayane and Chizu come in and tell her to stop force laughing because it's creeping everybody

668
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:11,640
out.

669
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:17,000
Then they tell her or then they tell us the plot girls names which are Echo and Tomo

670
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,800
and that they're friends with Sawako now so she's up to five friends so good for her.

671
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,480
Then they all get on a first name basis real quick and Sawako does her best to call everybody

672
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:30,320
by their first names because that's a bigger deal in Japan than it is here clearly.

673
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:35,560
Well typically although she seems to be struggling with it where they're all I guess modern day

674
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,400
it's probably more casual or laid back with that kind of stuff but yeah it's like she's

675
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,880
like Chizu stutters out their names.

676
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,800
Yeah because it's customary to call people by their last name if you don't know them

677
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,760
right and like if you do know them you can call them by their first name.

678
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,920
I mean but like a much more extreme example of like what we have here but also like your

679
00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:02,280
peers like this is a it shows closeness by calling somebody by their first name which

680
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,280
is a weird thing.

681
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:08,160
This is always the weird thing where I'm like it's so weird because here in the US I call

682
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,840
my boss by their first name I call my boss's boss by their first name I call the CIO by

683
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,560
their first name it's just like nobody cares.

684
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,320
Essentially just kids.

685
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,600
Kids call people Mr. Miss whatever.

686
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:28,160
Well I'll call people by their last name or like this is Mr. whatever if I've never

687
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,240
met them before but as soon as you meet somebody they're just like oh yeah call me this you

688
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:33,960
know that's like a very normal thing here.

689
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:40,240
Anyway Ayane says that Sawako should be less formal and hey look it's the perfect practice

690
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,240
partner with Kasehaya.

691
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,800
Hey Sawako go call him by his first name without an honorific and she tries to do that

692
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,760
but ends up only calling him by his last name without an honorific which is a lot less

693
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:51,760
impressive.

694
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,120
And then she still like leaks out a little.

695
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,640
Yeah she's super quiet about it.

696
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,760
If you're wondering what an honorific is it's like San which is like Mr. whatever or

697
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:06,600
we've talked about it a little bit but like Sama that's like the highest respect honorific

698
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:07,960
you could use on someone.

699
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:13,880
San is like a typical respect and then there's like Chan is typically used for kids or girls.

700
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,040
Koon is for boys.

701
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,640
There are other endings for like your position like you call someone blank sensei if they're

702
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,120
your teacher like there's and then like if you're in the military there's like captain

703
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:28,440
like there's a lot of like denoting your rank or whatever which reminds me you should always

704
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:35,360
be calling me Dr. Joe so maybe you should start me yeah because I do have a doctorate.

705
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,840
Dr. Joe what else you got.

706
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,640
Let's see Sawako decides she's going to stop being or she's going to keep being formal

707
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,600
with boys but is going to try to loosen up with girls.

708
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,000
A pin makes Kazehaya join the sports festival planning committee.

709
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,200
The students are assigned to the following sports.

710
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,520
Kazehaya is playing softball and soccer.

711
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,320
Chizu is playing volleyball and soccer.

712
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:57,760
Ryu is playing softball.

713
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,360
Sawako is playing soccer and Ayane is playing volleyball.

714
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,600
Chizu is pumped for the sports event.

715
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:08,600
Sawako vows to not be a burden and Kazehaya suggests that the class take the afternoon

716
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:09,600
to practice.

717
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,480
Let's see if we get a cut away and in a bathroom Karumi learns that Kazehaya is on the sports

718
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:18,360
festival committee and she suddenly gets her friends to nominate her to be on the committee

719
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,080
too but she doesn't in that like oh I don't want to be this.

720
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,080
Calculated.

721
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,960
Yeah it's calculated she subtly does it.

722
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,760
She read Machiavelli she's like oh I know how to maneuver in a way that is unnecessary

723
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,440
but she can't let her know she can't let anybody know that she's into him because she's got

724
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:35,940
to play coy.

725
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:40,800
Sawako practices soccer and she has her hair in twin braids which looks pretty good.

726
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:41,800
As expected she has.

727
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,800
Lots of hairstyles.

728
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:44,800
Lots of hairstyles.

729
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,120
We get more about her hair later.

730
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,120
Let's see.

731
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,400
As expected she has no athletic ability.

732
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,120
Sawako thinks about how she's going to be a burden and that she should train on her

733
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,120
own.

734
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,840
The girls watch the guys play and Sawako is excited to see Kazehaya play for real.

735
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,360
He notices her in braids and he's like braids he says.

736
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,400
And then she starts blushing real hard and zones out staring at Kazehaya.

737
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,760
She wonders why she couldn't take her eyes off of him.

738
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,320
What could this mean?

739
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,600
After class, Chizu and Ayana decide to go shopping and invite Sawako but Sawako says

740
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,760
she has to water plants and can't today.

741
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,680
But some other day she would go with them but it turns out she was lying and she's actually

742
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,480
going to go practice soccer by herself and doesn't want to bother anybody.

743
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,400
She sees Kazehaya in the hallway and starts staring at him again.

744
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,600
She wonders what's wrong with herself.

745
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,480
Why does she keep staring at Kazehaya?

746
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,800
Sawako tries to get a soccer ball from the TE teacher but he says no so she just waters

747
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,080
the flowers which is what she's supposed to do and wonders if she's going to actually

748
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,520
have to buy a soccer ball.

749
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:38,720
She kind of doesn't want to do that.

750
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:43,280
She thinks about how she first met Kazehaya in that exact spot at the flower beds near

751
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,400
the window and she thinks about that.

752
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:50,080
In the sports committee meeting, Karumi walks up and is like, oh you're here too Kazehaya?

753
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,240
I had no idea.

754
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:55,400
And he's like, oh hey Karumi, thanks for loaning me that CD by the way.

755
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,800
And they talk about how I guess they exchange music with one another.

756
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,320
Kazehaya sees Sawako watering the plants outside the window and zones out while Karumi is talking

757
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:04,320
to him.

758
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:10,040
Sawako starts playing soccer with a rock and Kazehaya laughs.

759
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:15,520
As Karumi watches on, watching Kazehaya watch Sawako play with a rock.

760
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,880
This is incredible.

761
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:22,520
Sawako has been practicing with a rock so long she lost track of time.

762
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:26,040
As she's wondering what she's going to do now, a soccer ball rolls up to her and she

763
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,760
turns to see that Kazehaya has passed it to her.

764
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,440
She picks it up with her hands which she's not supposed to be doing and he tells her

765
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,440
to come with him.

766
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:38,960
Sawako wonders to herself why she can't smile as she practices with Kazehaya and that the

767
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,480
atmosphere between her and him feels a little different.

768
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,960
She decides that if she can't smile or her smile can't reach him, maybe this ball can

769
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,760
and she passes the ball to him as we cut to credits.

770
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,000
Oh, look at that.

771
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Look at that.

772
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,440
Soccer ball of feelings.

773
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:55,440
First names.

774
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,760
I just love Ayane teasing.

775
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,280
It's like my new favorite thing of the show.

776
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,280
Yeah.

777
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:02,280
I thought it was great.

778
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,440
And then they're like, well, they asked for you.

779
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,720
Can you please demonstrate to Kazehaya how it's gotten?

780
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:13,760
Talking, you know, saying Sawako's name and then he totally butchers her name like he

781
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,360
can't remember what her actual name is.

782
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:17,360
That is next episode.

783
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,360
Ah, fuck.

784
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:19,360
Damn it.

785
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:20,360
I'll cut that.

786
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:25,760
I mean, do you want me just to roll in the next episode?

787
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,000
I don't have that much to say about this one.

788
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,160
I have like bigger thoughts after the next one.

789
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,160
Yeah, that's true.

790
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,040
She has a savings account apparently.

791
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,720
She's socializing.

792
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,880
She seems to have her shit together.

793
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:43,160
Like she's just crushing life as far as school and cooking and saving money.

794
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,880
Yeah, I mean, she doesn't have any other hobbies, though.

795
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,760
She doesn't like have a phone.

796
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:48,760
That's true.

797
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:49,760
Yeah.

798
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:50,760
She doesn't like watch TV.

799
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:51,760
Okay.

800
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:52,760
Yep.

801
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:53,760
We can roll into episode nine.

802
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:54,760
All right.

803
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:55,760
Episode nine is called New Friends.

804
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,040
The girls are at soccer practice and Sawako does a good kick and everybody is impressed.

805
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,320
We get a flashback of last episode where Kazehaya teaches Sawako to kick the ball properly.

806
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:08,480
Sawako returns to the classroom but runs into Karumi, who asks if Kazehaya is around.

807
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,920
Sawako says the boys are still practicing, but thanks her for helping her pick up her

808
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:13,600
stuff like a few episodes ago.

809
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,880
Karumi says it's no big deal.

810
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,840
Sawako thinks about how Karumi is really kind, like Kazehaya is, and that she's basically

811
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,120
the type of girl that Sawako wants to be.

812
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,320
Then she thinks that she is pretty just like a doll.

813
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,560
Just as Karumi says out loud that Sawako is pretty just like a doll.

814
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,800
Sawako is like, wait, did I just say that out loud?

815
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,800
Oh yeah.

816
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,600
Sawako is like, that was my thought.

817
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,920
Did I say that thought?

818
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,560
But no, she did not.

819
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,840
Sawako takes, it says the ultimate compliment.

820
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:44,280
But as Karumi walks away, we get an internal monologue that says she looks like a cursed

821
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,280
doll.

822
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,440
I guess to clarify, she says that you look like a doll, which I'm saying like pretty

823
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,960
like a doll, which I think is the implication.

824
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,680
But that's not literally what she says, what she literally says is you look like a doll,

825
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,240
which I had bigger thoughts on.

826
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:59,680
But Kazehaya comes in without a vest on and asks Chizu how practice is.

827
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,080
Chizu talks up Sawako's skills and Kazehaya is impressed.

828
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,080
Sawako remembers.

829
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,400
Karumi was asking for him and tells Kazehaya that somebody was looking for him.

830
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,160
And Chizu was like, oh, you met Karumi, huh?

831
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:10,800
But then doesn't say very much.

832
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,880
And then they chastise Sawako for not using everybody's first names, like she's supposed

833
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:15,880
to.

834
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,600
Chizu asks Ryu if he's remembered Sawako's name and he has not.

835
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:24,080
Ioni gets Kazehaya to say her full name as a demonstration.

836
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,600
And then he does and then he demands that he call her by her first name only.

837
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:28,760
And it's very dramatic.

838
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,720
And he ultimately chickens out and isn't able to do it.

839
00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:36,560
Sawako notices that that entire time she was been nervous around him more and more.

840
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:40,680
Sawako sees Kazehaya and Karumi talking to each other in the hallway as some nearby

841
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,640
students gossip about how good of a couple they make.

842
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,920
And Sawako can't help but agree.

843
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:52,200
She wonders if Karumi should be her role model and thinks about if she should get a hair perm

844
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,920
or not because like Karumi's hair is like very lightly colored.

845
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,440
Like she's not blonde.

846
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,400
It's just like really light brown and it's like permed, I guess.

847
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,160
It's like very bouncy, wavy.

848
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,720
She asks Chizu and Ioni if she should get a perm and they think it's a terrible idea

849
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:08,800
after visualizing what it might look like.

850
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,800
A little creature.

851
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:11,800
Yeah.

852
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:17,840
Ioni asks why she has her current hairstyle, which is just like straight, long black hair.

853
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:22,720
Sawako says this because she figured straight, long hair would make her seem more feminine.

854
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:26,400
And then Ioni and Chizu speculate on different haircut Sawako would look good in.

855
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,680
They ultimately can't think of any and sysbat her hair is great the way it is.

856
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,320
And every single one of them is the rest of her life.

857
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,680
Yeah, which is interesting because we see her in some better styles.

858
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,480
They ask her why she considered changing it and Sawako says that she wants to look cuter.

859
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,600
Chizu, Ioni and Sawako decide to practice soccer after school.

860
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,680
Sawako is waiting at the entrance while Chizu and Ioni ask Finn for a ball.

861
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,280
Ekko and Tomo come up and talk to Sawako as they're going home.

862
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,560
Sawako thinks about how great it is to have friends.

863
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:59,440
She overhears Kazehaya talking to some guy and she thinks about how great he is for being social.

864
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,600
While talking to his friend, he calls Kirumi by her first name being like, oh yeah, Kirumi's

865
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,400
in this class or in the committee.

866
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,360
And Sawako thinks about how he had trouble saying her first name.

867
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,000
So I guess their relationships are different.

868
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:16,160
She starts to feel a feeling she's unfamiliar with as she wonders if Kazehaya has someone

869
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:17,560
special in his heart.

870
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,760
While she's thinking this, Kazehaya spots her and tries to strike up a conversation.

871
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,920
Sawako's heart is aching so much that she can barely get a word out.

872
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:29,840
Kazehaya tries calling her again by her first name, but before he can get it out fully,

873
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:30,840
Kirumi shows up.

874
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,680
Kirumi's like, what's up, you two?

875
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,960
Sawako thinks to herself that she's been overthinking things and also thinking about

876
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,240
Kazehaya too much.

877
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:41,040
Kirumi comments that she's sweating and then pats her down with a handkerchief.

878
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,440
Sawako thanks her and thinks about how she's a Kirumi fan now.

879
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,960
Kazehaya is pleasantly surprised to find that his middle school friend and his new friend

880
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,120
are friends with each other.

881
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:51,120
That's great.

882
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,120
Kirumi says that she wants to hang out with Sawako because they're friends now, right?

883
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,840
And Sawako is like beside herself as she realizes that she has made a new friend.

884
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,000
Question mark, question mark, question mark, end of episode.

885
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:07,320
And Shizu and Ayame see this happening and are skeptical.

886
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,440
They show up and they're like girls know what's up.

887
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,440
Do they?

888
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,440
Do you, Joe?

889
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,440
Do I?

890
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,440
What's happening?

891
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:15,440
She thinks she's a horror doll.

892
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,440
Well, she's going to do the thing I said before, right?

893
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,960
Where she's like, she's going to pretend to be her friend and then scheme.

894
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:20,960
Yeah.

895
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:21,960
Yeah.

896
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:22,960
Scim for the inside.

897
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,960
Well, she is trying to give off this like, oh, I don't care.

898
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:30,920
You know, me and Kazehaya are just friends, blah, blah, blah, but also manipulate people

899
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:34,000
into making things happen for her.

900
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,680
It's all very obvious.

901
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,160
If you got all of those asides and scenes where she was by herself thinking her thoughts,

902
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:42,160
this would be very obvious.

903
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,480
Yeah.

904
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:44,480
All right.

905
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,040
I have some big thoughts about keeping me to this point.

906
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:48,040
Oh, OK.

907
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,040
Let's hear it.

908
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,040
Tell me.

909
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,040
All right.

910
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,040
So I have been thinking a lot about.

911
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,920
So like one of the things I want to get out of this podcast is thinking about the differences

912
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,920
between show Joe and Shonen.

913
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,440
Like what is the actual difference here?

914
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,120
Is it just like cynical marketing?

915
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,320
Is it just like, oh, women like romance and boys like fighting?

916
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,800
Or is there something else like actually going on here?

917
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:07,800
So I'm comparing.

918
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,920
Do you want to study Dr. Joe?

919
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:10,920
Maybe.

920
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:11,920
I could.

921
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:12,920
I know.

922
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,720
That would be so I'd have to read so much stuff.

923
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:16,720
Yeah.

924
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:17,720
There's no way.

925
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:22,160
So there are Shonen shows that are kind of like this about like, oh, you're in high school.

926
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,440
You kind of don't have a lot of friends.

927
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:28,480
You're like trying to fit in plus romance aspects of the the text I'm comparing this

928
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:33,080
to are like my teen romance comedy, snafu, which I think I've mentioned before that has

929
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,760
a male lead.

930
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,280
And also a book to the rock is kind of like this, the one where she like joins a band.

931
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,400
That's a female lead, but it's still like a Shonen.

932
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:47,640
One of the key differences I've noticed between those two series and this one is that in those,

933
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:53,600
the like loner character is their problem is that they are ignored, right?

934
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,200
People around them are not aware of them.

935
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,760
They're kind of like invisible.

936
00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:01,200
Whereas Sawako's problem is that she isn't invisible because all of her like classmates

937
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:07,000
are very aware of her, just not as a like they just don't engage with her as a person.

938
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:12,200
Like she's being objectified by like being called like a legend or like a ghost or whatever,

939
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,200
right?

940
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,280
Not in the way that like you would normally say someone's being objectified, which is

941
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,800
like sexually objectified.

942
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:21,520
She's being objectified in terms of like, you are a thing we like make jokes about, but

943
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:22,520
you are not like a person.

944
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:26,320
Like people are not engaging with her as a person, which I mean, there's the whole reason

945
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,000
why Kazehai is great because he is engaging with her as a person.

946
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,960
So he is not objectifying her in that way.

947
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,280
But that is a like key difference, I think between these two things where like the experience

948
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:42,080
of I think boys and men to some extent in like society thinking about like you can be

949
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,080
ignored.

950
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,080
Like people were not going to be viewing you all the time.

951
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:48,480
People are not like hyper aware of everything you're doing or what you're wearing or all

952
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,800
that other stuff in the way that they are for women.

953
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:57,200
And so like this is a story about somebody who is like being objectified and not being

954
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:01,240
treated as a human or like a person with feelings and he needs to do okay, which is kind of

955
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:06,560
the difference I see in the genre of like being a shojo as opposed to being shown in.

956
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:13,400
This comes because I also randomly was watching an episode of John Burgers way of ways of

957
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,880
seeing, which was talking about I watched episode two of that.

958
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,040
It's like a four part series.

959
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,040
I've never heard of it.

960
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,840
Yeah, I don't know why I ended up watching it.

961
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,320
It's one of these weird things where like I just stumble upon because like somebody was

962
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:27,480
saying something about like the male gaze and then like this is basically a series talking

963
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,480
about that.

964
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,120
But what he's talking about in this and this is from like the 70s, right?

965
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,560
So this is, you know, older and doesn't comment on like social media or anything.

966
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:42,680
It was talking about like the way women are depicted in like European classical art, especially

967
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:48,440
when they like are shown nude and like talking about like the way the women are posed the

968
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:53,600
way that they are looking at the camera or not the camera looking at the artist peeping

969
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,600
on them, right?

970
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:59,920
Like they're not aware or like they are they're like doing a face that you would do for somebody

971
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:04,240
viewing you like it's all in service of the viewer, which is like assumed to be a man.

972
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:07,120
And this is kind of like where the concept of like male gaze kind of comes in.

973
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:12,200
It's like this is a painting depicting something that is supposed to be like not explicitly

974
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:17,840
sexual, but it is very much in terms of like the way it's framed, who has power in the situation,

975
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:22,280
whether or not the woman is positioned such that they are just like a naked person that's

976
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:26,400
being comfortable by themselves or like inviting in like a sexual way.

977
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:33,120
So you need to be a teacher, I think, or because I read I watched a show and I summarized

978
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,120
it.

979
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:35,120
These are not my ideas.

980
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:38,960
But like this is so good at conveying them.

981
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,640
Yeah, well, it's just like, I don't know, like I happen to watch this and then I happen

982
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,600
to watch this episodes where like, you know, they're complimenting each other by saying

983
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:50,520
they look like a doll, which like, I understand that this is a reference to like the Japanese

984
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:51,520
dolls.

985
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,920
I don't remember what they're called that are like the porcelain, like I guess like

986
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:58,720
platonic ideal of what you would want to look like as a woman in like traditional Japanese

987
00:46:58,720 --> 00:46:59,720
culture sense.

988
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:02,040
I mean, obviously like Ayane is going for a different look and stuff like that.

989
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,400
But that is like a that is a beauty standard to be compared to.

990
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:10,200
But also it's a doll, which has all of the context of like being objectified, like in

991
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,600
a literal sense of like you are literally an object if you look like a doll, because

992
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,360
people are gonna reflect like think of you as like an object.

993
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:21,600
And so I don't know, I was just thinking about that because one of the quotes from this

994
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:27,520
TV series, the episode is like men look at women and women look at men looking at them.

995
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:32,320
And so this is kind of like that in like a not as you know, it's not so much focus on

996
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:36,440
men in this, but it is like Sawako knows people are looking at her.

997
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:42,080
She doesn't understand what they are necessarily what they are seeing or why and that creates

998
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,080
problems for her.

999
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,480
She's not really able to change it, but she is thinking about it, right?

1000
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:50,440
Like she wears her hair straight down because she wants to look more feminine, but she doesn't

1001
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,240
realize that that's like not necessarily working in her favor because nobody will tell her

1002
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:58,680
because nobody interacts with her as like a human being.

1003
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:02,840
And that's just I think distinctly different than like the Shonen style where it's mostly

1004
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,400
just like, oh, you are ignored.

1005
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,160
And like the arcs of those is like you start hanging out with some people and they get

1006
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:12,200
to know you and they think you're cool and you like have to deal with the fact that you

1007
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:16,160
are not invisible anymore and you are now being visible in front of other people as like a

1008
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,520
character arc is like you are known to other people whereas Sawako is already known to

1009
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:21,520
other people.

1010
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,360
It's just not in a personal sense.

1011
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:24,360
That's a big difference.

1012
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,920
And the other big thing I had to say, oh, I guess this kind of dovetails into that, which

1013
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,960
is the difference between Rune and Kazehaya.

1014
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:36,120
I think that is like most unnoticeable here is Kazehaya does not objectify Sawako in

1015
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:37,120
that way.

1016
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:39,920
Like he always like addresses her as a person and like they have conversations and like

1017
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,360
even when he didn't know her, he was still like saying hi to her and stuff like treating

1018
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,840
her like everybody else, which is what she liked about him.

1019
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:49,800
But the thing Kazehaya clearly is not that great at is like understanding people's true

1020
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:52,520
nature, which is like everybody is.

1021
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,000
Yes, he's not very good at intentions.

1022
00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:00,640
Also about Sawako is to the extent that she may be on the autism spectrum in terms of

1023
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,240
like one big part of that is like, at least this is my understanding.

1024
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:08,520
I'm not an expert in this, but like being literal and what she is very literal.

1025
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:12,760
Like I mentioned before about how like she talks in very precise languages and says exactly

1026
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:17,440
what she thinks, which causes problems because other people read the implication of that.

1027
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:21,600
And Kazehaya reads the implication of that in the episode where she like talks about

1028
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,560
how great he is and he's like, oh, well, she likes me, but she doesn't.

1029
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:28,800
She's she was saying those words specifically to convey what she felt about you, which is

1030
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,440
that she admired you, which is not the same thing.

1031
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:35,480
And she also is very bad at like, or she's unsure of herself.

1032
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,280
She isn't actually that bad at reading things.

1033
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:41,840
Like when she asks Chizun Ryu if they're dating, that's actually a pretty good read.

1034
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,160
She just does her own assessment.

1035
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:48,800
Yeah. And so she always needs confirmation of other people's intentions.

1036
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:52,080
And so that is that's why I'm saying to a certain extent, I think she might be on the

1037
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:56,560
autism spectrum a little bit in terms of like not able to pick up social cues in the way

1038
00:49:56,560 --> 00:50:00,880
that somebody growing up at this point probably is already able to or like normally would

1039
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:01,720
have been able to.

1040
00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:07,720
Yeah, I don't know if there's any anime that feature such a protagonist or address it.

1041
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:11,720
Like they may have the characteristics, but I don't know if there's an anime that addresses

1042
00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:13,840
the character as autistic or not.

1043
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:14,960
Yeah. I mean, not explicitly.

1044
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,720
Like I don't think this is going to explicitly say that.

1045
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:19,640
No, no. This is the thing I'm thinking about Saoko like in relation to.

1046
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,040
I don't think she's like they're ever going to be like, oh, you might be on the spectrum

1047
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,840
because first off this came out in like the early 2000s.

1048
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:27,040
Yeah. That was the thing.

1049
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:30,640
I don't know where the conversation on autism even is in Japan.

1050
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:31,720
Interesting. Yeah.

1051
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:34,920
But like this is what I am thinking about in terms of like what is being portrayed

1052
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:36,320
because it does make sense.

1053
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:41,120
Yeah. Well, also, I think for what I am aware of, it like goes

1054
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:47,840
unnoticed in women more than men because women are traditionally expected to be more reserved

1055
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:49,480
and quiet like that.

1056
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,960
And then, but if a dude is like that when they're supposed to be more like they're supposed

1057
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:59,560
to be more bravado in how they behave, then they'll more likely assess them as autistic

1058
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:04,880
because it like differs from how society expects a male to act.

1059
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:10,160
But because it displays as like reserved nature in women, which is what we want in our women,

1060
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,080
we don't identify that as much.

1061
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:13,040
Yeah. I think that's right.

1062
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:17,400
I do think there's like a higher diagnosis rate for men than there is for women.

1063
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,200
And that makes that explanation makes sense.

1064
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,160
Yeah. Look at this.

1065
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:23,680
Dive in deep.

1066
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:28,640
But I do think that is a difference between Kazehai and Sawako, which is why like,

1067
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:29,280
guess what was I saying?

1068
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:33,840
Oh, yeah. Like the fact that Kazehai is not grasping like Karumi's true intention

1069
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,440
after being friends with her for years is like a difference between him and Ryu,

1070
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:40,400
which I feel like Ryu could clock that pretty quickly because he is a vibes based guy.

1071
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:44,800
It could be because Ryu is so uninvolved in everything that he can see with clarity,

1072
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,720
whereas Kazehai is involved with everyone.

1073
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:55,640
So he I mean, it could be taxing on him if he was like trying to take everyone at face value as more than that.

1074
00:51:55,640 --> 00:52:00,800
Because so many people are coming to him to have to like interpret so many things

1075
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,840
and so many people could be stressful.

1076
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,000
Well, also, I feel like Ryu's Ryu's more observant.

1077
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:06,680
Yeah.

1078
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,200
Like he pays more attention to people specifically, even though he's not being friendly, right?

1079
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,160
He's not going out and remembering people's names.

1080
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:15,040
He is observing people pretty closely when he does.

1081
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,200
In a way that Kazehai just kind of like, you know, he does jump to conclusions.

1082
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:23,960
He's not paying attention to the exactness of Sawako's words in the same way that Ryu might be able to.

1083
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:30,560
Also, by not being bothered by like who they are or have certain image of a relationship with people,

1084
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:39,360
Ryu can just see things as they are and not be, you know, his perception changed by like feelings or associated things with that person.

1085
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:44,880
Yeah. He seems to enter conversations with less baggage, at least, or like fires.

1086
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,440
But we'll see how that plays out as we get to know him more.

1087
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:47,760
Yeah.

1088
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,080
I feel like I'm doing a lot of like speculating.

1089
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:53,760
Well, we'll see because we love Ryu and want to see more of Ryu.

1090
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,160
Yeah. Yeah. We love everyone.

1091
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,320
Except Karumi.

1092
00:52:58,320 --> 00:52:59,920
Except Karumi and maybe Penn.

1093
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:01,120
We'll see. Yeah, no.

1094
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:02,800
He's kind of walking on thin ice here.

1095
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:04,560
We're concerned.

1096
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:06,080
I might end up liking Karumi.

1097
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:07,680
It depends on how much of a mean girl she is.

1098
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,080
Sometimes I like the mean girl characters and stuff.

1099
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:13,120
But I love Chizuru and Chizuru doesn't trust her.

1100
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:13,920
Mm-hmm.

1101
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:20,640
It's interesting how Chizuru's not doesn't take offense at being compared to Ryu's being like,

1102
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:21,520
oh, we're like brothers.

1103
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:24,480
She's just like instantly on board with that characterization.

1104
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,720
Well, yeah, we'll get into it more.

1105
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:29,040
They're dynamic later on.

1106
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,000
Probably pretty soon after this whole Karumi arc, I think,

1107
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,520
if I remember correctly.

1108
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:36,000
Salako braiding your hair is pretty good.

1109
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:37,440
I mean, that is the good thing, right?

1110
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:40,880
She's got straight long hair, which means with straight hair,

1111
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,120
it's easier to updo some stuff.

1112
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:46,720
Also, I feel like, yeah, with the long hair, you can do more things.

1113
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:51,040
So there is more possibility for different styles.

1114
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:58,560
So her hair is more malleable versus if she had like a more distinct hair texture or color,

1115
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:01,040
then it wouldn't work as well with different things.

1116
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:06,240
It's just it's interesting that like her thing is like, oh, should I get a perm or dye my hair?

1117
00:54:06,240 --> 00:54:08,080
Which seems like really big changes.

1118
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:10,880
Whereas I was like, have you ever like you could wear like a bow?

1119
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,520
You could like there's like things you could do.

1120
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:14,400
That's true.

1121
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,360
Well, she just super admires Karumi.

1122
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:21,200
You know, she likes how people think that Karumi and Kazahaya look good.

1123
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:25,840
And you know, it's I think it's we can see it's slowly dawning on her that something about

1124
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,800
how she feels towards Kazahaya is different.

1125
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,680
You know, obviously we see she gets pangs of jealousy.

1126
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:36,720
She just doesn't she can't identify it that that's what it is at this point.

1127
00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:41,840
But so she wants to change because she wants something more with Kazahaya.

1128
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:42,080
Right.

1129
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:46,240
She's not as at ease like you were concerned like, oh, if you like someone,

1130
00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:50,960
wouldn't you be more nervous around them that you were talking about last episode?

1131
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,680
You know, we're seeing a change in that dynamic between them, right?

1132
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,760
Like they're not as comfortable.

1133
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,320
There's more tension and hesitation.

1134
00:54:58,320 --> 00:54:59,680
I feel so smart for saying that.

1135
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,960
Well, I feel so smart for being like, I don't think she has a crush on him right now.

1136
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,440
Because like she's saying stuff that's like he's and she didn't.

1137
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:06,320
I was I'm over here.

1138
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,600
I'm kissing my muscles.

1139
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:08,240
I'm flexing.

1140
00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:09,600
I'm kissing the bicep.

1141
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:10,000
It's me.

1142
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:11,920
Dr. Joe's on to something.

1143
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:15,680
I can read a text.

1144
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:16,800
Let's go.

1145
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:16,960
Yeah.

1146
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,080
So that's where we're at.

1147
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:24,240
We've got building the next few episodes should be chock full of stuff.

1148
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:24,720
Should it?

1149
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:27,040
Like because here's the thing like, I don't know what direction we're going to go with

1150
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,920
because like, I mean, we could immediately address the Karumi stuff, right?

1151
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,800
But I kind of feel like that would work better if we let that cook in the background.

1152
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,880
Well, we've got the sports festival, right?

1153
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:35,280
That's a thing.

1154
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,040
We have the sports festival coming up.

1155
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:41,920
That will be the vehicle for more socializing.

1156
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,240
And I mean, what do you want to know?

1157
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:47,120
Or like, what do you want to know the most about me?

1158
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:48,640
I mean, I already know these things.

1159
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:49,600
I already know this.

1160
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:50,480
This is as fun as a game.

1161
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:51,760
I've already seen this show.

1162
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:59,120
I mean, if I was to think, I think I would want to know more about what's up with Ryu and Chizu.

1163
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:00,320
That's where I'm at.

1164
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:03,840
We're concerned about Iona and Penn.

1165
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:04,320
Dynamic.

1166
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,120
I'm concerned about Iona and her shitty current boyfriend.

1167
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:08,160
Yeah, that's true.

1168
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:13,920
Well, I can see it being they live in a small town and it's easy to kind of get bored.

1169
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,920
So maybe like just changing partners is the way to keep things exciting.

1170
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:19,920
Although is there a college around?

1171
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:21,920
Like how is she dating a college guy?

1172
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:22,720
I don't know.

1173
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:26,720
Apparently he's close enough that he called to see if she could hang out of what's good

1174
00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:27,120
thing.

1175
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,120
She was like, hey, I'm hanging out with friends.

1176
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:32,560
So now I'm not going to ditch them to come hang out with you.

1177
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:34,160
Yay for Iona.

1178
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:40,320
I mean, it just seems like these from what we've seen so far, Iona is kind of just doing

1179
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:46,320
her own thing and people are a way to entertain herself with as we've seen with her teasing

1180
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:47,120
Kazai Hayas.

1181
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:52,720
I'm assuming her boyfriend serves a similar purpose of just being a spectacle for her.

1182
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:53,120
I guess so.

1183
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:54,720
What do we think her family life is like?

1184
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:57,920
Maybe like a single dad who works a lot.

1185
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,320
I don't know.

1186
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:05,520
I don't know that even to the point that I've seen a show that we get a reveal on her family

1187
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:06,320
background.

1188
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:07,120
Oh, OK.

1189
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:12,720
And I mean, May we'll see once season three comes out, they do give their side characters

1190
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:13,920
good development.

1191
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:19,920
So we should learn more about her at some point so that any other thoughts before we

1192
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:21,120
wrap things up here?

1193
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:22,720
No, I feel like I hit all my big stuff.

1194
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:23,520
OK, good.

1195
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:28,520
Well, we're all expecting your publication that's going to bring more attention to this

1196
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:29,120
podcast.

1197
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:35,720
You're I feel like I'm going to work search this and Google scholar and like a thousand

1198
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:37,720
people have already written about this exact thing.

1199
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:38,720
We'll see.

1200
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,120
You just have that work.

1201
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:41,520
I haven't done the literature review.

1202
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,120
I'm sure I'm just rehashing stuff.

1203
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:47,520
People have already been rehashing for years because I'm showing our oral many years late

1204
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:48,320
to the party.

1205
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:53,920
I just got lazy clipping stuff from this to put on socials, but that would be a good

1206
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:57,720
one to clip and put and then you don't have to write anything because you just spitting

1207
00:57:57,720 --> 00:57:59,320
mad facts already.

1208
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:00,920
And all none of those are facts.

1209
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:01,920
Those are all theories.

1210
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,720
OK, well, I'm just saying she had theories.

1211
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,920
I'll probably read like an author interview at some point and they're just like they just

1212
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,120
say like, oh, all that stuff.

1213
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:10,720
Not none of that stuff is happening.

1214
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:11,720
Man.

1215
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:15,720
I mean, this is one that has more thought put into it.

1216
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:21,920
Not that you've seen whatever show we cover next has to be a more typical, like more basic

1217
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:23,720
just the stereotypical show.

1218
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,120
Do I got to think of what that is?

1219
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:30,320
Well, I mean, this does compare because this has a lot more emotional weight to it.

1220
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:34,120
Not the thing that depressingly, but like there's just more thought put into it.

1221
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:37,320
Yeah, the thing that is kind of impressive about this one is that it doesn't like it's

1222
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:40,520
cartoon, but it's mostly staying in like the drama territory.

1223
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,320
Like it's not moving into like melodrama.

1224
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:43,520
Everything's heightened.

1225
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:44,320
You know what I mean?

1226
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:47,520
Like even with the last arc, the whole time I was like, I'm pretty impressed at how everybody's

1227
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:54,720
having like pretty realistic reactions and nobody is like being, you know, like cartoonishly

1228
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:55,320
whatever.

1229
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:57,320
So like, yeah, it doesn't move into melodrama.

1230
00:58:57,320 --> 00:59:00,120
We're just like gesturing at things that happen.

1231
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:03,920
It's like these are actual things that could happen or like actual feelings you could experience

1232
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:07,520
not like super heightened versions so that you get the point across, which is something

1233
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:11,920
that a lesser show would probably move into that territory or like a show that's doing

1234
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:12,720
something else.

1235
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:13,920
You know, I don't want to.

1236
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:17,520
Nine episodes in just based off these nine episodes.

1237
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:18,920
What would you rate the show?

1238
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:20,320
It's pretty good.

1239
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:23,120
I mean, it's going to depend on a lot of like housings turn out so far.

1240
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:24,120
I think it's pretty good.

1241
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:25,320
Yeah, it is good.

1242
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:26,720
I like it a lot.

1243
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:30,520
It's so makes me happy watching it.

1244
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:31,120
I get cool.

1245
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:35,320
Well, that's that let's roll into recommendations.

1246
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:37,320
Yeah.

1247
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,920
What I'm prepped.

1248
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:40,520
I'm prepped on recommendations.

1249
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:40,920
Oh, right.

1250
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:42,320
Okay, I'll start then.

1251
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:48,720
So as I was talking about earlier, always looking for more podcasts, which is why I was

1252
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:53,120
listening to celebrity stuff, but I'm going to recommend my attempt to be more well informed

1253
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:53,720
of the world.

1254
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,520
There's a podcast called wiser world.

1255
00:59:56,520 --> 01:00:01,520
She only puts episodes every once in a while, so go us for doing it every week.

1256
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:02,320
Let's see.

1257
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:06,920
I'm just going to read wiser world takes foundational world history and makes it

1258
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:12,920
approachable and concise remind us of world basic history so we can have the context we

1259
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:14,920
need to think about current events.

1260
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:19,920
Basically, I'm just trying to like get better graphs of like what leads up to I'm trying

1261
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:25,920
to be more aware of things happening, I guess, and she presents it in a very good way.

1262
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:31,520
If that makes it easy to listen to, there's like, you know, I just learned about the well,

1263
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:32,320
no, never mind.

1264
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:36,120
I'm not going to like I learned about the history of North Korea and stuff like because,

1265
01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:40,120
you know, vaguely aware of it, but it's cool to get like the whole play out essentially

1266
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:42,920
at the last hundred years of the history.

1267
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:48,220
So it's been really interesting and a good way for folks who maybe live under a rock like

1268
01:00:48,220 --> 01:00:52,620
myself to get a bit more aware of what's going on in the world.

1269
01:00:52,620 --> 01:00:58,920
So wiser world, I listen on Spotify, so not too many episodes, but they are good.

1270
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:01,720
And I highly recommend that podcast.

1271
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:03,820
That's that's my recommendation this week.

1272
01:01:03,820 --> 01:01:04,920
How about you, Joe?

1273
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:08,120
Have you got to be a found inspiration?

1274
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:09,120
Not really.

1275
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:11,920
I mean, you're looking around your bookshelves.

1276
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:15,520
Yeah, I came back to my seat.

1277
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:17,020
I shot mate.

1278
01:01:17,020 --> 01:01:19,120
So the thing I want to recommend, but I can't.

1279
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:24,520
I finished a book recently called Computer Power and Human Reason by Joseph Weisenbaum,

1280
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:27,920
which was an MIT professor who made the first chat bot.

1281
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:32,320
And it goes through a lot of really interesting stuff as he like talks about how people project

1282
01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:33,520
onto machines.

1283
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:38,820
I think it's pretty relevant now with like the popularity of chat, GPT and all that stuff.

1284
01:01:38,820 --> 01:01:39,820
Book goes hard.

1285
01:01:39,820 --> 01:01:42,320
Like not for the casual reader.

1286
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:43,720
No, it is for the casual.

1287
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:45,720
Like it's written for a casual audience.

1288
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:46,720
Like it does talk about.

1289
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,720
Like me could comprehend what's being said.

1290
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:50,720
Yeah.

1291
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:51,920
I mean, there's some technical stuff in there.

1292
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:52,920
You can kind of just gloss over.

1293
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:54,720
You just agreed with me.

1294
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:55,720
I did not agree with you.

1295
01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:58,720
I was saying that the book is written for somebody who doesn't have a technical background.

1296
01:01:58,720 --> 01:01:59,720
I'm not calling you dumb.

1297
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:00,720
Okay.

1298
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:01,720
Okay.

1299
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,720
No, I think you're very smart or I wouldn't do this podcast with you.

1300
01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:05,720
Really?

1301
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:06,720
Yeah.

1302
01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:07,720
I'm not a total dud.

1303
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:08,720
You're not.

1304
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:09,720
I don't think you are.

1305
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:10,720
You seem really surprised when I said that.

1306
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,720
Like you think I think you're stupid.

1307
01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:15,720
So if you say I'm smart, that means something.

1308
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:17,720
I'm not that smart.

1309
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:19,720
I just like I'm this is my preoccupation.

1310
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:25,720
You're curious, you're curious and knowledgeable about a lot of different things, which is

1311
01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:26,720
admirable.

1312
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:28,720
A big brainstorm all that info.

1313
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:33,720
This is why I was like, oh, I should recommend another podcast, but I'm like, I probably

1314
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:36,720
already recommended to these podcasts or it's like all in the same network podcast.

1315
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:37,720
It's just these guys.

1316
01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:43,720
Recommended technically on a recommendation segment is games studies, study buddies.

1317
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:45,720
That's the only podcast you recommended.

1318
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:50,220
You've mentioned other ones, but that's the only one you've used as a recommendation

1319
01:02:50,220 --> 01:02:52,720
in our recommendation segment.

1320
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,720
But book continue the book.

1321
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,720
I'm not recommending this book because it's no longer in print.

1322
01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:02,720
Anyway, chapter 10 is called against the imperialism of instrumental reason.

1323
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:04,720
You are recommending this.

1324
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:08,720
I am recommending this, but you can't get it anywhere.

1325
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:09,720
Where'd you get it?

1326
01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:11,720
I bought it off of eBay.

1327
01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:14,720
Okay, then people can find it.

1328
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:17,720
Yeah, I will recommend a podcast instead.

1329
01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:21,720
I'm going to double recommend so you can actually access this.

1330
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:26,720
I'll recommend a podcast by that same network of people plus another person who's does a

1331
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:27,720
lot of super interesting stuff.

1332
01:03:27,720 --> 01:03:32,720
So I'm going to recommend shelved by genre, which is the same guys who do game study,

1333
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:35,720
study buddies plus Austin Walker, who does like a lot of really interesting stuff in

1334
01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:39,720
the game space that, you know, think deeply about this kind of stuff.

1335
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:45,720
And the way I'm thinking about like, oh, how, how men and women are perceived all stuff

1336
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:48,720
that they do constantly in this podcast.

1337
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:50,720
This is about genre literature.

1338
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:54,720
They read books in segments and then talk about them.

1339
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:56,720
They go into real hard depth.

1340
01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:57,720
These guys are way smarter.

1341
01:03:57,720 --> 01:03:59,720
I mean, they have like a literature background.

1342
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:01,720
So they're talking about all this other stuff.

1343
01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:03,720
They're bringing a bunch of other things in.

1344
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:07,720
So like if you, if you like that segment where I like speculated on this stuff as a guy who

1345
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:11,720
doesn't know very much, imagine if a bunch of three really smart people did it for like

1346
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:13,720
three hours.

1347
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:14,720
Yeah.

1348
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:15,720
Yeah.

1349
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:16,720
I should check that out.

1350
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:20,720
I'm trying to be more, well, because I'm so confident in my own opinion that I've never

1351
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:25,720
really consumed that much as far as like how other people perceive games because I have such

1352
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:27,720
a strong sense of how I feel about it.

1353
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:32,720
I think I should since I work in the industry and I'm going to start focusing more on community

1354
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:34,720
management versus social media.

1355
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:37,720
So I got to get my head in the game more.

1356
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:42,720
So I should listen to me all your, your game and just oh, I will send this one is about

1357
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:43,720
genre literature.

1358
01:04:43,720 --> 01:04:48,720
So they read through like the books they've read through are the book of the new son, which

1359
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:54,720
is like four novella length books by Gene Wolfe that are very weird.

1360
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:59,720
And then they also just read through all of the earth sea books by the story.

1361
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:04,720
The story of the movie's based off of yeah, that movie is not good.

1362
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,720
I haven't read it yet.

1363
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:10,720
I need to read along with these things, but they go, they go into a hard depth about that

1364
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:11,720
stuff.

1365
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:12,720
So that's good.

1366
01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:13,720
I got a question.

1367
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:18,720
You know, all these things, do these ever like, do you ever get to go into discussion

1368
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:19,720
on these?

1369
01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:21,720
Are you just like talking to people about them?

1370
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:25,720
No, this is why I'm able to volley back in the conversation.

1371
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:27,720
This is why I wanted to do this podcast with you.

1372
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:32,720
It's like, I want to talk about stuff like this and I never get to because even if I

1373
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:34,720
talk to people about this, they're always like, that's interesting.

1374
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:37,720
And it's like super one sided because what the hell are they going to be able to say

1375
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,720
about this book they've never heard of?

1376
01:05:39,720 --> 01:05:40,720
You know what I mean?

1377
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:41,720
Like, yeah, yeah.

1378
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:42,720
Oh man.

1379
01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:46,720
So yes, this is why I want to do this podcast is because it gives me an outlet.

1380
01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:48,720
I could bring up all of the weird shit.

1381
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:49,720
I look up in a week.

1382
01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:56,720
I watched an episode of some thing on the way you see people on YouTube about women's

1383
01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:59,720
dudes in freaking classical art.

1384
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:00,720
Yeah.

1385
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:01,720
I took art history.

1386
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:04,720
I can slightly contribute to this conversation.

1387
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:05,720
No, it's good.

1388
01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:06,720
I mean, you did it.

1389
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:09,720
I like, this is why I enjoy talking with you because you will play along.

1390
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:13,720
I mean, like, it's not dismissive.

1391
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:17,720
Like I will say this to some people like some friends I have and they are not able to hang

1392
01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:18,720
with the conversation.

1393
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,720
They just like try to change the subject.

1394
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:22,720
They're trying to get out of this conversation.

1395
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:26,720
But you know, it's like, listen, if you were to suddenly start talking to me about something

1396
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:29,720
that was really boring to me, I would probably also try to escape.

1397
01:06:29,720 --> 01:06:35,720
So you're good at, well, I guess maybe we just don't talk about things that the other

1398
01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:36,720
finds boring.

1399
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:39,720
But I'm like, I feel like you're always very engaged in what I'm saying and good at

1400
01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:40,720
asking questions and stuff.

1401
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:42,720
Well, because I like talking.

1402
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:45,720
I can edit the long one if you want me to.

1403
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:48,720
No, I'm controlling and like to do it.

1404
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:50,720
Stop doing it in Premiere.

1405
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:52,720
I probably should.

1406
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:53,720
Yeah.

1407
01:06:53,720 --> 01:07:02,720
Maybe if we got more reviews by people, I would be motivated to learn a new way to edit

1408
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:03,720
the podcast.

1409
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:11,720
If you if you like the show, please review us on your podcast listener.

1410
01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:13,720
Whatever you're using to listen to right now, you can probably review it there.

1411
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:14,720
Please review it there.

1412
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:15,720
Rate it five stars.

1413
01:07:15,720 --> 01:07:22,720
If you're on Apple podcasts and you leave a review comment, I will read it out loud.

1414
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:28,720
That helps us with whatever algorithm they use, I think it also helps boost our or at

1415
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:29,720
least my spirit.

1416
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:30,720
Very often.

1417
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:35,720
And I'm sad to see no new.

1418
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:36,720
Yeah.

1419
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:43,720
If you have anything you want us to address specifically, you can send us an email at

1420
01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:45,720
showjopied.gmail.com.

1421
01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:48,720
That's the show we episode, baby.

1422
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:50,720
Next time 10, 11 and 12.

1423
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:55,720
You know how we like briefly episode eight is essentially what we thought we were getting

1424
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:59,720
into with these episodes where it was going to be like, OK, we talked about it.

1425
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:01,720
That's that move on to the next one.

1426
01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:02,720
Easy peasy.

1427
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:03,720
Yep.

1428
01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:08,720
Let's let's put editing Sarah of her misery and end it here.

1429
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:09,720
All right.

1430
01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:10,720
Pardon words.

1431
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:12,720
What did we learn this time?

1432
01:08:12,720 --> 01:08:18,720
If your teacher slash baseball coach wants to walk home with you because walking at home

1433
01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:20,720
or walking alone at night is scary, just ditch him.

1434
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:22,720
Just say fuck you run away.

1435
01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:23,720
Yeah.

1436
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:24,720
Just tell him to buzz off.

1437
01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:26,720
Tell him to date your teacher.

1438
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:27,720
Don't date your teacher.

1439
01:08:27,720 --> 01:08:28,720
Be missed.

1440
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:29,720
Don't possibly be missed.

1441
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:33,720
What if this doesn't happen and I'm just like going to have it.

1442
01:08:33,720 --> 01:08:34,720
It's going to happen.

1443
01:08:34,720 --> 01:08:35,720
I know it is.

1444
01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:37,720
I mean, our last age gap didn't work.

1445
01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:41,720
So maybe this time, you know, maybe there'll be a time skip and at the end of the time

1446
01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:42,720
skip, he's dead.

1447
01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:43,720
Oh, damn.

1448
01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:44,720
Wouldn't that be good?

1449
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:46,720
Like, oh, poor one out for pin.

1450
01:08:46,720 --> 01:08:48,720
Honestly, I'd be fine with that.

1451
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:52,720
The end of the time skip episode is just cause a high going to a grave and like putting

1452
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:54,720
some flowers on it.

1453
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:57,720
It's just been I really hate time skips.

1454
01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:59,720
I don't think they happen to him.

1455
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:01,720
Well, I freaking hate the one a young justice.

1456
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:02,720
Yeah, that one's bad.

1457
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:04,720
Like it happens in Naruto.

1458
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:05,720
It happens.

1459
01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:06,720
That's true.

1460
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:09,720
Well, that's like a series conclusion time skip.

1461
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:10,720
Like it's one series.

1462
01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:11,720
It happens in one piece.

1463
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:12,720
Don't tell me.

1464
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:15,720
Oh, well, yeah, an episode like 500 of one piece.

1465
01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:16,720
Are you watching one?

1466
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:17,720
Yeah.

1467
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:19,720
No, I'm not watching your whatever.

1468
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,720
Well, you need to watch one piece.

1469
01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:22,720
It cuts.

1470
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:23,720
It saves you.

1471
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:24,720
It'll save you so many hours.

1472
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:25,720
It's such that so much time.

1473
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:26,720
Okay.

1474
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:27,720
No, we're ending it now.

1475
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:28,720
Okay.

1476
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:29,720
Okay.

1477
01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:30,720
Okay, guys.

1478
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:31,720
Thanks for listening.

1479
01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:32,720
See you next week.

1480
01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:33,720
Bye bye.

1481
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:34,720
Bye.

1482
01:09:34,720 --> 01:09:35,720
Bye.

1483
01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:42,720
Bye.