WEBVTT 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:07.719 Hello and welcome. You are listening to the pilot 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:12.339 episode of the After Hours Arc, your new anime 00:00:12.339 --> 00:00:15.380 podcast. My name is Antai. I'm going to be your 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:21.199 host. And I am sorry. I know we don't need another 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:26.120 anime podcast, but I need a hobby. And I figured 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:30.440 why not combine the love of anime that I have 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:35.979 and the random constant jumble of all the shows 00:00:35.979 --> 00:00:38.439 that I've watched that are just rolling around 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.539 in my brain. So I figured that would be a fun, 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.200 good little outlet for myself. And I do think 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:49.159 there are a ton of fantastic anime podcasts out 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.140 there already. So I'm not looking to compete. 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:59.759 You know, I have zero budget, no sponsors, and 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:05.599 I'm not really trying to be anybody. I have no 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.500 idea what I'm doing, honestly. And I'm probably 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:14.319 not even qualified to give my takes on these 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.099 series. You know, nine times out of ten, I am 00:01:17.099 --> 00:01:20.219 pretty sure I'm gonna mispronunciate the characters' 00:01:20.340 --> 00:01:23.299 names. So I will apologize for that in advance 00:01:23.299 --> 00:01:26.180 as well. But this is something I am really excited 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:29.659 to get started. So hopefully this is something 00:01:29.659 --> 00:01:34.010 that entertains or interests you as well and 00:01:34.010 --> 00:01:36.230 again this is my first time doing anything like 00:01:36.230 --> 00:01:41.609 this and i'm hoping you'll be kind so my goal 00:01:41.609 --> 00:01:46.689 for this is i want a very chill vibe i just want 00:01:46.689 --> 00:01:52.489 to review shows and talk anime and pretty much 00:01:52.489 --> 00:01:55.430 not too much in between i want to really keep 00:01:55.430 --> 00:01:59.750 it to anime and Getting along with that, I'll 00:01:59.750 --> 00:02:03.469 give you a little backstory of my anime history, 00:02:03.849 --> 00:02:06.349 sort of speak. So I do consider myself to be 00:02:06.349 --> 00:02:08.810 a little bit of a late bloomer when it comes 00:02:08.810 --> 00:02:12.150 to it. You know, I was definitely in early middle 00:02:12.150 --> 00:02:16.530 school, and I had a friend named Mike, and he 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:21.849 was totally into it. Like, he had figurines and 00:02:21.849 --> 00:02:28.699 manga and, you know, obsessed. He was probably 00:02:28.699 --> 00:02:34.319 one of the only people in my circle that would 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:37.139 have been the one to introduce me to anime, I 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:40.319 think. And, you know, he was watching shows like 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:45.900 FLCL, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in a Shell, 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:50.719 like classics. And I do find it kind of funny 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:55.289 that I didn't quite get into it then. I was more 00:02:55.289 --> 00:02:58.069 of a Toonami boy. Like, I grew up watching Pokemon 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:01.150 and Digimon, and at night, you know, I fell in 00:03:01.150 --> 00:03:03.889 love with Inuyasha, and, you know, we had Gundam. 00:03:04.210 --> 00:03:07.009 And I can't honestly remember what else was there 00:03:07.009 --> 00:03:11.370 that was so long ago. And, you know, I'm in my 00:03:11.370 --> 00:03:15.530 30s now, and I'm a stoner. I can't remember that 00:03:15.530 --> 00:03:20.330 far back. But that was more of what I was watching 00:03:20.330 --> 00:03:24.699 when I was getting into it. But back then when 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:26.800 I was a kid, you know, I'm hanging out with my 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.060 friends. We're not watching TV. Like we might 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:32.080 be playing some video games, but, you know, my 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.199 generation was actually going out and like causing 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:39.240 trouble. So it really wasn't until I had my own 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:45.319 place that I got really into anime. And, you 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.740 know, it's because at this point now I can watch 00:03:47.740 --> 00:03:53.729 whatever I want and whenever I want. And so that's 00:03:53.729 --> 00:03:56.870 exactly what I did. And so that's basically how 00:03:56.870 --> 00:04:02.189 I got into it and what shows I was kind of introduced 00:04:02.189 --> 00:04:08.150 to. So where I'm at now, I think winter 2026 00:04:08.150 --> 00:04:13.330 has been phenomenal for me, for the shows that 00:04:13.330 --> 00:04:16.250 I watch. You know, it hasn't been so great for 00:04:16.250 --> 00:04:18.550 the weather, though, because I'm out on the East 00:04:18.550 --> 00:04:21.230 Coast and we have been getting plummeted with 00:04:21.230 --> 00:04:26.589 snow this winter. So I will say it is very nice 00:04:26.589 --> 00:04:31.509 to have so many shows to watch. And again, with 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:35.209 working overnight, I have the ability to watch 00:04:35.209 --> 00:04:39.009 them the day they air before I go to work. So 00:04:39.009 --> 00:04:42.029 then I'm not having shows like Jujutsu Kaisen 00:04:42.029 --> 00:04:45.050 ruined for me thanks to TikTok because I'm scrolling 00:04:45.050 --> 00:04:49.509 on my lunch. So that always pissed me off. So 00:04:49.509 --> 00:04:53.629 I'm very happy. what days everything is placed 00:04:53.629 --> 00:04:55.990 I do usually have to watch them twice though 00:04:55.990 --> 00:04:59.350 I have to watch before I go into work and then 00:04:59.350 --> 00:05:02.389 I usually watch it when I get home you know that 00:05:02.389 --> 00:05:05.649 way I'm not rushing out the door the only one 00:05:05.649 --> 00:05:10.870 I really watch twice is Jujutsu Kaisen but that's 00:05:10.870 --> 00:05:14.050 because I mean it is a little bit confusing so 00:05:14.050 --> 00:05:18.009 you do have to pay attention and you know I can't 00:05:18.009 --> 00:05:20.269 just be getting ready for work and glancing at 00:05:20.269 --> 00:05:22.009 the screen as they're going over the calling 00:05:22.009 --> 00:05:24.389 game rules. You know what I mean? So now what 00:05:24.389 --> 00:05:26.029 I think I'm going to do is I'm going to list 00:05:26.029 --> 00:05:29.670 the four animes that I am currently watching 00:05:29.670 --> 00:05:33.990 that are currently airing. And they just so happen 00:05:33.990 --> 00:05:38.089 to be on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. 00:05:38.290 --> 00:05:42.250 So not only do I have four shows that are new, 00:05:42.389 --> 00:05:47.779 I am watching them back to back. And it's so 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:51.199 good. Two of those days I don't work and it feels 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.860 like I have hit the jackpot. JJK putt. Who knows? 00:05:56.500 --> 00:06:00.899 But when it comes to the current seasons, I am 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:06.240 watching the Isoke office worker. The other world's 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:11.000 books depend on the bean counter. And Wednesdays, 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.399 I'm watching Jack of all trades. Party of none. 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:18.439 Thursday. We have Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, which 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.620 I'm sure there isn't anybody not under the sun 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:25.620 who isn't watching that. And I do plan on doing 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:30.040 some reviews and recaps on that series. I'm probably 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:34.019 not going to get too much into that on this episode. 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:37.939 You know, there is so much to talk about and 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:40.939 cover, and I really don't want to spoil it in 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:45.790 this episode. I want actual spoils. podcast episodes. 00:06:46.089 --> 00:06:49.610 So I plan to do them on Fridays so that the day 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:55.069 after I can give you my take. So we will see 00:06:55.069 --> 00:06:58.730 how that goes. But that's on Thursday. And Friday 00:06:58.730 --> 00:07:02.250 is free from season two. So I'm going to start 00:07:02.250 --> 00:07:05.490 by going into the Tuesday one. And I'll just 00:07:05.490 --> 00:07:08.389 go in order of the week. So this one is a BL. 00:07:09.189 --> 00:07:14.500 And I wasn't sure if it was going to be. But 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:17.899 I saw some reactions of people on TikTok and 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:20.980 that is what actually made me want to check it 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:23.600 out. It wasn't on Crunchyroll for too long. I 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:27.680 think there was like two episodes. So I didn't 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.620 miss out on too much. But, you know, I was hooked. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.139 It is not your typical isekai because, you know, 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:40.879 this main character, Saichiro Kondo. he accidentally 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.439 gets summoned to this other world with this girl 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.540 who is this world's holy maiden. You know, it's 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:52.420 basically a ritual that they've been doing forever. 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:56.439 And, you know, it's like any typical isekai, 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:58.959 you know, where they're summoned to another world 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:03.759 to save the day. And, you know, Kondo, this guy, 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:09.199 he was a tag -along. And unfortunately for him, 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.160 Because of that, I mean, he is so not equipped 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:18.079 to live in this world, like physically, because 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.300 he has no resistance or little to no resistance 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:27.040 to magic. And they have what they even call magicules. 00:08:27.139 --> 00:08:30.279 So like even breathing is basically killing him. 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:35.899 And he is, you know, in his 30s. And as somebody 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:43.090 in my 30s, I have to say, He looks rough. I mean, 00:08:43.110 --> 00:08:47.210 he's got bags on bags and he's a workaholic. 00:08:47.210 --> 00:08:50.909 And even the Holy Maiden described him, which 00:08:50.909 --> 00:08:54.230 was basically just based off of what she knows 00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:57.450 of him in this brief encounter. Because again, 00:08:57.570 --> 00:08:59.889 like I said, they're strangers. He wasn't supposed 00:08:59.889 --> 00:09:04.629 to come here. So she says that he is a work drone 00:09:04.629 --> 00:09:08.690 and, you know, he's just a fucking machine. And 00:09:08.690 --> 00:09:12.090 they offer him lodging and money because, again, 00:09:12.289 --> 00:09:14.909 you know, this is an inconvenience. And it's 00:09:14.909 --> 00:09:17.830 not like they can send him back because, like, 00:09:17.850 --> 00:09:20.889 that would be way too easy. So instead of that, 00:09:21.169 --> 00:09:26.149 he wants to work, which, I mean, that tells you 00:09:26.149 --> 00:09:28.450 everything you need to know about this dude right 00:09:28.450 --> 00:09:33.759 away. Like, this is his identity, you know? And 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.759 unfortunately, he's been drinking these like 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:40.720 energy elixirs. And I mean, he's able to bang 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:43.360 through all this accounting work. And he continues 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.620 to move up in rank and within the anime as this 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:51.360 outsider. But in the beginning, I mean, he gets 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:55.830 really sick. He ends up overdosing on those elixirs 00:09:55.830 --> 00:09:58.610 because again, he has like no resistance to magic. 00:09:58.669 --> 00:10:02.730 You know, cut to the main love interest of the 00:10:02.730 --> 00:10:09.070 series, who is this commander who's in his 20s. 00:10:09.149 --> 00:10:14.590 And as the season has progressed, I love this 00:10:14.590 --> 00:10:18.360 man so much. He has grown on me. I didn't think 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:20.500 he was that interesting in the beginning, but 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:23.799 there is a 10 year age gap between them and you 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.059 can really see it. So I think they did a fantastic 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:32.139 job with that. But, you know, he is this like 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:36.220 hunk of a man, especially compared to Soichiro. 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.860 He is built and he is part of third order and 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:43.820 they can use magic and it's a very high rank. 00:10:43.940 --> 00:10:46.379 And, you know, it gets very, very into that lore. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:51.460 which I love. I am a sucker for fantasy, anything. 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:57.100 So it's kind of really adorable to see a relationship 00:10:57.100 --> 00:11:01.639 of some sort start to bud and blossom, you know? 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.659 And I just watched the last episode that came 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:10.500 out and it was so funny. I don't want to ruin 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:14.340 too much, but it was just the delivery of this 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:17.000 commander character. I was grinning ear to ear 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:21.899 the whole episode. It is fantastic. It is a great 00:11:21.899 --> 00:11:27.120 BL. It was not quite what I was expecting. This 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:31.480 has been a very slow burn type of romance. And 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:36.200 I will say it is a little spicy, but I mean... 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:38.980 Like, it's not Junjo Romantica, you know what 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:43.500 I'm saying? Like, there's no giant age gaps, 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.600 and there's no, you know, forced anything. Like, 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:51.700 I mean, even in the beginning, he asks him for, 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:55.659 like, consent, and I won't explain for what, 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.179 because I think you should check out this BL 00:11:58.179 --> 00:12:01.539 if you're into them. But when I watched the scene, 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:04.980 I was just like, wait. What did he just say? 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:10.559 Because again, I am used to like early 2000s 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:15.519 BLs and you know, there's so much less of a filter 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:19.259 with those. So that's what I'm watching on Tuesdays. 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:23.080 And on Wednesdays is Jack of all trades, party 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.639 of none. And okay, so this one really excites 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.139 me. And I am pious because I'm a bit of a nerd. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:34.240 So I grew up playing a text -based multi -user 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:38.519 dungeon RPG. And one of my main characters was 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.980 an enchanter. And that is who the main character 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:45.980 of this series is. And I feel like I don't see 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:51.419 enough of enchanters represented in guild animes. 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:55.320 And I mean, like, I know they are. But I feel 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:59.299 like with this one, I think they did a fantastic 00:12:59.299 --> 00:13:04.899 job showcasing at least how I feel an Enchanter's 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:09.620 magic should look. And kind of how they should 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:15.240 act, you know, like what their role is. And this 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:19.440 story follows this Enchanter, Oran. And, you 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.009 know, he was actually a swordsman. Which is even 00:13:22.009 --> 00:13:25.649 more impressive because that means he literally 00:13:25.649 --> 00:13:29.690 switched his class. And, you know, if you've 00:13:29.690 --> 00:13:32.190 played games, if you want to play a different 00:13:32.190 --> 00:13:34.830 class, you either have to delete or just start 00:13:34.830 --> 00:13:38.110 over with a new one. So I think right off the 00:13:38.110 --> 00:13:43.009 rip, that is impressive as fuck. Like, I was 00:13:43.009 --> 00:13:47.549 so excited to see what he could do. And, I mean, 00:13:47.590 --> 00:13:50.570 he ends up getting banished from his hero's party. 00:13:50.669 --> 00:13:54.789 You know, typical trope. And I usually love all 00:13:54.789 --> 00:13:58.909 those animes. There's one scooped up by an S 00:13:58.909 --> 00:14:01.629 -ranked adventurer. And I must have seen it like 00:14:01.629 --> 00:14:06.590 12 times now. I really, really enjoy re -watching 00:14:06.590 --> 00:14:11.250 animes. And that is one that I have watched so 00:14:11.250 --> 00:14:14.269 much. It is definitely a feel -good anime for 00:14:14.269 --> 00:14:18.340 me. But even then, you know, the main character 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:21.820 of that one is a white mage. And that seems to 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:25.559 really be the role that gets portrayed in a lot 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.480 of these animes. Is this still support character, 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:32.480 but they're mostly like a healer. And my enchanter 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.940 couldn't heal. I could do so many other things. 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.340 But I feel like the representation of what an 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:43.100 enchanter should be is portrayed very accurately 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:46.480 in this show. And again, at least just from my 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:50.139 gaming experience. But you know, so Auron and 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:53.519 the hero, whose name is Oliver, I mean, like 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:57.899 they grew up together. So I have a really hard 00:14:57.899 --> 00:15:02.720 time that he was just okay with banishing like 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:05.580 his best friend. The other party members are 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:09.019 obviously the ones who were pulling the strings. 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:11.779 But I think at the end of the day, he should 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:14.960 have put his foot down. I really don't understand 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:18.559 how he caved so easy. I didn't think he would 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.440 just be like, you gotta go. But he does. And, 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:26.860 you know, we really get to see Auron and what 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:30.860 he's made of. You know, he ends up soloing like 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:33.519 these dungeons. And, you know, because he's a 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:37.159 swordsman, he has those skills already. But also 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.720 being an enchanter, he is able to cast that support 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.299 magic that accelerates him and can boost his 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:48.340 other stats on him and his weapon. He can cast 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:51.720 multiple spells. He has created original magic. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:59.039 He is beyond comprehensible in this magic world. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:02.690 And I know he sort of knows that, which... is 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:06.110 something that I really enjoy about this anime. 00:16:06.389 --> 00:16:10.730 Because one thing that I cannot stand is when 00:16:10.730 --> 00:16:14.210 the overpowered character has no idea they're 00:16:14.210 --> 00:16:19.080 overpowered. And like, I love... strong powerful 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:23.500 characters and it doesn't even need to be just 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:27.799 the main one you know you can all be strong and 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.799 powerful the more merrier and i hate when they're 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:36.360 so strong but they're dumb like you don't know 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.480 how strong you are are you fucking kidding me 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.850 so that really pisses me off The only person 00:16:43.850 --> 00:16:46.690 I would give an exception to, and again, this 00:16:46.690 --> 00:16:49.210 is from Scooped Up by an S -ranked adventurer, 00:16:49.350 --> 00:16:53.009 would be Lloyd, who is that main white mage character. 00:16:53.750 --> 00:16:56.570 But I'm probably going to review that series 00:16:56.570 --> 00:16:58.409 at some point, so I really don't want to ruin 00:16:58.409 --> 00:17:01.169 it. It is so good. So I'll get into that another 00:17:01.169 --> 00:17:03.429 point, but he gets a pass from me. But you know, 00:17:03.450 --> 00:17:07.109 it is one of those situations where he gets banished 00:17:07.109 --> 00:17:12.609 and you really get to see him shine. you know, 00:17:12.630 --> 00:17:16.410 and he ends up joining up with this guild, but 00:17:16.410 --> 00:17:18.809 not like permanently, at least not where we're 00:17:18.809 --> 00:17:22.789 at right now in the series. He's there to help 00:17:22.789 --> 00:17:27.230 them train their younger generation. And I'm 00:17:27.230 --> 00:17:29.289 not going to say who the guild is or any of those 00:17:29.289 --> 00:17:31.789 details. Again, I'm going to try my hardest to 00:17:31.789 --> 00:17:36.950 not spoil anything in this episode, but it is 00:17:36.950 --> 00:17:40.849 quite the experience and I really recommend it. 00:17:41.589 --> 00:17:45.170 I will say it definitely feels like a different 00:17:45.170 --> 00:17:50.529 perspective on your typical guild style animes 00:17:50.529 --> 00:17:53.849 that I feel like we're used to. Like the last 00:17:53.849 --> 00:17:57.869 couple of episodes really showcased how important 00:17:57.869 --> 00:18:02.250 enchantment magic is, you know? So I'm very excited 00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:05.450 to see what the remaining episodes of this season 00:18:05.450 --> 00:18:08.690 are going to produce because they were really 00:18:08.690 --> 00:18:12.460 good at... leaving semi -cliffhangers, which 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:15.819 is fine because, you know, things work out, but 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:18.140 they still have resolutions that don't get resolved. 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:22.039 And, you know, that is what I think draws me 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.460 to not wait for the next episode. So that show 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:29.980 is definitely become one of my favorites to be 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:33.779 diving into at this current point in time. So 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:39.299 Thursdays, we of course have Jujutsu Kaisen Season 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:42.880 3. And like I said, there probably isn't anybody 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:47.319 who isn't watching this. And again, I have to 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:50.099 watch this before I go to work because TikTok 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:55.640 is literally the worst with that specifically, 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.599 at least for me. And, you know, if I wanted it 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:02.539 spoiled, I would go read the manga. But the only 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:08.259 reason I don't is I'm lazy. I will say, this 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:12.160 is probably the first anime that made me want 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:15.160 to read the manga. Mainly because I'm impatient. 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:19.099 I have been wanting to just binge season 3, and 00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:22.200 I can't. And especially with those two episodes. 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:27.900 It was like a tease. But with this season, I 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:31.240 don't want to get too much into it in this episode. 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:35.599 But I will say, I was immediately captivated. 00:19:36.190 --> 00:19:38.890 by like the visuals you know i thought their 00:19:38.890 --> 00:19:42.289 animation was stunning you know the colors were 00:19:42.289 --> 00:19:46.710 so deep and vibrant and like they drew me right 00:19:46.710 --> 00:19:51.029 in and i really really enjoyed the opening fight 00:19:51.029 --> 00:19:57.170 with naoa and chozo because and i know everybody 00:19:57.170 --> 00:20:02.170 hates him because noi is pretty much a piece 00:20:02.170 --> 00:20:08.130 of shit but You cannot deny how hot he and Chozo's 00:20:08.130 --> 00:20:11.190 fight was. Like, you know, he's just throwing 00:20:11.190 --> 00:20:14.069 punches while brushing back his hair. Like, it 00:20:14.069 --> 00:20:18.079 is no big deal. I thought it was so cocky and 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.319 I was fucking here for it. I loved every second 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.220 of their fight. And I know I've been seeing all 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:29.000 these TikToks of, you know, hairdressers or bakers 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:31.799 and, you know, other people doing like their 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:35.140 job one handed while brushing their hair back. 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:41.130 And I think it is just so funny. But I know a 00:20:41.130 --> 00:20:45.750 lot of people hate him. So hopefully I don't 00:20:45.750 --> 00:20:50.210 get a lot of hate for... complimenting his cuntiness, 00:20:50.289 --> 00:20:52.349 so to speak, you know, because I mean, he was 00:20:52.349 --> 00:20:56.109 serving it for sure. But again, with this season, 00:20:56.170 --> 00:20:58.769 I don't want to get too much into it because 00:20:58.769 --> 00:21:02.109 I am going to be doing full on spoilers for this. 00:21:02.230 --> 00:21:04.809 So we'll do that. And I mean, honestly, I feel 00:21:04.809 --> 00:21:07.569 like they deserve their own dedicated episodes. 00:21:07.890 --> 00:21:10.630 There's just so much to unpack. And, you know, 00:21:10.630 --> 00:21:15.059 this anime easily became. One of my favorites 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:19.779 to have gotten into. And I didn't think that 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:22.799 was necessarily going to be the case, you know. 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.299 And especially with this current season's lineup, 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:31.440 that was not the one I was most excited for. 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.420 And I mean, I was looking forward to it, don't 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:37.000 get me wrong. But the one I was really excited 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.819 for was Free Written Season 2. And, you know, 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:44.730 and that's on Fridays. And listen, this one is 00:21:44.730 --> 00:21:47.789 perfect for me because when I get home from work, 00:21:47.990 --> 00:21:52.130 it actually airs in like my time, I think like 00:21:52.130 --> 00:21:55.529 10 a .m. So, you know, I don't have to rush to 00:21:55.529 --> 00:21:59.490 watch it. By this time, I've been home. I am 00:21:59.490 --> 00:22:03.509 plenty baked. I am plenty tired. I'm just chilling 00:22:03.509 --> 00:22:07.950 on the couch with my cat vibing out. And so that 00:22:07.950 --> 00:22:10.410 is a very enjoyable way to get ready for bed. 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:16.259 I will say this is on me. It's not on the Japanese 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:20.299 voice actors. But when I watched season one, 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:26.220 I had watched it and fallen in love with the 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:29.900 English dub. And, you know, I think her name 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:34.900 is Mallory. I love everything that she has been 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:42.519 in. Her voice is so soothing. It's very unique. 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:44.619 I don't even know how to describe it. But, like, 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:49.339 as free -written, it is just even more so. And, 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:52.640 you know, her softness and, like, the melancholy 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:57.099 of her, like, voice, it just does so many things 00:22:57.099 --> 00:23:00.440 for me. And, I mean, the Japanese version is 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:03.519 not bad. And I did know what to expect, so... 00:23:04.589 --> 00:23:09.250 I was playing the solo leveling Arise mobile 00:23:09.250 --> 00:23:13.829 game and downloaded it for my PC. I don't play 00:23:13.829 --> 00:23:16.309 it anymore because I ended up getting the Arise 00:23:16.309 --> 00:23:20.289 Overdrive on Steam. If anybody wants me to talk 00:23:20.289 --> 00:23:24.289 about that, let me know and I might do an episode 00:23:24.289 --> 00:23:29.230 on that. But in the mobile version, they had 00:23:29.230 --> 00:23:35.339 done a collaboration with FreeRid. So when I 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:39.259 was fighting with Stark and his Japanese voice 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:42.740 came on the screen instead of the English dub 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:46.880 that I was used to, I was so surprised because 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:50.559 I wasn't expecting it. And I mean, so because 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:54.160 of that, I was familiar with their voices. So 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:57.769 it wasn't like, who are these characters? That 00:23:57.769 --> 00:24:00.690 is usually my issue if I start watching an anime 00:24:00.690 --> 00:24:04.049 dubbed, is I get attached to the characters and 00:24:04.049 --> 00:24:07.210 their voices and the vocal mannerisms, you know. 00:24:07.549 --> 00:24:13.009 But with this, I just feel like it didn't give 00:24:13.009 --> 00:24:18.029 me what season one first gave me, you know. And 00:24:18.029 --> 00:24:19.849 I mean, you can tell that they have way more 00:24:19.849 --> 00:24:22.609 money in this budget because, I mean, the colors 00:24:22.609 --> 00:24:26.059 are fucking stunning. And just like Jujutsu Kaisen, 00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:29.819 the opening scene was just breathtaking. And 00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:33.880 it was just visually amazing. And, you know, 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:37.640 I do think that those two, at least in my opinion, 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:39.859 were going to be some of the most anticipated 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:43.599 winter releases that we had. So again, I'm not 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:46.099 actually surprised about the quality. But with 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:49.740 Free Rin, I don't feel like I'm on the journey 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:52.660 with them. At least with the Japanese voice actresses. 00:24:53.630 --> 00:24:57.069 And I mean, I think they work, but I think the 00:24:57.069 --> 00:25:01.369 dubbed version to Fern, like her bratty personality, 00:25:01.450 --> 00:25:04.789 as much as she annoys the shit out of me for 00:25:04.789 --> 00:25:09.349 that reason, it does fit her a lot better. Like 00:25:09.349 --> 00:25:13.829 when watching season two. I couldn't tell that 00:25:13.829 --> 00:25:16.990 there was like weird tension, or at least it 00:25:16.990 --> 00:25:20.349 wasn't as obvious as it is in the English dub. 00:25:20.630 --> 00:25:23.849 There was a lot more attitude, I think. So, you 00:25:23.849 --> 00:25:26.789 know, I did watch the episode one that had come 00:25:26.789 --> 00:25:29.990 out on Crunchyroll dubbed, finally. And I mean, 00:25:30.009 --> 00:25:32.289 it was perfect. So I'm just going to suck it 00:25:32.289 --> 00:25:37.049 up and keep watching. Because again, I don't 00:25:37.049 --> 00:25:41.349 want it ruined. I tried to do that with Gachi 00:25:41.349 --> 00:25:46.549 Akuda. And there was just no way. That one was 00:25:46.549 --> 00:25:49.930 just way too good for me to just wait. And again, 00:25:50.029 --> 00:25:53.410 TikTok was so bad that it was killing me. And 00:25:53.410 --> 00:25:56.089 so again, the only issue I had with Gachikuda 00:25:56.089 --> 00:26:00.509 was probably Ruto. But, you know, I got over 00:26:00.509 --> 00:26:03.269 that pretty quick because everyone else, their 00:26:03.269 --> 00:26:07.269 voices are like perfect and animated. And, you 00:26:07.269 --> 00:26:11.880 know, I preferred over the dub. You know, this 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:18.640 kind of is one of the first animes that didn't 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:23.259 quite hit the mark for me with subtitles, at 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:27.359 least. And that's okay, because, you know, I'm 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:30.740 the lazy one here. You know, it's my fault. It's 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.759 not theirs. I'm the one who likes to listen to 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:35.859 dubs, and it's mainly because I'm lazy. So, you 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:38.920 know, I really can't hold this against them. 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.519 But those are what I am currently watching that 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:48.279 are airing. And I did just finish Bungo Stray 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:55.859 Dogs. And let me tell you, it was so good. And 00:26:55.859 --> 00:27:01.900 I'm going to do a recap and almost deep dive 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:05.440 of season one and season two. I'm going to do 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:08.240 them together because season one is really just... 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:12.599 a meet and greet and that's fine it's kind of 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:15.799 necessary but you know season two really got 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:19.180 me hooked to that show so that is what i'm excited 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:21.859 to talk about but you know i have this co -worker 00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:27.539 and she is really into anime and like novels 00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:32.099 and manga and you know way more than than me 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:35.039 you know and she like follows the studios like 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:38.099 hardcore like it's so impressive i learned so 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:40.819 much when i talk with her but when i brought 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:44.019 up that i was watching bungo stray dogs she fucking 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:50.299 meerkatted she loves the series and you know 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:54.099 it was just so funny to see her just dive right 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:57.420 into the conversation so i mean i do have somebody 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:02.319 that I can talk to about anime with for, I don't 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:05.400 know, like 40 minutes, like once a week. And, 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:08.599 you know, because I only work with somebody maybe 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:12.380 like 40, 50 minutes, you know, just under an 00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:15.500 hour. I pressured her into finishing season two 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:18.640 of Jujutsu Kaisen because I needed somebody to 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.779 talk about season three with. So luckily it did 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:28.549 work out. I won. And she's completely current. 00:28:28.769 --> 00:28:33.430 So I'm really excited about that. But I think 00:28:33.430 --> 00:28:38.950 that is pretty much the premise of the After 00:28:38.950 --> 00:28:42.009 Hours arc. This is what I'm looking to gain. 00:28:42.289 --> 00:28:46.210 I just want to hang out, shoot the shit, talk 00:28:46.210 --> 00:28:50.009 anime. I'm not sure what else. Like I said, this 00:28:50.009 --> 00:28:54.769 is a brand new project. I'm just here for the 00:28:54.769 --> 00:28:58.230 ride. So hopefully you will tune in again and 00:28:58.230 --> 00:28:59.809 I'll catch you later.