S1E14 Put Your Thumb Over This Old Man
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Release Date: 10/06/2024
S1E31 Steppin' On Santa Claus
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In this episode, carrying on our tradition of our Christmas episode being delayed a week, we zoom in on the beautiful, bountiful, bootlickable boss of Bamboo Cloud Fuuka Minami, famously fair with her rewards (stepping on you) and her punishments (stepping on you) and ask a spring-heeled question: Can exposure to Louboutins at a young age turn you gay? Or does it just make you inclined to secretarial work? Follow along: , , Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch...
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S2E8B Hey Guys, It's Confucius
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In this episode, the analectical finale of our Dream of the Red December, we zoom in on the second half of Xhulong---er, Hong Lu's art, including the teardrop tarnished tyrant himself... hey guys, it's evil Confucius (aka Lord of Hongyuan) and we ask a question that sheds Light on an underdiscussed topic: When you think about it, isn't Limbus Company just the same thing as Kingdom Hearts? Heathcliff got norted!? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 2: The Twelve Beauties of Limbus Company and the Cherry Blossom Club: I'M WORKING ON IT IT'LL BE UP SOON Follow...
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2nd Anniversay Special! Q&A&M (Questions & Answers & Mahjong)
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We've been doing Soul Mates! for two years! Incredible! Thank you so much to everyone who's listened in to join us on this journey. For our anniversary this year we're taking it easy, racking up some tiles with prior guests of the show Kit and May while we answer YOUR questions! What's our least and most popular episodes of the show? Given the opportunity, is there anything we would do different? And do any of us know anything about Scooby Doo? Tune in to find out! Oh, and just so you know, this episode also comes in video form! Check it out on our youtube if you wanna relax and watch us play...
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S2E8A A Proper Cup Of Pu'er Tea
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In this episode, the midpoint of our Dream of the Red December (look, we didn't come up with a good one for this one, okay?), we zoom in on the affluent, the adorable, the always-staring-into-the-middle-distance appreciable perfect object Hong Lu (or at least, look at the first half of his art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question about one of his favorite topics, girls: So, when exactly do they start drawing him like a woman? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 1: The Twelve Beauties of Daguanyuan and the Crab Flower Club: Follow...
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BONUS 10 Dream of the Red Chamber Book Club Retrospective: 8 Months, 8 Persons, 8 Gates
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120 chapters. 2,500 pages. 800,000 words. The least accessible of the great Chinese novels, Dream of the Red Chamber. Sound daunting? Not to us. We read it. And like a celestial stone at the foot of Greensickness Peak etched with tales of the Realm of Illusions, we'd like to fill you in. So hop in your palanquin, open up the gate, and the other gate, and the other gate, and join us for a wild ride through Prospect Garden. Please keep your fans inside the vehicle at all times. Content warning: Discussion of s*icide Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on...
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S3E7 Shimei Over Here, Twink Over There
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In this episode, our last Season 3 episode of the year, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the two test tube toting thigh-high touting Silcence, who's exact number of arms and wings remains a true mystery, and the science-scared silken softie Vanilla Muffin, who is definitely NOT a horse and NOT from Umamusume, and we fixate on a translation question: Why is he called vanilla muffin? Why specifically vanilla muffin I NEED TO KNOW I— Ahem. Then, a throuple, with Jieyun, Asbestos, and Udon, asking: Can women be twinks? Because she does t— Wait, I can't say that in the description...
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S1E30 The Realm Of Forms Is Coming
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In this episode, a platonically ideal one, we zoom in on the mystifyingly mischevious mammal-manipulating magician Ryan, a teenage boy who is also an adult woman who is also an object summoned from a hyperdimentional realm but OMG he has cute bunnies, ahem, and ask a question to Marketing: Sorry, who exactly is this for? What huh huh what what huh? Please reach out to us via the YouTube or Tumblr with questions for our Second Anniversay Q&A Special! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll...
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S1E29 Her Face A Dinner Plate
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In this episode... yaaawn, a sleepy one, we zoom in on another Blue Archive colab character, the lazing laxidasical loligagger Hoshino, who's old man schtick is done ABSOLUTELY no justice whatsoever, and ask an adaptive question: If you're gonna pull in characters from other games, why change their art style for literally no reason? Just to make them look worse? Support us streaming for Extralife 2025, raising money for children's hospitals, at the links below! Extralife links for Nov 8-10 and Nov 14-16 respectively: , Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show...
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S3E6 Popping Fish Oil Suppliments
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In this episode, alternatively titled "The New Player [CENSORED] Experience", we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the magnificiently mousey mediterranian Cheese, who is specifically greek despite cheese's complex origin, and the sultry sarkaz se...er, host Midnight, who one can't help but be prejudiced against, and Ivy asks a question of Google: Show me dark electronic music? Show me dark electronic music cyberpunk popular? Then, a gender journey with Morgan, Hot Dog, and Korn, finally asking: Hey, hang on a second, are you telling me that gender and sexuality might actually be...
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S1E28 A Full Cup Of Juice
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In this episode, a juicy one, we zoom in on our first look at the Noctchill—er, rather, the THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS colab charaters, the "happy" Hinana Ichikawa, a being who appears to subsist entirely on liquid drawn in through her funnel-shaped mouth, and as a measured question: Exactly how much juice does she actually have? I'm talking mililetres here. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños...
info_outlineIn this episode, fueled by an anime watching experience that was certainly, uhm, well, anyway, we zoom in on Washizu Iwao from mahjong anime Akagi, who plays mahjong with your blood, but not necessarily with your heart because he's kinda, well, anyway, we ask a very geometric question: What are the shapes on this man's face actually supposed to be? Why does he look so different sometimes and exactly the same others?
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