S1E19 On The Brink Of Death In Our Second Year
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Release Date: 01/26/2025
S3E3 Barks At You
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In this episode, woof woof, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the ontological butler and part-time magician certified Nice Guy Steward, and the boxer (swordfighter? wrestler???) who you could never mistake for anything but a cutie Ganache, and ask a snark question: Have you ever seen a better pair of guy who can serve punch and guy who can take one? Then, we look at a grab bag of Special Rice, Windflit, and Ebenholtz, asking... uhm... I've got nothing, sorry. Writing descriptions while sick is hard... Follow along: , , , , Support the...
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S1E22 She's In Good Hands
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In this episode, our April Halloween special, we zoom in on spooky girl Ayako Morikawa, the occult loving, arm-cursed teen with lots of friends (as long as dolls, ghosts, and mirrors count) and ask a moving question: Was the ancient curse posessing your human form just a lack of self-acceptance all along? 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 Electrónicos: Follow and support ash:
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S1E21 Friendly Bird Investigators
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In this episode, back to our roots in many ways, we zoom in on college girl Hinata Takanashi, the nature-loving, photograph-taking, undercover-agenting, Yui-Yagi-desiring, all around normal girl, and while definitely not normal ourselves ask things like: There's no freaking way I'll be your image... unless!? 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 Electrónicos: Follow and support ash:
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S2E5B Can I Get Back To Being In Very Mild Ennui?
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In this episode, our Ishmael finale, we zoom in on the second half of Ishmael's indentities, including the good captain of the Pequod who will gaslit-guide you to glory against the great crimson whale, while talking like, TOO much, and ask a mostly unrelated question that I forget to actually answer: Which R Corp Pack Captain is which of the three musketeers? I only mention it because if you have a good answer, please reach out and let us know. Read this episode's official companion fanfic, "international small arms traffic blues": Follow along: Support the show: Follow...
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S2E5A Call Me?
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In this episode, the middle of our Ishmael trilogy, we talk about the seafaring saffron-haired, snarky and sharp-witted as a harpoon fixer herself, Ishmael (or at least, look at the first half of her art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a bold and quivering question of the woman herself: Hey, I just met you, and this is fishy, but here's my number, so...? Read this episode's official companion fanfic, "international small arms traffic blues": Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together...
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BONUS 7 The Cetology of Ishmael: Imagine A Whale In Your Room
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Tired of your land-locked hum-drum life? Well, in the style of the great American novel Moby Dick itself, why not look to the sea, and join us a voyage? Join Ishmaivy and ashmael on a voyage of science and art, as we plunge into the depths of cetelogical study, gazing upon depictions of the great leviathanic beast with a scrutinizing eye, swimming through plate-etched waves of Mephistophelean grins and Pagliaccigan noses, past Larsonian sharks and Antedalivian surrialisms, to arrive at that most pressing question, that no great podcast has sought to answer and so we must give our poor attempt:...
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S3E2 Children Should Have Grenades
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In this episode, an Italian Episode, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, pink-petaled playboy photographer Prosciutto di Parma, and the Fake Japanese/Fake Italian/Fake Alice Liddell Suzuran, and ask a concerned question: Wait, are there child soldiers? And possibly pig soldiers? Then, we look at the freaks, Focaccia, Crepe, and Shamare, asking, well... Hey, do all these guys kinda suck, actually? Follow along: , , , , Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An...
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BONUS 6 Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA: Vow in the Snow Watchalong: Our $1000 Trip To Germany, Yet Is Our Body Still Made Of Swords?
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Happy Vowentine's Day! Er, Valentine's Day. In this very special bonus episode that all of you donated $1000 to charity to make us record, we watch the prequel to... beloved? Let's go with a tentative beloved, anime movie Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA: Licht: The Nameless Girl, IN PERSON, and let me tell you, we have a lot of questions: Is this movie good? Is it even really a movie? What does any of this have to do with Prisma Illya? Why does it look like that? What's with ball? Will there actually be a vow? What's with his body being made of swords? And most importantly, will we ever...
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S1E20 The Belts, The Gun, And The Tummy
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In this episode, which may or may not be for the tummy people, we zoom in on Aru from fellow gacha game Blue Archive, a scheming and villainous... young woman, maybe, who is definitely evil don't question it, and ask an ephemeral question: What makes a character in a piece of art look like a teenager? WHY can you tell, when you can? 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 Electrónicos: Follow and support...
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S1E19 On The Brink Of Death In Our Second Year
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In this episode, following last week's watchalong, we zoom in on Toki (from Toki(and Saki(Side A))) the thigh-loving and future-seeing chronically ill girl who was on the brink of death in her second year of highschool, and ash asks a sanity-check question: Hey, what's up with her weird riichi thing? Why does nobody ever talk about this? Why won't they acknowledge it's weird!? 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...
info_outlineIn this episode, following last week's watchalong, we zoom in on Toki (from Toki(and Saki(Side A))) the thigh-loving and future-seeing chronically ill girl who was on the brink of death in her second year of highschool, and ash asks a sanity-check question: Hey, what's up with her weird riichi thing? Why does nobody ever talk about this? Why won't they acknowledge it's weird!?
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