Dom took over this week as we all curate our own anime harems with rules set by the Birthday Girl in mind! This included a “max” of twenty anime characters from shows, movies or video games, five of which had to be considered questionable in some form or fashion. Check out our weekly poll + Q&A on Spotify to tell us who you think had the most questionable choices! Click here to access our Linktree for our socials + episodes on all available platforms

Our Featured Friend this week is Kami of Wound Up-Wire Jewelry by Kami!
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SPOILER TIMESTAMPS
7:38 | ONE PIECE
31:32 | HAIKYUU MANGA
1:47:02 | FAIRY TAIL

Our lists were a little too character heavy for the show notes this week and are listed in full in a GoogleDoc HERE. Below are each of our self-dubbed "Most Questionable Choice"'s

DOM
THE DARK MAGICIAN | YU-GI-OH!
BLACK CLUSTER SOLDIER | YU-GI-OH!
SHUU TSUKIYAMA | TOKYO GHOUL
USAGI | JUUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR
SHIGURE | FRUITS BASKET
ELIAS AINSWORTH | ANCIENT MANGUS BRIDE

JESSICA

HARPY HOWL | HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
LEGOSHI | BEASTARS
TITAN EREN | ATTACK ON TITAN
LAXUS DREYAR | FAIRY TAIL
SUKUNA | JUJUTSU KAISEN

DARBY

BROOK | ONE PIECE
TOSHINORI YAGI (SMALL MIGHT) | MY HERO ACADEMIA
GANG ORCA | MY HERO ACADEMIA
PAIN | NARUTO
MAHITO | JUJUTSU KAISEN
SHISHIO MAKOTO | RUROUNI KENSHIN

We're back this week with part two of Jessica's birthday episode (where we analyze + argue all things Boruto for over an hour.) This part got a little high strung because we sat on these opinions for weeks. How do you feel about how we feel? Click here to access all of our socials + tell us! Be sure to check out our weekly Spotify poll + Q&A. Next week we'll be celebrating Dom’s birthday by compiling our own anime harems. 

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Until then, we love you! Bye! 

HIGHLIGHTS

ADDRESSING GENERAL BORUTO SLANDER | 1:25
DOM’S ISSUES + JESSICA’S REBUTTALS PT 1 | 3:50
DARBY’S FIRST COMMUTE COMMENT | 7:27
MORE OTSUTSUKI OPINIONS + GENERAL VILLIAN COMMENTARY | 10:29
DARBY’S CHARACTER ATTACHMENT ISSUES | 15:35
JESSICA’S REBUTTAL PT 2 | 18:02
DOM’S ISSUES PT 2 | 26:35
DARBY REITERATES | 27:20
JESSICA’S REBUTTAL PT 3 | 29:23
DARBY RESPONDS | 32:31
DOM WEIGHS IN | 37:36
DARBY’S SASUKE + NAURTO REVELATIONS | 44:52
“JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE ADULTS NOW, DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE EXEMPT FROM DEVELOPING THEIR CHARACTER”| 48:30
“BITCH WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?” | 56:13
“WHO THE FUCK ARE GIVING THEM THESE HAIRCUTS?” | 57:20
LIGHT SENSEI SIMPING | 58:29
DARBY’S SHINO PRAISE | 59:34
DARBY’S SASUKE REVELATIONS CONT. | 62:30
“OROCHIMARU… HOW IS THIS MAN STILL OUT + ABOUT?” | 72:46
“I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE I REALLY DO BE HATIN’ THIS SHIT” | 73:58

This week we’re celebrating our resident Taurus by taking down the bull that is her most recent hyper-fixation, Naruto. We went really hard recording this week and ended up with FOUR hours of nonsense, so enjoy part one of two of us simping, arguing + analyzing all things Naruto: Shonen Jump + Shippuden. Be advised this is SUPER SPOILER HEAVY in the event you haven’t seen or read them

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Next week we’ll be posting part two where our fuckery continues and we shift our focus to Boruto: Naruto Next Generations!

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HIGHLIGHTS:

“THE LEAF VILLAGE AIN’T SHIT” | 5:36
WHEN WE STARTED TO FEEL FOR NARUTO | 11:07
DARBY’S “CHARACTER TROPE” COMPLAINT | 16:02
CHUNIN EXAM 1V1 FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | 18:49
DARBY’S “UNDER UTILIZED CHARACTER” COMPLAINT |  26:21
JESSICA SIMPS FOR TSUNADE | 30:45
MIRRORING + RECURRING THEMES | 34:58
SHIPPUDEN + CHARACTER ATTACHMENTS | 38:22
PAIN ARC COMMENTARY STARTS | 1:00:38
OUR MOST PAINFUL SHIPPUDEN DEATHS | 1:03:21
VILLAIN APPRECIATION FEAT. HAKU + ZABUZA | 1:17:09
DARBY STARTS THE RIOT ON ‘ROMANTIC PAIRINGS’ | 1:21:34
OTSUTSUKI OPINIONS | 1:31:14
DARBY’S “UNDER UTILIZED CHARACTERS + TROPES” COMPLAINTS PT 2 | 1:32:35