Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #083 - Sock Puppet Seduction

Bcom, Kat, and Leo are back to talk about week 7 of the Winter 2019 anime season. In this week’s episode of Mob Psycho, Reigen’s psychic abilities are put to the test on a live variety show which clarifies how important Reigen’s partnership with Mob is in defining his future. Our favorite running boys make their final preparations for the Hakone Ekiden, and we make some not-so-bold predictions after learning the section assignments for each leg of the race. Kat feels Kemurikusa has become too much like a video game, and Bcom and Leo are just looking for a controller to grab. In The Promised Neverland, Sister Krone opens our eyes with some new information about the relationship between the humans and demons in the world outside the orphanage, but Isabella appears to be two steps ahead of everyone. After an impromptu karaoke session, we jump back into JoJo where we get our first glimpse of the infamous King Crimson, but we lose track of time chatting about squid ink pasta, fishing, and double-tapping your enemies. At some point we move onto Domestic Girlfriend, which continues to cement itself as the greatest anime in existence, and also teaches Leo and Bcom an invaluable lesson about the role sock puppets can play in winning over a woman’s heart. After we complain about Kaguya’s boring episode titles, we learn that it’s essential to get a part-time job and a boat license before even considering holding your crush’s hand. We finish off with an episode of Dororo that raises questions about the true nature of demons, and whether Hyakkimaru must actually slay them all, or if some can be saved.

Recorded March 6, 2019.

Timestamps:

1:48 - Nonsense (Risk podcast live, Destiny 2 Gambit Prime, Avatar: The Last AirBcom)
8:48 - Mob Psycho 100 II (Ep. 7)
22:47 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 18)
38:18 - Kemurikusa (Ep. 7)
46:01 - The Promised Neverland (Ep. 7)
59:19 - Commercial Break
1:00:28 - Impromptu Winter 2019 OP karaoke section
1:03:21 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind (Ep. 20)
1:20:13 - Domestic Girlfriend (Ep. 7)
1:28:17 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Ep. 7)
1:44:05 - Dororo (Ep. 7)

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #082 - DiGiorno Giovanna and Midseason Cuts

Leo, Bcom, and Kat return to discuss week 6 of the Winter 2019 Anime season. It’s the halfway point of the season, which means we need to evaluate where we’re at, and make any midseason cuts if necessary. At the halfway point of Mob Psycho, Reigen finally has to try to find his way in the spirit-cleansing world without Mob’s assistance, and gets in over his head. Meanwhile, on Run With the Wind, the guys scope out the Hakone race, and also try to quell Jota and Joji’s doubts about Haiji’s true reasons for aiming for the top. A new sister shows up out of the blue in Kemurikusa and shows Wakaba how to harness the power of the leaves to protect the others and uncover the world’s secrets. Kat says the show makes her feel dumb…Leo has a theory about why that is. The Promised Neverland kids continue exhibit completely ridiculous knowledge, like understanding Morse code, and we discuss the apparent differences between Krone’s characterization in the manga and anime adaptation. Kat discovers Giorno sounds like DiGiorno and the podcast is off the rails again, before we get back on the rails by learning the correct pronunciation of bruschetta. Domestic Girlfriend expands its harem criteria to allow for male teacher in addition to female teachers, as it continues to layer taboos on top of each other in an effort to create the most ridiculous parody of romance drama ever made. Bcom’s a bit underwhelmed by the newest member of Kaguya’s student council. Dororo finishes off its first two-episode arc with a depressing, but touching finale demonstrating the nobility of trying to survive and rebuild in the tumult of endless war.

Recorded March 3, 2019.   

Timestamps:

1:42 - Nonsense (Anthem makes Bcom sick, Katheed and Kambria, Leo’s incendiary work week)   
12:13 - Mob Psycho 100 II (Ep. 6)
23:48 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 17)
37:34 - Kemurikusa (Ep. 6)
46:17 - The Promised Neverland (Ep. 6)
58:24 - Commercial Break
1:00:40 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind (Ep. 19)
1:18:26 - Domestic Girlfriend (Ep. 6)
1:31:31 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Ep. 6)
1:47:25 - Dororo (Ep. 6)
1:59:03 - Midseason Cuts debate

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Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #081 - Suppositions and Suppositories

Kat, Leo, and Bcom return to discuss week 5 of the Winter 2019 Anime season. We kick off the podcast with some brief thoughts about the results of the Crunchyroll anime awards, which we obviously don’t agree with. Afterwards we chat about some of the nonsense we’ve been up to before jumping into Mob Psycho 100 II. Episode 5 was a showcase for some of the most spectacular animation in a TV anime in quite some time. The Run With the Wind boys take one step closer to the Hakone Ekiden, which took Kakeru turning into a glowing blue god of running to accomplish. It’s a fairly uneventful week in Kemurikusa so we breeze past that and jump into The Promised Neverland where we re-evaluate our suppositions regarding future developments of the show, and poke some fun at Norman and Ray in the process. The Golden Experience boys struggle to avoid frostbite when they face off with Ghiaccio on the road to Venezia. Leo can’t believe Giorno didn’t think of transforming them into Water Bears. But, everything up until this point was just an appetizer. The main course is Domestic Girlfriend episode 5. Bcom believes it’s possibly the greatest episode of anime yet envisioned. Mob Psycho tried, but it was like administering your medicine orally. Sure, it’ll do the trick eventually, but if you want fast-acting anime relief, you need to go to the source. Natsuo needs only support Rui by supplying supreme suppositories superbly to suppress his stepsister’s supplication. It’s a super good episode. We move onto Kaguya where Chika’s love advice involves reaffirming that they do indeed live in a society, and she will raise these boys to become respectable men. We finish off with the depressing first half of a two-part Dororo episode where Hyakkimaru finds his first love in the soothing presence of Mio, the protector of an orphanage ravaged by the ongoing wars.

Recorded February 18, 2019.

Timestamps:

2:30 - Crunchyroll anime awards discussion
7:38 - Nonsense (From the Earth to the Moon, Apex Legends, Battle Angel Alita, Weird City)
15:08 - Mob Psycho 100 II (Ep. 5)
26:02 - Run With the Wind (Ep. 16)
37:18 - Kemurikusa (Ep. 5)
43:45 - The Promised Neverland (Ep. 5)
1:00:44 - Commercial Break
1:03:10 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind (Ep. 18)
1:15:51 - Domestic Girlfriend (Ep. 5)
1:30:17 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Ep. 5)
1:44:43 - Dororo (Ep. 5)

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