Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #133 - Flying With Your Balls and Midseason Cuts

Leo, Kat and Bcom are back to chat about anime that aired during Week 6 of the Spring 2020 season. It’s midseason again, and that means it’s time to decide which shows to keep, and which shows to drop as we move forward. Things are getting awfully fishy in the latest episode of Wave, Listen to Me, and we pitch the idea for a new product called “gamer girl kuchikamizake.” We rave about Rikuo’s ex-girlfriend, Chika, in Sing “Yesterday” and wonder how we’d react if our ex-partners forced their way back into our lives. We worry that Bakarina can’t feel safe even when surrounded by her closest friends and family, because it turns out they’re pretty creepy sometimes. Clair undergoes a very strange “ritual” to determine whether she is trustworthy to join a new group of gatherers in the latest episode of Gleipnir. We get into a big argument that comes down to, “whose hat was it?!” when discussing Fruits Basket. The producers of Princess Connect decided to pay Kana Hanazawa good money to talk to a stump of wood for about 5 minutes, and it was money well spent. It’s student council election time in Kaguya-sama, as Miyuki and Miko face off in an epic debate in front of the entire school. With Nazuna’s introduction, our conversation on BNA inevitably goes off the rails into a full-on discussion on cults and religion. We then discuss potential replacement shows before moving into a lengthy bargaining session while deciding midseason cuts.

Recorded May 31, 2020.

Timestamps:
1:28 - Nonsense (Bcom watched Paradise Kiss and it rocked. Kat plans to re-start Animal Crossing fresh in the Northern Hemisphere. Leo is overwhelmed by trying to figure out Phantasy Star Online 2 and decides to return to Final Fantasy IX.)
14:38 - Wave, Listen to Me! (Ep. 6)
34:00 - Sing “Yesterday” For Me (Ep. 6)
53:15 - My Next Life as a Villainess (Ep. 6)
1:03:45 - Gleipnir (Ep. 6)
1:14:32 - Commercial Break
1:16:02 - Fruits Basket 2nd Season (Ep. 6)
1:27:11 - Princess Connect! Re:Dive (Ep. 6)
1:36:47 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War season 2 (Ep. 6)
1:51:41 - BNA (Ep. 6)
2:08:27 - Shows we’ve caught up with outside the podcast
2:08:41 - Arte
2:13:20 - Tower of God
2:17:00 - The Eighth Son? Are You Kidding Me?
2:20:02 - Listeners
2:21:50 - Kakushigoto
2:27:30 - Midseason Cuts

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