In this special episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika read excerpts of Giana’s original queer story, December Riot! Grab your spoon, and let’s dig in! For Giana’s fanfiction, check out her Archive of our Own account: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Anayume/works CONTENTS [0:46] About December Riot! [5:34] Excerpt 1 [14:51] Excerpt 2 [28:24] Excerpt 3 [33:13] Excerpt 4 [44:34] Excerpt 5 [48:51] Excerpt 6 [55:01] Chika’s reaction [57:41] Sprinkles on Top [1:00:50] Announcements/Reminders Abo...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and Dr. Alex Henderson discuss the film Kase-san and Morning Glories ! Yamada and Kase have been in a relationship for a while now, and the two navigate their relationship through their third year of high school, and the challenges that come with young love and the possibility of being separated in college. Grab your spoon, and let’s dig in! Follow our wonderful guest, Dr. Alex Henderson, and check out her work! https://researchprofiles.canberra.ed...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 95
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes ten through thirteen of My Love Story with Yamada Kun at Lv999 ! They also interview voice actress Abby Trott, who played the role of Akane in the show! In episode ten, Tsubaki thinks about how she held back her feelings for Yamada, and worries about losing him to Akane. Meanwhile, Yamada goes above and beyond to take care of Akane while she’s ill, and she reflects on how safe she feels with him. In episode eleven, Akane meets Tsu...
May 18, 2025•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 94
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and Kayla and Yana of Lovely Incorporated review episodes seven through nine of My Love Story with Yamada Kun at Lv999 ! In episode seven, Yamada removes Akane’s hair clip from her hair while she’s sleeping, and intercepts an unexpected visit from Takuma at her door. Akane gets a part-time job at a convenience store. At school, Yamada is asked to work on his class’s cultural festival committee. In episode eight, Akane, Eita, Runa, and Kamota all at...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 93
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes four through six of My Love Story with Yamada Kun at Lv999 ! In episode four, Runa, Eita’s younger sister, is abrasive and rude toward Akane at the Forest of Savior guild meetup. After parting ways, Runa personally reaches out to Akane, seemingly to extend an olive branch, and makes plans with her for that upcoming Saturday. In episode five, Runa fails to show up to a restaurant to spend time with Akane, but instead sends a Rurihi...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 92
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and cosplayer Jahara Jayde review episodes one through three of My Love Story with Yamada Kun at Lv999 ! In episode one, Akane is dumped by her cheating boyfriend, and fluctuates through stages of grief. At an in-person event for a game her ex-boyfriend, Takuma, introduced her to, Akane bribes an attractive guy to pretend to be her boyfriend in front of Takuma and his new lady. This attractive guy turns out to be a locally famous professional gamer...
Apr 06, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 91
Hey, shounen fans! Today, we're diving into Frieren: Beyond Journey's End for the very first time! We meet the elven mage Frieren and her adventuring party: Himmel the Hero, Heiter the priest, and Eisen the dwarf. After defeating the Demon King (or Lord?), they part ways after a decade-long journey together. Fifty years later, ensuing the death of Himmel, Frieren wishes she had taken the time to get to know him better. Years later, while visiting Heiter, she sort of stumbles into having an appre...
Apr 01, 2025•50 min
In this special collaboration episode, the Shoujo Trio returns! Shojo & Tell and Shoujo Sundae join forces to discuss the manga, film, the live action, and the original short story of Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish . Giana, Chika, and Ashley talk about Tsuneo’s and Josee’s story after he’s hired to be her caretaker by her overprotective grandmother. When Tsuneo learns of Josee’s desire to see more of the world, he takes her on little adventures, and the two grow closer over time. Grab your s...
Mar 23, 2025•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 90
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review episodes twenty-three through twenty-five of Kimi Ni Todoke . In episode twenty-three, Ayane and Chizu plot to set up Sawako and Kazehaya on a solo date on New Year’s Eve. Before abandoning them at the shrine together, the girls do Sawako’s hair and makeup. In episode twenty-four, Sawako and Kazehaya enjoy a chilly New Year’s Eve together at the shrine. Kazehaya learns at the end of the night that it was Sawako’s birthday, and, in a way, g...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 89
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes twenty through twenty-two of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode twenty, tensions rise between Chizu and Ryuu when he tells her he’s happy she can finally get over Toru now that she knows he’s engaged. Ayane and Sawako lament over their helplessness for Chizu’s situation. In episode twenty-one, Toru and Chizu reminisce over the past, and Chizu attempts to confess her feelings to him. In episode twenty-two, Sawako’s class throws a Christma...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 88
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review episodes sixteen through nineteen of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode sixteen, the tiny men Pin hallucinates recap the first fifteen episodes of the series. In episode seventeen, Pin begs Kazehaya to bring Sawako over to rid him of what he believes is a curse, but is actually a cold. Afterwards, Kazehaya walks Sawako home under the stars, and they almost share a kiss. In episode eighteen, Chizu buys Ryuu a birthday present. She also confides in...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 87
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes thirteen through fifteen of Kimi Ni Todoke! In episode thirteen, Sawako comes to fully understand the nature of her feelings towards Kazehaya. Kurumi’s plan to drive a wedge between the two of them is not only thwarted, but rumors also begin to spread around the school that she has feelings for Pin. Ayane uncovers that Kurumi was the one who spread the recent rumors about her and Chizu and confronts her. In episode fourteen, Kurum...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 86
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review episodes ten through twelve of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode ten, we learn about Chizuru’s and Kurumi’s experience in middle school together, when Kurumi manipulated Chizuru into “helping” the other girls in their class confess their love to Kazehaya. Kurumi continues to be friendly with Sawako and eventually confides in her that she has feelings for Kazehaya. In episode eleven, Sawako declines to help Kurumi pursue Kazehaya. Kurumi tries to...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 85
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes seven through nine of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode seven, Sawako, Chizu, and Ayane go out for ramen to a local shop. Sawako learns that the shop is owned by Ryuu’s family, and they live above the store. They spend the evening hanging out in Ryuu’s room and invite Kazehaya over. In episode eight, Sawako’s friends encourage her to call them by their first names. However, she struggles to call Kazehaya “Shota”. Pin forces Kazehaya to ...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 84
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review episodes four through six of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode four, rumors rapidly spread about Chizu and Ayane, pinning Sawako for starting them. Ayane and Chizu overhear Sawako claim that they aren’t her friends and leave before they can hear the full context of the conversation, which hurts and confuses them deeply. In episode five, further rumors about Sawako’s presence being a detriment to Kazehaya, Chizu, and Ayane cause her to distance h...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 83
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review the first three episodes of Kimi Ni Todoke ! In episode one, Kuronuma Sawako struggles to interact with her classmates after being branded as cursed because of her resemblance to Sadako from the horror film The Ring . Her classmates even refer to her as “Sadako”. Despite this, she is able to speak with a popular boy, Shouta Kazehaya, who invites her to the school’s test of courage event. Through this, Sawako becomes friendly with two more ...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana, Chika, and Izzy from Be Kind, Rewind review Millennium Actress . When filmmaker Genya Tachibana sets out to create a documentary on famed actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, her life story plays out on screen as she relays her life story to him. Decades pass, and we see Chiyoko grow from being a teenager with hopes to become an actress someday to reaching celebrity status. Throughout her life, she chases after a mysterious painter she helped evade the law, hoping t...
Jan 05, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 81
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes forty-seven through fifty of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode forty-seven, Yuki and Manabe discuss Tohru and the nature of Yuki’s feelings towards her. Tohru’s class decides to rewrite Cinderella to fit their odd casting choices. In episode forty-eight, it’s showtime! Cinderella-ish is a hilarious success, despite an out of character outburst from Tohru at the end of the show, causing Kyo to wonder about her true feelings towards...
Dec 29, 2024•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 80
In this special episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika read Giana’s Whisper of the Heart (and The Cat Returns ) fanfiction, The Baron and Louise’s Unofficial Epilogue . If you listened to our two-part Whisper of the Heart review, and our The Cat Returns episode, you’ll know that we had our gripes with the way Baron and Louise’s story had no resolution whatsoever. Today, that changes! Giana saw to it that those star crossed cat statues got their love story tied up in a bow just in time for Chr...
Dec 25, 2024•36 min
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and Phoenix of The Anime Tea review episodes forty-four through forty-six of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode forty-four, Tohru is determined to team up with Rin to find a way to break the Sohma’s curse. Eventually, Tohru is able to console Rin. In episode forty-five, Tohru’s class decides to put on a performance of Cinderella for the cultural festival, but the casting choices they made were very interesting to say the least. Machi makes a mess of...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 79
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana, Chika, and Clarissa of the Anime World Order podcast review episodes forty-one through forty-three of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode forty-one, Tohru visits the Sohma estate to talk to Kureno on Uo’s behalf. By happenstance, she meets Momo, who is fascinated by Momiji and hopes Tohru can convince him to be her big brother. When Tohru speaks with Kureno, he vows to never speak to Uo again. In episode forty-two, it’s time for Tohru’s class trip to Kyoto!...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 78
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review episodes thirty-eight through forty of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode thirty-eight, Yuki meets new members of his student council. Kakeru Manabe and Yuki have an argument after school when Manabe asks Yuki regarding his feelings about Tohru. The boys have a heart-to-heart conversation, which breaks up the tension between them. In episode thirty-nine, Shigure steps in for Tohru’s parent-teacher conference when she learns her grandfather ...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 23 min
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana, Chika, and Ellen and Kayla of the Let’s Stay Together podcast review episodes thirty-five through thirty-seven of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode thirty-five, the Sohmas are still at the beach. Rin stalks them from afar (for some reason). Akito confronts Tohru, and Momiji gets caught up in the crossfire. In episode thirty-six, Kagura comes clean to Kyo about her love for him and the root of her feelings. Tohru visits Kazuma and seeks his help in breakin...
Nov 03, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 76
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and Avary AKA Kyoruyeye on Twitter/X, review episodes thirty-two through thirty-four of Fruits Basket (2019) ! In episode thirty-two, Kyo’s and Tohru’s ability to open up to one another shows us how truly close the pair are becoming this season. Yuki confronts not only his deep rooted trauma, but Akito themself. Yuki opens up to Tohru about feelings he’s been keeping bottled inside. Also WHY isn’t Akito wearing shoes on hot asphalt??? In episode th...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 75
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika, Giana, and PJ and Skylar of the Kawaii Desuppointment podcast review episodes twenty-nine through thirty-one of Fruits Basket (2019)! Rin and Haru’s breakup causes a stir not only within the Sohma family, but at school. Yuki’s sour welcome at the Sohma Estate sparks a conversation about toxic family relationships. In episode thirty, Momiji takes Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, and Hatsuharu to a haunted house. When Tohru fails to get over her fear, Hatsuharu takes a mo...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 74
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika return to Fruits Basket (2019) and begin season two! In episode twenty-six, Yuki joins his fellow student council members: Manabe and Machi, and he certainly doesn’t know what to make of them. Motoko’s embarrassing outburst in the student council room is difficult to see unfold. In episode twenty-seven, Kazuma shows just how exemplary of a father he was, and still is, to Kyo. Kyo and Tohru share a deeply emotional conversation over late night som...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 73
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review the beloved Studio Ghibli film, Howl’s Moving Castle . Listen as they talk about their individual history of seeing the film for the first time, Sophie’s confidence journey, all the unanswered questions in the film, and their thoughts on all of the iconic settings and scenes. Grab your spoon, and let’s dig in! CONTENTS [3:22] Soft Serve Summary [5:11] Sprinkles on Top [23:14] Floats Your Boat [1:09:58] Banana Split [1:25:50] Rocky Road [1:...
Sep 08, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 72
In this special summer episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika sit down with Kevin and Sean from The Shonen Tapes podcast to discuss their favorite and least favorite shows and moments from each other’s demographics. Find out the Shonen Tapes’ staple shoujos, and Shoujo Sundae’s standout shounens! This episode’s audio was edited by PJ of the Kawaii Desuppointment podcast. Grab your spoon, and let’s dig in! Follow our guests, The Shonen Tapes! https://linktr.ee/ShonenTapes CONTENTS [0:50] About...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Chika and Giana review the Kimi Ni Todoke live action movie. This film beautifully captured the essence of the anime. Shy, awkward, and mistakenly cursed Sawako Kuronuma develops a crush on popular, refreshing, and handsome Shota Kazehaya. This fluffy shoujo film follows their journey together from the start of school to the new year where rumors test friendships, rivalries form, and feelings are explored and expressed. Grab your spoon, and let’s dig in! CONTENT...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 71
In this episode of Shoujo Sundae, Giana and Chika review episodes ten through twelve of A Sign of Affection ! In episode ten, Itsuomi’s romantic nature and respect for Yuki and her anxiety around their new relationship sets a sweet tone for the episode and a beautiful example for partners everywhere. Madoka helps Yuki get a job working for her aunt, who is equally as fiery as she is. Itusomi also confronts Oushi about their rivalry and stands firm in his relationship with Yuki. In episode eleven...
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 70
