Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones where the Dara crews assemble an awesome shadow play to distract the Lyucu warriors while they break through the Lyucu ship's hull and attack from within. I'm blown away by the absolute nerve it takes to pull something like this off, and once again some entitled asshole forces his way in and fucking ruins everything. I'm very concerned about Takval. I'm growing to like him a lot, and we don't need to lose him at this s...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this series! So this episode goes in a direction I never saw coming, and which I find deeply concerning. Apparently everyone in the government (at least at a higher level) is aware that Bradley is a fucking homunculus?! I hate this so much. Oh and Ed gets eaten by Gluttony. Thanks for listening!
Apr 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Florian for commissioning this episode! These episodes are the ones where our friends finally get on the road (so to speak) and manage to catch a ride on the knockup stream to Skypeia. And honestly, the place is rad as hell and I want to go there. But does this place seem too good to be true? I'm worried. Thanks for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! So this is the episode where everyone has had to transition to school uniforms, and it goes better than Hope should have expected, but not as good as she wanted. Because she's looking for automatons and not human beings. Meanwhile, Jakob and Ola have moved in with Jean and Otis and it's...not going great. The main event in this episode though is the flattening of a poor cat under an unsecured microwave. This is truly awful and I hated it. Tha...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this series! I was worried this episode was going to be about Winry getting somehow roped into things again, but thankfully she's put into a train at the end of the episode and sent safely away. Lan Fan though, is forced to sacrifice her whole arm to throw Bradley off her scent, which is so badass but also people just keep losing their arms!? Things culminate in a showdown with Gluttony at an barn outside of town, despite our friends thinking they've got him we...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Gabriela for commissioning this episode! In this section we get the faceoff between Bellamy the Hyena and the Saruyma Alliance, as the weirdo plunders this harmless home for the gold statue and other random treasure. Our friends are still out there finding one of those damn birds, and they come back to find all their new friends beat to shit. Luffy has HAD it, and decides to take matters into his own hands. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Thank you so much to Heather for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Lindon tells the team the truth about his origin and what's been going on with planet Earth this whole time. It's the time for revelations, because Jordan has told her sisters the truth about their own family as well. Or perhaps it's NOT the time for revelations, because Jordan sure doesn't share with Brian about who Doctor Spears is, which is a doubly insulting move considering that she didn't tell...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode was really fucking heavy. There's so much grief, there's so much violence, and there are some really effective, stark examples of how these cycles of violence continue to play out endlessly, even spanning generations. Poor Winry unexpectedly gets hit with the news that the guy Ed is fighting is the same guy who killed her parents, and we get to see the flashback of how exactly it went down. She's faced with a choice; does she avenge t...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode. Y'all, this is a REALLY good one. Oooooooh this was so good. We've got two main plots here: first, there's of course Guillermo accompanying his newly infiltrated vampire-killer club, supposedly to sabotage it before they hurt his people. That does not go at all as he planned, mostly because it turns out that they were not after his people at all, but also because he does the majority of the vampire killing. Then, there's the deadly curse...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! This installment of Sex Education gets a whole lot of things done, and I believe that's because so much of the focus is on the way that characters communicate with each other. We've got Isaac coming clean to Maeve after lying for months, there's Jean and Jakob sitting down and being honest about what they want, there's Adam figuring out how to tell Eric what he wants and also how to ask for help with school...and then there's people...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In these episodes we see the immediate aftermath of the fight between Colonel Mustard and Lust, and Havoc is apparently paralyzed from the way down. This sucks. I hate this for him. Meanwhile, Ed is trying to use himself as bait for the Homunculi by putting his life in danger by fighting Scar in the street. I'm not sure exactly how effective this will be to his aims, but Gluttony and Wrath were definitely coming to the party before Ling messes up ...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you very much to Florian for commissioning this episode! These episodes are a big improvement on the confusing jumble that I covered last time. We're introduced to a new friend, and some dudes that I enjoyed have returned to be helpful and fun instead of enemies. The whole premise here is that there's possibly a way to launch the ship into the sky, but it's pretty dangerous and it's not even a guarantee that there is a Sky Island to get to. LET'S DO IT!
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Thank you very much to Yama for commissioning this episode! In the remainder of this chapter, we come face-to-face with the Lone One much more quickly than I had expected. I have to be honest, I'm a little disappointed by how that scene went, but there's enough left of the book that I'm thinking maybe Diane Duane can still pull this one out. On a sadder note, it seems we've lost Ronan and I'm super sad about it. But like, he BETTER be actually dead. Thanks for listening!
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In this one we're getting some additional information about what could potentially be going on with Al's body in the portal based on some revelations about the bodies that were conjured with alchemy. The issue I'm having is that there are an awful lot of leaps being made that don't seem to have a lot of evidence behind them, and I'm wondering if there's some additional info in the manga that might fill in the gaps I'm seeing in the show. Thanks so...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Thanks to Florian for commissioning this episode! This one was tough for me, folks. I am hoping that given time, the pieces that these episodes are trying to set up can settle into place...but so many things get introduced in really clumsy ways with very little time to breathe that I felt kind of lost. Hopefully next time it will be a little easier to follow. Thanks for listening, and see you soon!
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In this episode, we're getting the confrontation between Colonel Mustard and Lust, and shit goes very very left. When they track down Barry The Chopper in the hospital, there's a big showdown that ends with Havoc badly injured, and Barry dead. Meanwhile, Ed is off on his own and stumbles across his father. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! I'm so excited to be getting back into this universe. I'm really into the changes that we're seeing in this season already, and I'm super curious what lies in store with the new Headmistress. Also, I'm waiting for the bomb of Otis's deleted message to explode. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Thank you ever so much to Andy for commissioning this entire book and for adding on an additional episode so that I could really take my time. Because I NEEDED SOME TIME, KIDS.
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In this section, we get some more time with Goztan as she explains who she is and gets some unexpected backup from Oga about her identity. Things turn a weird corner and it seems like she's about to rape him? Also, we get to see Thera again! She's taking the reins while also taking a step back and letting her fiance get some shine as well. Thanks for listening!
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! We're starting the next book in the Children Of Divinity series, and we're finding out about the Incarna and the way that they assisted with the direction of humanity's growth over the millenia. We get a lot more detail about how it worked, and the fact that they are getting instructions from an actual god? Well damn. Thanks for listening!
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! We're getting the wrap-up of the whole mess with Barry The Chopper in this episode as Gluttony is in the middle of trying to strangle Hawkeye when the curtain goes up. What follows is a series of chases that end in the basement area of a hospital, and we watch Colonel Mustard go absolutely ham on Lust's ass. Thanks so much for listening!
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Thank you very much to Gabriela for commissioning this episode! We're moving onto a new segment of our friends' journey, and we're finding out that our lovely, weird Grand Line might be even weirder than we all thought! Are there floating islands? As far as I'm concerned, why not? Thanks for listening!
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Andy for commissioning this episode! It's the penultimate episode of coverage for Reaper, and I'm absolutely dying because there's so much being put on the table that I only partially understand, and I'm not given a chance to try to suss out what it can all mean because it's all followed up by the moment we've all feared; Suriel's marble goes out. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I'm hoping you have been enjoying the coverage!
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Thank you again so much to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode has got my conspiracy theory wheels rolling, and there's no telling where their spinning is going to take me. I spend pretty much the entire episode going back and forth on whether or not Ross is actually dead, and whether or not Roy has actually gone bad. I CAN'T DECIDE. But I think she's still alive? Or not? 😫 I DON'T KNOW!
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Thank you so much to Gabriela for commissioning this episode and joining me for the recording! These episodes are the ones in which our crew finally leaves Alabasta to head back out for more adventures. Thankfully, Vivi does not come along, but they still wind up with a new woman in their crew after all. SURPRISE! Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Thank you to Andy for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Lindon has a chat with Subject One's echo, and finds out that the monarchs in Cradle are the ones that are keeping the Dreadgods bound to his planet, and I think I am in good company when I say that I'm disgusted by them. Then, Lindon has to face one of those monarchs, because it turns out that Reigan Shen has not left the labyrinth after all. Thank you so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon...
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm finally starting the third book in the Dandelion Dynasty series, and it becomes very clear that I'm going to need to refresh my memory by revisiting the previous book so that I don't get too lost! We jump back in time and meet a new character from the Lyucu people, and we get to see what it was like for her to experience colonization by Dara people. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode is the one where what I've been dreading finally happens; Ed and Al find out that Hughes has been killed. And then, due to some meddling from Envy, Ross is arrested for the murder. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Thank you very much to Lauren for commissioning this episode! This episode is the one where our vampire friends think they're going to celebrate a Superb Owl, while Colin Robinson tries unsuccessfully to correct them. Nadja meets an old lady whom she used to know when the woman was a little girl, and their neighbor makes an unfortunate joke about them being vampires. Which leads to his brain being somewhat melted. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr
Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! I cannot believe our friends still don't know that Hughes is dead. Like. Also, there's a weird prince and a little girl who have suddenly popped up, and I really don't trust either one of them but I also can't figure out what their angles could be so I guess I just have to let it go. Thanks for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!
Mar 09, 2022•57 min
