AWTY 106 - #1 Idiot (Doukyuusei)

Hello, and welcome to our reveriate in exploration and education and anime. I'm your anime idiot, patrick dugan.

I am an anime expert, dana hollander.

And I'm brenda mccullough. Your anime. raymundo Rocket and tito mcconaugh. Or as I like to call them, tit mundo. It's my ship name for them.

The true original otp.

That's a good ship. My dream boys.

The otrp.

Yeah, that's as much as I got for an intro this week, because I really know nothing about this.

Yeah, even the name of the show is Just Classmates. It's like we're really working with nothing here.

Super vague.

What's the actual title?

Since I English defined, I'll tell you in Japanese.

It's dol. Q say.

Thank God I didn't have to say it.

Yes.

Can you give it your best shot right now?

EDA.

You just heard it.

Oh, my God.

No, not it.

Wait.

Daioshi. No.

Ready? It's dough doe. Cute.

Q say. EDA. Shit.

So close.

I only got so many Japanese words about vocabulary. Every new one pumps a new one out.

What's the teacher called? Fuck.

Damn it. bacca. Oh, that's all right.

Nanny hentai.

What's that one again? Well, someone explained food. We're good. We're done. Okay, moving on.

Remind me how our brains are all melting, but where we get this one?

So this was my pick, and because today is our second anniversary episode, technically, we don't remember that. Yeah. I thought that we could have a little gay as a treat.

As a treat. A little gay.

Yeah.

Delicious.

That's pretty much what I know about this. Well, first of all, we did that thing again. We did it with st young men. We were like, we're watching the first three episodes, and then we realized it was a movie. This is also a movie.

Whoops.

Yes.

See, when we say we know nothing about these things, we are being truthful. We aren't being deceitful.

I've heard of this because I've seen it on every like, this is a gay anime list. And when I looked it up and found out it was a movie, I saw that the manga has only five volumes. It makes sense that it's just one thing.

I don't know. I've seen some anime that really like to stretch that shit out.

Yeah. Five chapters. Yeah. We can get 15 years out of this. Yeah.

We all know one piece is 900 episodes and six chapters, but yeah.

Have either of you heard of this?

Absolutely not.

Okay.

I probably saw it when I was also doing what? Some gay shit research, but did not note it as anything significant.

That's as much as I know.

Cool.

Well, in those big yowy hands, I hope not.

I mean, we'll see.

I never know with these lists if it's like, this is just gay, but that doesn't mean it's good, because a lot of gay anime lists will include bloom Into You, which we found was not great. So I feel like people are just like, oh, there's gay in this. Gay.

Yeah.

There's a lot of lovely scraps.

Just whatever crumbs you get. Yeah. There's also a lot of series where it's like if there's a gay character in us, it's very problematic, though. We don't need that, though. We'll see.

So hopefully this is a good one.

Yeah. Got my fingies crossed.

Shall we jump on in and see?

Let's do it.

Let's attend school. Kiss, kiss. Fall in the left.

Let's watch that again. Let's just finish around high School Host Club.

Just bring it back. Round two.

I do want to kind of want to finish gum swish, but that makes you feel shitty after watching it.

Yeah.

Anyway, back to this one. The same.

Yeah. Not a great sign that we immediately all go, hey, let's watch some other.

I have mixed feelings about this.

Okay. Yeah. We'll start off yes. We freaked this up into episodes, and then we started watching. We're like, oh, so part one.

Yeah.

The first 20 minutes.

Hour also, which is like, nice.

Yeah. So we may be a little punchy this up. So trying to kill that time to fill that out.

No, it's only an hour. But it felt like three.

I will say that it was chock.

Full of that gay goodness. Yeah.

It's also kind of like mumble core adjacent. So it's like you're really on the border of are you trying to say something?

I can't quite tell. Speak up a little. Like, thank God for subs because I'd probably use them even with an English stub. Yeah. Beginning of the movie, it opens with some boys discussing their choir in school and turns out they're in choir practice. So that makes sense. Checks out. And the teacher comes in and he's like, all right, got, lads, line up. We're going to start choir practice. And then we see two boys, the blond boy guess who the protagonist is. And the EDA, the other protagonist.

I'm going to say their names now.

Yeah, you pronounce them because I'm not even going to try.

Yeah. Blond boy is Kusakabe and EDA boy is sago.

Hold on.

I believe that's what it is.

I believe so. sagio.

Yeah. beyon, kusakabe and sagio. rito.

Yes.

But blonde and EDA is blonde.

We all know by the third paragraph I'm going to not get it right. Anyway, so so, yeah. Blonde boy notices that edison's not singing in the choir practice. And this gave me big elementary school flashbacks to music class, singing in front everyone and how much I hated it. So much so that my mom called the music teacher, who then brought me in during lunch to sing in front of him by himself, which was much worse.

Oh, no, mom, your heart's in the right place. But oh, God, no.

Support did not help. She didn't understand the problem.

I just didn't you don't like singing in general.

Let's put a spotlight on. Yeah, let's go. One on one with this teacher you don't really like at all. So then we blonde boys getting ready to leave school. He's talking about the buddy of his. He's like, oh, yeah, bad practice after school. We got to meet up. He's like, yeah, we'll get ready, and he's like, oh, got my lunch box. I'll be right back. And he just kind of starts shutting down the hallways with this movie. The animation is because it's a movie, they're able to dedicate more time and attention to it. So it's not ping pong. It's not as fluid and exaggerated as that. But I did really like some of the motion they were drawing with, like, some of the blurs they had with them because it really gave it more character in the movement rather than real stiff walking animations. And then we see him running back to his classroom like, oh, God, found my lunchbox. And as he walks in, he sees EDA sitting on the desk singing by himself. He's practicing, and he's beautiful. It's very much like, yeah, that's my boyfriend. I'm in love. Like, shot. Like, it yeah, real establishing it. And then we see blond Boy walks in, and he's like, I found my lunchbox. What are you doing there? Trying to sing. You guys, this part, you got to sing this way. It's, you know, you got to hit a certain pitch. And we find out. Blond boy is able to read sheet music and eat a can't. So he's struggling with it, but he says he's like, oh, my prescriptions. My eyesights changed from my last prescription, so I can't see the blackboard as well. When we were writing the notes on the board, he's like, oh, why don't you just tell the teacher? He's like, I didn't want to bother teacher. He's teacher man. No, not going to talk to him. He's like, oh, all right. That's weird. I don't think he'd be bothered by that. But okay, how about this? Instead of you staying after school and kind of helping yourself and not really learning anything, how about I teach you? We have practice. You're singing together. And edith is kind of taking a magazine. Oh, my. Sure. So he agrees. Then we cut to the band practice with the plumboy, and amino is just like, oh, it's given the movie. It's just a little bit gay boys in a band. And we see them practicing a bit, and then they all go outside, and all the band members are smoking sinful smokers are jokers.

Well, he's blond, so he's the bad boy.

He's the rev bad boy.

And then we see blonde boys. He was surprised that edith said yes to the singing practice, but he was more surprised that he even offered to help teach him how to sing, because it's something unlike him, and he's not sure what got a hold of him to make that offer. So then we go to the practice, and yeah, this is where we find out EDA can't really read sheet music, so he's surprised. Blond Boy can, but it helps because he's in a band. And then we have little montages of them at practice and singing. And a blond boy running to band practice late because he stayed after school to help his boyfriend. And then in class, we see the teacher is very impressed by just the whole class. He's like, you're all thinking so. Well, bring a deer to my eye. They're just like, ha ha. We made teacher cry. It's like, yeah, I remember high school laughing at the teacher cry.

Classic. Classic.

You're a human being.

My class was mostly like, God, I'd killed myself if I was 30. And then the teacher cried. I was like, Ha ha. Man, that's biting me. And he asked, ten years later.

We all get there.

Someday, hopefully. And then Tony time will tell. So he's impressed by how much they've improved. And after this, they start practicing again. And then we see. After school, the boys are out on their own, and edith singing and blomboy sat. He's like, you sung it perfectly. You've improved so much. You're my perfect little angel. I love you. They didn't say that, but edith starts blushing. He's like, oh, I sung it perfectly. So then he goes and buys Blumboy a drink as a thank you gift for helping him with all this practice. And he bought them that Keith new juice. Get that new juice. I'm sure it's pronounced differently in Japanese, but new Day, I didn't even pay.

Attention to the name of the juice. So they're on it.

But with the amount that they do just slip into saying English, I'm sure it was intentional.

Might be a brand. It's probably just like that off brand of, like, naked juice. You know, that bullshit. They say it's healthy, and then there's a lawsuit against them, and then you find out it's not that healthy.

That's like, oh, yeah, this is basically just a milkshake.

Who would have thought putting a bunch of sugar in there and lying about it would backfire on us anyway? So blonde boy asked. He's like, Why did you work so hard to get good at singing? why'd you practice? Was it for the teacher's sake? The rest of the class, we wanted to impress him with the choir practice. And with that, he drops his bottle. He's like the teacher's sake. No, not quite. As the bottle rolls away, they go to pick it up, and they both go to pick it up at the same time. And then their hands touch when they reach the bottle. But then as they lean in, blah blah. Just goes in for that kiss. He ain't playing. He just playing one on that sucker. Give that big old nerd a kiss.

Ten minutes into this film, we get a smooch.

You want some sloper?

It would be a season one finale.

In any other show, I don't know. There's some shows. This would be like a season five cliffhanger, it's fair. I wrote my note. I'm like, Slow Brink, get the fuck out of here. We don't know who that is. And like, a note later in the movie, it's just like, god, how fucking refreshing is this that it's just like the will they won't. They've just done and over with so early on. It's like my love story. It's just like, thank God. Like, just that back and forth is just so exhausting. So yeah, it gives him a deep old smooch. And then blond boys starts panicking. He runs away. He's like, you got to go. And as he's running away, he's like, hey, but that wasn't bad, though. I didn't hate it. I goofed, but I didn't hate it. And then we cut to the choir festival that they were all practicing for and their classes up next to sing. So we get, like, a group shot of the whole class getting ready to sing. It's just very easy to spot the protagonist, just this glowing lighthouse of a child in a sea of just black haired kids. And then blond boys watching EDA saying, like, oh, he's actually singing. He's singing without a problem. He's singing fine. My little sparrow is taking flight. He's all grown up. I'm so proud. I'm so proud. And to the point where he's actually crying. Like, during the song, it but it's like that crying where he doesn't even realize he's crying. It's just like, pouring out of him, and everyone else knows it. And when they all draw attention to it, he runs out because he's embarrassed.

I thought this was super weird. Really? Like, you all are going to stop singing to look at this kid who started crying. How rude.

Yeah.

First off, his eyes has, like, a single tear. And then five people go like, I smell salt water. I'm heart dog. What's happening?

Hydration.

So suddenly, and just tier one, everyone's looking at them sprint. Okay. You could have even left or just powered through and ignored it because the audience can't see your tears. It's just the people around you.

But I think they could even the audience kind of I guess when the rest of the choir looked at him, the audience then looked at him, but I was like, yeah, he also was.

Fine until, like, ten other classmates went.

But you have tears. It's like an emotional ghost. No? Yeah. I think if he was just crying, he probably could have gotten away with it. Fine. But then he runs down the staircase that are on and then sprints in front of everyone, and then ado runs after him as well, which I could understand, causing a disruption. Or he could have easily just wiped the tears away or jumped off the back because he was on the top row. So he could have jumped off the back where no one else could see him.

But, yeah, it's very dramatic.

It's a very dramatic disruption for just a few tears. So he runs out, and then EDA goes chasing after him. And when he catches up to him, he's like, we got to go back. And blond boys like you just want to go back for the teacher. And he says he starts freaking out, like you're doing it for him, but I'm doing it for you because I think I might have fallen in love with you. Just kind of like inventing all of his emotions. And edith's, just like man, I ain't never talked about the teacher. I never talk about the teacher. The fuck you talking about? And he's just like, I wanted to get good at singing. And then he started teaching me, and I started enjoying the practice with you because you're kind of and then it cuts off because we hear the teachers and faculty members looking for them, and they're like, Shit, we got to hide. Not really, but okay. So they run off. I'd hide in like a tool shed. And that's when Blondeboy presses them further. He's like, hey, what was that last thing you were saying about Are you spending time with me? What's going on here? And then he just leans in for a kiss. It gets another and that's the end of summer and then it cuts to class. Now in autumn. And they're all wait in class. They stare at each other. All right. Yeah, in class. Blond boy staring at EDA because he's in love. Get that puppy love. And one of the blond boys like bandmates notices them. He also notices them. They walked home together a lot lately now, so when they're getting ready to leave and they're packing up, he's like, oh, no. They're getting changed after Jim class. That was it. And he's like, hey, you and EDA. What's going on there? He said you seem to be spending a lot of time together. You're staring at him. He's like, oh, yeah. I didn't notice. He said. Yeah, you and him are just like different genres. He's not like us. And as he says that, edith is walking by and overhears, him and his band made us, like, yeah, there's, like, rumors going around. And EDA runs off. So then later that day, they're walking home together in the rain, under one umbrella.

Very cute.

Very kauai. And Blond boy keeps the umbrella over. Eat them more and more. And he was like, oh, you're getting wet. He's like, I usually don't even use an umbrella. It's just by myself, so don't worry about it. It's just for you. But as he tells the umbrella over them more and more, he's leaning over. And to eat them more and more, he's like, Can I get a cube? And he's just really kind of, like, bugging him with that playfully. But he's just like yo. What if we did that again? That was fun. And So He Pushes Them up against the wall, does that anime thing, and they kiss. And then EDA pushes him off, saying like, no, I said no. No more kissing. Cutting you off. And he's like, oh, come on. Well, you don't kiss up people you're not going out with, right? We kiss. So, like and EDA is like, no. No more. And then it kind of runs off by himself.

I liked that he defended himself that after he kissed him, he was like, I said no.

Yeah.

Like, this was not cool of you to do. I am tired of it.

Yeah, blond boy does not listen to consent super well.

No. And then we cut to blond boys being lectured by the teacher about college for college counseling. And then while he's talking to him, he brings up EDA, and he's like, hey, YouTube been getting along pretty recently or not kind of not getting along recently, actually. Something going on there. Blomba is kind of like, mind your own fucking business, teach. You don't need to know. And then teacher says, like, well, I've known EDA since he was a first year, and he's pretty smart, so all the teachers know him pretty well. And I was like, uhoh uhoh. dem's a flag and tells blond boy. He's like, oh, yeah. Sends EDA my way after school for some college counseling, like we were doing here today. And blond boy is like, I'm dumb, but something's up. And then when he gets back into class, he bumps into EDA, and he's like, oh, hey, I want to talk to you. And he just kind of walks past him. He's like, what the fuck? And everyone looks at him because he made a scene. He's like, why do you ignore my love? And once everyone looks at him, he's like, oh, the teacher wants to talk to you after school for college counseling. He's like, okay. And that's it.

So we pick up there blonde boys moping after class. He's like, fuck, I mess something up.

Oh, God, I don't goofed.

So EDA goes to the counselor after class, and he's like, yeah, I mean, college wise, you're on top of it, so let's talk about how you got dumped or something. And he's like, me? No. He's like, you and Blumboy have been hanging out a lot. Are you too a thing? It's like a couple of good streets. Like, us? No way.

Being dudes.

Yeah, I love the girls.

Tiddies.

Am I pronouncing that right?

TD I'd love to see him trying to play off being straight.

I love tidies. But the teacher is like, okay, so I know what's up. So this is part of my problem with the show, is everything is so light and metaphorical. Half the time, I can't quite tell what they're actually trying to say. So this is how I interpreted it. I don't know if this is how everyone did, but basically, the teacher is like, oh, yes, in an all boy school like this. Some people will go about their urges as they see fit, but once they're back in the real world, they'll just move on. But Blond Boy is not like that sort of saying he's gay. This isn't just like an experimental fling. That's how I read it. Can I pull the room?

I thought that he was trying to manipulate EDA into being like, he is going to leave you after high school.

That's how I kind of read it. Got you.

Okay.

So I think he was saying that about blonde boy. But I think that he said that he knows that EDA is gay.

Okay.

Because after he realizes, oh, he was saying that to the he sort of goes back flashback to overhearing the conversation before he's like, oh, this teacher is trying to break us up. Sorry, my notes are different because I interpreted it differently. That's okay. But Blonde Boy, after school, he runs back. He needs to go talk to EDA because he realizes, oh, EDA was hurt by something. He's not just mad at me for whatever reason. We don't talk a lot.

We're about to communicating.

Yeah, classic romance story. Communication is fucking dog shit in this show.

That's the drama.

But he runs back, sees the teacher hitting anita super close up on him. He like puts a cigarette in his mouth and it's like not great. Not good.

As soon as I saw that, I was just like, oh, predatory gay trauma. There it is. That's the gay and anime I know, unfortunately.

Thanks, Japan.

You've done it again.

I'm surprised. Yeah.

So Blonde punches the teacher in the head, steals EDA and runs away.

I really like this little animation sequence of him just like sliding because it got cartoony when he hit him. So he kind of took the tension out of the scene. It just slides up, bonks them and it pulls it away in like one quick movement.

Yeah, they very minimally. Use animated sequences. Always with Blonde Boy because he's like the more reactive one.

He's the himbo.

Yeah, but they run away. They're out by a river and he apologizes. And throughout all of this, blond Boy is like trying to remember a poem. So he just keeps reciting the start of it and trails off, trying to figure out the end. And he does this in front of EDA. And EDA finishes it for him. And they're like and he officially asks him out. And this is where we see autumn ends.

They're official.

Get that promise ring?

No.

Branded by the Disney Company trademark.

Remember that?

Unfortunately.

Fortunately. But yeah. So at school they're handing out flyers for Blond Boys band's last show because everyone's going their separate ways and all that. So he does hiding from his friends because he's intimidated and he's super closeted. So he's like, I can't spend time with you in school. We're just buddies, classmate, guys being dudes.

Like you're on ice.

Yeah. We see that in the start of this school year, they got separated into different classes, so they don't see each other as much. But they talk about the end of the band, how they're going to different schools and exams are coming up.

So.

They were middle school friends and blah, blah, blah. Who cares? I don't know why I'm elaborating the band lore. Yes. So they play a lot of prague too much.

They're experimenting with a little new stuff.

Yeah, they have a nice sound. They have to get there. But yeah. So he officially invites EDA to the show, and he's like, I have prep school. And he's like, oh, yeah, the show goes until like 05:00 a.m., so you're not going to miss it.

Fuck that.

They're in high school. They're spry.

As soon as he said, he was like, yeah, you can come to my show after 01:00 a.m. When you're done prep schools. Like, yo, fuck that. You're on your mind. I'm not going out if it's after eight.

But yeah. So they kiss under a train track, and he's like, okay, I'll come. So back at school, a teacher asked EDA about college. And he's like, oh, yeah, I'm planning on going to a school my parents and my grandparents went to. So it's sort of a legacy thing. And it's like, no. So you're going to be moving away soon? He's like, ten times.

Let's not talk about it.

But yeah, he goes to the club, gets in there, gets a beer. He's like, this is gross. Also, I'm in high school. No one really checked me on this. But he overhears some girls talking about the band, and they're like, oh, yeah, it sucks they're breaking up. But the singer is cute. But that guitarist, that wild man of his, he's absolutely the cutest one. I've been wanting to ask him out for a while, but since it's the last show, I'm finally going to do it. And edith's like, oh, fuck. Okay, Iron love. So after the set, the band is all talking and stuff, and the girls walk up and they're like, hey, I love your number. Just like an absolute nervous wreck. And EDA, again communication just excellent between them, is hiding behind a door overhearing the conversation, but not he's still afraid of the bandmates, so he doesn't want to go in. So the girl asked for his number, and he's like, oh, no. Yeah, sure. And just casually like, okay, I'm not going to date you, but I'll give you my number.

Friends, right? Friends with me?

Yeah, we want to hang out. We got similar hobbies.

So you want to start a new band? But EDA hears that and is like, oh, fuck, I got to go. I got to go get a bail. He's cheating on me. So he gets fucking plastered off one beer. No, we see. Like, as he leaves a time lapse of him drinking several more.

Oh, I thought that was just the same one. He's just like nursing.

Oh, no, he's a drunk.

I thought he was just like a super lightweight because he's like, frail and in high school that would make sense.

I mean, it could be, but we saw, like, just cutting in different cups. So I assume they're all different drinks. Yeah, but he leaves. He runs away, is ignoring all of Blond boy's calls, and he gets drunk and hangs out in a sandbox in a park. And blomboy finds him. And he's being all mopey like, you're.

Bother until we're really emotionally invested in this character. Yeah.

And he's like, why do you hang out with a loser nerd like me when you can have all the girls you want? Clearly, gay man.

You objectively gay man.

But blonde boy starts yelling at him. He's like, you're always so pessimistic. I was worried about you. You disappeared after me. I'm so worried about you. And just breaks into very clearly I care about you. You're my number one idiot.

Number one idiot.

I loved that. You're my number one idiot.

Let me get a shot of that.

But then Ed is like, oh, he is serious about me. It isn't just a fling. And then Bomb Boy gets real handsy and starts her up in his back, which also he's very drunk. So again, consent issues. Because he starts out being like, can you not try to fuck me in a sandbox in a public park?

We've all had that conversation before.

Yeah, he gets all handsies rubbing his back. And again, nothing explicit. EDA got a boner and saw it, right?

I think so.

Cool. Okay.

I think he, like, reached down and felt it. I think that's what he did.

Yeah, because he is saying, like, I thought you were just going to touch my back. And he's like, oh, my hand slipped. And it's like, cool. Drunk high schooler maybe. Stop, dude. But yeah. So then they go, they're back in school. They're talking about summer break and if they're going to hang out. He's like, edith's like, I'm going to go see my family. I'll see you around. And yeah, that's where we end. Or we get to the next summer.

Yeah.

Real quick, what kind of shitty bar has an all night venue with high school bands and their go to beer on tap? Is heineken? That bothered me more than it showed up.

I mean, you got to get sponsorship anywhere, and high school kids will drink anything.

I don't think they can afford it.

So yes, we are in summer, too.

The return electric boogey.

And we kind of get like Blonde Boy his inner monologue. He's like, we're like getting better with our relationship, publicly, intimately. But we still just kiss. And I want to do more, but ida does not, so I don't. And then he finds the teacher and he's like, hey, will you give me sex advice? And that's a little. Strange. It's not the first person I would go to.

No.

And the teacher, they like, go up to the roof and I'm sorry if you can hear, there was a kid outside just shredding on his skateboard.

Oh, that's what that is.

I can silence it for the rest when I'm not talking. But for now, when I am sorry.

Tell tiny Tony hawk they shoot the book up. Hey, I'm talking about anime. Shut up.

This is more important than your joy, child.

We get it. You're cool, you're young. But so the teacher is like, you should just be focusing on school and college. Don't worry about this. And then Blonde Boy just goes on where he's like, oh, yeah, I've been, like, reading, like, books that my sister has and, like, her manga and like, manga makes it seem pretty easy.

Those big yowy hands.

It's just so weird because he's just asking for advice from a teacher who, like, almost assaulted his boyfriend.

Yeah.

And then he should be focusing on school. It's like, you should be focusing on not fucking the students. We both have issues.

Yeah. Nasty.

Yeah. He's also smoking with his own student at the top of the school.

It's like during school hours.

Yeah. You're a shitty teacher.

Yeah, this guy sucks. And then the teacher tells him to be careful with ida's body, which is a weird thing to say. I think he meant it, like, metaphorically, like, be careful with his love.

Yeah. I wasn't sure if this was going to be paid off as like, oh, he's sickly, and that's why he studied all that or something. Like, it's going to be something later in the movie. But it wasn't.

It was just a weird thing. The teacher said he was going to nerd. And then the teacher lets it slip. That sajo. Sorry, EDA.

Thank you.

I actually put their name and their name in my notes.

I did too. I'm just gonna hear you.

I know. So he lets it slip to Blond Boy that he's applying for kyoto University. And Blond Boy, like, freaks out because this is the first piece hearing of it.

I will say this isn't the first time we first like, oh, someone's going to like this major city. It's like, we don't know where these characters are. That could be the next town over for all we know.

Yeah, but based on the reaction, it's far away.

It's far away. Yeah.

And it's nighttime, and they're like, at their fountain sipping on their sodas. And Blonde Boy is like, hey, so I heard you're trying to go to kyoto University. And then EDA is just like, yeah, I mean, that's where my family has gone, so that's just what I've always aimed for. And then Blond Boy is like, well, have you thought about, like, us? And also, why didn't you tell me? Like, why did I have to find out from our gross teacher from this asshole? And EDA is like, I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never felt right. And then blonde Boy is like, you're just trying to avoid it because you don't want to have the conversation about our relationship. And I think you're just hoping that our relationship will fizzle out before you have to leave. And then EDA gets mad, and they're mad at each other. They have a fight. And EDA is like, well, you never told me about your plans either, so we're just, like, in this weird state of suspension where you didn't know about this and I don't know what the hell is going on with you.

God, it's like we have a bad history of communication.

Weird.

I mean, it's like we're high schoolers. Yeah, they are teenagers.

Yeah, but still, if all of their fights are like, hey, talk to me, it's like, okay, maybe we can learn if we're trying in this relationship.

You know, the hormones won't allow that. You don't have logic when you're a teenager.

Oh, man.

And then blond boy gets so upset and he leaves, and he's just like, maybe we should not see each other for a little bit. And then we see Blond boy. He's like, at this really nice house that has a really pretty garden, and he's with his friend from the band, and his friend is like, oh, hey, weren't you going to go to this place during vacation? And he's like, oh, no, I'm not doing that anymore. So I think we have to assume that he was going to do something with EDA, but it's not explicit. And then his friend mentions going somewhere, and then they decide to go together. And then EDA is getting ready to take a mock entrance exam, but he's, like, constantly thinking about blonde boy. And during the fight, blonde boy said something about how they don't know each other at all. So he's, like, really dwelling on that. And he's waiting for a train, and he's, like, watching people get on and off. And he has a breakdown. He just sits down in the train station. He's like, oh, shit.

Freaking out.

And then we see blond boy and his friend, and they're hanging out in a hot spring. And he says that he's thinking about EDA. And then his friend is like, so are you guys going out? And blond boy is like, yeah, we are. And then his friend is like, okay, cool. I was kind of starting to get worried about you because obviously I noticed you weren't interested in girls, but I also thought maybe you're just like the type of person who's not really interested in that kind of thing. So I'm glad. I'm glad that you found somebody that you really like. And then he's like, oh, well, hey, doesn't that mean, like, he's your first love? And then we see Blumboy. He's really embarrassed. He's all pink.

Yeah.

And then his friend gets really embarrassed. He's like, oh, I'm uncomfortable now.

Yeah, wasn't uncomfortable about you like another dude, but now that you're emotional, I'm uncomfortable.

Gross feelings, vulnerability.

I did like this scene, this interaction with his friend.

Yeah, it was nice. And then we see EDA leaving his house. He's saying goodbye to his mom to do the mock exam, but he's like, still thinking about the argument. And he's on the train, like, replaying everything that blonde boys said to him during the argument and how he would respond now that he's had time to think about it. And just then I liked this scene. A lot of him getting emotional about what he would have said. But then Blondvoy calls him and he answers and he's like, really weak sounding. And blond boy is like, are you okay? And he's like, yeah, I'm on a train, but I feel really sick, so I'm going to get off at the next stop. And then there's like a dream sequence where the two of them are tied together by the wrists with a yellow ribbon, and kusakabe cuts it with some scissors. Sorry, blonde void.

Thank you.

Blonde boy cuts it with some scissors.

That's a bullet there. We were almost respectable for a second.

Sorry, a professional podcast not here.

We're going to be idiots.

I just want to keep it consistent. So he cuts it and EDA gets upset, and blond boy is like, well, we can just tie it again. And then EDA is like, well, then it won't look the way it did before. And then Blond boy says, but isn't that okay? Doesn't that make things a little more interesting? And I like this too. I liked this little metaphorical dream sequence.

Yeah. Because I didn't think bombay's reaction, it's a dream, so it's not his actual reaction. But I didn't think it was that outlandish. I was like, no, it'll be different, but it'll still be connected. It's going to look a little weird.

Yeah. And then Edo wakes up on the train platform. So he had passed out, and his head is in blond boy's lap, and he looks at his watch and he sees it's 930. And he's like, oh, heck, the mock exam starts at ten. I'm not going to make it if I take the train. And he gets really upset and he says that he's, like, failed other exams because he couldn't take the train. So I assumed that this meant he usually gets, like, motion sick on trains.

Yeah, I realized that while we were recapping it of like, oh, the teacher said he's frail, and then this has happened before without him being in a relationship. So I'm like, oh, this is just he gets motion sickness.

Yeah. So then blonde boy says, well, I'm glad that you failed your other exams because then we wouldn't have met. And presumably that's, like, EDA missed or failed exams to get into a better high school. And now he is at the high school where he met blonde boy. And blond boy is like, all right, let's go. Let's get up. I'm going to take you to the exam on my motorcycle.

Something we haven't seen until right now.

Yeah, him explaining you kind of confused.

I thought it was like, whatever. He was just like, yeah, I got my license over the summer. I was just like, all right. Sure. Whatever.

Okay.

So he also says, like, oh, yeah, I learned in this place with my friend. I would have called you, but I had no reception. I'm really sorry. And then they're off, and blonde boy apologizes for acting the way he did, and he just says, I'm really sorry. Like, all of your studying and your prep school and stuff made me feel like I was getting left behind because I really don't have a plan. I don't know what I want to do. And even though I haven't figured it out, still I just want to move forward. And even though the future is uncertain, I want to be with you. edith says he feels the same way, and they make it in time. And I really loved this part where he gets off the motorcycle, and he's like, okay, I have five minutes. Concentrate. And then blond boy says, concentrate. And then he says, relax. And then blond boy says, relax. I just loved that like this it was like a little mantra and then loveliness. Wow. Finally, EDA is the one that initiates a little smooch. He is confident now, so he gives him a kiss for good luck. And then blond boy is, like, kind of dazed by it. And as ida is walking away, he's like, I'll be here waiting for you, darling. And he waits for him. And then after it's done, he blondboy has fallen asleep, and ida just sits down next to him. And then blond boy wakes up, and he's like, oh, hey, how'd it go? And he's like, you know, I don't know, but I'm glad you're here. Like, I'm glad I can be with you now. And then blond boy is like, can I kiss you? And he's like, there's lots of people around. And he's like, okay, sorry. And then he gives them a little kiss. Anyway. So ida does. He gives him a little smooch. Baby steps, and that's where it ends. And I thought overall, it was a little boring, a little long, and obviously a bit problematic in some parts, but sweet. Pretty sweet. Overall.

Saying it's long when it's an hour movie. Yeah, that says a lot.

Did I say long? Yeah, I said it feels long because it is, like, a little boring.

Yeah. And I'm like, I agree, because the plot is they romance.

They fuck.

That's it. There's not, like, a big overarching thing. There's no structure to this. It's just, hey, here's a fun little story, and it's over. Did you learn anything we didn't intend for you to learn anything, but okay if you got something out of this school.

I thought that it was a pretty accurate depiction of a high school relationship, honestly. So I thought that was kind of cool. Just like shitty communication until it reaches a point where they have to communicate and then they work things out and things are seemingly okay. Like, who knows what will happen in the future? But that's kind of the point.

Yeah, I think the situations were just a little too sitcomy miscommunication for me. Literally two instances of overheard one side of a conversation from the other side of the door, and then they get mad. It's like, okay, if you have three big fights in this and two of them are, oh, I just overheard something and assumed something incorrectly, it's not that interesting because it's just the same thing twice.

Yeah, but I mean, it's kind of like we talked about with them being we've talked about before, where so many shows and stories are based around high schoolers teenagers because they're thrown in the passion of hormones and reactionary to stuff as opposed to logically sitting down and talking things through. So that causes the drama. So it's like, is it done? They got upset about something for miscommunication they could have easily resolved. Sure, but I mean, we were all teenagers. We all know how dumb we acted back then, so yeah, that does happen a lot.

Yeah, I'm not arguing with the, oh, these high schoolers should be experts at relationships, but like, if your situations are literally written the same way twice, we could have a dumb fight because someone says something offhandedly and the other person is like, what the fuck is that's supposed to mean? And that at least gives us a different scenario than, hey, I was too shy to enter the room and I heard the wrong thing. And then, okay, we resolved that. Then I overheard something and I was too shy to enter the room and I heard the wrong thing. And it's like, okay, in your movie, half of it is resolving the same situation twice.

Yeah. The problem is that not that it's not realistic, but that it's a boring story to tell. Like four of the movies, if you.

Have only so much time of an hour movie, don't do the same thing twice.

Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't really piece it together to them changing after gym class scene and then them at the concert venue scene together, but yeah, now that you pointed out, it does parallel very strongly.

Yeah, I'm always down for some dumb miscommunication, but if it's the same thing, then let's be a little more creed.

Yeah, I could see that. I didn't mind this movie. I enjoyed it more than I thought it would, mostly because I knew nothing about it, so I had no real expectation. But I think we talked about all fair, but it didn't challenge my brain I didn't have to think a lot. And for this weekend, I really appreciate that. So it was just it was very pleasant to look at and, like, watch. I didn't mind. I thought the, you know, audio and the music and the voices were all pretty well done. So nothing was like egregious. Like some horrible four kids dump or something. So it was just a very pleasant if I'd say pile cleanser, but it was a very pleasant short movie. There were moments that did feel long, especially taking notes. I was just like, oh, boy. I'm only on the first part. I'm trying to squeeze any little information I can out of it. But I liked that. One of the big hurdles between the two characters was they didn't know much about each other. But then us as the audience also didn't know much about each other. We never saw their home lives. So it kind of gave us a better position from their points of view of like, we don't know enough about you both the characters to each other and us as the audience to the characters. So I thought that helped, as opposed to seeing eda's home life and understanding where he's coming from, being like, it's so easy to talk about this where we're in the dark about it. So it's like we also don't know. So who knows what they're doing? Who knows if they have siblings or the blond boy has a sister as much as we know about his home life.

Yeah.

So I enjoyed it. But I'm not going to be buying the wall strolls of it. I'm not going to be buying the dvds and mailing them out to my friends to force them to watch it, too, I guess. It was a very pleasant 60 Minutes movie.

Yeah. If you're hungry for gay content, this will satisfy it. It'll scratch that itch. But it's not something we're writing home about.

It won't see you. Like we said, it's a gay as a treat.

Yeah.

A little gay as a tree.

It's not a full course meal, but it's a little treat. It'll hold you over till dinner.

Yeah, but yeah.

Our weave there yet, just to make it official. We can't even if we even wanted to.

I didn't hate it, but I'm not going to watch it again. Yeah, but yeah. So what do we have going on next week?

Surprise. I get to pick again because it's my birthday and I get to pick the anime birthday. So here we are. I'm picking another one of the first anime I've ever seen, princess tutu. I don't know if either of you have even heard of this, but holy shit, it's a Time, and I can't.

Wait to watch it.

I cannot wait to watch it again.

Dana boyd. Hey, dana.

Hey.

We're in a rough spot right now.

It's not as bad as brendan's favorite. Well, not favorites. It's not as bad as brendan's choices.

Like, style.

By being I think we'll.

At least have a good time.

I feel like I've heard about it, but, like, with glitter Force, I can't hear magical girl stuff without thinking there's going to be some weird buckwhile twist to it. And now hearing dana say that, I'm even more skeptical of, like, what happens? What's the twist?

I'll never tell.

I guess we'll find out.

Yeah. We're just going to watch the first three episodes.

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Yeah. Real quick, another thing you should all do. I'm sure you're going to hear this 10 billion times, but make sure you go vote and you check your registration. Make sure that's all set. Because I don't know if you've noticed, but there's fuckery everywhere.

Just bad. Yeah.

So make sure you're all set. Pay attention to your local politics. Don't just go for the big ones. Make sure you're voting for I'll just say it the progressive candidates, the right.

Ones, the correct ones.

If it's not clear what side of the political spectrum we're on, yeah.

We said the G word. I'm pretty sure that decides what politics we're on. The g word. Do you know that word?

But yeah, it's super important to pay attention to the local stuff, too. So, yeah, just keep an eye out, be informed, and just fuck it up in a good way for once in our goddamn lives. But yeah. Thanks to camille for our artwork. Thank you to Louisong for our theme song stories. You can find all of Louis music at Louisong bandcamp.com. Thank you, and we hope you'll join us next week as we learn to live with anime.

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