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AWTY 23 - Chillin' Melons (Ouran High School Host Club with Joce Fannon)

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Speaker A:

Hello and welcome to our week there area in exploration and education and anime. I am your anime idiot, patrick dugan.

Speaker B:

I'm an anime expert, dana hollander.

Speaker C:

And I'm brenda mccullough, your anime bachelorette. Because that's what I think this show is.

Speaker A:

Love it.

Speaker B:

Dan. And we have a guest today. I have a very good friend here with me.

Speaker D:

Hello, I'm joss. I love anime.

Speaker C:

The right show then.

Speaker B:

I'm a cosplayer and we're all the way in.

Speaker D:

I'm a cosplayer and also, I don't know. I've watched anime since middle school. Like everyone.

Speaker A:

Hey, not like everyone except you.

Speaker B:

You're the only one in the world.

Speaker A:

Dugan it seems like that I've been on the Internet since.

Speaker C:

It is weird that middle school does seem to be the origin point for most anime watching.

Speaker D:

Oh, definitely.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

That's sort of the point where you get to explore your own interests and be like, hey, what's the weird stuff I can go find?

Speaker D:

Yeah, I started with bleach.

Speaker B:

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Speaker D:

Yeah. Which I was gross about that, too, but and then after bleach, I watched Death Note, which I loved that episode you guys did. I'm a huge giant fan, by the way.

Speaker B:

Me too.

Speaker D:

And yeah, then it was a mess. A mess from there. A mistake.

Speaker B:

A mistake.

Speaker C:

What do we watch?

Speaker B:

Steaks.

Speaker A:

What are we watching this week?

Speaker B:

Well, this is technically our valentine's Day episode, so we're watching my very favorite anime of all time because it's perfect for valentine's Day. We're watching or on high school. Host Club. Yes. Fall in love.

Speaker C:

We've heard a lot about it from dana.

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker D:

It's probably also in my top three.

Speaker A:

But yeah, the direct inspiration for our podcast art.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Oh, my gosh. I didn't even realize that.

Speaker D:

That's amazing.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but so I watched it in 8th grade. It was a big issue for me, hyper fixation wise.

Speaker D:

Absolutely.

Speaker B:

That was like my first big hyper fixation. It was disgusting. I have the second part of it on dvd. I did not use it to watch it this time. But hey, I lied. I will not, because future times right, whatever. Right. But yeah, it makes me feel some type of way every time I watch it. Even now, it's still just.

Speaker D:

Actually, I watched it a little bit last year. It's kind of still in my brain. But I don't know. I'm excited.

Speaker B:

What do you guys think it's about? Because Brendan, you haven't watched it either, right?

Speaker C:

I've seen it on forums and stuff. Like, it's popular, so I've seen it around. But yeah, I've never actually sat down and watched any of it.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I know. Sort of the gist of the premise, but that's about it. And that's just from Internet osmosis. So narratively, I have no clue what is going on.

Speaker B:

Perfect.

Speaker C:

I'm assuming with Host Club in the title, I'm guessing it's like they all look like they're in school uniforms, so I'm guessing school and then host Club is like, they host events at the school. Like, they are host at the club.

Speaker B:

Kind of fine guess. Also, you know they're in high school because it's called or on high school.

Speaker C:

Oh, yeah.

Speaker B:

That'S so good.

Speaker C:

I just naturally assume every anime is in high school because, like, 90% of them are.

Speaker A:

That is the safest bet.

Speaker D:

Unless you're sailing Moon she's in middle.

Speaker A:

School than middle school.

Speaker C:

I probably should have noticed that since we just did that episode.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

Hey, middle school or high school? Well, we'll put them together for the sake of anime. categorization angsty teen. Yeah, perfect. So, yeah, we are watching episodes 115 and 16, and we will dive on in.

Speaker B:

It's time to kiss kiss, fall in love, guys. Here we go. Yes.

Speaker C:

Oh, no.

Speaker A:

That wasn't part of the deal. Oh, so many beautiful boys. Beautiful boys as far as the eye can see.

Speaker B:

Another beautiful boy anime.

Speaker C:

Yeah. This seems to be a trend with our show that I don't think anyone planned on.

Speaker B:

I deliver.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker B:

I deliver on the beautiful boys.

Speaker A:

It was in the back seat the whole time. We knew we would get the beautiful boys. We just didn't know how or when.

Speaker C:

Oh, man, that's a lot of roses. Like, a lot of fucking roses in, like, every shot.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I mean, they're all rich kids. They can afford it, I suppose.

Speaker B:

The floral budget is so high. And the clocks and the chandeliers.

Speaker D:

It's like, that meme. Like, help, I'm bankrupt.

Speaker B:

What do I spend less money on, 50,000 on roses?

Speaker C:

No, that's not an option.

Speaker B:

The only thing I can't budget on is roses.

Speaker A:

All right, so to start out, I watched all three episodes of the dub.

Speaker B:

I did too.

Speaker D:

Me as well.

Speaker C:

Dubbed subdub.

Speaker B:

I have never watched the sub same.

Speaker C:

It's not that different. Though I did notice some of them were definitely more I guess I don't know if I will say masculine, more resonant voices with some of the guys. Which is odd because it's usually the opposite way with English stubs. Or rather, the sub was more masculine or resonant.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

You get what I'm saying? So, yeah, that surprised me. But still good quality. Still didn't throw me off too much. Good.

Speaker A:

Cool.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

So we start with episode one. We start with this beautiful opening where I now know where Kiss, Kiss, Fall in Love comes from.

Speaker D:

I know every word of that song. It's terrible.

Speaker C:

Oh, I'll point out, for at least the shows we've watched, it's rare that the first episode gets an intro.

Speaker A:

At least. Yeah, especially without a cold open or lead in. Just like straight up. Straight up from second one.

Speaker D:

Yeah, that must have been a lot.

Speaker B:

I actually forgot. So, like, when it started, I was like, oh, it's time.

Speaker C:

Oh, God.

Speaker B:

Here we go.

Speaker A:

I will admit, at least for the English version, I didn't think they went as hard in the song as I thought they were going to.

Speaker B:

Whoever sings it is very like her.

Speaker A:

Voice is yeah, this and the closing song, we can talk about that more in depth. But it felt like they weren't, like.

Speaker B:

Giving it singers.

Speaker A:

They can sing, but they aren't like professional singers, so I don't know what was up with that.

Speaker C:

They go to Valley cfs and they're like, oh, shit. We didn't dub the intro song. Get janice from accounting. Get her down here. I'll point out, I realized very quickly in the opening I like the style they have in the opening that it doesn't necessarily carry over into the rest of the show, but there's a lot of thick outlines. And then it reminded me long blonde voice, but it reminded me a lot of the show, like panting and stockings or life as a teenage robot. It's a lot of long straight limbs and then, like, wide, almost bell bottom esque openings at the bottom. But they're clearly not bell bottom pants or jackets. But I don't know, there's something about the style that I actually really enjoyed and got me invested pretty quickly.

Speaker B:

Interesting.

Speaker D:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

We start looking over this beautiful school, and we see a young boy looking into a library, lamenting how crowded and loud it is because he just wants a quiet place to study.

Speaker B:

You'd think with so many libraries, one of them would be quiet.

Speaker A:

Yeah. And I literally counted it. 27 seconds into the episode, we get the first mention of a dead mom. Check it.

Speaker B:

Mom club welcome. Haruhi.

Speaker A:

God, not even a full minute in. We check that box.

Speaker B:

How'S heaven, mom? Not subtle.

Speaker A:

Pretty good, it doesn't seem.

Speaker C:

I don't want jackets of the Dead Mom Club or Dead Parent Club for us to wear because that would send a weird message and our parents would probably get upset. But I want fan art of every character of an anime with dead or lost parents wearing club jackets.

Speaker D:

That would be a good cosplay.

Speaker A:

Brendan, you are the commission king. You can get that.

Speaker C:

Yeah. Hey, don't call out my addictions on the podcast. I could commission two things this weekend.

Speaker B:

There should be, like, dead Mom Club cosplay gatherings where whoever is cosplaying someone with a dead mom, they all get that jacket and then go and take pictures together.

Speaker C:

Wait, we know someone who organizes an anime convention. We might be able to get this going as, like, merch at console tm.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Don't do that. That's our idea.

Speaker B:

Trademark. Trademark. Trademark.

Speaker A:

Anyways, this young boy is looking around for a quiet place to study and looks to an abandoned music room and opens the door and is immediately whisked away into anime land where beautiful boys are here.

Speaker D:

Long boys.

Speaker A:

Don't you hate it when you open what you think is a bandoned room and there's just a bunch of beautiful boys staring back at you?

Speaker B:

And how are he just like, oh.

Speaker C:

I got to wonder how big is this school that there's just abandoned rooms where people are just like, just throw it away. Just don't reuse it for anything. Just get rid of this room and let no one go into it ever again. They got a lot more funding than my public school did.

Speaker B:

Rich people, do you think or on is a public school?

Speaker C:

No, it's definitely not public. But just the idea of like, well, I guess we're done with this room, and they just abandon it entirely.

Speaker A:

Well, we do have music room too now, so number one could go fuck it, though.

Speaker B:

We burned down Old Music Room because we couldn't figure out why it was called old Music Room.

Speaker C:

No, the recorders.

Speaker A:

We heard it was poor to reuse your room, so we built a new one and just let this one gather dust.

Speaker C:

I mean, it seems like that level of wealth. Yeah, that's very possible.

Speaker A:

So here we get sort of an exposition dump on what the Host Club is. Since this is a big fancy private school for the most elite rich people, they use that as reasoning to sort of make a little courtship club where beautiful boys will chat up beautiful girls and sort of be their entertainment for their free time.

Speaker B:

Yeah, it's less courtship and more entertainment.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

It's not about actually making relationships with these boys.

Speaker D:

It's like a made cafe.

Speaker B:

That's a great way of putting it. Yeah, it's a maid cafe.

Speaker C:

It feels like a brothel to me. I don't know.

Speaker B:

I mean, they take money, I guess, sometimes. Not that you guys have seen just.

Speaker C:

With each at least my idea of the May Cafe is just like everyone's in made outfits. Like, it's a uniform. They all wear it and I don't know, I've never actually been to one, so I don't know if their personalities are different. But at least from all the video games and dnd I play, all the brothels have, like, types. And it seems like this Host Club has types. Like, each boy is that genre or I guess interest. I don't want to call it a fetish that makes it feel weird, but.

Speaker A:

Yeah, each boy has their own flavor that interests different clientele boy flavor. Anyway, so immediately confronted by all these beautiful boys, haruhi is like, immediately trying to back out and saying, oh, sorry, I thought this was an abandoned room.

Speaker C:

Goodbye.

Speaker A:

But they immediately draw him in and be like, hey, aren't you the one poor kid who's here on scholarship?

Speaker C:

Poor kid.

Speaker A:

So they sort of call him out on that, sort of questioning him, like, hey, no one ever sees you around. You never wear the uniform, so you kind of stand out. But you also blend in because you weren't rich and we don't care about.

Speaker C:

You going hard at the nerd.

Speaker B:

They're very patronizing.

Speaker A:

Yeah, but they're like, hey, but it's cool. We didn't know you're gay, but you're here for our host Club. So how can we serve you?

Speaker D:

All those boys are gay.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker C:

I'm curious about this because at least in that sense we saw it doesn't come up again. But do they ever actually host other guys, or is it always girls?

Speaker B:

Okay, it's always girls because they seem.

Speaker D:

Right on board, accepting, tolerant.

Speaker C:

So I was kind of impressed by that. They're just like, okay, guys, here, let's go. And she's like, oh, cool.

Speaker A:

So immediately flustered and concerned, Haruhi sort of backs up, trying to get away from this approaching horde of boys and backs into a vase and knocks it over and it shatters. And it's revealed to be an ¥8 million vase so that they were about to auction off.

Speaker C:

It's a lot of yen.

Speaker B:

That's about $80,000, I think.

Speaker A:

Yeah, right.

Speaker B:

If you move the decimal point, usually because, like, ¥1000, I think, is like $10.

Speaker C:

Yeah, you basically just move it over two spots.

Speaker A:

Yeah, like six digit base.

Speaker C:

It's a lot of quiche.

Speaker A:

So immediately horrified, again, established that this is the poor kid who can't afford an $80,000 vase. They recruit Haruhi to be there, and I quote, Host Club dog to be their boy.

Speaker C:

Indentured service. Same thing.

Speaker A:

Same thing. Still better from last week. So he's immediately adopted into this club as the errand boy. And we get to see a glimpse of the hosts in action as we cut to the clients coming in and just flirting everywhere in every different variety. And we have Haruhi, who went grocery shopping, returns with coffee that they don't recognize because it's instant coffee and they're all way too rich for that shit.

Speaker B:

Commoner'S coffee. Is this the kind you just put water in?

Speaker A:

How novel.

Speaker D:

I think if I drink this, my dad will yell at me.

Speaker B:

Classic wine.

Speaker A:

So, yeah, they decide this is such a novelty. We'll all have a taste test. And the Head Boy, after some of the girls are like, I don't want it. Offers that they can drink it from his mouth.

Speaker B:

His name is Tomaky.

Speaker D:

I wasn't respect the king.

Speaker B:

He's the king.

Speaker C:

Represent. I just wrote blonde boy for all of my notes because I just gave everyone nicknames.

Speaker B:

I like, so Tomaky is actually French and Japanese, so he's frapanese. frappuccino. That line is, like, super, like, infamous tricky.

Speaker C:

From his mouth.

Speaker A:

I wonder why.

Speaker C:

From my mouth, I like to imagine it's just him, like a bird with his mouth open, and they just, like, drink out of a shawl, baby birding.

Speaker A:

His mouth is just a big bowl that everyone drinks.

Speaker C:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker A:

Like a fishbowl.

Speaker C:

Let's move on.

Speaker A:

So anyways, this is sort of where we get the introduction to all the hosts. There's a set of twins. I'm awful with names, so if twins, someone could shout them out.

Speaker C:

Ron and George.

Speaker B:

Sure. No, wait, Fred and George. Also, joss doesn't know Harry Potter.

Speaker D:

Sorry, I'm trash.

Speaker A:

All good. This is all about novice's learning stuff. So you're in good company here.

Speaker D:

I'll display him trash soon, even more so.

Speaker A:

We have a very little boy who is actually a third year student, so it's very confusing that he is basically a six year old.

Speaker C:

All right.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

I got a problem with Honey because they introduce him as boy lolita, and that phrase is super uncomfortable for me and I don't really know why.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I mean, it's not great.

Speaker C:

I don't like it.

Speaker A:

It is sort of icky in concept, but it's nice that they don't also sexualize him. He's just like the cute little brother all the girls want to hang out with, sort of vibe.

Speaker B:

I can say. I can, like, only assume that the girls who like whatever spend time with him are like motherly types, maybe, because I don't I mean, they just think he's cute.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker D:

All the comments towards him are always.

Speaker B:

Like, oh, he's so cute.

Speaker A:

Yeah. No one's like, ooh, that boy. Yeah, no, let me give that little boy. We also have the cool one and we have the tough one. And also Tomaky, who is the most popular, very flirtatious blonde boy.

Speaker B:

Yeah. So the big one that hangs out with Honey, his name is mori. And then the cool one, kyo ya, he's like the vice president. He doesn't hang out with girls.

Speaker A:

He's the business man.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

I don't really know what he is.

Speaker A:

They introduced him as the cool one because when they are like, ooh, how are he? What kind of boy do you like? Do you like the cool one? Do you like the twins? And he is introduced as the cool one.

Speaker C:

Yeah, I just wrote eda because he reminded me a lot of eda from he plays him.

Speaker B:

J Michael tatum plays eda.

Speaker C:

It sounded very familiar, but I wasn't sure.

Speaker B:

Yeah, he plays all those boys. Yeah. But I could tell you what, all their types are good boys. Well, because hekatu and Kaudu are the mischievous type. And then Tomaky is like the princely type. And then I don't know if it's in the subs or the dub, but I think he might introduce mori as the wild type, which is weird because he's not. I think he says the strong and stoic type in the English Dub.

Speaker A:

Yeah. Which makes more sense.

Speaker B:

Sub, they call him whatever, but yeah.

Speaker A:

Those are the boys. The boys.

Speaker D:

The boys.

Speaker A:

So, yeah, we have all the boys and they decide Haruhi is going to get trained to be a gentleman since he has to basically work for the rest of his school career to pay back for this base. So Tomaky is sort of monologuing to him and he's like, oh, yeah, this guy's obnoxious and just insults tomiki. And they decide to dress him up to be more gentlemanly since he doesn't have a uniform. And they're like, oh, let's take off your glasses. And they see he's so beautiful without his glasses on. It's like, every rom.com just so pretty, every 80s movie. So yeah, they see that, oh, this is one attractive lad, so all those ladies will go wild for them. So rather than being the erin boy.

Speaker C:

Attractive lad is my Gorgeous George coverband.

Speaker A:

So they decide, hey, we found a new host rather than just being our errand boy. If you get 100 requests from clients, we will forgive your debt. So he goes to change in private and comes back out and is already starting to talk up some of the clientele and he's sort of trying to figure out what his angle would be and he goes for the sort of sympathy my mom is dead and it's been so hard for me sort of angle.

Speaker B:

Dead mom card.

Speaker A:

Way to cash that in even if you got it. So sort of the poor me fawn over me women and already is popular and has like three requests, like five minutes in. And then Tomaky introduces him to one of his regulars, which is Princess.

Speaker B:

Princess, she's not important, I don't know her name.

Speaker A:

Princess. She's introduced as and she's immediately talking down like oh, the poor folk, they're letting anyone in these days.

Speaker B:

We hate her build up.

Speaker A:

Basically. And then Haruhi sees that his bag is missing and suspiciously out the window. It is floating in the fountain outside. So he goes to collect all his things and Tomahi ends up following and helping him out since he like lost his wallet and he's not rich like everyone else and actually needs to buy food for the week. So they have a nice bonding moment working together as fast new friends.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I love everyone's always telling me I'm dripping with good looks. I love that top of qi is my favorite host. I stand, I love him.

Speaker A:

So we go back to the host room where Princess decides to request Harugi and basically uses it to taunt him and be like, oh, you're just common scum, you aren't rich like the rest of us.

Speaker B:

What was it she calls him? A second class citizen.

Speaker A:

Yeah, you know, quality stuff.

Speaker B:

She a bitch, a nice person says.

Speaker A:

So Haruhi sort of puts it together that oh, Princess threw my stuff out the window. And it's because Tamahi is paying more attention to me and is bold enough to say that she is jealous to her. And a commoner talking to such a refined folk like that, that of course is staging an attack. That's what the next move is. So she like knocks over the table and pulls him on top of her. It's like, oh no, this common rap scallion is attacking me, whatever will I do? And of course all the other hosts are like what the no, we can see through you, you idiot. You're banned. Get out.

Speaker C:

You're banned.

Speaker A:

Luckily haruhi's friends are by his side. And you know what friends do? They up the quota from 100 required people to 1000 cents he caused such a commotion. So he will be here for quite a while.

Speaker B:

Friends, make it harder for you.

Speaker C:

Well, he also got the uniform they loaned him out, like wet because she spilled her tea all over him and stuff.

Speaker A:

So he goes to change into new dry clothes, and then Tomahi goes to check on him. And haru, he is not the lad we thought he was.

Speaker B:

He is, in fact a girl.

Speaker C:

Alas.

Speaker B:

Alas. Which prompts the most delightful, like, for an early 2000s ish show. I love this of Tommike being like, so you're a girl, and she's like, biologically speaking. Yeah, I wrote that too.

Speaker D:

My favorite thing ever, because she is.

Speaker B:

Truly just like my note here is a non binary asexual pan romantic icon.

Speaker C:

No.

Speaker A:

Yeah, the quote she says, it was so good. I don't care what pronouns you refer to me as. I think it's more important to judge me by my character.

Speaker C:

Yeah, something else.

Speaker A:

So it's not my gender. As long as you treat me like a person with qualities beyond girly or boyish.

Speaker C:

I think it's more of an issue in the sub with the honorifics and stuff, but they're just kind of like, oh, how would you refer to, I guess, our guest that way, not giving it away that you were also a girl. And they're just like, oh, I just call everyone dude and dude. I'm just like, hell yeah.

Speaker B:

In the dove, she says, I'll just call everyone dude and bro from now on to seem more like a dude.

Speaker C:

Yeah, dude and bro, I love.

Speaker B:

Also, she's like, being fond over by a bunch of girls. Might not be so bad.

Speaker C:

What's the worst one?

Speaker A:

And that's episode one. And Tommy Key immediately falls in love.

Speaker B:

It's very good.

Speaker D:

He was already in love.

Speaker B:

So then we jump to episode 15 just because episodes two and three are just kind of whatever. These two are actually two of my favorites. So I just wanted to make sure that you guys got them.

Speaker C:

Got it.

Speaker D:

I agree. These are also two of my favorites. Yeah, I'm really happy with the choice on that.

Speaker B:

So in episode 15, it's the beginning of their summer vacation. hikaru and karu are in bed and their phone starts ringing. Well, hikaru's, I guess. And it's Tomaky. And they're like, ugh, for real? On the first day of our summer vacation. And then hikaru answers the phone, and tomoki is very concerned that Haruhi is missing. And he has called all of the Host Club members, and they're all just like, in bed doing their thing. And they're like, what do you mean she was kidnapped by gypsies? Because that's Tom mckee's immediate he's just.

Speaker A:

So immediately jumped to, like, stolen and put into indentured servitude. The thing we're doing basically exactly.

Speaker B:

That's our we can't have her. No one can. I put Tomaky as me. Whenever Paul hasn't spoken to me in a few hours, I'm like, he's dead.

Speaker C:

Especially with my mom.

Speaker A:

Call the Coast Guard. Call the Navy.

Speaker B:

I need them all here now. But then kyoja is on the line, and he says, actually, she's in karuizawa, which is a resort town, and you may think she's there to be on vacation, and she kind of is. She's there to work at a little bed and breakfast, and she's super cute, wearing a cute little April.

Speaker C:

And she's oh, real quick.

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker C:

When the twins are called, they're both in bed together. shirtless. I think the one's naked. There's a lot of, like, lannister sort of hints between these two.

Speaker B:

I did mean to talk about this and then forgot it happened. So they do sleep in the same bed. Their whole thing is that they never needed anybody else, so they don't have anybody else. So they're just, like, really close. And their angle for their hosting is brotherly love. That's the thing that they do to attract girls.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I know.

Speaker D:

Preteens. That's just what happened. We were like, oh, twin theft fine.

Speaker B:

Yeah, it makes sense.

Speaker A:

It's a little too sensual most of the time.

Speaker B:

Yeah. I feel like in these two episodes, it's definitely not as big of a thing as it is when they're actually hosting, aside from them, like, sleeping in the same bed and whatever.

Speaker A:

Yeah. There are moments.

Speaker B:

Yeah. And hikaru comments about how summer vacation is not going to be any fun without how do he. And it's just like, ooh, hikaru is confused and he has a crush, potentially. But so Haruhi, they show how do he she's in the inn doing wow. She's outside of the inn, like, hanging up sheets and stuff to dry. And she is, like, inner monologuing about how the Host Club can't keep tabs on her anyway. And I was just like, oh, girl, sorely mistaken, my love.

Speaker A:

So naive.

Speaker B:

Yeah. Then Tomaky swoops in on a helicopter, ruining the laundry. Just terrible. So they arrive in karuizawa and they meet the innkeeper, who is a drag queen named Misuzuchi. So she actually knows Misuzuchi because her father is a drag queen.

Speaker C:

Oh, I didn't catch that.

Speaker B:

Yeah, so, I mean, Misuzuchi mentions like, yeah, I work with ranka, but you wouldn't know that that's haruhi's dad because we didn't meet Horror He's dad in these episodes.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

I did miss them saying drag queen or like cross dresser or something like that because I was a little bit concerned because they do say tranny and then you refer yeah. And then keep calling them he. So I was like, are they just transphobic? Is that what's going on? But I guess I missed that it was drag queen and not a trans woman.

Speaker B:

Yeah. So again, being like an early 2000 show, like, it has its cool moments with Haruhi, like, obviously being like, not necessarily into gender, but also, like, they called this person a tranny, which is not cool anymore. So retcon.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

So let's see they're at the bed and breakfast to bother haru. They're talking about how they all invited her to go on different vacations with them. And I just love that they all.

Speaker D:

Love her so much and so genuinely. And I just love how strong the friendships are in this show. I think it's like refreshing.

Speaker B:

Refreshing.

Speaker C:

All right. I made a note saying they say the word refreshing so much it's lost all meaning to me. I don't understand what that word is anymore.

Speaker B:

Doesn't sound like a word anymore.

Speaker C:

No.

Speaker B:

So hikaru and Kaudu are like, why don't you have your cell phone on? And tomoki is like, you have a cell phone? And then he gets really upset that he's not in Harry. He's top five and he's like, but I'm your daddy and buddy.

Speaker C:

Yeah, the daddy came out of nowhere, at least for us. And it doesn't make it feel better.

Speaker B:

It kind of comes out of nowhere in the first place. He's just like, I don't know how I feel about this person. I guess I'm a father figure to them.

Speaker C:

Much worse.

Speaker A:

But also I'm in love with you.

Speaker B:

Yeah, there's actually so they put their out takes for this, the dub, and I watched them on YouTube a couple nights ago and there's an outtake of J. Michael tatum just going, yes, daddy laughing and being like, oh, really?

Speaker C:

I'm glad to see the incest doesn't stick exclusively to the twins. It goes beyond to the other groups.

Speaker A:

Everybody gets a little it's a central theme, which is a negative checkmark.

Speaker B:

Yeah. So Haruhi is like, can you guys just leave me alone? And they're like, we can't, actually, because you're not supposed to have a job. According to the oron high school handbook, students cannot have jobs. So they're saying pretty much, if you don't let us hang out here with you, we will tell the school that you had a summer job.

Speaker A:

Another classist thing. That is so great.

Speaker B:

Love that blackmail brings it together. Yeah. And then there's only one room left and so they decide they're going to compete for it. And tomoki has this weird fantasy about how he's serving him breakfast, which is, again, strange because, I mean, it's fair. Like he's a 16 year old boy in high school. He's going to sure have fantasies, but he calls her his little girl and stuff.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker D:

I think Tommy he's a libra.

Speaker B:

He's not. His birthday is April 7.

Speaker D:

No, that's false.

Speaker B:

I'm so sorry.

Speaker A:

I know that I am angry.

Speaker B:

You know that that was like fine to me. But the funny okay, I will say this, though. It's honey's birthday is on the leap year. So that's like the joke. Like why he's so lidl so he's actually like six. Yeah.

Speaker C:

Still doesn't make it better.

Speaker A:

Funny jokes.

Speaker B:

But so they decide to have refreshing competition because misusucci is all about refreshing. So they're pretty much given points on what they're doing around the. Inn. So Honey is shown just sitting and eating cake, and Tom mckee is fixing a fence, and he's like, believe it or not, this is the first time I've used a hammer. And their brand of refreshing is not necessarily Misusu's brand of refreshing, so they're not doing too well. misuzu really likes the twins.

Speaker C:

Wait, so Misuse refreshing isn't gross incompetence?

Speaker B:

What a concept.

Speaker C:

Yeah. Weird.

Speaker B:

So she also really likes Mori. But because Honey probably isn't going to win and this is all Kellya's speculation, because Honey isn't going to win, mori probably is just going to back out because why would he stay there if honey's not?

Speaker C:

They got the big brother little brother sort of trope going for them, like the big protector guy and the little boiler lita.

Speaker B:

My favorite part is when mauri is outside and, like, the subtitle thing says chopping wood. For some reason.

Speaker A:

The dub eyewatch did not have the text translated, for whatever reason. So I missed out on all these these parts in 15 and 16.

Speaker C:

Yeah. Okay.

Speaker B:

That one's probably the best.

Speaker C:

Yeah, the stock had those, too, and those are great.

Speaker B:

Yeah. So they're all having this competition, hikodu and cow to or chill in some melons because that's how the guests like it. We have to chill the melons.

Speaker C:

I like that you can hear you recoiling from the mic, as you say, of chilling melons.

Speaker B:

I was grabbing my nose.

Speaker C:

Good timing.

Speaker A:

It does sound like a gross euphemist.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

So keoga like, him and Hart here are alone, and he says all that stuff about who might win, and he's like, Want to place bets? And haru. He's like, nah. And then kyoja decides to help out Tommakey by suggesting that he plays the piano because that is something only he can do. And I think this is the first time you really see him do this, but he is like a prodigy with piano. So while he's playing piano piano, piano. I was going to say kawdu next. So that's why I said that kawdu is outside by himself, which surprises haruhi because they're never alone. And she's like, you think you're going to win still? And he's like, I don't know. spoiler alert, kowdu is the better twin. I really like kawdu. I don't like hikaru.

Speaker C:

I don't know which one's which.

Speaker B:

Kowdu is the nice one that talks to haruhi in this moment.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker B:

And hikaru is the other one.

Speaker C:

Got you.

Speaker B:

Who's an asshole. Anyway, so some women open their window to get a better listen of Tom mikkey's piano playing, and they knock a vase, another broken vase, and it falls down. It's going to fall on how do he and Kowdu was like, no. And he pushes her out of the way, and he gets a little cut on his cheek. And then he kau runs back, and he's like, I'm so sorry I left you. And then kawu is like, I'm fine. It's fine. I used to be able to do a cow to voice, but I'm not even going to try it.

Speaker A:

You're holding out on us.

Speaker B:

Yeah. So because of this display of brotherly love and their concern for each other, misuse loses it and says that they're the winner of the refreshing competition.

Speaker C:

Misuse is also on the roof for some reason now.

Speaker B:

Yeah. I love them. So they get to share it's a single bed, but they're like, it's fine.

Speaker C:

They sleep together anyway.

Speaker B:

Yeah. And the next morning, hikaru has kicked Kaudu out of bed, which is not okay.

Speaker A:

The ultimate betrayal.

Speaker B:

Yeah. For twins.

Speaker A:

Top ten anime betrayals.

Speaker B:

So they're kind of complaining about that as they're going downstairs. They're bickering, and then they try to order breakfast. And how do he is like, we don't have that because they're bougie.

Speaker A:

Can I have the fancy bougie breakfast with a side of fancy bougie side.

Speaker B:

Thank you. With the sauce on top. But tomiki swoops in and he's like, hey, idiots, I know the menu. Because he has to show them up. He hates them. Also, relatable. And so there's like that moment where he just tells them what the breakfast is supposed to be. And then a boy arrives saying that he is with arai Produce and he's delivering some veggies and fruits and how do he recognizes him and we're left on that little cliffhange.

Speaker C:

I like that there was this whole competition to see who gets the one free guest room at the bed and breakfast, and then the rest of the club is still just there.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I forgot to mention they all have houses in karuizawa, so they don't even really need to stay there. They're just being dumb.

Speaker A:

They're all just fighting for haruhi. And she's like, Why?

Speaker C:

I'm trying to work here.

Speaker D:

Big giant idiots. Also, don't they still have to pay for the room? It's not free, is it?

Speaker B:

Probably not.

Speaker C:

Yeah, I don't think it's free, but they just have so much money, and it might as well be for them.

Speaker D:

Oh, yes, of course.

Speaker C:

This show. So then we get episode 16, and it turns out the delivery boy is an old classmate of all right. I said before, I give them all nicknames. I'm not even going to attempt to refer to their real names. So the main character is just nerd for me. Poor nerd. Okay, the delivery boy and Poor nerd are old, like middle school classmates. So that's how they recognize each other. And they invite the delivery guy in, and they start chatting up and reminiscing about old times.

Speaker B:

This is another gem, I think. adai says, what a shame. You cut all your hair off. And how do he is like, really? I don't think so. And I'm just like.

Speaker C:

So then one of the nerds says, like, oh, why don't you get back to work? Like, you got stuff to do. And this delivery guy has to go off and do his stuff. Trying to quickly shoot him away and get hurry back to work. Meanwhile, the president blond boy is just having a mental breakdown because he just got rejected again and someone else is getting more attention than him. And the jealous twin. I'm just going to refer to him as Salty Bitch because I don't remember his name and that's all he is.

Speaker B:

I like that though. I'll take that.

Speaker C:

It's a salty bitch. This whole episode tells him, isn't it? Like everyone in the club is sitting around the table, like, chatting with the delivery guy, like getting to know him and hearing stories. And the twins are all both at the bar away from everyone. And the Salty bitch is like, isn't it obvious that deliver boy has a thing for haruhi and delivery guy owns up? He's like, yeah, I did in middle school. And I even asked her out and she turned me down, which everyone's surprised by, even haruhi.

Speaker B:

I love her face in that moment. All the round shape. What?

Speaker C:

She didn't even realize she did this. And that's when we get the flashback of middle school days and we get the delivery boy running up to haruhi saying like, oh, where are you going for high school? Where do you plan to, like, apply for? And she's like, oh, oron High School's got the scholarship. And it's like super rich and fancy schmante, but you know, my grades are good enough. I think I can get it. And he's like, I was hoping we could go together. She's like, oh, well, I think there's another scholarship if you want to try and get in on that. She's like, we can go to guidance cast lord's office and look at the forms or something. And this when you ask her, he's like, how are he, I want you to go with me. And she's just like, oh, yeah, we can go to councilor's office together. Like that's no big deal. And just breaks him. And I'm going to stand by. How are you on this one? If someone said that to me, I would not think they meant, I want you to go out with me on a date. He was missing a lot of nouns there that could have really helped out.

Speaker A:

Well, I believe it was especially for younger pre dating dating. Like going with someone was going out.

Speaker C:

But the one word of out changes the meaning drastically of that type of thing.

Speaker A:

But at the time it was like a common way to say, like, they like each other. They're going together.

Speaker B:

I think what he was trying to emphasize specifically is like, I want you to go to high school with me because I like you. So ada is in the wrong. He should have been more specific.

Speaker C:

Yeah. So we come back to present day. However, he apologizes like, oh, God, I'm so sorry. That was a year later apology. But I'm sorry for misunderstanding you. And they're just sitting around the table, more like talking still. And that's when one of the God sorry all over the place here as insulting bitches still. Just being very catty and just very dismissive. I forget exactly what he says, but he's just kind of saying, like, what are we doing? Like, wasting our time here with this commoner this delivery boy?

Speaker B:

He says pretty much like Harry. He doesn't need any more friends.

Speaker C:

Yeah. And that's when Harry gets up. We was here, like walking over a bit and just bit slaps him. Just pop right across the face.

Speaker B:

That's my favorite part in this whole show.

Speaker C:

It's the most combat we see in this anime. And well deserved, too, because he's just being an absolute petty bitch right now. And that's when he gets really upset. And I thought we were your friends. Now. You're saying there's other friends? Kind of saying you have to choose. Like, you can't have this many friends. And he runs upstairs all pissy. And then the other Twin runs up after him saying, like, I'll take care of this.

Speaker A:

There are only so many spaces on your myspace top friend list. Jesus.

Speaker B:

And it's all the Host Club.

Speaker C:

God, I remember that. I remember also specifically going out of my way to find random strangers I do not know and putting them in my top five. That way no one can bitch about not being in it. I was like, fine. No one is King solomon. I don't even know these people's. Tom number one. He's my best friend now. So the nicer Twin goes upstairs and kind of talks it out with a salty bitch. Kind of like, hey, you got to go down there. You got to apologize. You're totally in the wrong here. Like, what the hell are you doing? You'd darn a tantrum.

Speaker B:

I like nicer twin and salty milk.

Speaker C:

And as they're talking it out, we come back down to everyone saying goodbye to the delivery boy, kind of apologize for it. For it. And we see the Twin coming downstairs saying, like, hey, I'm sorry, man. I was being a real jerk. He's like, nah, it's cool. And then the reply rides off on his bike. And so how he points out, like, hey, wait a minute. Why do you got a scar now? You're not salty bitch. You're the nice one. He's just like, yeah, he wasn't going to apologize, so I figured I'd do it for him. But he said to make it up to you, though. How about we take you on a date tomorrow, Precious? Or he's kind of like taking it back, like, oh, okay. I guess we'll go out.

Speaker A:

Little old mean.

Speaker C:

Southern bell now.

Speaker A:

Oh, my God.

Speaker B:

Oh, gee, I should have dubbed this. Let's just do an all Southern dialect. Or on high school at it.

Speaker C:

Oh, God. Was the big guy maury? He probably fitted fine. He says like five words the whole season. I bet. Yeah, so yeah, the nicer twin asked Harry out on a date to try and make it up to her about today. And then when we get to the next day, he's sick.

Speaker A:

He's got the black lung PA.

Speaker C:

Basically. So it's really clear he's faking sick. And he's talking to his salty brother. And he's like, why don't you go in my place? You go and take her out on a nice date instead of me. And he's just like, okay, I guess. He's like, they'll make up for yesterday that was ruined because of you, because you're just irredeemably petty. So they go out on a date and immediately when he sees Harry, she's like, oh, that's a weird dress. And I'm just like, god, this fucking guy just immediately assaults what she's wearing.

Speaker B:

Like, why do you look like that?

Speaker C:

Yeah, why is he a host? Like, he is atrocious at this and showing how much they really need each other for that twin dynamic because they can't function on their own. And that's when we get like a little flashback of how we actually didn't dress herself. The nicer twin, like, got his maids to come over and to dress her before the date. So he actually picked out the dress for her, I guess.

Speaker D:

Precisely.

Speaker B:

I hate those dumb pigtails.

Speaker D:

They're ugly.

Speaker C:

I was not a fan of those pigtails. I guess I can't call the one twin shitty for insulting her dress if we're just going to shit on her hair.

Speaker B:

I'm not shitting on her hair. I'm shitting on the choice of the maze to put those clip on pigtails in her hair.

Speaker A:

She's very beautiful.

Speaker C:

With the flashback. I actually do like her with the shorter hair than the super long hair she had in middle school.

Speaker B:

Oh, yeah.

Speaker C:

So they go out on their date and of course, like any good anime, the whole club is following behind them trying not to be seen because they want to see what's going on. And the nicer twin wants to make sure his brother is actually being considerate and not behaving like a dick on the date. So he wants to keep an eye on him. And also it's just good gossip, just good drama.

Speaker B:

Love that tea.

Speaker C:

Yeah. So they follow around them trying not to be seen, and then what happens? They go to get is this the ice cream part?

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Okay. They're out. And they're just like, oh, this town is supposed to be, like, really known for their ice cream. We should get some. And that's when, like, honey flies in with like a little cart behind him and like a mustache and hat.

Speaker B:

He's got a disguise. I'm getting some ice cream.

Speaker C:

Yeah, he's trying to be like an ice cream vendor. And he's clearly a six year old.

Speaker A:

Child, so no one will notice me. That three foot tall child sells ice cream. Hello, best friends. I mean, customary.

Speaker C:

So that's when the club, like, flies in real quickly and pulls them back, like before they blows disguise. But then before he's taken away, like ari and the Twin like, hear ice cream. So they're like, oh, yeah, that is a good idea. Let's go get ice cream. And that's when the blonde president is getting all freaking out because he's jealous. He's just as jealous as that Twin is. So he wishes he was on the date. So he sneaks into the ice cream stand and sells them ice cream because.

Speaker B:

They buy one ice cream. haruhi buys one ice cream, and she's like, you want a lick? And then Tom mckee's like, no, they can't share ice cream. That's like kissing. So he steals ice cream from the vendor and gives haruhi another cone.

Speaker C:

And I presume that he's wearing the same mustache Honey was earlier, because he's also got a mustache and like a hat on to try and disguise himself. Because I'm also questioning their friendships if they can't recognize their friend in a shitty mustache and a hat.

Speaker B:

They also wear costumes all the time, like in the Host Club.

Speaker C:

Now I get why you like the show.

Speaker D:

Because dana wears a costume every day.

Speaker C:

Disguise.

Speaker B:

I'm a fake bitch. Wow, we love this cars.

Speaker C:

But I like when the nicer Twin, like, dives into the ice cream stand and kind of pulls the president away, and it's kind of like berating. I'm like, what the hell do you think you're doing? Stop trying to blow this. And we just see in the corner of the actual employee, like, ice cream clerk just saying. I'm like, what the hell's happening right now? I just got to do my job.

Speaker A:

Why did I come into work today? I keep putting off my novel.

Speaker B:

I really got to send in those auditions.

Speaker C:

So this is when Harry goes out. Like, they're still out shopping, and they see I forget what it's pickled something. I didn't write it down.

Speaker B:

Pickled yam.

Speaker C:

Pickled you can't no, that sounds like something but not good. So she's going to buy them for the nicer Twin because he's sick. She's like, oh, I figured you'd want to get him a gift. And a salty bitch is like, how'd you know I want to get him? She's like, I can tell because I can read emotions because I'm not a soulless robot like you.

Speaker D:

She says exactly that.

Speaker C:

Yeah, verbatim. That's a quote. So she's like, we can get this gift from she's like, oh, yeah, I guess that would be nice to get them. And as they're out shopping still, you get a little hint of like, oh, it might rain today. And like, oh, they're seeing where they're window shopping, and they hear thunder real quick. How are you turning? Like, oh, did you hear that? He's like, what? No, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. And then while they're out, they run into the delivery boy again, which is great because he caused all the tension yesterday. Well, he didn't. Salty bitch did. But he was the catalyst for it. And that's when they hear, like, thunder more. And it's like, very clear. Like, hey, it's going to rain. So they're like, oh, man, we should probably get back soon. Delivery guy's like, oh, my uncle who owns the shop, he's also got a car I could borrow real quick. And I can just drive you guys back. That way you're not caught up in the rain. However, he's like, oh, it's a good idea because I don't want to get caught in the rain. Who does? And a Salty Bitch lives up to his namesake and just is so petty. And just like, we can just get a taxi.

Speaker B:

And they're like, we're going to get a cab.

Speaker C:

We can solve this problem with money. Money solves all of our problems.

Speaker B:

Why take the free ride when you could hail a taxi in Karui's owl? Which doesn't sound quite right.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Judging off this town possible.

Speaker A:

There's probably 45 minutes for the closest cab to get here.

Speaker B:

I'll call an Uber.

Speaker C:

Back in Pennsylvania, it would take about 30, 45 minutes to get an Uber. It was not good. Anyway, harry's like, no, he's here. We know him. We can just go real quick before the rain even starts. Like, it'll be easier this way. And she's like, fine, if you want to go with him, go ahead. But you're going to have to go by yourself. And storms off, stomping his bitchy little feet.

Speaker A:

I said good day.

Speaker C:

I said good day.

Speaker B:

Literally runs away.

Speaker C:

People don't understand me. Tears flying in the air as he runs away.

Speaker A:

If you like his car so much, why don't you marry it?

Speaker C:

And then when we come back to the bed and breakfast and we see the whole club is there, I guess they stop stalking them on their date. And it's really storming now, and the thunder and lightning is really coming down the rain. And they get a call from Salty Bitch saying, like, or no, it's from.

Speaker B:

Odai, the delivery boy. Yeah, we love a one sided telephone call.

Speaker C:

I completely forgot.

Speaker B:

Another one.

Speaker C:

Another one. It's good for plot. No explanation. I'm going to stop trying to use bigger words. So he's basically saying, like, yeah, they ran off and I didn't drive anyone back. So I think they might still be out in the storm. And as when Blombard president starts freaking out, he's like, what? He grabs his cell phone and calls the Salty Pitch. And he's like, oh, hey, you called just in time. You can come pick me up. Because he's just chilling on the side of the road. Listen to his headphones while it's raining.

Speaker A:

Because why not save him so much?

Speaker C:

Those look like good headphones. You don't want to ruin them. And the president just starts, like, berating them and chewing them out. Like, what the hell do you think you're doing? You could have brought her back safe and sound. She's terrified of thunder. What the hell is wrong with you, you dumb idiot? You got to go out there and save her. Fucking idiot. They're just, like, really lazy to him.

Speaker B:

Yeah, that's another development that we learned in the beach episode.

Speaker A:

Oh, we missed the beach episode?

Speaker B:

It's episode seven, if you're interested.

Speaker A:

Of course I'm interested.

Speaker C:

Who doesn't love a good bitch episode?

Speaker B:

Yeah, she's terrified of thunder and lightning, and only Tom mckee knows that.

Speaker C:

So this is where tomiki is telling the salty bitch, and he has to go back, running out into the rain and try and find her. And he's stopping people he sees on the road saying, like, have you seen this girl? Have you seen her? And he can't find her anywhere.

Speaker B:

I just imagine in Scott pilgrim when he holds up the have you seen a girl with hair like this?

Speaker C:

He got the pigtails on the side. So he's running around in the rain, and he runs past the church with an open door, which seems like a bad security device for a church, but okay, I'm not one to judge. God will save it.

Speaker B:

God has our back.

Speaker C:

Yeah, we could go wrong here. And he hears crying, and he runs in, and he sees he finds how are we underneath the altar, like, in the front of the church, like, kind of crying and having a panic attack. And he pulls off the big cloth sheet over top of the altar and wraps it around her, try and warm her up and dry her off, and puts his headphones around her. That way she doesn't have to hear the thunder. And while he's doing all this, he's, like, apologizing for being an asshole earlier and apologizing for running away on her and all this stuff. And she says it's okay. She forgives him because she can still hear him through the headphones.

Speaker A:

Not effective headphones.

Speaker C:

It's not great.

Speaker B:

I was far too emotional at this moment. I was like, I hate myself. Why am I almost crying right now?

Speaker D:

I definitely also felt that way.

Speaker B:

I don't like pizza do. But I guess it was just something about him, like, working out his feelings that I was like I mean, it.

Speaker C:

Could be in an emotional scene without having to, like, saying, like, oh, this guy's great. And it's like, no, it's emotional because he was so shitty earlier.

Speaker A:

Yeah, he temporarily redeemed himself. Good for him for a bit.

Speaker C:

And then we cut to the next day, and everyone's hanging out, having breakfast, because once again, they're still here all the time, despite not getting a room. And the delivery boy shows up to drop off some nice melon, because Japanese love melon, I guess his uncle has.

Speaker B:

The best in town.

Speaker C:

He's got some great melons. You really got to see him. And that's when the salty pitch comes down. He steps the melon. He's like, hey, you're not half bad, and that's the end of the episode.

Speaker B:

Okay, but I love so, like, Kowtu and kyoja are having a moment upstairs and Cowdy's like, yeah, I mean, he's still kind of a dummy. And then kyoya says, well, that's good because our club is full of dummies.

Speaker C:

Oh, yeah.

Speaker A:

Kiss. They're all dumb.

Speaker B:

So that's the three episodes.

Speaker C:

He basically says, like, how do you know they didn't fall in love with each other on that date? And his brother basically says, like, nah, he's too dumb for that.

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker C:

Which is true. We just saw it.

Speaker B:

Are we there yet, both of you? Because this is your first time watching it.

Speaker C:

I'll let dugan go first because he's the important.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

I'm honored. I was definitely digging it. I think I would benefit from going back and watching the episodes in between one and 15 because these were excellent episodes. But I feel like I missed out a little bit on sort of their relationships being built a little bit more just to have that little bit of extra connection between them because they were still relative strangers to me. So I would definitely give it another shot and watch those in between episodes.

Speaker B:

Yes. So happy. I love it. What do you think, Brendan? I know this probably isn't your cup of tea, but I just want to know what you think.

Speaker C:

God, I think Tom hardy just came up in my room with how much venom you were just pewing at me.

Speaker B:

What a reference.

Speaker C:

It's kind of topical. Anyway, like I said, I was surprised. It's weird. I was surprised how much I liked the animation and the style of the intro, because I really liked the way they did that. But then in the actual show, it just kind of went back to kind of a standard anime. I didn't see those moments as often in the actual show, so I was kind of disappointed by that. But with this, it's not necessarily a harem, but it feels like definitely like the two boys fighting over the main character, and it feels like they all fit their like, even in the first episode, they kind of set up like, I'm this trope and he's that trope, and he's that stereotype. So I kind of feel like I already know where a lot of these characters stand and where they're going to go, unless there's some sort of crazy development twist I'm not planning for.

Speaker B:

I mean, there's a lot of character development within the course of these 26 episodes. I will say that.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker A:

Yeah. That is also a little bit of the issue of only watching the first few episodes is we get the, oh, these are all still jerks. They will get redeemed by the end of the show, but right now they're kind of jerks.

Speaker B:

Yeah. I love these episodes, and I think watching them now, being older, I think I like these ones specifically because it's about a boy working out his feelings.

Speaker D:

Which you don't see often.

Speaker B:

Even though he's an asshole and he's still not my favorite character, even at the end of the show, these episodes, I think, are just so valuable. Just like in my love story, like, takayo and his best friend I forget his name, son. You kept calling him sonia.

Speaker A:

Sonia, blade, suna.

Speaker B:

Their relationship is like I feel like it's so important just to have boys feel things in media. So I really appreciate that in these episodes. And the whole show is very much that.

Speaker D:

Yeah, very relationship driven. And the friendships are so, like I.

Speaker B:

Love you so much, platonically.

Speaker C:

As you.

Speaker D:

Can already tell, even though you missed.

Speaker B:

I guess, some character development, I feel like they're still pretty similar to how they were in the first episode that you saw.

Speaker C:

Yeah. It is good to see the development, especially of this one character working out everything for himself. But it is still, like, the shittiest character out of the main ensemble, so it's kind of like that's unfortunate. But I'm curious because I've seen a few shows where it's like, here are the three main characters, and then everyone else is a B cast that's quickly forgotten about. So I feel like between was it Mori Honey and Glasses, they're going to quickly just fade into the background.

Speaker B:

No.

Speaker C:

Okay, that's good.

Speaker B:

Yeah. Everyone gets their moment, and I won't elaborate further.

Speaker C:

Okay. With that reassurement, I would be more invested to continue watching it.

Speaker B:

Yay. If you guys didn't like this one, I would actually be so sad. I could handle you guys not liking, like, uri on Ice or Black Butler, but this is a lot for me.

Speaker C:

We're two for three.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

All right, well, thank you for joining us on another episode of Are We There Yet?

Speaker B:

And thank you, joss, for joining us for this episode.

Speaker D:

Hey. I love this.

Speaker B:

I don't know.

Speaker D:

I love watching you guys every week. It makes me love anime again, and it made me, like, want to keep watching anime. I actually haven't watched it in so long, and then watching you guys made me actually watch it more.

Speaker A:

I'm glad someone started watching more anime because of this show, because it's not me so far.

Speaker B:

Exposed.

Speaker C:

It'S. The problem with this show is, like, here's a show to watch, but next week you have to watch a different show and another show and another show. Just like it's a self defeating prophecy, I guess.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I guess. Kind of. But yet. Is there anything you would like to plug or anywhere you'd like people to find you online?

Speaker D:

If you're interested in my cosplay account, I am Legend of joss cosplay with underscores in between each word. dana and I cosplay together a lot. So if you want to see us be really gay together, go ahead and.

Speaker B:

Give that a fall.

Speaker C:

What would you say is your favorite cosplay so far?

Speaker D:

I'm actually a huge. Nintendo nerd. So I actually cosplay zelda a lot as well as I'm getting into cosplaying Link more. And then I also cosplay sailor Moon. Every time I go to a convention, I cosplay her. I love her so much.

Speaker A:

Oh, yeah.

Speaker B:

We have plans. We have many plans.

Speaker D:

Just you wait. It only gets gayer from here.

Speaker A:

Oh, God. It better.

Speaker B:

I expect nothing less than you love Host Club.

Speaker A:

Well, you can find the show online. Are we there yet? On Twitter and Instagram. And you can find me on Twitter and Instagram at Mr. Patrick dugan.

Speaker B:

You can find me on Instagram at queen. Period weaboo. And you can find me on Twitter at queen underscore weeaboo.

Speaker C:

You can find me on Twitter at abts. Brendan stands for Almost Better Than Silence, which is my other podcast about video games.

Speaker A:

And if there's an anime you'd like us to watch, please tweet at us. Or you can email us at I keep saying before the email, that's not how emails work. You can email us. Are we there yet@gmail.com?

Speaker C:

Give us more beautiful boys.

Speaker B:

Yes, please. I thrive.

Speaker C:

Yes.

Speaker A:

If you send us a beautiful boy anime, we will bump it to the top of our list.

Speaker C:

Yes.

Speaker A:

And for next week, it's my pick. And I'm going topical. Well, semi topical for the newly released Netflix show sirius the yeager.

Speaker C:

Ooh, I hope it's about Pacific rim.

Speaker B:

I hope it's a spin off series from Attack on titan, where it's about Aaron yeager.

Speaker A:

I got one of those references. Thank you to camille ruley for our artwork. And thank you to louie zong for the use of art theme song stories off the album Beats. You can find all of Louis music at Louisong bandcamp.com. Thank you, and we hope you will join us next time as we learn to live with anime.

Speaker C:

Key you.

Episode Notes

This Valentines Day, we sell our cuteness for about $80,000 and watch Ouran High School Host Club with our guest Joce!

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Thank you:

Camille Ruley for our Artwork

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