AWTY 88 - Dana's Sewer Boys (Given)

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

I'm an anime expert, dana hollander.

And I'm brenda. Color your anime, Liam neeson, because I have a particular set of skills I will find you.

That's pretty funny.

No, because it's taken.

It's taken instead of given because I.

Know I didn't get it at all. I was like, oh, skills. That must come up somewhere.

Everyone knows a good joke has to be explained. yum, I got it. Hey, we got one more reason.

Seen it, but I got it.

Everyone knows a good audience has a handful of twist ties that they're just fiddling around with. I'll put those down. So how are you all doing? We paused for a minute. I don't know. The order of these episodes are so out of whack. I have no idea when anything is happening anymore, so hello, January 2030. What a great day having here. I love our reptilian overlord God.

I wish they'd at least have some order and some, like, organization going on here.

This never would have happened.

This never would have happened if God.

Was president, if we had just submitted are you sure? Are you sure the reptilians aren't in charge right now? Obama's got sick and I see the video.

Yeah. I like how during the quarantine, when we have trouble understanding the passage of time, we decided what the podcast are recording. Just like, hey, what if we just fuck this up? What if we just fuck this up? The holy.

Perspective of time and space.

Let's just wreck it. It's fine.

It's a good time, though. We're back in it.

Yeah.

So, yeah, what are we watching this week?

This week we're watching a show that came recommended to me on a list of anime. And I'm not going to specify which kind of list it was because that would ruin it. It's called given.

Is it?

I personally am very excited to watch it.

Do you know anything about it, or was this just a blank grab from the list?

No, I do know some things about it because of the list that I found it on.

Right, of course. Contacts.

Right. But yeah, it's also relatively new. Yeah.

I'm afraid this is a cursed list.

That's my list.

Yeah, don't worry.

Maybe we'll see.

I know nothing about this. I know absolutely nothing. That's why my opening was so cryptic.

You did good with what you had.

I had one word and I'm like, I know a lot of dumb references no one needs.

Perfect you.

Really? Yes. anded it.

It was more like the yes. What?

Hang on.

What? Excuse me. We're not all living in 2010 when Liam neeson was an actions hero at 56. For some fucking reason, he can do what he wants.

You tell him no. I dare you.

He has a very specific set of.

Skills, brendan, I saw it. All seven of those movies that for some reason got made.

Anyway, I assume you haven't heard of it. dugan?

No.

Cool. Surprise, surprise.

I'm the only one who's even heard of it. I'm doing it.

Nice.

I'm leading the way.

You're so cool.

That real hand.

I'm holding the flashlight in the tunnel. I'm leading you down.

You like, it too much for me to trust you with a tunnel.

Let's go to the sewer. ow.

My high school experience.

It's just a brick that has a postit note on it that says, My high School experience. Someone chucked it at your head, basically.

Oh, God. Someone related because this is a music show. I actually just did a tone deaf test the other day because I always thought I was tone deaf, and turns out I'm not tone deaf. I'm just an idiot.

Good for you. I'm shouty. See, I am nowhere near tone deaf. So I find it very interesting when people are because I'm like, how are you? I get it.

I'm just so bad with music. I'm just like, yep, those are chords. I get notes, and I'm just like, so far removed from music. I just assumed I was always tone.

Deaf when I had someone in high school when I was singing something, go, why do you sing monotone? And in my head, I went, I sing monotone. Oh, no, this isn't the way to learn this.

You say that word funny. It's like how I've only read it I've never said it out loud.

We start out episode one. We see a sad boy slink out of a dark apartment, pat's a dog on the way so you know he's a good guy.

I'm in. I love the show. Hopefully I'm sinker.

Got a little potato dog. It's great.

Little puff ball.

He's moping around. He's carrying a guitar, sort of like, hugging it tight. We have, like, a cryptic flashback while he's on a subway platform of walking into a dark band room. And we don't see what's up? Trauma. And then we're introduced to our actual main character, Unoima. He is asleep in class. He's moping around just same way, just going around. Goes to the gym. He goes to his secret hangout spot, like a staircase behind the gym that no one uses. And he sees this boy there asleep on the stairs. And he's like, oh, no, this is my nap spot. Get the fuck out of here. Maybe I like my stanks all over.

I like that. When we get introduced to him, though. He's sleeping in class, and his, like, classmate wakes him up, and he's like, oh, man, I think I'm going to go take a nap. It's like, what the fuck?

Let me let me take this to a secondary location.

I relate hard to that.

So he's talking to this boy, trying to get him to leave, but he sees he's sitting with this guitar. He's holding it. One of the strings is broken. So he's criticizing him for having such bad maintenance. And then this boy is like, but it can be fixed. Question mark possible. And norma is like, oh, this boy is a guitar.

Can I correct you on his name? Is that too much?

Oh, no, please. I thought I had it, but it was the Japanese version I was watching, so I tried to pick it up.

Yeah, it's UENO yama. I just kept calling him UENO just to make it easy. Or like they call him like ue sama or UENO is easy.

Okay, we got a brooding, dark haired boy and a lost puppy. Red hair boy. I've just been calling them hanata and Kakayama because iq, neither of us have watched iq.

That helps. Neither of us.

I'm waiting, Paul.

Okay, so ue now is he's like, you fucking idiot. Here, fixes his guitar for him. He's like, you owe me money, dipshit. And he leaves.

I grow.

But as he fixes it, the boy is like, hey, can you teach me guitar? And he's like, no. bye. So UENO goes home. His sister is there and or we go to the next is it the next? Yeah, the next day he's asleep in bed. His sister throws his dirty underwear at him. The contentious sibling rivalry.

Got it.

Cool.

Sweet. So he's there. God, I'm fucking turned around. I was like, this is so simple, so easy.

Got it.

But they're in one of three places, so let's figure out what happens here. So she asks about if he's going to band practice later. And he's like, yeah, shut up. So we sort of get some backstory as he's thinking about guitar stuff. He's like, oh, I started playing in 6th grade with a handy down guitar for my dad. I obsessed over it. I obsessed with music. As I focused so much on the technical aspects, I started losing the passion for it. So now I'm just very good, but don't really care about it.

Congrats. You're a professional.

You did it.

Yeah, you made it.

So he meets the boy at the stairs again. And the boy pays him for fixing his guitar. He's like, all right, fine. We're even now. But then he gives him some more money. He's like, hey, this is for lessons. Please teach me. And not so many words because he says, like two words. Well, in this whole show he says, Lessons, please. Guitar lessons.

Guitar man, can you teach me?

So, yeah, he's just trying to badger him into not even badger him, just being persistent. Like, hey, I really want you to teach me. And who I know is like, no. He leaves school. The boy follows him. And he keeps following him even though he's trying to hide and be sneaky. But he's like, dude, come on. I see you. So he follows him to band practice and we get introduced to the other band members. Kg, the drummer and haruki the bassist. So finally the boy is introduced as sato, and he wants to watch the band play. And they're all nervous because they want to show off in front of the new guy and be like, hey, let's impress him. But when UENO is like, hey, what do you want us to play? Like, what type of music are you interested in? He just says something cool.

Yeah, Weird Al it is.

Perfect. I got my accordion right here.

Are you a fan of Weird Al yankovich?

Do you like it before or after the mustache?

Whatever.

Come on.

So he's like, all right, I got something for you. I got something cool. And he starts showing off too, and really starts to get into it. So the rest of the band joins in, and they're all just jamming, having a good time, having fun.

I loved every second of this jam. Dad is animated really well, and it just like you could tell all of them we're having a good old time. I loved it. I was just like, oh, a jam session. I love that.

God, this this hurt because I have that wooden fender jazz bass. And my brother had that amp, the.

Base amp for it.

So I was like, oh, no, this was my basement in high school.

Oh, no.

The feelings hitting too close. There's not enough hardcore guys in here. My brother's band, please.

It really reminded me of Kids on the slope, which I believe was also your pick. dana got the good musical stylings.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. But without a protagonist, you immediately want to punch in the face. Right there's. A little bit of ass, but that's fine.

He's a bad one. We already see him opening up.

The drummer isn't as big of a hymbo. He's not a jojo's character. No.

So after the practice, he's walking home with sato. He's still resisting. He says, all right, I can't do this. Go to the schools music club, start there, and that's you're in. And then he gets home. He's trying to ask his sister how he started playing guitar, because he doesn't remember the specifics, but she was like, I can't tell if she was younger or older. I can't really get a gift in the flashback. She seemed younger because he was, like, playing guitar, and she was in, like, a little schoolgirl outfit, just hanging out. So she seemed younger. But yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah.

So, yeah, next day he's in class, the gym class, playing basketball, but he's off his game. He's been avoiding the stairs in sato because he's like, if he asked me one more time, I'm just going to do it. I love this boy. I love this boy who says two words to me a day.

I can't say no to this laugh.

He's so pretty.

He's so cute. Kninnosen. I could teach him. So he's he's like, all right, fine. I'm just going to sit on the stairs and wait for him. Then I'll talk to him there. And then he waits and he waits. And every day he waits there, but sato does not come back. So he's like, oh fuck, I messed it up.

Flashback for future Alpha. Oh God.

That needs to be on our bingo card. That comes up way too often.

That's the podcast bingo card.

So he's at work. He's zombie, just going through the motions. Kg works there too. So he's talking to him. He's asking about the kid. And he's like, yeah, we like having him around. He's good for your motivation because when you jammed with us the other day, that was like the most passion we've seen from you in such a long time. He's like, Helping others is good for me. So they go to their band practice space, and sato is waiting for them there. He comes in and he's like, hey, I learned how to change the strings and tune it. So he went to the schools club, but he really wanted to learn from UENO. So that's where we leave off with him being so touched that this idiot guitar boy who doesn't know anything learned how to do stuff. So UENO will teach him. And that's episode one.

No one was let me tell you.

I love that scene, though, because in the background, kaji, he reaches across and fixes haruki's hair. And then we see them again, and they're like holding hands and still in the process of touching each other's faces. And I was like, Are they all gay?

Wait a minute, please. You can't tease us like this.

They are. Wow.

How do you at least buy because he was dating UENO yama's sister and then he dumped her.

Yeah.

So we got that little true hit in episode one as well.

Yeah. So yeah, in episode two, we start back at the stairwell and sato is waiting. He snoozing. It's what he does. And then UENO joins him with his guitar. And sato is like, oh, are you going to teach me? And he's like, yeah, but also, don't expect traditional lessons because I'm not a teacher. I don't really know what I'm doing. And then sato is just like, hey, UENO. And he's like, yeah. And he's like, thank you. She's like, oh, boy. Oh my God. We also didn't talk about the opening. The opening slaps.

Yeah, it would be a very big disappointment if it was a music show. And the opening was kind of meh.

Yeah, see, I was disappointed with the ending because the first episode, it was just a gentle piano track. I was like, but band, do you want to do anything with it? But it's still upon from there, so it gets very good.

Yeah. So UENO is tuning his guitar and sato is watching him. And then sato is like, oh, our guitars are different models. And UENO is like, yeah, I have a fender telecaster and you have a Gibson hollow body. And it's like, wow, are we going to learn about music things? And sato just literally like, he doesn't know anything about anything.

Does like that dog head tilt?

Yeah, he's like, what? And then he went is like, well, it doesn't really matter what model you use as long as you know how to use it. And then sato is like, I tuned my guitar. And he strums it and it is not tuned. He's like, well, I tuned it yesterday. And then UENO says, well, you need to tune it frequently because any little movement to the pegs will change the tuning. Like even putting it in your case could ruin it. And I missed it. But I think he asks, like, pegs. Like, what is that?

Yeah.

Oh, you'll find down.

Wow.

And then we see uano in class making a lesson plan. He looks at his phone for how to teach to play guitar. And he made a diagram of the guitar showing what each piece is called. And he's trying to remember what he was doing when he first learned, just to see if that would help. And then we're at band practice, and haruki is playing some stuff on his bass, and he wants approval. And kaji is like, yeah, that's fine. And then haruki is like, can you be more enthusiastic than that? And then he gives him like a hard stare. And he's like, it's fine.

He gives him a very disgruntled, determined look and then pops back with a spokesperson commercial. Like, oh, it's great. I love it. It's like, oh, it is weird. I really enjoyed the interaction between all the band members. It's small moments like this that add so much to the characters, at least in my opinion, because it's not like this heavy plot element where it's like, I got to save my sister from being kidnapped. It's not all dramatic. It's just like a bunch of dudes just fucking around and having fun.

Yeah. So they're both going to go outside to have a cigarette. And then UENO is like, hey, is it okay if I bring sato again? And they're kind of like, yeah. Like, you don't have to ask us.

We love our son. He adopted this boy, of course.

Three college students and a baby.

Well, two college students, one man baby, and a baby. So UENO explains himself. He's like, I just think that it would be good if he just played. And they're like, okay, it's fine.

And they make I just really want him to play. We're not arguing with you.

No one's stopping.

I just think in the right environment, he'll learn better.

Dude, I'm not gay or anything. I just really think.

Why isn't he here now?

You left him alone.

They make fun of him for asking. And they call him a good boy over and over again. And then the next day, UENO talks to sato at, like, the lockers, which is like a change of pace. So sato is kind of like, huh? But he invites him to watch the band again. And they're walking together in the hallway, and sato looks really happy. And then ueno's basketball friend goes up to him. And UENO is like, oh, no, I'm skipping basketball again. And he's like, what, again? No, basketball. Basketball.

Get out of here, croko.

Well, that's our life.

Get in the game.

Ball is life.

If no ball, no life.

And then he gets to I think his real concern is that if basketball wasn't a thing, he wouldn't have a character. Without basketball, I don't exist. I'm nothing. Please.

I want to stay in the show. You have to be in the gym at some point.

I fade into the ether.

If you don't talk to me.

I.

Turn into one of those stills of the high school where it's just a scene, but no one actually moves. I turn into one of those kids.

I'm a background art.

Please.

I don't even think we get a name because he's in episode three and he talks a bit more, but I'm like, who the fuck is this guy?

Yeah, I never noticed. So sato goes to the classroom, and then they take the train. Two band practice together. And sato asks what haruki and kaji's deal is. And they're both in college. haruki is the older one. He's like, in graduate school. And then kaji is like, a sophomore in college. And UENO is like, you should remember their names. Because when he asks, he's like, oh, the one with long hair? The one with all the piercings.

I felt called out by that scene because I've been calling man Bond and punk rock.

You're like fuck way. No.

Damn.

Speaking right to me.

And then there's like a moment of silence. And sato is just like, hey, way. No. You're pretty amazing. And he's just like, what? Me? Stop it. Stop it's. Like, yeah, I mean, you're in. You're in. He's like, you're in a band with two college students. Like, that's pretty cool. And then they get to the studio, and haruki asks sato if he wants to practice before they start because, like, that's the deal. And he says that kaji is running late anyway. And he's like, yes, I would love to. So he tunes his guitar, and then UENO helps him plug the guitar into the amp. And he explains how it works. And then haruki is like, oh, wow. That was, like, really clear. What a good description. You're going to be a good teacher. And then sato, like, asks him something. And then he just turns it off and unplugs it. And he's like, do it yourself. And then haruki is like, wait, no. He's going to do it wrong. And our ears are going to and then he just does it right away. He's like, I did it. And then he's all plugged in. And then UENO is like, you don't know how to play anything. And then sato is like, can you teach me how to play that chord that you played for me, like, when we first met?

And I was like, oh, wow, our song cute. The rock Rd chord.

So he teaches him the finger placement, and he just keeps drumming it over and over again, like, with no rhythm. And then we see UENO and sato alone in the practice room, and UENO is kind of explaining how to strum it. And then kaji and haruki are outside having a smoke break, and haruki talks about UENO saying that he seems selfish, but he's actually really good at taking care of others. And kaji is like, yeah, he's like a good kid right now. He's just moody puberty hormones. Yeah. And then kaji doesn't say it out loud, but he thinks that uano really wants to protect people, which is sweet. And then UENO tells sato to pick one song and master it. And anytime he tells sato anything, all sato says is K. And he's like, can you even listen? Are you listening to me? And he's like, yeah, shit, he's a man. A few words. And then haruki and kaji get back, and they tell sato that to be a musician, you need one thing and that's money. So they give him some magazines and they're like, let's help you find a part time job. And then we see that haruki's part time job, or like, at least one of them, is that he does live streams with his hairstylist friend, but he doesn't face the camera, so he just has this long, beautiful blonde hair, and his friend just works on him. And then they're sitting at a booth in, like, a cafe, and kaji tells him he has pretty hair, and they just talk about his hair. And I'm like, oh, my God. Is the podcast over? Because I love that continuity that in the first one, he, like, reached over and, like, played with his hair. And then this one, he's like, I love your hair. I love that. That's the kind of shit I'm into.

Rookie even, like, stutters a little bit. He's like, yeah, I get it professionally done, like, once a month or something. But he wasn't, like, immediately like, no. What? Stop touching me. He doesn't bat him. What? He's like, all right, yeah, okay.

Also a show about gay and a show about band guys with emotional intelligence and are comfortable in their masculinity.

What? Never heard of not possible. Wow.

We've all seen on I'm sorry.

Sure we have. So they're like, helping sato find a job. UENO and kaji are like, yeah, we both work at a convenience store. And then kaji says, yeah, I have some other side jobs too. Like, I do motorcycle deliveries, and I do weight staff at events and stuff. And then haruki is like, sato, why don't you find a job at a concert venue, so then you could probably catch some free shows and then we see UENO and sato walking home together, and Uweno asks sato how good he wants to be at guitar. He's like, is this just a hobby for you, or is it a passion? Like, what do you want to do? And sato is kind of like, well, for now, I'm having a good time, which is cute.

I get to see this guy.

I like this guy.

Wait. Who kaji? No, UENO.

Everyone loves kaji.

So back at school, basketball friend asks UENO how him and sato became friends so quickly, but no one knows sato's name, which is kind of funny, like, when he first introduces them to first introduces him to kaji and haruki, they're both getting his name wrong. And then this basketball kid is consistently saying the wrong name.

This is me.

And then a girl comes up. A girl comes up, and she's like, yeah, how did you guys become, like, such good friends? Like, he's really hot, and he has, like, a lot of secret admirers. And then sato comes to the class, and then Uweno leaves with him, and they go to the stairwell. It's their special place.

He'll propose one day.

Don't play with my emotions like this.

Right now, we're all very soft.

Right now, we're all in fragile states.

UENO is having, like, this inner monologue. He's surprised that sato is learning so fast, but he's, like, really enjoying watching him grow precious. And he wonders why he wants to do music in the first place and, like, where he got his guitar. Like, beginners don't really use that kind of guitar.

So he asks sato, $600 guitar minimum.

Yeah, so he's like, hey, did your dad give you that guitar or something? And he's like, I don't have a dad anyway. And I was just like, oh, okay, cool. Anyway, what kind of music do you like?

Anything else.

Anything else? Because he doesn't even say, oh, my dad died. He's just like, I don't have one. What's? His dad?

Yeah, he was so not to launch about it. Yeah, he said, I don't have one, and not like, he abandoned me or anything like that. I was like, dead. Parent Club question was he just closed?

Who knows?

That's why he's so, like, emotionless.

He's a robot.

Yeah, that'll be the twist.

Teaching my gay robots how to love.

Through music and jazz.

Love it. I would watch that show too. So he asked him what kind of music he likes, and sato is just like, I don't really have a favorite kind, and I can't think of a favorite song, but there's a song that plays in my head all the time. And then he sings it, but it's just like a melody. Like, it doesn't have words. And then Uweno gets so soft, his heart starts racing, and he's like, what is happening to me right now? And then he asks sato to join the band, and that's episode two.

It's absolutely shook.

He'S so in love with him, I can't help it.

On the bingo card, I crossed off the gay pretty early, but as at this point, I double crossed it and highlighted it and circled on the bingo card. I was like, yeah, he's there. But back when the girl said sato was like, yeah, he's hot, but he's kind of like, unapproachable, I was like, what do you mean? He's a dumb, hot, lost puppy. That's the most approachable.

If someone just picks him up, puts him in a backpack and takes him home, he's not going to say anything.

He's gone.

He's like, all right, that's fine. That's my life now. Can you teach me guitar?

Backpack man?

Yeah, guitar. Sure. It's called cooking meth. Now.

No.

Sigma in the Brick and bad now. No. So episode three starts off with sato in, like a flashback. And he's just on a street corner on a cold winter day. And he's just hugging the guitar real tight. And he's just kind of talking out loud to somebody, but we don't know who. And it's clear. It's in his inner monologue. It's in his head, but he's saying how he'll never see them again, but he'll take the thing he loved most and he'll carry it with them everywhere. And it's where I was like, once again, like dead parent club question.

I was also like that, but I feel like he wouldn't say that. I don't know. He asked if his dad gave him the guitar. I feel like he would have said yes. Yeah, my dad is dead, but yes, he gave me a guitar.

Yeah, it definitely didn't seem like a paternal I feel like he would have said, I'll carry this everywhere with me mom or dad or whoever. But yeah, I just wasn't sure who he was talking about at this moment.

Right now, it's a mystery.

Setting it up for later in the episode. That's a call back foreshadowing. So then, yeah, he's just kind of like hugging his guitar and saying how important it is to him now and carry it everywhere. And then we get the opening, which is slaps already established. And then we come back to hakari. Like I said, I just wrote down punk rock and man bun. haruki.

That's fine.

That's all you need.

It's like haruhi but with a K.

That's not going to help. haruki.

Okay, I try.

I appreciate the effort. I'm just dumb. He's outside waiting on just like in a parking lot, I'm not really sure where. And we see Kg show up on his motorcycle and UENO UENO saying ueno's name is going to take all of my naming effort. So I'm going to give him the right name and everyone else's nicknames. ueno's sister is on the back of his motorcycle even though they broke up. So she's like, oh, thanks for the ride. He's like, I see it and like, just wanders off to her. She's like, whoa, what the. All right, whatever.

We are connecting.

I thought we were getting back.

Bitch, I'm out.

But there's, like, no animosity. He's just like, all right, we're just not donking anymore. But she's, like, still 38.

Why?

They're not having sexual intercourse anymore.

They're not in a relationship anymore.

They're not mashing their meatbags together anymore.

No, please stop.

Listen, it can always get worse with me.

How do you think sex works together?

Not what it is.

No, you just lay on top of.

Each other and just wriggle.

You just vibe for a while.

You just vibe for a clue. Some people do.

And heroku is, like, annoyed. Like, sitting there. He's like, what do you doesn't say anything, but you can tell he's annoyed. Like, what are you fucking doing? Like, giving our rides and stuff if you guys just broke up?

Even if he doesn't, here's how I.

Read it in my gay mind. When they roll up, heruki, heruki is like, oh, you fucking heartbreaker. Why would you do this? He says, you oblivious, heartbreaker. And I'm like, he has a crush on kaji, obviously. Like, I wasn't even thinking of ueno's sister from that perspective when he rolled.

Up on that moped with a weird fog behind him.

That was weird.

Brain just cannot process anything perceived as street.

I was thinking he said, you heartbreaker, of like, why are you giving her a ride? Like, stop teasing her.

Yeah, that makes sense too. I just didn't even consider it.

You were just in full ship mode. Yes. They were talking about how, like, texted them and saying, like, hey, I invited sado into the band. But he didn't, like, mention why. He just said, like, I invite him to the band and that's it. Kg, like, sends back. He's like he sent it back. Like, why? Why are you doing this? He's like, oh, is that a little rude? He's like, yeah, it was, but, like, he didn't tell me. So, like, I'm kind of curious of why he's inviting him now and said earlier. And then we took back to Uweno in class, like, cleaning up the classroom, and he kind of, like, freaks out. Like, God damn it. I can't believe he turned it down. And the basketball classmate, I'm going to call him corbin Blue basketball friend.

This is a different one, though.

This is a different one, if you could believe it. Wait, a different basketball friend?

A different basketball friend.

I didn't even notice.

They're all the same.

Yeah, all jocks are the same.

So he's asking him. He's like, oh, you weren't expecting to get rejected when you invited that buddy of ears to the band? He's like, no, why would I? I wouldn't have invited him if I thought I was going to get rejected. It cuts away. We don't see it, but they're, like, sweeping up the classroom with brooms, and we hear, like it sounds like they're kind of like sword fighting with the brooms. Like they're kind of, like, fighting a bit. So I thought that was a really funny moment, even if we didn't get to see it. And he says, he rejected me, but I'm not giving up. I'm going to get him one day. I'm going to recruit them into my band somehow. And we see hunting down sato after school, trying to convince him and talking to him on a street corner. And sato is just looking at the traffic light of like, oh, it's green. All right, bye. And just, like, wanders off because his head's just in a fog and really just not absent minded. But he seems to easily be distracted or just get lost in thought. And so he wanders off and just like, what the fuck? Come on. And he goes home and looks up how to invite someone into your bands on it's not quite Google. It's called polo.

Chicken.

Kirby, you made a website?

God. Imagine sgs. But it's with kirby. It's like, God, this is the most unhelpful search engine ever.

But I love everything. It just says poyo over and over.

It translates it into kirby. It's like, this is not helpful. We should have a bigger cart too, for alternate Google search engines, because there's a lot in anime.

Yeah, that and wacdonalds.

Love me. Wacdonalds. And while he's sitting there, his sister's sitting on the couch behind them. And he's like, oh, she got rejected by Kg. And so he turns to her. She's like, how did you deal with when Kg broke out with you? Which throws a pillow at him, clearly not choosing his words correctly there. And see, Wayneau catches up with sato in class in the beginning of school the next day, and he tries to get him again. He's like, yeah, I've been in a few bands, but this band is easiest to play in.

And they're like, wait, though, we see his phone. And he's using a page that's literally like, how to deal with being rejected, like, how to talk to someone after being rejected in a romantic sense. And I was like, yeah, boy, you know what? I love that.

That's what made me realize that's why he was asking a sister about it. And yeah, so he's trying to convince sato again. And he's like, yeah, this band is easy to play in, and they're cool guys. And he's just trying to sell him on the band more. And the whole time, sato is just kind of getting Nancy. He's like, cool. It's my day to do, like, the morning duties for class. So, like, I got a bounce, man. Like, I got to go. Like, your band's cool and all, but like, I got responsibilities. And then we see who I know waiting at the stairs. There's a spot, but Saudi doesn't show up. So he goes running into the classroom. He like the rose on the door. He's like, what the hell are you doing in here? Why aren't you at the stairs? sada is just like, oh, I forgot my homework. I'm staying behind to finish it. He's like, fine. And then after he finished his door, he just runs home. So ana doesn't even see him. He's like, what the fuck? Is he avoiding me? And he goes to the studio with the rest of the band, and they're all laughing at him and giving him shit. Like, you're this poor dumb idiot, so hopelessly in love and bad at communicating his feelings. And they say Man bun just says, like, oh, you didn't know Decades had a job interview? What? How do you know that? He's like, oh, he texted me. Do you not have his number? Do you not have your boyfriend's number?

He has a phone.

Yeah, he's just like, you're the one who brought him. How are you not in contact with him at all? And then we get a really good shot of ueno looking at Kg. And it's like a little, like cheeky stuff. And he's definitely like, Katie like a death Claire. He's like, don't you tell me you have his number too. Cage is like, nah, man, I don't know. I thought this was very good.

Like a little I loved how he was like kazi was like, mostly off screen too. It was just like the top of his face.

Yeah, you just see his nose and above and it's like in a cheeky little style. So it was a really good cut away. And yeah, Man bun saying, like, come on, man. Asked if uweno even asked. He asked Uweno if he asked saddo why he declined or if he just said, like sato just said no. And he just left out of that, like, if he didn't push him on it. And ueno is like, no, I didn't do it. He's like, oh, come on, man, we're bands. Music is about communication. You got to communicate better. You actually got to put an effort into understanding someone else's feelings and stuff. He's like, oh, and what is this strange empathy you heard of? I'm a teenager. I don't understand. And so Kg and Mambung go out for smoke break and they have, like a little heart to heart like they always do, because boyfriends and they're meeting now.

It's fine.

Yeah, we're going out for a smoke break. And it's just a full and not a handy behind the records. Oh my God, he's smoking something.

I'm going to write that.

The fan fiction writes itself, and it reflects on what they told him to do. And as he's on his way home, meanwhile, we cut to sato that job interview, and he accepts the job. And the boss says he'll start next week. And it's like, oh, neat. Very music centric. We got like a jukebox and like a bunch of posters and some instruments on the walls. And it's like, oh, that must be him. Concert venue. He took their advice and actually got a job there. So we see his coworker showing him around like, oh, you'll do this and then you'll start here. And oh, you'll work at the bar when we're not serving alcohol because he's under high school still. And yeah, if your band actually can play here, we'll give you a discount. It's like, oh, she just naturally assumes he's a band, which having known a few people that worked at concert venues. Yeah, most of them are bands. That makes sense.

How do you do it?

He also had his guitar, so, you know, give away.

Oh, that's right. He always has it with him. And then we see uwena waiting outside for sato after his interview because he just can't get enough of this boy. As he's talking, he's like, oh, hey. He's going to try and talk to him to figure out why he turned down the band invite. And while we're there talking for a bit, another guitar boy shows up with highlights. I call him Highlights.

I thought of him as Roots because I think it's supposed to be that he's one of those bad boys that dyed his hair blonde.

Yeah, I was thinking of like, highlights.

And now it's growing out.

Yeah, very common trope now I think about an anime, like a character with that hair design. I guess it's an excuse for why they have multicolored hair instead of yugi aware. Just like, yeah, he's got this purple thing on his head. Fuck have we know?

Well, no, it's like a thing. I think people will purposely do their hair. Yeah, like in Japan, I've heard. I think it's supposed to be like a sign of being a bad boy because everyone's supposed to have black hair in high school.

Yeah, probably from you, but I've heard that too.

Yeah, I think we've talked about it before.

Yeah, because I remember seeing an article where one Japanese school was like, hey, we're no longer forcing students to dye their hair black, even if it's not their natural hair color. It's like, oh, did you do that?

That's a weird thing.

Yeah, yeah. So while they're talking yeah, we see Roots highlights show up and Sauce is just like, oh, fuck. Like, we, you know, see his pupils like, shrink down and like, kind of starts panicking and highlights keep starts walking towards the music. yo, sato, is that you? Like, the fuck, man? I haven't seen you in a long time. Do you have a guitar? Is that yuki's guitar? Are you playing music now? Are you in a band? And like, just kind of throwing a bunch of questions at him. And Satisfy is like, hey, this has been fun. It just runs. He just bowls. He doesn't even talk. He just starts running.

And.

Ueno starts running after him because it's his boyfriend.

He wants to make sure he's okay.

I care about your emotional stability. And while he's running away, you get a flashback of sato sitting at a funeral saying how he can't manage as well as other people and how everyone always tells him that, and how he's not great at expressing himself and he's not well at handling that sort of stuff. So people think he's, like, a little distant or absent minded and stuff, but he's trying his best. And ueno goes chasing after him. And we see cagey's there, like, nearby. He's just getting off his motorcycle. They just did, like, a passing shot of him. And when uano catches up to sato, he asks, like, oh, man, you cool. Are you crying? And we get a shot. sadio is not crying, but it looks like he wants to. It looks like he is, but there's no tears, so it's clearly he's, like, really upset.

The way he does it. The way uano lowers himself and lifts his bangs to see. Oh, my goodness.

So soft, so good, so tender.

It's all about the shots, man. It's all about the longing glance and the soft touches, the tender touches.

And bueno asks, Are you upset about this yuki person or whoever that is or that guy that just showed up? And he's like, Is this about the band? Is this why you can't join the band? He's like, no, it's not about the band. Like, it's it's not he's learning to communicate.

It's so good.

Speak to me.

He's like because ueno doesn't know either. Like, he just learned this lesson. And he's like, Well, I need to ask him what's wrong? Communication is important. And I'm like, yes, it is. I'm so proud of you.

I've only known you for three episodes, but you're doing so well.

I would die for you.

Say that. Eric Andre meme of, like, ueno on his chest, of just banging, letting head. And ueno says he's like, all right, then, why are you upset? Like, let me in. Let me know what's going on Saturday. Says, in the band, you have to be up on stage and in front of people and playing and expressing yourself. And he's like, I'm not good at expressing myself. And people think I'm not thinking all the time, and it's just like, it's always been tough for me, so I don't think I'd be good on a band doing that in front of a bunch of people.

It's so good.

And uino gets, like, mad, like, real mad, and grabs him by the collar and starts yelling at him. He's like you dumbass. He's like, you express yourself just fine. When you were singing earlier, like the week or whatever, back when you sung for me in the sterile, that shook me to my core. He actually says that. That's a quote. He's like, you fucking got me, bro. You fucked me up. He's like, that's why I invited you to the band, because you're good at singing and you're good at expressing yourself. He's kind of huffing and puffing, and he lets go of sada's collar. He kind of like, looks down. He's like, sing for me. Sing for me. Our song, the Opera bitch has got everything.

I love this.

And sada starts singing the melody that's in his head again. And then we get a candid shot further back shot of cagey leaning against a vending machine, like, kind of eavesdropping on all of this. So he hearsado singing and he's like, hoo shit. Didn't expect this.

Damn hearing a very good development.

Boom.

In his head. He's just like, are we all gay?

Did I make these boys gay?

If I'm gay and you're gay, then we gay.

Got to come up with a Band Aid. And then we come back to highlights. We find out his name. I don't care about it. He's sitting at the concert venue where sato just got a job. And it's a lot fuller now, so there's a lot of people there. So presumably he's there to either play or to see a band or something. He had a guitar with him, so probably play. And we see him in the opening credits. So I'm expecting him to be a rival. And then it cuts back to sado and uwano shared a drink from the vending machine and Uweno drinking coffee at night because he's a sociopath. I say that because I didn't get a lot of sleep because I drank iced tea too late and give sato just, like, an orange soda. sato is just like, oh, I can't have fuzzy drinks. He's like, oh, coffee. He's like, no. It's like, okay. It's like, what a weird hang up. And sato asks if he's sure he's okay with him if he still wants him to be in the banda. It's just like, yeah, man, we just had that super bodging intimate moment. Like, fuck it. All right, I'll join the band. Then we get the credits. And then we get a post credit scene of a way now, like running home.

And this one had one into his.

Apartment and searching through office music and pulling out, putting on headphones and start writing stuff down. So it just seems like he's inspired right now. We don't really get much else. Was this the only one with post credits? I didn't sit through the others.

They had them. They were flashes of the next episode, just silent.

This one had both like it had an aftercredit scene and a coming up.

On okay, got you.

But yeah, this is the only one that had actual content related to the episode.

I didn't miss it.

He's writing a love song for his boyfriend, presumably.

So, yeah, that's episode three of this big old gay active.

Can I just say before we get into anything else, I've realized throughout the course of this episode, between it and with pennywise and the phantom of the Opera, I sure love Sewer Boys just Gay season because I love The phantom of the occupancy.

That's also why you hang out.

Sing for me. I was like, when he said, sing for me, I was like, oh shit, my angel of music.

We're just gross anime sewer boys in our podcast. Anyway, how do you feel about the Ninja turtles?

I what?

How do you feel about the Ninja?

The ninja turtles. I never got into them, but I'm.

Sure I could just because of that sewer. Yeah. I feel like it goes without asking, but are we there yet?

I brought it, but yes.

Let's see if you can catch any connections between that and this. My high school experience was being a shy beginner at music, adopted by an older friend group who was very good at music. And I learned and became gay. So, yes, of course, this is my high school story.

Wow.

So, yes, this is specifically targeted at me.

It's a call out anime.

Slightly offended, honestly.

I ordered new guitar strings while we were talking, so they will be here soon. But yeah, I loved this. This made I was playing guitar as I was watching the last two episodes because it inspired me. So it was great.

It's good.

That's so good. I really hope also I'm going to finish this. I'm going to read and probably write fan fiction because I've been on a writing fanfiction kick. But yeah, but I love how healthy their relationship is so far. I really hope that doesn't change. It would make me really upset. But like, so far in the first three episodes and it's only eleven, I think they've set the bar. Like, I think it's going to be okay. Fingers crossed. Knock on wood.

It'D be a shame if some drama happen.

That's okay. But I just mean, like, hopefully it doesn't get icky.

Hopefully it doesn't get banana fished. And it might be surprising for you guys to hear that I hated the show. I did not like adapting. I swallowed. No. It reminded me a lot of tips on the slope, which I also love. So I'm just like, hey, I'm in. I'll probably end up finishing in this today or tomorrow. So yeah. Very good show that knew nothing about. So caught me by surprise.

Yay.

Yay.

It's like a sports anime but for music. And it helps that the two main leads reminded me of high cue characters. And those two are so good iq.

This is just a combination of everything you love. If they start fighting each other in giant robots, it will make it.

Please give them like giant weird magical fantasy powers shooting leads.

Yeah. If sato was actually an android, I feel like that would kick it up a notch for you.

It sucked me and it's just high Q and kids on the slope had a very gay child and it's this anime and I'm just like, I'm fine, this is good. I'm okay with this.

Sorry. Just in talking about that I found on Twitter the other day, someone is working on a game called infinite guitars, which is a mech battle game where you just shred guitar solos to fight each other. And it looks incredible. I retweeted it on my Twitter. It looks so cool.

There's my mechanic.

There you go.

But yeah. Thank you for bringing this. Thank you for a pleasant time.

You're welcome.

Anime time. Now, dugan, the question here is you enjoyed it and it hit deep. Will you finish it?

We'll see. I'm in a weird spot with trying to finish stuff.

We can add some furries. That seems to be the thing that.

Gets you no, like, Steven Universe. I still haven't finished Steven Universe Future, even though I've gotten that true. So many seasons and I'm so close to the end and there's maybe 4 hours of the show left. And I'm like, yeah, I'll get to it eventually. So I just have problems following through as everyone who listens to this knows.

Already, and sit down one day and just force yourself.

Yes.

Next week we got a listener recommendation because, frankly, we got a lot of them and my picks are bad. So I'm going to start picking listener picks out. It's a listener recommendation from doroth review on Twitter.

Oh, no.

I know how you guys feel about that show, but the next anime is called Clean freak ayama kun freak koon it's.

Wow.

Quarantine time. Watch those hands. We're watching a cleaning anime. Mr. klein got an anime. This is his origin story.

He's too powerful.

What was he like before he had hair?

He got the chaos earring.

The one earring gives him his power. Yeah. So we'll see what that is. I know. Once again, nothing about it.

Perfect.

Possibly. Sorry in advance. I don't know. We'll see.

If there's a show you would like us to watch, you can send your recommendations to us. Are we there yet@gmail.com? Or you can reach out to us on Twitter and Instagram.

Got you, too.

Are we there yet? On both. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram at Mr. Patrick dugan.

You can find me on Instagram at Queen. Period. Weebu and on Twitter at Queen underscore weebu And I'm also going to promote as of recording, I just published my first fanfiction on Archive of Our Own. My username on that is also Queen underscore Weebu brand. I plan on uploading more. I am writing stuff.

You're inspired.

Yeah, I'm inspired.

You can find me on Twitter. abts brendan stands for almost better than silence. And that's where you can go and listen to me scream about xcom Two. Because fuck that game. It's bullshit, but I love it.

Great.

Yeah.

Oh, this is a weird plug, but it's related. So a comedian decided to finish a music project. If you're familiar with sufian Stevens, you are aware of his 50 states project, which he did two of and said, Fuck this. A comedian in Quarantine decided to just use the Internet to finish this album. And I wrote two songs about rhode Island and they're on that nice. One is a four second hardcore song and one is a love ballad about lemonade, so it's great. You can find those on soundcloud.

NATO yee making content.

Woo.

We're doing it.

Thank you to Louis zong for our theme song and thank you to camille ruley for our artwork. I usually do that backwards. I don't know why I flipped it.

We're rusty, we had a break, we.

Took one week off and we're insanely.

I feel like it's the one week. And these boys, these boys, just these.

Boys up our head, rejuvenated us in.

The most chaotic, soft way.

Let's try that again. Thank you, camille ruley for our work. And thank you to louie zong for a theme song stories off the album beats. You can find all of louie's music at Louisong bandcamp.com. Thank you, and we hope you'll join us next week as we learn to live with anime.

I really wish I had someone to cuddle with right now.

Bring me the boys.