You asked, and we delivered: five hours (eight minutes) of Higurashi discussion, unfiltered, brought to you by the sick monsters at the AniTAY podcast. And that’s just the beginning of our chat about the blockbuster Fall 2020 anime season. Things move to a more general Japanese pop culture discussion in the second half of the episode. From DocKev’s deep-seated hatred for the Muv-Luv visual novel series to a biting critique of a poor man’s attempt to compile a top 25 rivals in anime list, the crew manages to cover bases I didn’t even know existed.
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