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In light of the recent events in Yuusha, Megan makes a compelling argument.

Though what would help the show more is some competent writing. The Hero is a symptom not the problem.

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Time Index

• 04:50 – Shin Sekai Yori 20
• 14:30 – Psycho-Pass 17
• 23:36 – Robotics;Notes 17
• 33:47 – Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 7
• 47:16 – Chihayafuru 6
• 57:20 – Mushi-shi 9 & 10
• 1:05:56 – Listener questions
• 1:18:45 – 2008 (by she)

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Once again, Kenneth Alexander has provided us with album art to use for the podcast. Thanks, dude!

Unfortunately, Megan was feeling sick when we recorded this and was unable to join us. Being one host down does, however, give her more sample cases to use to prove her hypothesis that the length of a typical Bakacast episode can be determined by adding half an hour for each host. So far that idea is looking pretty sound.

Anyway, a bunch of heavy stuff happened in most of the shows this week, but I think we can all agree that the most important thing was the reveal of Robo-Stroheim.

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Time Index

• 01:01 – Shin Sekai Yori 19
• 07:34 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 17 & 18
• 18:00 – Psycho-Pass 16
• 23:17 – Robotics;Notes 16
• 30:50 – Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 6
• 35:39 – Chihayafuru 5
• 42:14 – Mushi-shi 7 & 8
• 56:16 – Listener questions
• 2:05:47 – Namae no Nai Kaibutsu (Psycho-Pass)

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Oh, hi, I didn’t see you there.

Allow me to introduce myself: I am the lead writer of the popular Japanese animation known as “Psycho-Pass.” It’s a pretty good show, huh? Anyway, I just thought I should take some time to let you know that the ideas presented in the anime are not completely original. Shocking, I know, but even my brilliance has limits, so I do occasionally read what other writers do and take inspiration from that.

For example, have you ever heard of a little movie called Blade Runner? It’s based off a story by a man named Philip K. Dick. It’s fairly obscure, so you’ve probably never heard of it; but trust me, it’s good.

Actually, you know what? I liked it so much that I think as many people as possible should be made aware of its existence. So I’ll go ahead and write my recommendation into an episode of my anime. Smart idea, right? Yeah, I know. That’s why I get to work on awesome projects like this instead of settling for the latest 4-koma adaptation.

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Time Index

• 02:26 – Shin Sekai Yori 17 & 18
• 19:21 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 16
• 28:52 – Psycho-Pass 15
• 37:52 – Robotics;Notes 15
• 43:48 – Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 5
• 52:10 – Chihayafuru 4
• 1:00:06 – Mushi-shi 5 & 6
• 1:17:17 – Listener questions
• 2:05:47 – Rise (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
• 2:11:18 – Stinger: Scamp and Dustin talk about cooking and British TV

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Fellow Internet denizens, I have a question: is this what you want?

Because when you vote for equal rights, this is what you’re gonna get. Our churches will be filled with half-naked megalomaniacs double-marrying another man’s artery, and it will all be your fault. And aside from the moral corruption that will inevitably fill the streets, you’re essentially smacking normal, loving couples in the face. The relationships my video game characters and I have with each other are special and required a lot of long nights studying legal loopholes; and when I think about how immortal proto-vampires can just waltz in and do the same thing, it cheapens the whole ritual for reasons I can’t adequately explain but know must be true because Rush Limbaugh told me so.

So when you sit down to watch your weekly anime, remember that true love is between a man and his waifu.

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Time Index

• 01:58 – Shin Sekai Yori 16
• 08:39 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 15
• 17:17 – Psycho-Pass 14
• 30:01 – Robotics;Notes 14
• 40:17 – Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 3 & 4
• 53:06 – Chihayafuru 3
• 59:01 – Mushi-shi 3 & 4
• 1:19:00 – Listener questions
• 1:36:55 – Junjou Spectra (Robotics;Notes)

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The culling has begun, and very few shows survived.

Thankfully, the ones that did make it past the first week at least give us plenty to discuss…assuming we can ever actually keep ourselves on topic.

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Time Index

• 01:41 – Shin Sekai Yori 15
• 07:06 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 14
• 17:29 – Psycho-Pass 13
• 34:02 – Robotics;Notes 13
• 41:45 – Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 2
• 50:47 – gdgd Fairies 2
• 58:02 – Chihayafuru 1 & 2
• 1:06:24 – Mushi-shi 1 & 2
• 1:16:15 – Listener questions
• 1:32:17 – Jojo – Sono Chi no Sadame (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

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We usher in the Winter season with our good friend Scamp, who most of you probably remember writes for The Cart Driver. We drop most of the new shows immediately, but a few entertain us enough to stick around for at least a couple more weeks. Also, since we had so many shows to watch this week, we decided to wait to start our retro review of Mushi-shi until next episode.

Normally this is where I’d post timestamps, but there are a bunch of shows and I kinda lost track of where all of them were in the recording. So, just this once, it’s gonna be a simple list of everything we talked about in order.

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Stuff We Reviewed:
Jormungand 24
Shin Sekai Yori 14
JoJo 13
Psycho-Pass 12
Robotics;Notes 12
Nekomonogatari
Cuticle Detective Inaba 1
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 1
OreShura 1
AKB0048 Next Stage 1
Hakkenden 1
Senran Kagura 1
Amnesia 1
Senyuu 1
Inferno Cop 1 & 2
Tamako Market 1
gdgd Fairies S2 1
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai 1
Kotoura-san 1