We meet Reinhold and the homosexual quotient goes off the charts. For Berlin Alexanderplatz. Long Fire remains about as gay as usual (read: very). A great time with a fantastic episode this week.

Things Discussed: NANA, vtuber corner including shipping thoughts, therapy talk, The Farthest Shore with broader Earthsea talk, Dune, Studio Ghibli, Cathode Ray Dude's telephone video, boomer shooters, cooking more and shopping habits

Non-Autumn Zone: Hokuto and Kamiyama's Pondering Pootan A Grueling and Serious Examination of Cromartie High School, Gundam talk

The opening theme this season is “Das lila Lied” sung by Ute Lemper

See the show schedule here! This’ll tell you which versions of books and which sections of those books we’re reading each week.

Niamh podcasts on Export Audio with Ghost Divers and Ornate Stairwells. Fae posts on twitter @foxmomnia and on bluesky at foxmomnia.exportaud.io

Em hosts Abnormal Mapping and Repertory Screenings on abnormalmapping.com and also is the Pokemon Master of Ceremonies on The Great Gundam Project. They post on twitter @em_being and on bluesky at polarbearsummer.online

Autumn podcasts on on Export Audio with Coffee & Comic Books and Ornate Stairwells. They’re on bluesky at autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io

Next episode: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) part 6, "Eine Liebe, das kostet immer viel"