Uenoyama starts to teach Mafuyu how to play guitar. 

I explain how to play an A major chord and get kinda angry about it.  

ES-330's cost like $3500, and Mafuyu should really be using a hard case.  

Mafuyu can sing, but it's too bad he doesn't sound like Corey Taylor or something.  

Well, aren't you a good boy, Uenoyama: [email protected]

I talk briefly about the history of BL, Given's anime staff, and Natsuki Kizu. 

We meet a boy with trauma connected to a guitar, and the boy who he's desperately trying to get to teach him how to play that guitar.  

I even play the guitar a little (sorry). 

But you're cooler, Uenoyama-kun: [email protected]  

I'm just going to talk about some currently airing shows, including:  

- Jujutsu Kaisen  
- Golden Kamuy  
- Trigun Stargaze  
- Frieren   
- Shiboyugi  
- And a bunch of others!  

See you next week for the first episode of Given!

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We learn a little more about Risu and Aikawa's past.  

Caiman and Nikaido fight, and then someone gets stabbed by some guy?!  
Nikaido and Caiman remain BFFs : ) 

See you next week for a look at the Winter 2026 season. Then we start Given the following week!  

No matter who you really are, no matter what happens, we'll always be friends, Caiman: [email protected]

We learn about En's past through dramatization, probably at least.  

Caiman dresses up as Tanba's wife for some reason, and two food trucks battle for the right to sell Pies in En's castle/mansion thing!  

I want to stay with En, Caiman: [email protected]  

All sorts of bad things happen to Nikaido, and Caiman almost goes to Hell (literally).   

I learn to hate the Sorcerer world, their stupid laws, and the Devils in general.  

I'm really pissed off about it for some reason.  

He's not a pie, Caiman!: [email protected]

We find out how Shin and Noi met and became partners!  

Fukuyama has a pretty cool power and uses it in a very upsetting way.  

Ebisu and Garugaru eat food off the ground, and Nikaido's in major trouble.  

Don't eat things you just find lying on the ground, you'll get diarrhea, Ebisu: [email protected]

Caiman almost starves to death in the sorcerer world, but then he gets a job!  

We learn all about Blue Night.  

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful that Caiman and the gang get to play baseball against their rivals and that it's as weird as you'd expect.   

Aside from the ball game, I talk about how much Q Hayashida and I love Slipknot!  

Here's the link to that article: https://natalie.mu/music/pp/slipknot  

You can have this back, Fujita: [email protected]

En needs to learn to control his anger, but at least Kikurage is ok (I love him).   
We get a look at Shin's past, and it's not very nice.

A big tonal shift at the end of the episode throws me off guard and makes me empathize with everyone in the Hole.  

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