Kaji is like non-stop flirting with Haruki, and it's really stressing him out!  

Ueonoyama finishes the song, but we don't get to hear it : (  

Kasai spreads rumors about Mafuyu.  

I wonder if Sato-kun likes you, Uenoyama: [email protected]

We see almost a full minute montage of band practice, and I get annoyed about it. What did Haruki tell Mafuyu about the drink vending machine, damn it!  

Uenoyama takes Mafuyu to look for an effect pedal, and they find a cute blue one.  
There were rumors about Mafuyu in middle school.  

That's what overdrive sounds like, Mafuyu (sorry that was the best I could do for this one): [email protected]  

What do you mean, Mafuyu said no?!  

Uenoyama gets bad (relationship) advice from the internet.  

We find out a little more about where Mafuyu's guitar came from.  

I probably start crying (sorry).  

How could you say something like that with such a pained expression on your face, Mafuyu: [email protected]

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!

You can always email me here, too: [email protected]

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]