Nerdom and Other Nonsense Anime Podcast #106 - The Time Hath Come for Russian Girls and Midseason Cuts

Leo, Bcom and Kat are back to review the 6th week of the Summer 2019 anime season and to make their midseason cuts! We kick off our nonsense with Kat’s cautionary tale of partying so hard in Montreal that she gave herself a fever of 103 with a side of strep throat. Leo continues to experience multiplayer issues with Remnant from the Ashes. Bcom beat Control and had a great time with it, with some minor drawbacks. When we finally around to talking about anime, Dumbbell’s arm-wrestling episode went full Over the Top, and Bcom breaks out a horribly stereotypical Russian accent. The lit club girls clash against their school’s prude restrictions as they try to dream up a romantic theme for their school’s festival. Then, it’s time for episode 19 of Demon Slayer, which was an incredible showcase of studio Ufotable’s animation talent, and Yuki Kajiura’s musical composition. BEM continues to be a weird, directionless monster-of-the-week show, that we thankfully may never have to talk about again! In Dr. STONE, Senku is miraculously saved by the power of…a Doctor Stone! Ritsuka’s emotional understanding of Satou is finally starting to progress as Given begins to find its rhythm halfway through the show. A talking cat familiar in the Demon Girl Next Door finally declares that “the time hath come” for Bcom to take a long, hard look about whether he wants to continue covering this cutesy anime. And finally, in Carole & Tuesday, Tuesday experiences some innocent heartbreak, while her mother takes advantage of suspicious terrorist activities to advance her fearmongering political campaign. We finish things off with a Midseason Cuts segment where we first discuss the other anime we’ve been keeping up with this season, and then Leo’s sneaky lock tactics backfire…slightly. Recorded September 12, 2019. Timestamps: 1:44 - Nonsense (Kat parties in Montreal, Leo’s ready for Borderlands 3, and Bcom takes Control) 20:52 - How Heavy are the Dumbbells You Lift? (Ep. 6) 31:41 - O Maidens in Your Savage Season (Ep. 6) 42:26 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Ep. 19) 58:25 - BEM (Ep. 5-6) 1:05:39 - Commercial Break 1:07:17 - Dr. STONE (Ep. 6) 1:22:16 - Given (Ep. 6) 1:33:16 - The Demon Girl Next Door (Ep. 6) 1:40:59 - Carole & Tuesday (Ep. 18) 1:53:05 - Midseason Cuts Social media and podcast links: https://linktr.ee/nerdomandothernonsense