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ANGLER FISH... and I'm sure we talk about other stuff in this episode. We add another Alex to our guest roster and he tells us about other horny cosmic robot shows.

Check out his work here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SocraTetris

Zero Two is catatonic, nothing will grow, and Nana has lost her sense of purpose. Lot's of problems, and none of them can be solved with high tech magma weaponry :-( Friend of the show Tonya returns and helps us map Hamlet onto Franxx.

Check out her work on ShakesPod's Titus Andronicus:

https://anchor.fm/svshakes/episodes/Episode-18-TITUS-ANDRONICUS-e13ruoq

VIRM is revealed! The trap is sprung!! The mirror is in place! Hayden Workman returns as a guest and brings along his WeBAG cohost Patrick. Alex finally gets the chance to talk about Inanna and Ereshkigal, and what connection these Sumerian godesses have on our tale.

Check out Patrick and Hayden's work here:

https://www.facebook.com/badatgamescast

or

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-bad-at-games/id1275373713

Th8a joins us for the twisty-turny final act reveal! We delve deep within the earth and focus our sights on the stars as Hiro and Zero Two are torn apart once more. Special thanks to Ben for the editing on this episode :::.-)

Check out Th8a's work on Twitch and Youtube:

https://www.twitch.tv/nearlyonred

https://www.youtube.com/c/NearlyOnRed

Time to go back in time to the far future flashback past year of 2025! A young Werner Frank is in hot water for illegal cloning and an unknown organization called APE makes themselves known to the world. Join the pals along with fabulous guests Sophie and Sin of the Snack Covenant as we sift through this massive exposition dump that somehow manages to be hilarious and tragic.

Always check out Sin and Sophie at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SinclairLore

At last, the moment this has all been leading up to. That's right folks, we're throwing a wedding! Miki of Anime Slam joins us to pick apart this juicy episode and faun over the best Ikuno scene in the series.

Check out Miki's stuff wherever you find podcasts, and definitely check out Miki's video on sexuality in Franxx here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzjrXnyTkuA

OH MY GOSH SO MUCH HAPPENS! Ikuno gets to narrate! The Nines show up to spy! Kokoro gets fresh with Mitsuru and Hiro draws a shitty picture! We are joined by Allen of Reimaru files and he educates us on some of this eden imagery we seem to be up to our eyeballs in.

Check out his stuff at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/reimaru

and

https://www.reimarufiles.com/

Like sands through the hour glass, so go the child soldiers of the future. Let's take the time to reestablish the stakes before we go into the final climactic story arc. We are joined by our stalwart comrade Damian!

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The team is divided, our heroes distraught. The battle lines are drawn and we finally put eyes on the Gran Crevasse. Pete LePage of Comic Book Club joins us to discuss the stunning actions shots and very human stakes of this climactic episode.

Check out Pete's massive library of work at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/ComicBookClub

We talked so much with Th8a Wakes that we needed to split the episode. This one has talk about the Bokkuko character trope/archetype, The Golden Bough, and a whole bunch of spoiler talk and gushing towards the ends. The PenPenPals wish everyone safe travels and warm homes as we move into winter.

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