Don’t worry! Why? Because we are here to talk about your favorite shonen manga, My Hero Academia! Time for us to go plus-ultra in discussing the reason behind this show’s popularity, our favorite heroes and quirks, and then examine how ‘quirks’ relate to contemporary issues with discrimination and inequality we see in today’s society. After listening in on this week’s council session, let us know what your quirk would be!

Akbar Tsai's 'Touch You' Guitar Cover

SALE! Well, not really. Come on down to Simp City for this week’s sale, er discussion, of Octopimp’s fandub of the anime Free!: 50% Off. This cult classic of a fandub delivers iconic lines and scenes like no other and we literally cannot stop gushing over it. We also discuss what fandub brings to fandom and the effect of subcultural poaching on original/content creators. Check this episode out, otherwise you’ll owe Easter Dave a favor and you do not want to be in that position!

Octopimp's 50% Off Playlist

Akbar Tsai's 'Touch You' Guitar Cover

On this week’s podcast, we continue with the theme of love! Well, Boys' Love that is. That’s right, we investigate the rise of gay love in modern society and in the realm of fandom. We discuss our favorite boy’s love stories, how Instagram quenches our thirst, and examine common issues brought up in BL. We also hear from Emylia, who has many experiences in the realm of boys' love, and is our first Simp City Resident guest host! The episode then rounds off with a delightful game of simp-themed mad libs! Happy Boys' Love y’all!

Akbar Tsai's "Touch You" Guitar Cover 

Happy Valentine’s Day fellow love-struck simps! Emma and Izzy decided to curate a lovely mixtape to show our love for you (and to inspire the imagination)! We have seven cute songs prepared for you based on the theme ‘Imagine you’re on a date with your preferred bae(s).’ We hope these easy listening songs will be the perfect accompaniment for a day spent by yourself (daydreaming about being with your baes) or a Valentine’s Day actually spent with a loved one! (You lucky bastards!)

Featured Songs:

Sweet Girl - B1A4

You Belong with Me - Taylor Swift

Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Dimple - BTS

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Unconditionally - Katy Perry

Complete Me - Rocky

Merry Simpmas our fellow simps! Celebrate the holiday season with Izzy and Emma as we discuss shipping! In the theme of giving and ‘shipping’ presents to our loved ones, we debate the ins and outs of shipping in fandoms and where our love for shipping falls! We also briefly discuss fandom holiday specials (like mini-bangs and Yuletide!) and what’s on our very own Simpmas wishlists!

Check out the articles we discuss in the episode here:

https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/shippers-on-shipping

https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/669

Happy Simpsgiving dear residents! Join us as we talk about what we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. We discuss what we enjoy about simping, fandoms, and how much we appreciate content creators and the people in fandoms themselves. This episode is very much meant to be a catch-all, as we discuss many topics near and dear to us: anime baes, BTS, and fandoms in general. Join us in celebrating Simp City’s first holiday and let us know what you’re thankful for this Simpsgiving. 

Yuri!!! On Ice is such a fun and iconic anime that we just could not miss a chance to simp about it. Not to mention it was the first anime that we watched together! We had a wonderful time dissecting the plot, talking about what makes the show so gay, and have some fun guessing Yuri on Ice characters through a Tinder-themed game. Listen in to our many thoughts about asses, realistic figure skating, and the beauty of Yuri and Viktor’s relationship. We are truly just doing our community a favor by over-analyzing this gay icon of a show.

For this episode, we’re doing something a little different. We’re introducing Simp City’s first and only radio station, 106.9 Simp FM! This station is catered to simps and music lovers alike and is only available in our fine Simp City. Your DJ’s, us respectively, will curate fun and jamming playlists that are perfect for crafting simp-tastic scenarios in your head! Today’s session: “Finding Out Your Anime Crush Likes You Back.” So sit back, relax, and indulge in your deepest desires.

Playlist: 

Tessa Violet - Crush

Campus - Vampire Weekend

The Feels - Twice

I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen

Jenny - Studio Killers

Oh darling - plug in stereo, cady groves

Love - MAMAMOO (from Goblin soundtrack)

I’m Yours/Perfect Two - Jason Mraz/Auburn Mashup

Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz

Blueberry Eyes - MAXX feat. Suga

Sakura Kiss (OHSHC opening theme)

BTS: Ddaeng! Listen in on our first simp session over the multi-talented, inspirational, and lovable boys of Bangtan Sonyeondan. We discuss our biases, the incredible impact of BTS and their careers, and our favorite songs. At the end we take two quizzes to find out 1) which BTS member we are and 2) who our best friend, enemy, and soulmates would be! We don’t need Permission to Simp!

Disclaimer: In our excitement, we fudged some dates for BTS songs. While we try our best to be accurate, we recognize that we are not always correct. For example, Dope was not released in 2013 like Emma said, it was published in 2015. Thank you all for understanding.

Kiss Kiss: Simp with Us! Simp with us over the OHSHC characters and having a reverse harem. Izzy and Emma bring forth on their agenda the important conversation of Ouran High School, polyamory and consent, and what it means to have a reverse harem. The end of the council session proposes a census concerning Would You Rather scenarios that is highly encouraged for listeners to take part in so Izzy and Emma can get a better demographic of our wonderful residents. Please carefully think over the questions we posed and feel free to give feedback.