Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

On this, Gone Fishin'!'s first voyage, let's dip our toes into Fate/Grand Order! In this supposed entry point to the Fate series, I try desperately to escape the land of bad art, Marie Antoinette fails the Bechdel test, and I ask a desperate question: What the hell is a Spiritron Dive?

Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash!

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Next week: A whole new voyage across unknown seas! Whaling, but if the whaling was for jpegs! ash gets into some gachas!

Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash.

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode is about a NSFW game and contains explicit sexual content. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Timestamp for the skip-ahead mentioned in the episode is 1:27:34.

For our fourth and final (for now!?) stop on the Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of NU:Carnival, a sensual place of smooth men- smooth physically, not so much in the talking department. Guided by our local expert Harry, we take a look at Quincy, and more importantly his furry pet Topper, and I am asked a frankly embarassing question: Can you tell if this smooth man is a top or a bottom? Can you pass the yaoi test?

...I'm really not kidding about that NSFW content warning, by the way. The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash!

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For our third stop on the Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of Bandori BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! A rockin' place of teenage girls jammin' out and makin' friends. Guided by our local expert Frankie, we take a look at two seperate characters, Misaki Okusawa and the pink bear Michelle, and ask a puzzled question: Why do you never see these two in the same room together? Do they not like each other or something?

...We will not back down from the position that this bit is funny. The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash!

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For our second stop on The Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of World Flipper, an electrifying place of cool guys turning into adorable little pixel art pinballs. Guided by our local expert Tam, we take a look at like, SO many different guys, and ask about a lot of them a thrilled question: How do you think she does it? I don't know! What makes her SO good?

...It's a Pinball Wizard reference. A reference to Pinball Wizard by The Who. The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash!

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For our first stop on The Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of Project Sekai, a sparkling place of idols, dreams, and 45 degree angles. Guided by our local expert Birb, we take a look at Haruka Kiritani, and ask her a guiding question: Hey girl, have you noticed that your friend Minori is like, REALLY into you? Has this clicked for you?

...I may get a little bit too mad about framing in this one. The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash!

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In this episode, we revisit Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA: Licht - The Nameless Girl to zoom in on Kuro, the girlkissing demon girl- and considering how badly this went for us last time, we ask a pleading question: Can you please not be that bad? Can you please just be kind of normal?

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In this episode, our second of our Limbus Company season, we zoom in on the flirtatious and charming gambler and... well, axe murderer Rodion, aka Rodya, and ask ourselves a dubiously respectful question: Should you pay attention to a woman's great assets or to her greataxes? Well, why not both?

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In this super special birthday episode, featuring furry art expert guest Harry, we zoom in on the fuzzy young tigress and lady-aspirant Hannah, and whisper into your ear a most temptuous question: Isn't being human just the worst, actually? Don't you just feel like an animal?

Editor's Note: This episode was recorded under suboptimal conditions and so it's a bit echo-y sometimes. You have to be nice to me about this it's my birthday

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In this episode, a loose episode, we zoom in on the first of several Code Geass crossover characters, the demure schoolgirl/firery mech pilot Kallen Kozuki, and ask a potentially life saving question: What do you do when you encounter a bear in the woods and don't have the proper equipment? WE ARE NOT BEAR EXPERTS THIS ADVICE IS INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

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