We are back from Christmas break, come catch up on everything we did. From Watching Sonic 3 in theaters to reading a new manga, hunting game trophies and playing new games from the beginning. And of coarse, as always, all the latest chapters!!

Time Stamps!
0:00-5:40 Back from Christmas break
5:40-16:50 Thibond saw Sonic 3
16:50-19:35 Thibond beat Persona 3 Reload and missed 1 trophy
19:35-29:50 Ys X Nordic
29:50-1:09:15 Trophy Hunting
1:09:15-1:14:30 Spy x Family (Chapter 108)
1:14:30-1:26:25 Thibond read "The Extra Academy Survival Guide (Chapters 1-38)
1:26:25-1:29:15 Manga/Manwha titles are out of hand
1:29:15-1:32:50 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 37)
1:32:50-1:43:30 Dandadan Season ending and Chapter 
1:43:30-1:47:15 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 119)
1:47:15-1:57:50 Random Kingdom Hearts Segway 
1:57:50-End Kagurabachi (Chapter 62)

Aliens, useless party members, and manga, oh my!

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro & More PoE2       
14:05 Thibond's Game Plans & Atlas and Square Enix RPG's      
30:55 Twitter Sucks & Mystery Drones      
49:40 The Fermi Paradox        
1:03:09 Peaking In At Shojo Null's Ending (Spoilers)     
1:05:25 Dandadan Ch 177     
1:13:00 Winter Anime Season & Best Selling Manga 2024          
1:27:52 Critical Roll      
1:36:32 KaguraBachi Ch 61      
1:50:41 Misc One Piece Stuffz & The Faces Behind Manga     
2:04:07 Wild Strawberry Ch 36

Path of exile early access came out and Kuhaku has been all over it! Marvel Rivals also released and is preforming very well. We talk about certain live service games that will never die and of coarse all the weekly chapters!

Time Stamps:
0:00-22:30 Path of Exile 2
22:30-40:40 Games that will never die
40:40:1:05:50 Marvel Rivals and Atlas games
1:05:50-1:16:00 Centuria (Chapters 24-26)
1:16:00-1:20:45 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 118)
1:20:45-1:25:00 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 186)
1:25:00-1:32:15 Astrobaby (Chapter 24)
1:32:15-1:36:00 Dandadan (Chapter 176)
1:36:00-1:40:45 Dandadan anime episode
1:40:45-1:42:50 Kuhaku started Beastar's season 3
1:42:50-End Kagurabachi (Chapter 60)

Lots of melodrama in The Boys and regular drama in Predecessor. Slow week on manga but KaguraBachi comes through as always~


Timestamps:             
00:00 Gaming Woes & Big Releases     
15:59 Salty Gamer Tears in Predecessor         
48:32 KaguraBachi Ch 59 & Anime Announcement       
1:07:50 Gokurakugai Ch 21     
1:11:33 Wild Strawberry Ch 35         
1:13:03 Centuria Ch 21       
1:22:01 The Boys Season 4  

Dynasty Warriors Origins had a demo come out this past week ad we both played it!!! Thibond started The First Descendant and Kuhaku watched Look back! And as always all the weekly chapters!

Time stamps:

0:00-2:45 Short on chapters this week
2:45-21:30 Dynasty Warriors Origins Demo
21:30-24:25 Path of Exile 2
24:25-39:00 First Descendant is just Warframe 
39:00-48:00 Diablo 4 and PoE 2
48:00-1:02:57 Battle passes and spending money on games 
1:02:57-1:07:40 Kagurabachi (Chapter 58.1)
1:07:40-1:12:00 Dandadan Episode
1:12:00-1:17:05 Kuhaku watched Look Back
1:17:05-1:28:50 Back to Dandadan 
1:28:50-1:37:20 Minor Sakamoto and Magi talk
1:37:20- Astrobaby (Chapter 23)
1:43:25-1:46:50 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 185)
1:46:50-End Centuria (Chapters 18-20)

Hokazono blasts all our expectations and predictions away in the new KaguraBachi while Renji does what Renji does best, bleeds for the cause.


Timestamps:   
00:00 The Boys & Invincible    
7:23 Tower of God making Kuhaku lose his mind / Fairy Tale falloff    
20:51 Dub VA's / Fishman Remake      
33:59 Dandadan Newest Episode    
46:39 Bleach Newest Episode & More     
1:14:44 Centuria Chs 15-17    
1:22:25 Chainsaw Man Ch 184    
1:48:29 KaguraBachi Ch 58      

Kuhaku finished watching the Fall Out Tv series, coming see is thoughts! We take a step out of the normal and discuss how people today are not smarter now then they were ages ago, but simply more educated on a broader basis. And of coarse as always, all the weekly manga chapter! 

Time Stamps:
0:00-7:10 Kuhaku finished the Fallout tv series
7:10-23:15 Vampire Survivors and new Monster Hunter mobile game
23:15-39:15 Wanting to get Metaphor and other games
39:15-1:03:30 Technology and how people today are not smarter then in the past
1:03:30-1:07:50 Chainsaw Man (Chapter 183)
1:07:50-1:10:50 Goth Mikasa is God's gift
1:10:50-1:18:20 Bad manga Endings of 2025
1:18:20-1:23:55 Astrobaby (Chapter 22)
1:23:55-1:26:10 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 34)
1:26:10-1:33:30 Dandadan *peak* (Chapter 174)
1:33:30-1:36:35 Kaiju no.8 (Chapter 117)
1:36:35-1:42:40 Kagurabachi (Chapter 57)
1:42:40-1:53-30 Centuria (Chapters 12-15)
1:53:30-End New Sakamoto trailer and more PowerPoint from Blue lock.

Light on chapters but dense in bangers this week with CSM and Kagurabachi. Also a whooooole lot of MTG nostalgia with the new set coming.


Timestamps:   
00:00 Intro & Gokurakugai Ch 22  
8:39 Centuria  Chs 11-12
14:48 Chainsaw Man Ch 182
22:23 KaguraBachi Ch 56   
37:34 Dandadan Ch 173    
58:56 Pom Poko & Ghibli Movies   
1:09:53 One Piece Anime 
1:19:11 Sonic Movies    
1:22:46 Magic The Gathering: Crossovers, New Set, and Nostalgia   
1:47:46 The #1 Diablo Player & More MTG  

Dandadan anime continues to check off all the right boxes while Bluelock checks off all tyhe wrong ones. Bleach adds more new content to the TYBW arc and we had another great week of chapters!

Time Stamps:
0:00-7:50 Kuhaku went on a stay-cation
7:50-11:50 Dandadan (Episode 4)
11:50-25:00 Bleach TYBW Cour 3
25:00-29:15 Blue Lock season 3
29:15-35:50 Dandadan (Chapter 172)
35:50-40:15 Kaiju No. 8 (Chapter 116)
40:15-1:09:30 Old school anime filters were amazing, video games.... not so much
1:09:30-1:11:30 Spy x Family (Chapter 107)
1:11:30-1:13:40 Astro Baby (Chapter 21)
1:13:40-1:16:15 Wild Strawberry (Chapter 33)
1:16:15- 1:24:25 Kagurabachi (Chapter 55)
1:24:25-1:29:05 Centuria (Chapters 8 and 9)
1:29:05-1:41:10 Magi (Chapters 46-50)
1:41:10-End Hunter x Hunter is back