The Fruitscast

Content warning: discussion of emotional and physical child abuse (specifically by the parents), brief nonspecific discussion of disordered eating

Have you been wondering what Rin's deal is? Time to find out. This is probably the heaviest episode so far, and maybe even in the whole series. In order to cope, we talk a lot about an overly-animated kiss.

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"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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School trip, school trip! Time to visit Katie's favorite city, Kyoto, and just have a grand old time. Featuring: mitarashi dango, a human-voiced cat (no, not Kyo), and Yuki continuing to learn how to love himself.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tohru is still doing her best to meddle, and this time she's going to go see Kureno. Along the way, she bumps into Momiji's tragic backstory, literally.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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It's finally time for the parent-teacher conferences, which unfortunately means it's time to meet Yuki's mom. She's bad, but thankfully, other people in Yuki's life are really pretty great. Also, we're so proud of these kids.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Rin and Haru return to the spotlight! Meanwhile, Tohru visits her grandpa and unearths some unhappy memories.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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We finally meet the rest of the student council, a unique bunch of volatile personalities. We also discuss the importance of Kakeru in the story and how amazing and wonderful his friendship with Yuki is, you GUYS, it's SO GOOD!

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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It's time to revisit Hatori and Kana's very sad backstory, this time through the lens of Kana's best friend: Mayu, the homeroom teacher.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Everybody welcome Kagura back to the show! Is her backstory tragic and/or interesting enough to make up for her past nonsense? Depends on who you ask, I guess. More importantly, we get some juicy details on just what exactly the curse is.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week, we unveil our master plan for defeating Akito, as well as discussing Mogeta for really far too long (read: at all). Meanwhile, Tohru finally meets every member of the Zodiac.

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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CW: Suicide, mentioned occasionally throughout and specifically from 22:50 to 23:17

Kyo gets his time in the spotlight, which he would probably prefer not to have, because it involves dredging up a lot of past trauma. Also, is there magic in this show? We may never be sure!

Intro and outro music:

"Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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