Never forget - it's not over 'til it's OVA!

For a bit of fun between seasons, we sat down to watch Trails in the Sky: The Animation, the 2011-2012 Original Video Animation made to celebrate Falcom's 30th anniversary. But that's not all! We also invited Mischa Stanton, co-host of the Simple & Clean podcast and audio editrix extraordinaire with the Multitude podcast collective, to watch it with us as their very first exposure to the Trails series. 

Does this movie make any sense? Does it tell the story of (some of) Trails in the Sky accurately?? And what are YOU willing to do for foley, when the chips are down? 

We ask all this and more, as we see just how far Mischa's media literacy can get them when dropped into the middle of this goof-ass story.

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Trails in the Sky: The Animation!

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com 

Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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🎵 As we go on, we remember
All the doors we did together 🎶

It's ovah! Sky 3rd! The Sky Trilogy! It's ovah!!

One final push to the Lord of Phantasma, then it's time to go home to Liberl. Are we forgetting anybody?

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The end of the Finale of Trails in the Sky the 3rd!

「 LINKS 」

Marvelous USA's Trails localisation blogs
"The Post-Persona Void" on Flow State, by Lex and (Other) Matt! 

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Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com 

Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening! We'll see you next season for Trails from Zero, as we begin the Crossbell Duology xoxo

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It's almost time to sail off to the big big bad of the game! Now's your last chance to level up, kit out the party, dive into the literal depths of Hell, and explore magical memory doors that dive into some seriously hardcore business.

CW: this week's Star Door 15 is pretty heavy stuff, listener beware! 
This door will discuss/reference childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking and self-harm. Please take care of yourself, and feel free to skip this chapter of the episode if that's the right choice for you xoxo we love you all

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Finale Chapter - until you reach the point of no return, boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

「 LINKS 」

Matt's Rhythm Paradise Groove review at Stevivor
Matt's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review at Stevivor

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Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com 

Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

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We're finishing the game baybee

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We've been enjoying all the delicious goodness that Sky the 3rd has to offer for the last few months, and now? It's time to eat our vegetables.

It's the Sum Door Sunnary! I mean, the Sun Door Summary. Yeah, that one.

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All five Sun Doors!

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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Finale Chapter - until you reach the point of no return, boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

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It's time to look to the past, where everything was fine and nobody has a traumatic backstory that informs their personality or personal motivations. 

It's fine!! Welcome to Literal Hell.

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Chapter 7! Just the whole dang thing.

「 LINKS 」

big_thumb.mp3 - Into the Aether's Nintendo Direct episode

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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Next week - all the Sun Doors!

The week after - Finale Chapter, until you reach the point of no return boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

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This week, Lex and Matt put everything on the line to answer the age-old question: how long can you talk about the Trails series on-mic for, before you kinda just absolutely lose your mind?

(Turns out it's about three hours and forty-four minutes.)

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The end of Chapter 6!

Star Doors 10, 11 and 12. Make sure to do them before finishing the chapter!!

「 LINKS 」

Heaven's Vault, by Inkle
Why Does Tupac Shakur’s Inclusion in Stranger Than Heaven Feel So Much Worse Than Other Posthumous Representations in Games? from JetsonPlaysGame
Feels Bad, Man from Aftermath
Matt's guest episode about JRPGs on Simple and Clean: A Kingdom Hearts Podcast!

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

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Chapter 7! The whole thing.

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It's busy busy busy this week in Sky the 3rd! We've got multiple dungeons, of varyingly clear rule sets! We've got party control in a Trails game at a previously unknown level!! AND we've got a bunch of new magical memory doors, who won't let us through without their bizarre demands being met.

Totally unrelated, but how's your bank balance looking these days?

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Chapter 6, until we reach a boss fight past a red door, on the roof!
Star Doors 8 and 9
Moon Door 5

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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The rest of Chapter 6!

Star Doors 10, 11 and 12. Make sure to do them before finishing the chapter!

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Things are heating up in the Hermit's Garden! The star of the show is finally here and aren't we glad to have her. But wait, there's more to come - both those and this week's Memory Doors are some real curveballs, let me tell you.  

I was wearing a shirt and slacks!

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All of Chapter 5!
Moon Door 4

Star Doors 6 and 7

「 LINKS 」

Matt's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book review at Stevivor

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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Chapter 6, until we reach a boss fight... on a roof... past a red door. Very mysterious!

Star Doors 8 and 9
Moon Door 5

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Wife Guy (noun): A masc-presenting individual, who builds his goals and choices around adoring his femme-presenting romantic partner. Prioritises her needs above his own with a sense of great satisfaction.

Example: "Men will leave on a solo, continent-spanning Depression Tour to fight a clandestine organisation rather than admit they're a wife guy who needs therapy."

Look a lot of other stuff happens this week, but let's be real: the BRIGHTest moment happens right at the end ;)

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The end of Chapter 4
Moon Door 1, Part 2
Moon Door 2

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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All of Chapter 5!

Moon Door 4
Star Doors 6 and 7

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Some dude in a weird hat told me to go to the path of beasts, but where are all the beasts? I just keep finding doors full of my friends' character development... 

Does anyone have a map? A diagram? Something Vitruvian, maybe?

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Sky 3rd Chapter 4, until we receive and hatch a new sealing stone

Moon Door 3
Star Doors 4 and 5

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Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh

Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod 

Thanks for listening!

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Sky 3rd, the rest of Chapter 4

Moon Door 1 Part 2, and Moon Door 2

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