Sometimes, your favorite anime show decides it wants to be deep, meaningful, or just look smart, so it’ll throw in some philosophical ramblings in there. Or it’ll just quote people who actually knew how to do this whole philosophy thing. Or it’ll throw random-ass visuals in your face and pretend it means anything. So, who better to tear this pretentious gobbledygook apart than the good folks at The Other Side? For this episode, Cody is joined by special guest co-host Max Vader, a student in philosophy himself, to give added insight into just how much these terribly pretentious shows fail miserably at being anything more than a joke. Also, watch, as Cody spends much of the latter portion of the episode fumbling to find his words, learning that doing a podcast at 4 in the morning is never a good idea…!