What are the odds of two series both having simultaneous episodes involving an enemy who can control people with string?

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 11, Blue Exorcist 12, One Piece 703, Yu Yu Hakusho 41, Shangri-La Frontier 35, Blue Lock 31, and TNG 16.

It might've actually been a kraken, but... this makes for a better title.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 10, Blue Exorcist 11, One Piece 702, Yu Yu Hakusho 40, Shangri-La Frontier 34, Blue Lock 30, and TNG 15.

Better or worse than dream within a dream?

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 9, Blue Exorcist 10, One Piece 701, Yu Yu Hakusho 39, Shangri-La Frontier 33, Blue Lock 29, and TNG 14.

One Piece celebrates its 700th episode by... doing absolutely nothing in particular. (hopefully our episode 700, if we ever get there, will be more interesting) Meanwhile, Mashle sets up (mostly) one-on-one fights, and Shangri-La Frontier... doesn't really involve Shangri-La Frontier this episode.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 8, Blue Exorcist 9, One Piece 700, Yu Yu Hakusho 37-38, Shangri-La Frontier 32, Blue Lock 28, and TNG 13.

And now we can resume our usual coverage of the series that air on Toonami thanks to them, well, actually being aired again.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Mashle 7, Blue Exorcist 8, One Piece 699, Yu Yu Hakusho 36, Shangri-La Frontier 30-31, Blue Lock 27, and TNG 12.

We continue our Toonami-less Toonami Therapy for one more week (we'll be covering Toonami stuff again next week). Plus: Meetings!

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 35, Shangri-La Frontier 28-29, Blue Lock 26, and TNG 11.

Still no Toonami to discuss this week! But it's time to return to several series we previously watched, including an attempt to get through season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (all Star Trek discussion will be relegated to the end of the episode, for those who only are interested in anime discussion)

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Yu Yu Hakusho 34, Shangri-La Frontier 26-27, Blue Lock 25, and TNG 10.

In what is certainly one of our longest episodes ever, our hosts are counting down the series they watched this year from least favorite to favorite. Warning: Hot takes may occur. What came out on top? The answer may surprise you! (or, alternatively, it might not surprise you at all)

As usual, what we lack in number of series to discuss, we make up for with lengthy tangents.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 9-10 (end for now) and Yu Yu Hakusho 30-33.

Well, okay, it technically is.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: Invincible Fight Girl 8, Mashle 6, One Piece 698, Yu Yu Hakusho 28-29, Re:Zero 58 (end for now), Blue Exorcist 7, and Burn the Witch 2.