Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

In this episode, following last week's watchalong, we zoom in on Toki (from Toki(and Saki(Side A))) the thigh-loving and future-seeing chronically ill girl who was on the brink of death in her second year of highschool, and ash asks a sanity-check question: Hey, what's up with her weird riichi thing? Why does nobody ever talk about this? Why won't they acknowledge it's weird!? Follow along:  https...

Please join us for four episodes of Saki Episode of Side A (yes it's really called that) in an effort to make ash understand- and maybe even appreciate- an anime that they do not like. But this isn't just any four episodes of Saki: This is the Toki arc, where the stakes raise and more than just making it to finals is on the line, where the very life of girl-beloved and illness-stricken Toki Onjouj...

In this episode, our first of our Arknights/Food Fantasy season, we first zoom in on our featured duo, the partygirl priestess Pallas and the friendly- but scary- lignified lady Chishui Moth Tea, and ask: So these two are gonna kiss, right? And in our second half, a trio of consumate professionals in Sea Bream Sashimi, Turducken, and Mostima, asking: Will we be blessed by fish heaven, or damned to...

In this episode, the first episode in my heart, we zoom in on the mascot of Mahjong Soul herself, the feline of the shrine, Ichihime! And as we start our 2025 and the second year of the pawdcast, we'd like to extend a gloved hand to you and ask: Hey-nya, won't you join us for some Ichimanthropology, purr? :3 Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/Ichihime Support the show: https://ko-fi....

First and foremost, you can listen to our pilot episode of Soul Mates! Season 3, Arknights/Food Fantasy, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE: https://ko-fi.com/Post/SM-Season-3-PILOT-EPISODE-Two-Different-Kinds-Of-B0B517SCY9 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SEASON 3 SO PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. Aside from that, with a third season in the mix, a revamped Season 2 ( the Limbus Company one) format, and new, surgery-free summer...

The first anniversary of the podcast is upon us! On this humble day one year ago, we released our first episode of the show, talking about the art of the moon goddess Kaguyahime, and what better way to celebrate that than with... a tarot-based lesbian tabletop RPG about having an encounter with a goddess!? Join our hapless mortal Sarah as she gets embroiled in a plot to steal back Kaguyahime's hea...

In this episode, the last episode of the first year of the podcast, we zoom in on the second half of Yui Yagi, getting a little fantastic and a little romantic about her gorgeous ballgowns as we reflect on all we've accomplished in our debut 365 days, while Ivy asks a question she desperately needs an answer to: What actually is Sanrio? She NEEDS to know this so she knows what's appropriate to do...

In this episode, our fourth Limbus Company episode, in which we get extremely into the weeds about modernist korean poetry, we look at the scientist and ideally odd and strange man Yi Sang, and ask a question about someone that we regard as that precious: Who, or what, in this image is Yi Sang's wife? And are they about to bite him randomly all over, or...? Read this episode's official companion f...

Yi Sang, born Kim Haegyŏng, 1910-1937, was a prolific and influential Korean writer and poet during the Japanese imperial occupation of Korea. An outstanding member of the literary group Guinhoe, or the League of Nine, Yi Sang was known for his biting wit and his distinctly detatched and self-critical autobiographical style, and is an influential figure in Korean literature today. Soul Mates! is p...

In this episode, our first ever first part of a two-parter, we zoom in on the first part of Yui Yagi, estrogen-infused perpetual shy girl with a poor sense of taste but a great taste in overcoats, and ask a question that considering our proclivities we really should know the answer to: What does spironolactone do? Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/YuiYagi Support the show: https://k...

In this episode, in which we excessively discuss the creation and consumption of goop, we zoom in on the very attractive and stylish witch/teacher/herbalist Leia, who prompts us to ask a prudent question of all you fellas (gender neutral): Are you with me? Fellas, are you staying with me? Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/leia Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the...

On November 2nd, the cast of Soul Mates! will be streaming for Extra Life 2024, raising money for children's hospitals! We'll be playing Dokapon Kingdom Connect, and have a bevvy of fun donation incentives, including assigning Cute/Appealing/Kinsey numbers to guys of your choice, and making us watch another Fate movie! More information on our donation page below. Check out our Extra Life donation...

In this episode, in which we cover SEVEN outfits, we zoom in on the perpetually terrified specifically of the viewer shrine maiden Mai Aiahara, who prompts a very spooky question, when it isn't even Halloween yet: Are we sure that this girl is like, alive? Flesh and blood, and not a mere wandering spirit? Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/MaiAihara Support the show: https://ko-fi.co...

In this episode, fueled by an anime watching experience that was certainly, uhm, well, anyway, we zoom in on Washizu Iwao from mahjong anime Akagi, who plays mahjong with your blood, but not necessarily with your heart because he's kinda, well, anyway, we ask a very geometric question: What are the shapes on this man's face actually supposed to be? Why does he look so different sometimes and exact...

In this episode we watch Akagi. But more importantly, Soul Mates! is giving away 5 FREE tickets to see Smooth Hands & The Hole LIVE in concert, featuring the WORLD PREMIER of their newest single from their upcoming album! Plus, one of those winners will get a GRAND PRIZE featuring tonnes of Smooth Hands & The Hole merch, a commemerative 12" vinyl record of their first album, Show Me The Blood!  pl...

In this episode, our third Limbus Company episode, and also our longest episode ever and certainly our most infected, we look at perpetual failboy trapped in his egg Emil Sinclair, and ask a truly insane question that I promise by the end of the episode you will maybe understand: How much milk could you drink out of a woman's gambeson? Read this episode's official companion fanfic: https://archive...

In this episode, our first one back after our summer of surgical fun, we're very excited to have our friend Ema on to zoom in on Joseph, also known as Joe Ron Mike Wazowski's Dad, the fun and goofy adventurin' man, and he prompts an obvious question: Will we ever get bored of how he says word funny? Dear listener, ron? Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/joseph Support the show: https...

On this, Gone Fishin'!'s final voyage, we do the thing that Ivy has had as a called shot since day one and play Arknights! In the critically acclaimed tower defense gacha game featuring music by Mili and published by Yostar, I think that cute girl should be an old man, autobattle autobattle autobattle autobattle, cheer a lot for furries as a concept, and ask a beleaguered question: Why 14 gigabyte...

On this, Gone Fishin'!'s third voyage, we come to a well-fished harbor to take a gander at Bandori BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! In this, one of the only rhythm gacha games that is on the market which I have not played, I fistfight Apple, affirm who is and is not a freak, out myself as a fan of a particular webtoon for some reason, and ask a yet-unanswered question: When will MyGo release on the g...

On this, Gone Fishin'!'s second voyage, we cast a wide net to get a taste of Food Fantasy! In this 'Food Personified RPG', I wade through a world of inexplicable food reviews, try to take care of Peking Duck's many children, and ask a clarifying question: Is it, like, noodles? Chocolate? Cake? Cookies? Glutinous rice cake? Please, I just want to know. Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash! Follow along:...

On this, Gone Fishin'!'s first voyage, let's dip our toes into Fate/Grand Order! In this supposed entry point to the Fate series, I try desperately to escape the land of bad art, Marie Antoinette fails the Bechdel test, and I ask a desperate question: What the hell is a Spiritron Dive? Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash! Follow along: https://fategrandorder.fandom.com/wiki/Fate/Grand_Order_Wikia https...

Next week: A whole new voyage across unknown seas! Whaling, but if the whaling was for jpegs! ash gets into some gachas! Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash. Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show: https://cohost.org/soul-mates-podcast Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: https://togetherweshine.podbean.com Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarde...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode is about a NSFW game and contains explicit sexual content . Listener discretion is strongly advised. Timestamp for the skip-ahead mentioned in the episode is 1:27:34. For our fourth and final (for now!?) stop on the Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of NU:Carnival, a sensual place of smooth men- smooth physically, not so much in the talking department. Guided...

For our third stop on the Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of Bandori BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! A rockin' place of teenage girls jammin' out and makin' friends. Guided by our local expert Frankie, we take a look at two seperate characters, Misaki Okusawa and the pink bear Michelle, and ask a puzzled question: Why do you never see these two in the same room together? Do they not like e...

For our second stop on The Great Gacha World Tour, we visit the land of World Flipper, an electrifying place of cool guys turning into adorable little pixel art pinballs. Guided by our local expert Tam, we take a look at like, SO many different guys, and ask about a lot of them a thrilled question: How do you think she does it? I don't know! What makes her SO good? ...It's a Pinball Wizard referen...