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Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 7-9: Yuri Juri

We return this week with our 100th episode! Wow! That’s a lot of podcasting! We celebrate our 100th episode by completely forgetting about it and instead Joe talks about making a sandwich and Sarah talks about the upcoming season of Survivor. Then in Revolutionary Girl Utena it’s time to meet Juri and her tragic backstory that for once, correctly does a love triangle. You love to see it. Then Utena and Anthy switch bodies in our wacky second episode. Then lastly, Saionji gets more screen time as he decides that he is the protagonist of the show actually. There’s no way he’s being manipulated by friend, right? No way, Friendship is eternal!

Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 5-6: Raging Bull

Happy Year of the Horse everyone! We’re riding up on episode 99 this week. So close to landmark 100! Joe discusses his new roommate and lunar new year’s party while Sarah talks about adult sleep overs and running in jeans.In Utena, Mickey and Utena face off. We learn that Mickey has a lot of ideas about things that may or may not be true. Then Nanami decides to protect herself from wild animals by getting a rather young boyfriend. Surely this will turn out okay!

Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 3-4: Dorm Room Zoo

Its back to school life for Utena in our latest episodes. But in the real world, we catch up and talk about our various goings-ons. In Revolutionary Girl Utena it’s time to party! Anthy gets nominated to be dance queen and becomes friends with Nanami, sure hope that goes well for her! Meanwhile utena gets more quality time with Touga because her memory is worse than we expected. Then we meet the rest of the student council starting with nice boy Mickey. He says he won’t duel Utena, so I guess we’re safe this week!

Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 1-2: Troupe Tropes

Content Warning: Physical AbuseThis week we start a new show! But first, Sarah and Joe catch up on what’s been happening. Joe has gone to the opera and Sarah considers her reality tv watching diet.Then we start Revolutionary Girl Utena with episode 1 and 2. Our hero Utena is a simple middle school girl. She goes to class, hangs out with her friend, gets involved in duels, climbs a million stairs, gets engaged. Normal stuff!

My Happy Marriage S2 Ep 12-13: Gun to a Swordfight

This week we say goodbye to Miyo and the gang until the season 3 specials. In real life Joe is cat sitting for his GF and learns the dangers of letting a cat physically sit on you. Meanwhile, Sarah has been hanging out and watching some horror movies. Then we talk about American animation studios for a solid ten minutes, as one does.Then we finish off My Happy Marriage, we wrap up the Naoshi arc rather easily as Arata remembers that he’s a good guy actually and Miyo and Naoshi try to change each other’s minds. Then in the finale, Kiyoka and Miyo set their affairs in order so they can retire to a nice quiet life with each other. Next time, we watch Revolutionary Girl Utena, which you can watch here.