Ghost Divers – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Hello and welcome to Ghost Divers, an anime podcast with Connor and Niamh. In this introduction to the podcast, we go over the general format and idea for the show, and we also take a moment to talk a little bit about ourselves and what we hope we can offer!

Special thanks to theimpliedbear for the use of their song "First" off of their album With Us?.

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"It is a time when, even if nets were to guide all consciousness that had been converted to photons and electrons toward coalescing, standalone individuals have not yet been converted into data to the extent that they can form unique components of a larger complex."

Dive into Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex!

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[S1E1] Intro: November 27, 2020
[S1E2] Eps. 1–6: December 11, 2020
[S1E3] Eps. 7–13: December 25, 2020
[S1E4] Eps. 14–19: January 8, 2021
[S1E5] Eps. 20-26: January 22, 2021
[S1E6] Question Bucket: February 5, 2021

“Ghost in the Shell: the Major’s Body (3)” by Claire Napier (full series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

“The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” by Walter Benjamin

“Beyond the Image in Benjamin and Bazin: The Aura of the Event” by Monica Dall’Asta, published in Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife

“Entomology of the Pinup Girl” from What is Cinema?, vol. 2 by André Bazin

“The Ontology of the Photographic Image” from What is Cinema?, vol. 1 by André Bazin

The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler

Kino-Eye by Dziga Vertov

The Political Unconscious by Fredric Jameson

Gore / Head Trauma
Violence / State Violence
Suicide (esp. Eps. 3 & 22)
Torture / Violence Against Women / Snuff Films / Terrorism (esp. Ep. 10)
Sexual Harassment / Abuse / Rape in a Medical Context (esp. Ep. 22)
Dyadism / Sexism
Sexuality / Partial Nudity
Cloning
Ableism (esp. Ep. 11)
Rapid Flashing / Loud Noises / Rapid Gunfire

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In what is most certainly the rowdiest, most chaotic episode yet, the Ghost Divers are joined by special guest and person who is hosting this podcast on their network in the first place so how is Niamh ever going to say no to them, Autumn Blake!

But before Autumn hops on the call, Niamh and Connor start out with just the regular amount of rowdiness and chaos and get right into the Cro High questions. We start out talking about some of our favorite bits from the show, get waylaid by Niamh’s laundry tips, and then dive into the gender happening in Cro High, vibes you get as a trans person about whether or not a creator would hate you, Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive trilogy, Cro High’s potential debt to Utena, our favorite cuss word, finding a shared sense of humor with others, etc.

Then Autumn joins for our discussion of Final Fantasy 8 and things immediately escalate into a rollicking discussion touching on NORG, which Gundam characters would kiss the homies goodnight, which FF8 characters would kiss the homies goodnight, which Eva characters would kiss the homies goodnight, Niamh’s FF7 OTP, the era of PS1 JRPGs and why they could be weirder back then, how you used to be able to just make bad games and movies, memories of watching friends play Final Fantasy games, the overwhelming adolescence of FF8, more of Niamh’s OTPs, the merciless systems of FF8, breaking JRPGs, the era of guidebooks, etc.

We eventually move on to talking about Gaylord Phoenix, 100 Crushes, and queer alt comics in general, especially around themes like the inadequacy of language to talk about queerness and different approaches to trying to talk about this inadequacy anyway, revisiting queer books from the year you came out, Connor’s ongoing role as Niamh’s token cis straight white dude friend, the value of libraries, how to try to get into queer comics, etc.

Anyway, go buy the unofficial official shirt of Ghost Divers:
https://shop.grapevine.is/products/milf-short-sleeve-unisex-t-shirt

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I don’t read theory not even Marx I have never even heard of Hegelian dialectics.

Brief mentions of self-harm
Mention of bedbugs
Discussions vaguely around transphobia
Just lots and lots of swearing in this one
Including Niamh saying the f-slur a bunch because fae reclaims it
Sexual references
Mention of bodies being destroyed
Alcohol

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0:07:48: Synopses
0:18:04: Chapter 62 discussion
1:08:28 Chapter 63 discussion
1:50:30 Chapter 64 discussion
2:33:49 Chapter 65 discussion
3:33:11 Plugs and outro
3:45:33 Post-ED chat

OP: "Your Guitar" by Shonen Knife
ED: "What to say" by Aiha Higurashi

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Childhood abandonment
Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia
Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior
Cheating and infidelity
Deception and stalking
Eating disorders
Sex and sexuality
Self-harm, suicide, drowning
Death
Sexism
Alcohol

0:08:21 Synopses
0:16:42 Chapter 66 discussion
0:51:46 Chapter 67 discussion
1:13:51 Chapter 68 discussion
1:54:20 Chapter 69 discussion
2:32:51 Takumi discussion
4:09:29 Plugs and outro
3:45: Post-ED chat

OP: "My Funny Valentine" by Buck-Tick
ED: "I'm addicted to you" by Anna Tsuchiya

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Self-harm, suicide, drowning
Extensive discussion of suicical ideationbr> Death
Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia
Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma
Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior
Cheating and infidelity
Misogyny and sexism
Sex and sexuality, including high school sexuality and explicit talk about cum
Drug use
Alcohol

0:06:19 Synopses
0:21:57 Chapter 70 discussion
1:11:13 Chapter 71 discussion
1:56:09 Chapter 72 discussion
2:38:27 Chapter 73 discussion
3:25:53 Plugs and outro
3:45: Post-ED chat

OP: "Shadow of love" by Olivia Lufkin
ED: "Cut me free" by Olivia Lufkin

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Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior
Sexual assault/rape
Self-harm, suicide, drowning
Death
Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia
Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma
Cheating and infidelity
Divorce
Misogyny and sexism
Sex and sexuality
Drug use and addiction
Kidnapping victims
Alcohol

0:07:20 Synopses
0:22:42 Discussion of the volume overall
0:35:48 Chapter 74 discussion
1:23:36 Chapter 75 discussion
2:02:34 Chapter 76 discussion
2:41:08 Chapter 77 discussion
3:31:29 Plugs and outro
3:41:12 Post-ED chat

OP: "Fuckin' Blue" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
ED: "My Way" by Mika Nakashima

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Death, fatal car crash
Drug use and addiction
Self-harm, suicide, drowning
Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma
Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior
Sexual assault/rape
Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia
Cheating and infidelity
Divorce, messy breakups
Misogyny and sexism
Sex and sexuality
Kidnapping victims
Alcohol

0:12:26: Looking back on the series as a whole
0:27:51 Synopses
0:35:38 Some discussion of the volume overall
0:40:43 Chapter 78 discussion
1:26:47 Chapter 79 discussion
1:58:02 Chapter 80 discussion
2:39:28 Discussion of uncollected chapters 81-84
3:18:29 Plugs and outro
Post-ED chat

OP: "Punk Mushi no Onna" by Jun Togawa
ED: "If we belong" by Aiha Higurashi

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Death, fatal car crash
Funeral, unfinished business, extreme grief
Discussion of details of a brutal and disfiguring death on a dead body
Drug use and addiction
Suicide, self-harm, drowning
Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma
Abusive relationships, manipulation, controlling behavior
Cheating and infidelity
Divorce, messy breakups
Misogyny and sexism
Sex and sexuality
Mental illness and distress
Self-starvation
Alcohol

One! Two! Three! Four!

In the moonlit white forest,
I am burrowing into tree roots
where many cicadas will emerge.
Ah ah!

This is the image of me as I reach my final metamorphosis
from thinking too many thoughts of you.
In the moonlit frozen forest,
I am an insect woman drinking tree sap.

When at last
you finally notice me
with my amber stomach,
the girl who transformed into an insect,
parasitized by a strange grass
growing stems of sorrow from her amber back.

0:03:38: Draft
1:34:48: Getting to the rest of the emails...
3:39:41: Plugs and outro
3:47:16: Post-ED chat

OP: "Platonic" by Aiha Higurashi
ED: "MOON LIGHT" by Buck-Tick

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Some use of the f-slur
Mention of suicide and self-harm
Misogyny and sexism
Childhood abandonment, neglect trauma
Sex and sexuality
Mention of child sexual abuse/grooming
Mental illness and distress
Alcohol

We finally return to watch Psycho-Pass: The Movie!

00:20:07: Synopsis
00:31:48: Discussion
02:11:27: Outro
02:29:02: Post-ED discussion

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Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnés de la Terre (The Wretched of the Earth), 1961.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract, 1762.

Body horror, exploding bodies
Police violence and brutality
Military violence, massacres, and genocide
Gun violence
Racism & colonialism