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| S1E38 A New Stereotype About Shirtless Men | 06 Sep 2026 | 02:06:14 | |
In this episode, the new face of sexism, we zoom in the suave and sultry serpent-sheath shirtless scoundrel Saturne, who's proportions are simply a bit suspect, and ask a sickly question: Is there really a difference between being chronically ill and being a bottom? Because, okay, I know how it sounds, but hear me out - To make sense of this episode you really should watch Demi Adejuyigbe explain Racism 2: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S3E11 The University Of Bangladesh | 24 Aug 2026 | 02:50:13 | |
In this episode, also known as "Oddly Enough,", we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the river-loving desert-roaming tomb-looting Philae, who is as gentle and kind as she is uhm I don't actually want a flyer, thanks, and the pollyp-producing prank playing pudgester Jellyfish Salad, who omg wow isn't she just so adowable I really just can't get over it, asking a game changing question: Chinese Egyptian Egyptian? Does anyone get this? Then, the worst 90s anime reboot ever with Swiss Roll, Courier, and Mullberry, asking: What if Cloud Strife was in Kingdom Hearts? Wouldn't that be crazy? Glassblower Makes Intricate Horse Effortlessly: And we are OUT of swiss rolls: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S1E37 Sabrage The Bulging Shape | 10 Aug 2026 | 01:52:52 | |
In this episode, a locked OUT one, we continue our adventures with Saki, the premier (?) mahjong anime, with the pandering pudgy protrusion penguin pedestal porting Nodoka Haramura, who plays mahjong out of passion and NOT because she's gay, and ask a question of ash to just make sure they're okay: Are you sure you like this default art piece? Like, really sure? Everything going alright at home, buddy? If you need a loser girl then you should click! This! Link! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| BONUS 14 Saki Episode of Side A Watchalong: Let The Dinner Hit The Girl...? | 02 Aug 2026 | 02:04:20 | |
A piece in three movements: Movement One, the Prelude: Dinner...? Girl...? A sparse wasteland of decimation. Bellies are unfilled, mahjong unplayed. The seasons roll on with no regard for human suffering. Movement Two, the Bridge: What Kind of Dinner Hits that Girl? Over the horizon, a distant ray of hope, though quickly frozen over. Still we must persist, with gloves upon our palms and ties around our necks. Movement Three, the Finale: Let the Dinner Hit the Girl. As we reach the seaside, our wishes finally fulfilled with a feast fit for any girl; and a brush with death returns us to the apple-scented embrace of old friends. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S1E36 Gamer Emotions/Lizard Emotions | 26 Jul 2026 | 02:04:50 | |
In this episode, an episode in which we say the words "gender politics" so many times it loses meaning, we zoom in on our first Gun Gale Onli - I mean, Sword Art Online colab character, the slithering stoic sure-shot sniper Sinon, who's been popping heads with style since she's been 5 years old, and ask a truly devistating question: Should you watch Sword Art Online? The answer will...surprise you? The episode description is my domain, and you are all but thralls to my grand design; you WILL click on this link to see what we were referencing at the beginning of the episode: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| BONUS 13 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Watchalong: FtF (Evil Lesbian Face Tattoos) | 19 Jul 2026 | 02:34:08 | |
Fun fact: If you die while listening to Soul Mates!, you'll die in real life! Watch this GGO clip that I didn't realize was a star wars edit: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S3E10 Don't Forcefemme My Burrito | 13 Jul 2026 | 02:43:08 | |
In this episode, with a name that breaks all the rules, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the distinctly disturbing dreamy duo Monkfish Liver, who are decidedly NOT here to look after you, good hunter, and the thunder-thighed thoroughly thought provoking Savage, here to whip you up a bowl of the good stuff (?) and ask a spooooky question: Is it possible for your sexy aunt to be scarier than a flesh eating mannequin? Because, here me out. Then, it's off to the community center with Burrito, Datemaki, and Figurino, asking: Now, we all know you can forcefemme a burrito (not mine please, I'm full) but CAN you forcefemme a taco...? Follow along: Watch them say my name in the SGDQ 2026 SANABI run, and also whatever this is that we reference after the break: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S2E9B P.A.G., S.A.V., H.M.S. | 29 Jun 2026 | 03:14:44 | |
In this episode, the finale of I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S.S. (I scream, you scream, we all scream for Hell Screen summer) we zoom in on the second half of Ryoshu's art, allowing our concepts to be fully incinerated in an endless tragic dance of blur filters and blue and pink light (H.P.) by B.O.T.H.O.S.R. (Blade of the House of Spiders Ryoshu) and adopt the following question: Which Ryoshu, in the end, is the most mommy? Which one is the coveted T.F.M.? Follow along: Watch "The Safe that Makes You Old" by Cheeky Chelldos: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S2E9A I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S. | 21 Jun 2026 | 02:36:01 | |
In this episode, the midpoint of our titular I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S.S. (I scream, you scream, we all scream for Hell Screen summer) we zoom in on the expressionist of excrutiation, the modernist of mauling, the romantacist of reaping, the, uhm, art deco-ist of agony, so on and so forth, Ryoshu (or at least, look at the first half of her art, with the rest coming next episode) who, while she might not always look it, is truly a M.A.H. (mommy at heart) prompting us to ask a childish question: Take a 5 minute break? You mean the break that makes you old? Follow along: Watch "The Safe that Makes You Old" by Cheeky Chelldos: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| BONUS 12 Akutagawa's Hell Screen Incandescent Reading To Study/Paint To | 14 Jun 2026 | 01:22:03 | |
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), from the age of 22 to his death at 35, wrote over 150 short stories. He is today widely considered the "father of the Japanese short story," and many of his works focus on historical and mythological tales presented through a modern psychological lens. His stories enjoy popularity even now, over a century after they were written, as some of the greatest works of Japanese literature: stories like Rashōmon, The Spider's Thread, In A Bamboo Grove, and Hell Screen. Soul Mates! is proud to present a reading of Hell Screen, one of Akutagawa's early masterpieces. Based on a tale from the Uji Shūi Monogatari, Hell Screen follows a painter tasked to create a painting of the Buddhist hells, who finds himself unable to paint the perfect image until he sees the flames for himself. Please enjoy this new audiobook experience, with original backing music by Aster Gousie. Music this episode by Aster Gousie: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S1E35 ...2! | 08 Jun 2026 | 01:45:03 | |
In this episode, featuring serious lesbian art analysis (and something else, too!) we zoom in on the slitheringly sensual short-sighted sapphic seductive serpent goddessss Li Yang, who really does need to zoom in because she really, really needs glasses, and ask a question of former United States of America president Barack Obama: Hello sir, could you help me figure out which parts of the woman we should talk about? Like, you know, the outfit, and the posing, and facial expression, and the snake, and...? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S1E34 Wholesome For Cube | 25 May 2026 | 02:08:08 | |
In this episode, with ash returning fresh out of hell, we zoom in on the blood-coughing bird-loving braniac Sora Ichinose (whose name I mispronounce every time because you live in my world) who keeps accquaintance with some of the best drippy ghosts you've ever met, and ask a gemoetric question: Wait, how do you solve this dang puzzle cube again? You make the white cross, then you pair the edges - no, then you do the first layer, then how do you... Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S▮E2 Homophobic Hairmogging Begets Bisexual Enlightenment | 27 Apr 2026 | 02:10:03 | |
Bad news, folks: We found out that Ksitigarbha, the patron bodhisattva of Planned Parenthood, already cleared ash out of hell by... Well, you'll see. Along the way we made plenty of friends, though, starting with the bell-ringing bodice-bound bamboo beauty Temptress, who IS wearing a bisexual jacket, a real thing that I will defend to the death, and end by asking a truly enlightened question: If hardline hairline homophobia puts you in hell, what sexuality services your ascent to heaven? Meet me at the club, and let's find out? Follow along: Follow May on Tumblr: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S▮E1 We're Going To Hell For This One | 13 Apr 2026 | 02:17:56 | |
Content warning: Discussion of s▮ic▮de and s▮lf h▮rm after the break. Listener discretion is advised. Bad news, folks: ash has gone to Hell, and it's up to Ivy and May to save them. Guided by our chain-clad cheerless chinese-underworld champion Black Impermanence, we dive into the depth of this year's (the Horse's year) hottest mahjong roguelike, battling buxom babes in tile throwdowns all while asking: But what if your mom was doggy? Well, and tiger, and lion, and dragon, and qilin... Follow along: Follow May on Tumblr: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S3E9 Ivy is tired. | 30 Mar 2026 | 02:31:27 | |
In this episode, in which Ivy is tired, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the gloriously garish green and outrageously orange Bryophyta, who you can tell is AMERICAN from his AMERICAN pockets and his AMERICAN, uhm, banh mi, and the checks notes white, black, cream, yellow, purple, green, red, and black Laba Congee, who's as delicious in the winter as she is underdressed for it, and ask a quality question: Why is it that sometimes the image that's the worst, is actually the best? Then, two guys with three cats with Mingsixi, Rotini, and the Terra Research Commission, asking: Will Ivy get through the episode without falling asleep? Stay tuned to find out! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S2E8.5 LCB Catch Up #1: The Heishou Haters Club | 15 Mar 2026 | 02:33:35 | |
In this episode, our de-facto intervallo if you will, we look back on all the Limbus Company we've missed in our two years of covering the game, doing a 10 pull of recent art to look at [beep]sucking Heathcliffs and bag toting Rodions, thinking about Pink Shoes and Basilisoup (two things you would hope to find at the function) ultimately asking a question of palette swaps: Is it really a proper mirror identity if they barely look like the sinner at all? Are you sure that's Gregor, and not just white Hoenheim? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S?E1 Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era Spotlight - Flapping In The Wind | 08 Mar 2026 | 02:01:29 | |
In this episode, featuring multiple members of the LGTPH community, we zoom in on...is that a horse? Is that girl? Both! It's finally time for us to do an Umamusume episode, spurred on by Ivy going to see a movie and the technical issues of an unrelated wiki, we take a look at the characters featured in the film Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era, pondering things like who is Jungle Pocket doing yuri with (Agnes Tachyon? Dantsu Flame? Fuji Kiseki? All three?!) can your mom be your girlfriend be your lighting ghost, and why does TM Opera O look so much more regal in concept art, ultimately asking: Okay, so the Kinsey Scale number is obvious, but what about the LESBIAN Kinsey Scale number? And does being Lesbian Problematic have any impact on this? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: Follow Ivy on Bluesky: | |||
| S1E33 Tangled Up In The Michaelphone | 16 Feb 2026 | 01:55:30 | |
In this episode, a drift compatible one, we zoom in on our second Saki colab character, the one eye closed two girlfriend on lock Mihoko Fukuji, who you need to really, REALLY be careful with if you bring her to cosplay kareoke, and ash challenges Ivy with a bold question: Will you not admit that this is the best image, possibly in the entire world? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| BONUS 11 Saki Live Action: The Movie Watchalong: It's Time For Me To Yuri Dap You Up | 08 Feb 2026 | 02:07:16 | |
In a world where yuri nap rooms are too bright, where your ghost girlfriend might push you down the stairs at any moment, where your parents dying turns you into a scary doll with too many particle effects, and even catgirls can find redemption... Two podcasters embark on a frantic paced journey to uncover a terrifying secret: Saki in real life. Will they get their Yakuman, or will it all go bust? Watch along with us: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E8 Participating In Certain Subcultures | 02 Feb 2026 | 02:59:38 | |
In this episode, a markedly dissociative one, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the red hooded white robed yellow...leafed Sekihan, who will soon not be with us as she ascends to the heavens, and the fantastically flowery fuscia floutist Hibiscus the Purifyer, a normal girl with a very abnormal instrument, and we sing a lyrical question: If you've travelled down the road and back again, can I thank you for being a bean? Then, one right makes two wrongs with Carnelian, Tomahawk Steak, and Dusk, asking: If you're part of a certain subculture, how rude can you be to your fellow, erm, subculture participants? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E32 Woke Luigi's Mansion | 19 Jan 2026 | 02:19:07 | |
In this episode, and don't ask me why it's named that, we zoom in on the maidenly maid who might maintain martial arts mastery Riu Kujou, who's chest is definitely one solid piece that isn't clipped together like a doll, and ask a playful question: Can YOU spot the maid? Can you reach the Maid Unlocked State? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E31 Steppin' On Santa Claus | 04 Jan 2026 | 02:14:09 | |
In this episode, carrying on our tradition of our Christmas episode being delayed a week, we zoom in on the beautiful, bountiful, bootlickable boss of Bamboo Cloud Fuuka Minami, famously fair with her rewards (stepping on you) and her punishments (stepping on you) and ask a spring-heeled question: Can exposure to Louboutins at a young age turn you gay? Or does it just make you inclined to secretarial work? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E8B Hey Guys, It's Confucius | 22 Dec 2025 | 02:51:27 | |
In this episode, the analectical finale of our Dream of the Red December, we zoom in on the second half of Xhulong---er, Hong Lu's art, including the teardrop tarnished tyrant himself... hey guys, it's evil Confucius (aka Lord of Hongyuan) and we ask a question that sheds Light on an underdiscussed topic: When you think about it, isn't Limbus Company just the same thing as Kingdom Hearts? Heathcliff got norted!? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 2: The Twelve Beauties of Limbus Company and the Cherry Blossom Club: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| 2nd Anniversay Special! Q&A&M (Questions & Answers & Mahjong) | 18 Dec 2025 | 01:45:40 | |
We've been doing Soul Mates! for two years! Incredible! Thank you so much to everyone who's listened in to join us on this journey. For our anniversary this year we're taking it easy, racking up some tiles with prior guests of the show Kit and May while we answer YOUR questions! What's our least and most popular episodes of the show? Given the opportunity, is there anything we would do different? And do any of us know anything about Scooby Doo? Tune in to find out! Oh, and just so you know, this episode also comes in video form! Check it out on our youtube if you wanna relax and watch us play some mahjong. Watch the video edition of this episode: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E8A A Proper Cup Of Pu'er Tea | 14 Dec 2025 | 02:24:17 | |
In this episode, the midpoint of our Dream of the Red December (look, we didn't come up with a good one for this one, okay?), we zoom in on the affluent, the adorable, the always-staring-into-the-middle-distance appreciable perfect object Hong Lu (or at least, look at the first half of his art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question about one of his favorite topics, girls: So, when exactly do they start drawing him like a woman? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 1: The Twelve Beauties of Daguanyuan and the Crab Flower Club: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| BONUS 10 Dream of the Red Chamber Book Club Retrospective: 8 Months, 8 Persons, 8 Gates | 08 Dec 2025 | 02:49:32 | |
120 chapters. 2,500 pages. 800,000 words. The least accessible of the great Chinese novels, Dream of the Red Chamber. Sound daunting? Not to us. We read it. And like a celestial stone at the foot of Greensickness Peak etched with tales of the Realm of Illusions, we'd like to fill you in. So hop in your palanquin, open up the gate, and the other gate, and the other gate, and join us for a wild ride through Prospect Garden. Please keep your fans inside the vehicle at all times. Content warning: Discussion of s*icide Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E7 Shimei Over Here, Twink Over There | 01 Dec 2025 | 03:06:48 | |
In this episode, our last Season 3 episode of the year, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the two test tube toting thigh-high touting Silcence, who's exact number of arms and wings remains a true mystery, and the science-scared silken softie Vanilla Muffin, who is definitely NOT a horse and NOT from Umamusume, and we fixate on a translation question: Why is he called vanilla muffin? Why specifically vanilla muffin I NEED TO KNOW I— Ahem. Then, a throuple, with Jieyun, Asbestos, and Udon, asking: Can women be twinks? Because she does t— Wait, I can't say that in the description either? EDITOR'S NOTE: We were both very sick recording this episode and I was very sick editing it. I tried really really hard to edit out as many gross mouth noises as possible I really tried Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E30 The Realm Of Forms Is Coming | 17 Nov 2025 | 02:17:10 | |
In this episode, a platonically ideal one, we zoom in on the mystifyingly mischevious mammal-manipulating magician Ryan, a teenage boy who is also an adult woman who is also an object summoned from a hyperdimentional realm but OMG he has cute bunnies, ahem, and ask a question to Marketing: Sorry, who exactly is this for? What huh huh what what huh? Please reach out to us via the YouTube or Tumblr with questions for our Second Anniversay Q&A Special! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E29 Her Face A Dinner Plate | 09 Nov 2025 | 01:45:30 | |
In this episode... yaaawn, a sleepy one, we zoom in on another Blue Archive colab character, the lazing laxidasical loligagger Hoshino, who's old man schtick is done ABSOLUTELY no justice whatsoever, and ask an adaptive question: If you're gonna pull in characters from other games, why change their art style for literally no reason? Just to make them look worse? Support us streaming for Extralife 2025, raising money for children's hospitals, at the links below! Extralife links for Nov 8-10 and Nov 14-16 respectively: Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E6 Popping Fish Oil Suppliments | 20 Oct 2025 | 02:36:36 | |
In this episode, alternatively titled "The New Player [CENSORED] Experience", we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the magnificiently mousey mediterranian Cheese, who is specifically greek despite cheese's complex origin, and the sultry sarkaz se...er, host Midnight, who one can't help but be prejudiced against, and Ivy asks a question of Google: Show me dark electronic music? Show me dark electronic music cyberpunk popular? Then, a gender journey with Morgan, Hot Dog, and Korn, finally asking: Hey, hang on a second, are you telling me that gender and sexuality might actually be constructs? This whole time? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E28 A Full Cup Of Juice | 05 Oct 2025 | 01:41:12 | |
In this episode, a juicy one, we zoom in on our first look at the Noctchill—er, rather, the THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS colab charaters, the "happy" Hinana Ichikawa, a being who appears to subsist entirely on liquid drawn in through her funnel-shaped mouth, and as a measured question: Exactly how much juice does she actually have? I'm talking mililetres here. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E7B WHEREIN THE GALLANT DON QUIXOTE IS SAID TO PREFER FOR HERSELF THE COMPANY OF THE FAIRER SEX | 29 Sep 2025 | 02:40:33 | |
In this episode, the filial impiety finale of our Sancho September, we zoom in on the second half of Don Quixote, including the boldly blasphemous, bodaciously blood-drenched, bad-hair-day blonde big sister Manager of La Manchaland Don Quixote, who is somehow sad despite having a very cool lance, and ask a question that's a matter of degrees: Why isn't she straight? No I don't mean in her personal preferences, I mean like, you know, orthagonally? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E7A IN WHICH THE HONORABLE FIXER DON QUIXOTE IS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF ENGAGING IN MERE FISTICUFFS | 22 Sep 2025 | 02:13:11 | |
In this episode, the midpoint of droll Sancho September, we zoom in on the dashing, the daring, the deftly puntable, the daft and drollest of them all THE DON QUIXOTE (or at least, look at the first half of her art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question fitting of her, on occasion, somewhat unsettling countenance: Hey, is this guy actually a bit messed up, or...? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| BONUS 9 Don Quixote's Many Countenances: The Lady May Play Her Guitar By The Close Of The Fifth Act | 15 Sep 2025 | 02:52:21 | |
Idle listener: thou mayest believe me without any oath that I would this podcast, as it is the child of our brain, were the fairest, gayest, and cleverest that could be imagined. But I could not counteract Nature's law that everything shall beget its like; and what, then, could this sterile, illtilled wit of ours beget but the study of a dry, shrivelled, whimsical man, in arts beset by drunken dads and sickly pale horses, by guitar playing ladies and miniature squires, by star wars heads and amalgamate uma musume. My wish would be simply to present it to thee plain and unadorned, without any embellishment of preface or uncountable muster of customary sonnets, epigrams, and questions, such as are commonly put in the episode description; I have given thee condensed all the squirely drolleries that are scattered through the swarm of these vain images of Don Quixote. And so—may God give thee health, and not forget us. Vale. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E27 It's Mommy Time! | 07 Sep 2025 | 03:09:19 | |
In this episode, one for the moms, we zoom in on the Mature, Intelligent, Lovely, and Friendly Sawako Kitami, a mother you'd like to meet at the grocery store, a mother you'd like to hangout with at an evening party, a mother you'd like to rob a casino with, a mother you'd like to...so on and so forth, and we ask a question and then ask it 98 more times: Do you love mommy? Well, then why do you never call her? ...If it isn't clear, there's a lot of Deltarune chapter 3 references in this episode. That's still the current hotness, right? It hasn't been eclipsed by some other, newer big indie game? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E5 Oatmeal For Yaoi Doctors | 25 Aug 2025 | 02:42:54 | |
In this episode, an episode about eating semisolid foods while experiencing a medical crisis, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the styling stormswept seafaring fish doctor Lumen, who's delicate constitution needs to be warmly nurtured, and...Jello...who's scary...we ask the question...what flavor is she...scary flavor...? Then, bring out the band with Jade Noodles, Wiš'adel, and Phoenix Tail Prawn, asking a very important question of you, dear listener: Do you think the hardworking men who care for our communites, who care for our loved ones, our children and our qilin, deserve love, support, and nutrients of their own? We do. That's why Soul Mates! is a proud supporter of the #OatmealForYaoiDoctors movement, and we want you to be to. Share it on your social media, or with your friends and family. Don't let this important cause go unnoticed. Join the movement. Get it trending. #OatmealForYaoiDoctors Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| Gone Fishin'! E6: Infinity Nikki: There Is Nothing More Inspiring Than An Electrician | 10 Aug 2025 | 03:12:16 | |
In this, Ivy's first time Gone Fishin' and the finale of Unceasing Summer Fun, it's time to play fully thirty hours of Infinity Nikki! In everyone's favorite machine for teenage girls questioning their identity, we're sent back in time to prevent the end of the world by hanging out with the coolest girl you've ever met, holding hands with extradimentional versions of ourselves, uncovering forgotten histories about snake marriage, and asking a truly sovereign question: Is there anything cooler than an electrician? The answer is no! Wait, it's only a four star!? Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash! Follow along with the Outfit of the Day: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| The Great Gacha World Tour Ch 6: Infinity Nikki: Divinely Inspired Christian Punk | 04 Aug 2025 | 01:46:42 | |
It's time for part 2 of Unceasing Summer Fun, getting acquainted with our new game through a Great Gacha World Tour! Local medium-level expert Kit is our fashion correspondent as we look around the streets of Florawish in Infinity Nikki. Keep an eye out for edgy ghost dresses, plastic bath cap fashion, river water boots, and the cutest overalls imaginable as we ponder a question that maybe only Kit can answer: Are all these dressup clothes... like... good? The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| Gone Fishin! E5: Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Genderqueer Disney Lore Entrapment | 28 Jul 2025 | 01:34:33 | |
On this, Gone Fishin'!'s return voyage, we obey Harry (from Soul Mates!)'s twisted whims and play Disney Twisted-Wonderland! In the officially licensed Disney twink game where they're not allowed to show nipple, I am saddled with the burden of Trey Clover, get sick of the movie Alice in Wonderland, play the same rhythm game chart three separate times, and ask an impossible question: Is it good to be evil? Gone Fishin'! cover art by ash! Follow along: | |||
| The Great Gacha World Tour Ch 5: Disney's Twisted-Wonderland: Oh, I Just Can't Wait To Be Drag King | 20 Jul 2025 | 01:41:42 | |
It's the start of Unceasing Summer Fun, and the circle of life has brought us back around to another trip on the Great Gacha World Tour! Be prepared for returning local expert Harry, as she takes us to the proud land of Disney's Twisted-Wonderland, and delivers a morning report on the luxuriously loafish lionboy Leona Kingscholar, and we ask a question about another word that starts with L: Hey, why does this guy look so much like a lesbian? Like, can you feel the love tonight or what, know what I'm saying? Not that I mind - Hakuna Matata, after all! The Great Gacha World Tour cover art by ash! Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E26 The Time Vampire Diaries | 14 Jul 2025 | 02:21:24 | |
In this episode, a frustrating! episode, we zoom in on the mahjong maven of mechanical mastery Mirai, who's happy to help you out with her quirky inventions, or suck out all of your blood throughout all time, and I forgot to ask a question on the podcast so I'm putting it in the episode description: Hey, why did we decide that Yui Yagi is straight and then decide that the two other women in the National University of Fuuchi Mahjong Club are unrequitedly in love with her? That's not very based and feminist of us? Follow along: Follow Birb on Tumblr: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E25 Man! I Feel Like A Wolfman! | 29 Jun 2025 | 01:59:30 | |
In this episode—let's go girls—we zoom in on old man (he's 33) Zan Tsukimi, the candy-wielding wandering warrior who just wants to be loved by all, not understanding that he mostly just sucks at everything, and ask the perfectly reasonable and normal question: If you had a wheel on your chin and could be wheeled around like a suitcase, wouldn't this be a convenient way to get around the airport? Editor's note: For some reason my noise suppession pass hated us being in the same room, so keep in mind that those bits of crackly quiet are mostly us laughing raucously. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E6B Cathy And The Gender Binary New World Order | 23 Jun 2025 | 02:39:25 | |
In this episode, the thrilling end of Hot Heath Summer, we zoom in on the second half of Heathcliff's identities, including the nightmare-commanding, no-nonsense, no-expression, no-head-on-his-horse-dog leader of the Wild Hunt, with all his cool shadow guys and lots of cool objects, and ask a question of identity to you, dear listener: In the gender binary new world order we've created, are you a Cathy, or a Person Who Loves Cathy? Let us know! Content warning: This episode contains casual reference to self-harm throughout, and graphic discussion of cuts from 19:05 to 21:00. Read this episode's official companion fanfic, "Dog Days": Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S2E6A He's Inherently Doggy-Woggy | 16 Jun 2025 | 02:07:30 | |
In this episode, the midpoint of Hot Heath Summer, we zoom in on our favorite bat-wielding, head-bashing bullheaded bri'ish boy Heathcliff, (or at least, look at the first half of his art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question that is fairer and kinder to him than anyone has been to him in his life: Why they always gotta make him either sad or stupid? A lot of the time, he's both! Like I know he's Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights but why's he gotta be so bad and sad at nail sharpening? Read this episode's official companion fanfic, "Dog Days": Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| BONUS 8 Wuthering Heights (2003) Watchalong: The Picture Of Your Mom That Makes You Die | 08 Jun 2025 | 02:01:45 | |
Feeling co-o-old? Come on into our window! That's right, it's me, I'm Cathvy, along with my only master, ashcliff, here to welcome you to our Wuthering, Wuthering Wuthering Heights... MOVIE WATCHALONG! That's right baby, it's the start of HOT HEATH SUMMER, and what better way to begin than to watch perhaps the worst film adaptation of the book, Wuthering Heights (2003) produced my MTV. Join us, watch along with us, as this film raises many, many questions: Why does it take them so long to tell us anyone's name? Wait, is that the guy from Malcom in the Middle? Why is his beard always so terrible? Why did they make Isabella gay but unable to accept this part of herself? What's with the audio balance? What's with the telescopes? And finally, does Ivy actually know what happens in Wuthering Heights? "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush 8-bit cover by RubenEdit: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E4 Wind, Turn To Binding Chains! | 02 Jun 2025 | 02:55:15 | |
In this episode, a Windy episode, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the adorable chipper chef Claypot Rice, who doesn't need glaze to amaze, and the most aloof mechanist Passenger, who designs cool robots you're too distracted by his outfit to look at, and ask a question of depth: How do layers work? Clothing layers, art layers, physical layers of space... Then, crossover-heavy Sakura Tea (Sakura), Vina Victoria, and Doc, and twenty minutes after recording while in the shower I asked the question: Why didn't we realize that Doc is obviously CPR just because he's a doctor!? Follow along: What the hell we're on about in the last segment: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E24 Sometimes One Of 'Em Just Comes Out Snakes (It's Mormon Rules) | 19 May 2025 | 02:29:56 | |
In this episode, an... episode, featuring our dear friend May, we zoom in on operatic Hua Yuqing, the sister-starstruck spunky snakelike songstress who is definitely not secretly a writhing mass of snakes or secretly in a rock band (wink), and ask all manner of awful questions: I'm sorry, would it make you feel more comfortable if I told you what they were? EDITOR'S NOTE: Two things; one, we had to use a backup recording after the break so that's why the audio quality dips a bit, two, listener discretion is advised! We're a little unhinged in this one, openly discussing some taboo topics and making some naughty jokes. Follow along: Follow May on Tumblr: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E23 ♪Cat Boy Soda♪ | 04 May 2025 | 01:57:32 | |
In this episode, a musical episode, we zoom in on the cat boy hacker Ling, a misanthropic, mahjong-hating computer whiz with no regard for electrical safety, and ask a legal question: How much of Hatsune Miku's Black Rock Shooter can we put in the episode without being sued? Editor's Note: The audio in this episode is a little bit rough! We had some technical issues that should be fixed next episode. Thank you for your patience. Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S3E3 Barks At You | 21 Apr 2025 | 02:38:15 | |
In this episode, woof woof, we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the ontological butler and part-time magician certified Nice Guy Steward, and the boxer (swordfighter? wrestler???) who you could never mistake for anything but a cutie Ganache, and ask a snark question: Have you ever seen a better pair of guy who can serve punch and guy who can take one? Then, we look at a grab bag of Special Rice, Windflit, and Ebenholtz, asking... uhm... I've got nothing, sorry. Writing descriptions while sick is hard... Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||
| S1E22 She's In Good Hands | 06 Apr 2025 | 02:13:39 | |
In this episode, our April Halloween special, we zoom in on spooky girl Ayako Morikawa, the occult loving, arm-cursed teen with lots of friends (as long as dolls, ghosts, and mirrors count) and ask a moving question: Was the ancient curse posessing your human form just a lack of self-acceptance all along? Follow along: Support the show: Follow the show on Tumblr: Follow the show on YouTube: Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: Art by Ryegarden: Music by Sueños Electrónicos: Follow and support ash: | |||