with a bonus section for dessert!

Spoiler and Content Warnings - 0:00 Intro - 1:27 Hors d'oeuvre/Bocchi the Rock - 4:50 Appetizer/Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - 31:17 Salad/Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 57:38 Entree/Chainsaw Man, Makima, Reading Comprehension - 1:15:38 Rag bullies Mo - 1:28:28 Dessert/Spy x Family and being a hater - 1:29:25

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Your third favorite anime podcast is back from the dead. You're welcome.

In this episode we go over where we've been, creator burnout, how our views on anime and media consumption have changed in the last year and... cooking? It's the Critical Weeb Theory you know and love, except it actually exists now instead of just being a weird fever dream. Neat!

【 Special Thanks 】

RebelPanda - Audio Editing (RebelPanda | Twitter, Twitch | Linktree)

My mic betrayed me

Mo's twitter: https://twitter.com/@__MoBlack Raghava's twitter: https://twitter.com/@kranasAngel Patreon: https://patreon.com/moblack

Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

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Mo Black on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@__MoBlack

Raghava Kovvali on Twitter: https://twiter.com/@kranasAngel

Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord 

[screams in gender essentialism]

Welcome to the first ever live episode of Critical Weeb Theory! There's been a lot of interest in us tackling Darling in the Franxx so here we are! Can we really find meaninful discussion in a show that's already 2 years old?

Yes, of course or this wouldn't be Critical Weeb Theory

Mo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@__MoBlack​ Raghava on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@__kranasAngel Patreon: https://patreon.com/moblack

Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

"I love my friend" ~Mo

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Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

Where's the lie?

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Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

I present to you: the famously subtle anime known as Black Lagoon

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Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

BANDA KILLS PEOPLE NOW???

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Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

And thus a new foundational text in anime analysis is born

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https://discord.gg/n5pqZpY

It's finally here, no thanks to Suzaku... Links: https://linktr.ee/moblack  Rag's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kranasAngel 

Code Geass is not very good. In this episode we use that as an excuse to argue for the liberation of Palestine. Stay with us, it's a lot. But it works, we promise :)

【 Special Thanks 】 RebelPanda - Audio editing (https://twitter.com/RebelPanda_) Serena - Sensitivity Reading (https://twitter.com/elevenverses) Amr Ammourazz - Sensitivity Reading (https://twitter.com/ammourazz)

【 The Infamous Code Geass Threads 】 (If you're not following me, you may have to wait a day before seeing these) Where it all began : https://twitter.com/__MoBlack/status/1365906661089673220  Good Noble Trope (GONE GENOCIDAL): https://twitter.com/__MoBlack/status/1376725925505732609  Season 1 finale : https://twitter.com/__MoBlack/status/1380383397483282433 Season 2 finale : https://twitter.com/__MoBlack/status/1402825076525916165 

【 Bibliography and Resources 】

1. https://decolonizepalestine.com/ 
2. https://visualizingpalestine.org/ 
3. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/shusui-kotoku-imperialism 
4. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/gaza-s14.html 
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-airstrike-tunnel.html (NYT is an ass source on Palestine in terms of framing but they did all the research and reporting)
6. http://pmli.it/articoli/2015/20151015_scuderiletussupporttheislamicstate.html 
7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JdzFzf6sUf_y2noADotWmYY7DZTZxq1E/view?usp=sharing 
8. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPdevsBWsAI_v1L.jpg:large 
9. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/05/arundhati-roy-keep-destabilised-danger Arundhati Roy describes herself as a “Maoist sympathizer” (as opposed to either a Maoist or an anti-communist)
10. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/6/israeli-police-arrest-sheikh-jarrah-activist-muna-al-kurd 
11. https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-health-nurses-cch/10856261/ (The Cook County Nurses won, btw)
12. https://www.facinghistory.org/confronting-apartheid/chapter-3/steve-biko-calls-black-consciousness 
13. https://bdsmovement.net/
14. https://palestine.dsausa.org/ If you’re in the US, consider joining DSA and connecting with the Palestine Solidarity Working Group

The last of our guest episode series. Thanks for sticking with us!

Mo Black on Twitter: https://twitter.com/__MoBlack  Raghava Kovvali on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kranasAngel  Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord  Support the show: https://patreon.com/moblack 

Guests:

Soviet Winterprison: https://twitter.com/sovwinterprison  Weeb Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZ7iekOTVsfzrnvAsN5hPw  Titania: https://twitter.com/JustAnAnimeGirl  Menacing Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77n5sT11a_NzLU0eVlwn9g 

Other credits:

Rebel Panda, Audio Editing: https://twitter.com/RebelPanda_  Neil Kapit, mascot art: https://twitter.com/minniemaxcomic 

CWT says an anime you like is fascist. In other news: sky is blue

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Sri: https://twitter.com/sri_k89 

Stuff I think about a lot but haven't had the chance to articulate until now Mo Black on Twitter: https://twitter.com/__MoBlack  Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord  Support the show: https://patreon.com/moblack

Lua Borealis: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuaBorealis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGZrqXTq3GW2wNRz9M44Baw 

Enjoy this era of 2-hour CWTs while it lasts... Mo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/moblack  Discord: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord  Support the show: https://patreon.com/moblack

Timestamps

CWT obtains the Penguindrum! - 0:00 (Tony Sun) Guilty Crown is fascist garbage - 1:09:39 (KnightmareAlpha)

Tony Sun's piece on Madoka Rebellion: https://www.animefeminist.com/against-the-world-madoka-rebellion-saviorism-and-abolitionist-schooling/ 

All about super heroes, anime, and politics

Mo Black's Twitter: https://twitter.com/__MoBlack  Discord Server: https://tinyurl.com/CWTDiscord

Pride, Policing, and the Conservative Politics of My Hero Academia: https://medium.com/mos-home-for-treatises-and-hot-takes/pride-policing-and-the-conservative-politics-of-my-hero-academia-87277073767f

The Black Manga Critic: https://twitter.com/TheMangaScholar  Neil Kapit: https://twitter.com/minniemaxcomic 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Hero Narratives w/ The Black Manga Critic 1:15:23 - Heros and the End of History w/ Neil Kapit

Politics insertion = achieved

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Amr's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ammourazz

Mound Farming (for around 01:08:00): https://bit.ly/38FhXhl 

Starring Joyce Stick and Rebel Panda!

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Joyce Stick: https://www.youtube.com/joycestick Rebel Panda: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RebelPanda 

Timestamps:

0:00 - The Yurification of CWT 58:32 - MAL Woes