Thrill to hear people go "wait what" as they remember entire characters they forgot. Listen to all of us monday morning quarterback the writer who was doing three series in the process of putting the original work out! Get ready for a gap month before the next season!

...Unless you're a patron, that is.

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This is just all sorts of frustration and disappointment bubbling over into a rather spirited discussion of how much this plane didn't land. Come for the ending of Monster, stay for full-on discussion of other anime, sitcoms, and things that upset everyone less than how Monster closes. Plus: ranking of blondes!

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It took Naoki Urasawa to ask the question we were all wanting answered as the final arc of Monster: "What if you gave everyone in Twin Peaks a gun and then turned season 2 into a married couple?"

Oh, nobody was asking that? Too bad, we're stuck in it now.

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Content warnings: suicide, child abuse, and basically anything shy of “the holocaust” you can associate with nazis

I'm going to be entirely real with you here: this episode was all but named "Eugenics Hypeman" before everyone said it was the worst possible thing we could associate ourselves with in search results. But if you want to learn about some real world events that this series might have been drawing from, look up what Sweden was up to in the 60s until laws ended it in 1972!

Also, get ready for some of the most enthralling character moments in this entire series! You will believe the Baby can be a tragic figure.

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Content Warning: suicide, incredibly dark sex scene

This week brings us to the end of Martin the Mook's PI diversion, and reunites all the old lovers the story has given us. Even the pairs you forgot existed!

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Content Warning: suicide, parental abuse

I don't think I need to reveal more than that, but we definitely went down some rabbit holes this time, folks.

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This week, we set new pod-speed records with the entire Gunther Milch arc, where there is no digression and no side-chatter because we were all ill, hung-over, or exhausted. Don't worry: the next few are gonna be packed.

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This week, we decide that Joh(an)na's proper pronouns are based on whoever's fronting, but the whole system is simply our problematic fave girlhoss. Please do not imagine pony play Johan now that we've said this.

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In this one we try to talk about Jujutsu Kaisen episodes 1-3, but we talk a lot about urns instead.

You can find the discussed urns here: https://imgur.com/a/UoWJlMN

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Content warning: rather intense scene of gun violence/PTSD and possibly-too-real discussion of dementia. Both brief.

On today's episode, we continue to meet new characters ALMOST FIFTY EPISODES DEEP into Monster, learn which host is fearless about travel, and discover what subject nearly brings everyone to blows.

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Content warning: a lot of torture and aftereffect, even if we talk around it

Today we're going to learn more about how you raise a kid, how you tail a guy, and HOW ARE YOU AN ADULT IN THE SECRET POLICE AND YOU'RE TAKING CANDY FROM RANDOM STRANGERS WHO GIVE YOU THE COLD SHOULDER, GOOD GOD

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Chris and Sibyl carry us across the border, and we meet Wolfgang Grimmer and the other side of the iron curtain after an action-packed opening. You know the material's good when Chris doesn't even get mad at Sibyl covering manga changes.

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We're halfway through the series now, and the mid-season climax is one of the wildest cliffhangers yet. We've got action, we've got tension, and we've got a pair of men who need glasses bigger than Reichwein's. Come along for the ride and come back next time for the exciting conclusion... of this arc.

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Look, y'all. If ever there was proof we need Matt to moderate Chris and I, this is the week that proves it. This is our shortest full episode on record mostly because the two of us made such good pace in discussion that we turned into gossipy coworkers at the world's worst office, and we sliced out anything that wasn't remotely interesting. Just two people bringing the daddy energy for most of an hour.

Spend good money on your chairs and your sleep aids. Also, I want it noted that despite my making a few "goofs" in the episode art, the screenshot this week is an easter egg on the show's part, not mine.

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MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING: Suicide, alcoholism and relapse should be warned about this week. This arc is kind of hard to give you safe points on this given how much all of these play into the events.

This week, we bid farewell to a character we've grown to love after every single warning sign that he will die rises in advance, but don't worry: it's Brimley Time. Plus: have you been wondering where the protagonist of this manga went? We might have answers for you!

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MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING: Suicide, alcoholism and relapse, and probably the policeman who kills a 16 year old should be warned about this week. This arc is kind of hard to give you safe points on this given how much all of these play into the events.

This week involves scheduling delays, knowledge from beyond the veil, secret families, and chain restaurants. Plus: which host is the most likely to solve the Lament Configuration? Literally nobody will be surprised!

Show Notes:

• Club Applebee's is now deceased, and the website I mention gone with it, but here's an older article that went into the weird Florida debauchery that came with the events.

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This week, Punished Matt is still missing, and Chris and Sibyl head into the debris of the Fortner Family murders, falling down all around a variety of people.

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MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING: Ep. 19 contains a lot of terribly clinical discussion of a serial killer and his sometimes-sexual crimes. Timestamps are in the episode for when to skip to to avoid this.

This week begins the Vanished Matt arc of Monster, and Chris learns that Sibyl has a terrifying new power. Also: slice of life events and coffee crimes!

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MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING: Hard-right militias of the kind that might reside in Germany abound this episode, with a side of the murder of a sex worker. There is really no getting around it with this arc. I cannot give a 'skip to', if this is triggering, you're going to want to skip this week. Next episode is very chill.

With that said, this is where we start to see everyone evolve (or stay stunningly predictable...) and Urasawa answers the question of "what does a guy have to do to REALLY ratchet up the tension around this place"?

Plus: if you're aware of literally anything about one of our hosts, giggle along with her this week.

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MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING: Whole lot of discussion of gaslighting and child abuse in the first two episodes of this block. Skip to 34:40 if you're worried and all you need to know - Tenma has a ward now.

This week takes us deep into German history on a lot of levels as we probe Johan Liebert's past and just keep getting involved in the messy drama of every old person in East Germany. Plus: a two-pronged character study episode, and a tangent so stupid we moved it to the ending!

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We begin a new season with something unlike the shows we've covered so far: Naoki Urasawa's Monster. A crime thriller period piece, it follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese doctor in Germany, as he finds himself drawn into a web of politics, murder, and deceit that threatens to swallow him alive.

But at this point in the story he's just a naive 20-something who's colorblind to the concept of a woman made out of red flags.

Show Notes

• The opening theme to Monster, Grain, compared to...
• Transiente, by Quilapayun. I later found out that it wasn't the opening, this was used in the anime at a certain scene (in the Japanese broadcast only, never internationally). It's still good!

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