Episode 97 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. Jon got chased away again because Ben, Andy, Duncan, and Jeff are talking about love! How interested is anime in romance for the sake of romance versus romance for the sake of comedy? Do the tropes make the genre or the genre make the tropes? How long until Ben brings up His & Her Circumstances again? All this and more are in this latest episode.
Discussed:
Honey and Clover (4:23)
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (8:13)
Rent-a-Girlfriend (9:57)
Ore Monogatari!! (12:07)
Kimi ni Todoke (13:53)
Horimiya (14:52)
Dome x Kano (21:35)
Voices of a Distant Star (24:10)
Boys Over Flowers (25:48)
His and Her Circumstances (28:04)
In This Corner of the World (29:21)
Tsurune (31:03)
My Solo Exchange Diary (manga) (32:23)
Insufficient Direction (manga) (34:50)
Nodame Cantabile (37:12)
Beastars (38:58)
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (52:32)
Girlfriend, Girlfriend (1:06:01)
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