Chatty AF 164: Dear Brother Watchalong - Episodes 32-39 [FINAL]

Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana complete their watchalong with episodes 32-39 of the quintessential anime melodrama, Dear Brother!

0:00:00 Intros
0:01:45 Did you cry?
0:02:19 Content warnings
0:03:18 So Rei died
0:12:51 Suicide in culture and media
0:16:32 Contrast against Kaoru’s fate
0:21:37 The pronoun game
0:22:48 Mariko’s thumbnails
0:24:01 Henmi
0:30:38 Fukiko is normal now
0:32:28 Kaoru’s mastectomy
0:41:06 The curse of classic shojo
0:46:54 Dear Brother’s historic value
0:51:04 A bunch of AO3 talk
0:53:55 Buy it before it’s too late
0:55:17 Final thoughts
0:56:50 Outro

Vrai: twitter.com/WriterVrai
Mercedez: twitter.com/pixelatedlenses
Chiaki: twitter.com/Chiaki747
Diana: twitter.com/SilenceDrowns

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Recorded Friday 6th May 2022

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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