Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana begin their watchalong of the quintessential anime melodrama, Dear Brother!

0:00:00 Intros
0:02:34 Epilepsy and content warnings
0:06:00 Licensing issues
0:09:17 Summary
0:10:51 Riyoko Ikeda
0:16:00 Diana’s anime origin story
0:18:52 The European boarding school phenomena
0:22:43 Nanako and Tomoko
0:29:46 Mariko
0:32:57 Rei
0:36:18 Queer subtext (for its period)
0:38:08 Use of flower language
0:40:48 Melodrama
0:42:14 Sorority culture
0:49:55 Rich people are awful
0:52:31 Teenage drama
0:55:52 Predictions
0:57:15 Also Henmi
1:00:28 Outro

Vrai: twitter.com/VriterVrai
Merecedz: twitter.com/pixelatedlenses
Chiaki: twitter.com/Chiaki747
Diana: twitter.com/SilenceDrowns

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Recorded Sunday 6th February 2022

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