Do you find yourself scratching your head at some peoples critiques and reviews on certain anime? Do elitist, prestigious and outright bad takes make you laugh? Do you like games? If you answered yes to hopefully all of these, then we got the episode for you, the MyAnimeList review game! We take these reviews and make it a fun guessing game between the hosts, but you can play along with as well! Let us know you score in the comments, or our discord!

Scoring:

Correct show is 2 points

Correct rating is 2 points

Getting both correct in additional 2 points

or

Correct show is 2 points

Correct rating within a 2 point rating is 1 point

Getting both correct is an additional bonus point

0:00 - Intro

3:00 - Round 1

38:25 - Round 2

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Welcome to Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode, we will be reviewing the 2025 anime, The Summer Hikaru Died

Socials/Discord - https://linktr.ee/whatdoyousayanime

0:00 - Intro

1:47 - First impressions

7:42 - Synopsis

9:11 - How well the setting and production set the tension and vibes.

17:44 - How the story avoids a negative tonal whiplash

21:06 - Real BL or just exploring yourself?

23:26 - How the town handles grief and allowing characters to be "selfish"

28:34 - Manipulation, gaslighting, and coping

36:52 - Who is Tanaka and predictions for the future

39:09 - The Hikaru Pete proposal

42:19 - Wrapping up the first season

47:45 - Favorite side characters

50:14 - The mysteries themselves of the town and story

52:56 - Closing thoughts and scores

1:01:39 - What we're watching next

Its comfy season and thus comes a slate of a new shows and we are here to give our thoughts on the new season with our first impressions episode! Slight spoilers for shows ahead so please use the timestamps below to dodge those spoilers.

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0:00 - Intro

1:18 - First impressions of the "light" season

6:25 - This Monster Wants to Eat Me

15:03 - May I Ask For One Final Thing?

26:39 - Sanda

34:19 - Wandance

47:40 - SPEED ROUND

51:09 - Yano-kun's Ordinary Days

56:46 - A Star Brighter Than the Sun

1:06:32 - My Awkward Senpai

1:21:55 - Sexy Beastars (aka With You Our Love Will Make It Through)

1:24:11 - Pete's Sequels and Other Shows