Chatty AF 158: Dear Brother Watchalong - Episodes 1-7

Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast

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 AniFem Patreon: www.patreon.com/animefeminist AniFem Twitter: twitter.com/AnimeFeminist AniFem Facebook: www.facebook.com/animefem/ Recorded Sunday 6th February 2022 Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/