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After a brief hiatus of 18 months we're back with another episode! Once again we're joined by the Umami Manga Men Petter and James. We discuss our respective experience of the Attack on Titan: Beyond the Walls concerts in Washington DC, Durham NC and Frankfurt, Germany. The highs, the lows, the best and the Wurst.
The Big Girls went to the Big Apple for the Attack on Titan Musical! Our friends Umami Manga join us to discuss what worked, what didn’t, and mostly what a crazy fever dream it all was.
The Big Girls went to New York and we want to talk about it....
It's time for another YHBG Podcast! We're joining up with James and Petter from the @UmamiManga podcast to discuss our experience at the Attack on Titan Musical in NYC.
If you have any question about the musical or comments you want to share, please let us know by Sunday Nov 13. We can't wait to talk about the experience!!
It's a wrap! Our "Bad Boy" discussion is now available everywhere you listen to podcasts, and despite the chapter not being that deep, we found plenty to talk about! Listen along as @lostcauses-noregrets, @siriuscc and @tsuki-no-ura talk about the joys of translations, Acker-Awakenings, and Levi's childhood tea making technique
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0:00 Intro with Momtaku & Luna
3:50 Guest Introductions - Lostcauses, Marie and Tsuki-no-ura
6:38 Is "Bad Boy" a fair translation of the new chapter title?
7:58 Thoughts on the Shingeki Fly bundle
11:08 American vs French fans
16:45 Translation challenges of Bad Boy and Attack on Titan in general
24:41 "Bad Boy" chapter impressions
30:43 Is Levi's age confirmed?
33:04 Have we hear the tea cup story before?
35:30 Ackerawakening vs Ackerbond
52:16 Levi's hero journey
55:02 Reference to Kenny as Levi's father
1:01:21 Ask from Mysh (shymshym) on Twitter: Levi's Titan-like transformation?
1:09:05 Ask from Mysh on Twitter: Any Ackerlore?
1:16:53 Levi's post canon life
1:22:45 Rate Levi's tea making technique
1:29:22 Isayama learns to draw digitally & his post canon life.
1:36:40 Break
1:37:20 Luna discusses her trip to Japan: Shingeki cafes, feeding the deer, and Disney Sea. (Also if anyone wants Connie merch - hit her up!)
1:59:36 Momtaku discussed her visits the Netherlands: Museums, food, kitties and binge watching Avatar
2:16:37 Future podcasts? Probably not. Goodbyes!
Links this episode
Interviews from Shingeki Fly: https://twitter.com/AttackOnFans/status/178856461894147690
YHBG is back... sort of! Momtaku will be joined by @lostcauses-noregrets and @seitsen-sarvi for a chapter discussion of "Bad Boy". Luna meanwhile can't be bothered with Levi's tragic teacup tale, but she'll be around after the break to discuss her trip to Japan and my visit with her in the Netherlands.
We'll be recording on May 17th, so reach out on twitter or tumblr if you have any questions for us or our guests
The Big Girls are back with their 3rd anniversary AMA which was recorded in October 2021. The intro is fresh, however, where we catch everyone up on what’s been going on and our future podcast plans!
Timestamps are under the cut. The episode is available on youtube and Spotify, Stitcher wherever you listen to podcasts.
Thanks, as always, for listening
Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction, what we’ve been up and how our thoughts have changed
Anniversary Podcast
00:24:57 Eykonto: Are you guys up for an anime original ending? If so, how would you want it to be different from the manga?
00:31:53 Eykonto: Would Erwin being alive have made any difference?
00:35:15 Anon: Does being in fandom make the experience of enjoying a series and the understanding of it worse and not better?
00:41:08 Anon: Ask related to Claymore
00:48:40 Anon: “How’s the future looking for the podcast?”
00:50:10 Faia Halo (Youtube): “What is your favorite Erwin Smile”
00:55:37 RobinWasHRE (Youtube): “Plz get on Instagram if you’re not! You are theeeeee bestest! Fave ending tho? Fan or real? & opinions on a potential sequel ? Love y’all!”
01:01:31 Opinions on a sequel
Paula Abelenda (Youtube):
01:03:23 Should Mikasa have had to be the one to kill Eren?
01:08:12 Should Mikasa’s connection with Hizaru have been more developed?
01:08:12 Should Isayama have done more to develop Eren and Mikasa’s relationship?
01:11:57 If you were involved with the production, how would you adapt the final arc?
01:17:16 Would you adapt the extra pages? What changes would you make?
01:22:20 What Momtaku would change about the ending
01:25:59 Thank yous and goodbye
Links this episode
Isayama’s comment on the ending: https://twitter.com/AttackOnFans/status/1390785906240544771
Kawakubo’s comment on the ending: https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfolk/comments/nubvu2/kawakubo_admits_that_the_ending_glorifies_genocide/
SnK Season 4 Part 2 Creators Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xClVSqTVAeg
Momtaku’s Erwin Smith Smile Masterpost:
https://momtaku.tumblr.com/post/136137443440/
Momtaku’s Erwin Smith Smile Masterpost Video: https://youtu.be/5lkJ7oV4vX4
Tokio and Ely settle in at Yamato Mori, where Our Supreme Leader™ Hoshi Sandek wants to know their answers to life's most important questions.
Spoiler alert: it's not 42
It's time for FULL-BEAST-IFICA-TION as Tokio continues the fight with Riza. Plus more worldbuilding and more characters! Momtaku and Luna are getting hype for this series!
Links this episode
Read Choujin-X for free on the Viz Media website:
https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/choujin-x
It's another epic chase scene but this time Tokio gets saved by a familiar face and we see all that the snake choujin can do! Our read-through of Choujin X continues with chapters 5 and 6.
Timestamps:
5:25 Chapter 5
11:30 Chapter 6
Links this episode
Read Choujin-X for free on the Viz Media website:
https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/choujin-x
We continue our readthrough of Choujin-X, this time covering chapters 3 & 4. Thanks as always for listening
Timestamps:
2:28 Chapter 3
7:28 Chapter 4
11:10 Luna 's reaction to the final page of chapter 4 :)
Links this episode:
Read Choujin-X for free on the Viz Media website https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/choujin-x
About the Podcast
You Hear Big Girls began as a monthly Attack on Titan manga discussion. We're now branching out to discuss other media we enjoy. The YHBG podcast is available on Youtube, Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes.
Podcast regular @attackonmomlife and fandom writer @stillmadaboutpetra join YHBG co-host @momtaku to discuss Rainbow Rowell's latest in the Simon Snow series, "Any Way the Wind Blows". We hope you’ll listen along as we discuss the moments we loved and the thoughts had about this incredible final installment to the Simon Snow trilogy.
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Introductions
00:00:32 Introduction to guests
00:01:26 Introduction to the series
00:02:24 Trigger warnings
00:03:30 How did you find the series and are you normally a fan of YA literature?
00:09:40 One thing we loved, one thing that surprised us, and one thing we were less than enthused about.
00:14:40 Our involvement in the fandom
00:17:41 Shepard Love & the triumphs and travails of being a fandom writer
00:22:22 Why Wayward Son was awesome
00:26:20 Rainbow's quote about intimacy and trauma
Simon
00:33:20 Initial thoughts about the Chosen One narrative
00:37:09 Simon and intimacy
00:48:08 Implications of being a dragon, immortality and vampire world building
00:52:28 Was the plot too light?
00:54:14 Simon and Smith Smith-Richards
The World of Mages
00:57:30 We all hate the World of Mages. Thank goodness for Shepard
01:03:06 The importance of the Old Stories (or lack thereof)
01:08:08 Will Simon get his magic back?
01:15:53 Too many loose threads? Spoiler alert: No!
Family:
01:18:46 Simon's discovery of his biological family
01:22:51 Fiona is stinky and vampires were not important
01:26:25 Three cheers for Daphne
01:28:32 Would Natasha have accepted Baz?
1:30:00 BREAK
Agatha and Naimh
01:31:17 Mixed feelings about Agatha's return to the magical world
01:34:20 Rainbow's quote about difficulty writing Agatha
01:38:04 Agatha as the new Ebb?
01:40:36 Naimh
01:43:00 Agatha's sexuality and sexy times with Simon?
01:45:38 Ensemble moment gathering the goats
01:47:15 Penny's time to solo shine ... as a crime lord?
01:49:22 Pippa and Baz's redemption
01:53:43 Favorite Quote? Favorite Spell?
01:56:24 If Rainbow were to continue the story, what would you want?
02:01:31 Shoutout to the EsGAYpe From Reality podcast
2:03:06 Thank yous and goodbyes
Links This Episode:
Find Mad on AO3
Momtaku’s favorite AWTWB meme
EsGAYpe From Reality Podcast
A deeper read:
Mad’s thought on Simon’s construction of masculinity
Simon as a terrible boyfriend
Never let them tell you you’re not magic
Is this what people do?
About the Podcast
You Hear Big Girls began as a monthly Attack on Titan manga discussion. We're now branching out to discuss other media we enjoy. The YHBG podcast is available on Youtube, Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes.
Podcast regular @attackonmomlife and fandom writer @stillmadaboutpetra will join YHBG co-host @momtaku to discuss Rainbow Rowell's latest in the Simon Snow series, "Any Way the Wind Blows". We'll be (of course!) gushing over our favorite character developments, discussing our theories, and talking about what the fandom community got right in anticipation of this 3rd installment.
We’ll be recording Monday, July 19th, so if you have any questions for our guests or topics you'd like us to consider, please let us know on tumblr, twitter or via our website youhearbiggirls.com.
About the Podcast
You Hear Big Girls began as a monthly Attack on Titan manga discussion. We're now branching out to discuss other media we enjoy. The YHBG podcast is available on Youtube, Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes.
News, drama, the "real" ending, interviews, anime, MAPPA, appallingly low wages, merch, and so much more. There's no end to things to talk about when it comes to SnK, so ask us anything and we'll answer everything you want to know in our upcoming 3rd anniversary podcast!
The second chapter of Sui Ishida’s new manga Choujin X was released last week and Luna and Momtaku continue the tradition of reading it together. Listen along as we try to make sense of bumbums, sheep cryptids and a wildly entertaining high speed Roller Boy Yay-Yay chase
It's a short episode - only 30 minutes, so see? We can be brief 😂
Read Choujin X Chapter 2 for free on the Viz Media website
It's a return to SnK as the Big Girls discuss leak week hell, the sometimes extreme reaction of the fandom and their thoughts about the final pages. Join us for what is likely the final SnK Podcast until the anime begins.
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0:00:31 The return of Leak Week Hell
0:08:10 Big Girls have Big thoughts: New Page Discussion
0:11:45 Mikasa and Ymir
0:16:45 Mikasa and her family
0:18:44 Momtaku's first cope
0:22:16 Future destruction of Paradis and the tree
0:28:46 The End of Copium: How they learned to stop worrying and hate everything
0:32:17 New crack theory: A Floch of birbs? A Murder of Crows?
0:35:51 Keep it, Toss it, Share it: Would you recommend SnK to others?
0:48:20 Break
0:48:54 Ask from Paris
0:52:46 Ask from Honey Lemon
0:54:50 Ask from Monica So
0:56:04 Ask from Enrico
0:57:26 Ask from The Coordinate: An Attack on Titan Podcast
0:58:09 Ask from Horatius
0:59:02 Podcast update and guessing game winner update
1:01:44 Thank yous, goodbyes and what's next
Links this episode
The Canipa Effect: Breaking Down Attack on Titan’s (All Seasons) Incredible Animation
While awaiting the reveal of the additions to Attack on Titan’s final chapter, the Big Girl's decide to read Choujin X, the latest work from Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul).
For our final chapter podcast, the Big Girls recorded with a live audience. Special guests include @linkspooky, Puppet, Polkka and Underscore.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zue84f/139.mp3
Timestamps this chapter
Intro
1:24 Chapter Impressions
4:35 Chapter Poll Gone Wild
15:04 Armin and Eren's Journey
18:00 Uhh... Ymir loved Karl?
21:47 Why was Mikasa key?
27:12 Did Eren kill his mother?
29:30 Eren loved Mikasa? Right manga, mom!
32:09 Ask from Ricah: Why do you think it was important for Isayama to have Eren be responsible for killing his mom (indirectly or directly)?
36:01 The reveal of "the final panel"
40:36 The reveal of Eren's plan
43:13 Ask from Vital: Were you ever frustrated with who exactly was in control between Eren & Ymir?
45:56 Linkspooky's thoughts on Eren
1:03:40 BREAK
1:05:10 Ask from Xlash: How do you feel about Eren LeLouch?
1:08:05 Ask Ricah: Do you think Isayamas 80/20 genocides vs survival rate was a compromise for the fandom and the factions?
1:12:00 Ask from Ricah: Okay but what do you think about Armin's words to Eren and the big controversial "thank you eren " moment?
1:17:51 Ask from Renan: Did you think Eren was acting sus through the last arc?
1:20:11 The failure of the mystery box approach and dropped plot points. Luna's Reiner Rant
1:29:15 Ask from Savalkas: Did Isayama forget that all the Wall Titans would have turned back into normal Eldians?
1:32:21 Ask from Paula Abelenda: Do you believe we will get novels after this ending?
1:33:52 Our favorite moments from 139. Also right manga again, mom! Ghost Theory prevails! The Big Girls argue over Eremika
1:41:00 Ask from Petter: How likely is it that Historia is a Jaegerist?
1:45:05 Opinions about Levi staying alive?
1:46:25 Ask from Bertrice: Did Armin really deserve his ending? He got basically what he wanted on the sacrifices of others. Luna unleashes about Armin
1:49:37 Ask from Demon King: What are your thoughts on "Helos (reiner) and Fritz (zeke) saving the world together?
1:51:31 Ask from Neetaku: What do you think Reiner did to Isayama to make him hate him so much?
1:52:16 Ask from Vital and DominicG: What happened to Yelena? The Big Girls wonder if the Guidebook will answer that question.
1:55:03 Ask from Velocious: What is the point of Pieck's character?
1:57:12 Luna wins! Mikasa buried the head under the tree!
1:57:45 Did Eren become birb?
1:59:26 Winner of the Final Guessing Game
2:04:29 Quickfire round with Polkka
2:09:53 Polkka's Reiner Rant
2:20:11 Best arc
2:21:15 Fave arc
2:25:04 Fave Eren
2:29:04 Favorite and best character
2:29:59 Favorite moment
2:31:26 Fave chapter
2:35:36 What's something you hated about aot
2:37:48 What's something you loved about aot
2:38:33 Best aot meme
2:41:25 Best moment in your aot community
2:43:22 The best person you've met in the fandom
2:46:01 Final score of the series
2:50:56 Quickfire straw poll results
2:57:02 Thank yous and goodbyes
3:02:50 Closing song "Scarf" by Tori Morgan
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Straw poll charts, intermission sing-a-long and closing song
