About this episode

The episode explores the dynamics of subcultures through the lens of gacha game characters and their unique traits.

In this episode, a markedly dissociative one, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the red hooded white robed yellow...leafed Sekihan, who will soon not be with us as she ascends to the heavens, and the fantastically flowery fuscia floutist Hibiscus the Purifyer, a normal girl with a very abnormal instrument, and we sing a lyrical question: If you've travelled down the road and back again, can I thank you for being a bean? Then, one right makes two wrongs with Carnelian, Tomahawk Steak, and Dusk, asking: If you're part of a certain subculture, how rude can you be to your fellow, erm, subculture participants? Follow along: https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Sekihan , https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Hibiscus_the_Purifier , https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Carnelian , https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Tomahawk_Steak , https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Dusk Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: https://bunnygirlbrainwave.substack.com/archive Art by Ryegarden…

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