rom-coms, fridged women, much needed segues Not Your Best Girl

In this week’s episode, Kim & Lee Anne cover a lot of ground -- from the good cats to the joy of a simple rom-com after a long, hard day of mecha shows. We then get in deep on one of our least favorite media tropes - women in refrigerators. Where does it come from, and where can we see it in anime? What does it even mean to be “fridged” anyway?  Highlights: Lee Anne makes a bold choice, Kim hates Code Geass chest physics, "Will Someone Please Buy Munakata A Segway???" (No), and Akane “ZeroEscape” Kurashiki says #ScrewFridging.

Weekly Check-in 1:20 - 9:03

Shows discussed:

BlendS 1:28 - 4:12

Code Geass 4:22 - 9:03

#hotmamosummer 9:05 - 20:50

Shows discussed:

Days 10:20 - 12:11

Tadakoi/Tada Never Falls in Love -  12:15 - 15:52

Nobunaga Concerto 15:55 - 18:40

Kimi ni Todoke 18:41 - 20:45

General Discussion - Fridging: 21:05 - 1:07:48

**general cw: death, violence against women

Shows discussed:

Code Geass 25:00 - 27:20

Danganronpa 3 and V3 29:58 - 35:55

Psycho Pass 36:10 - 39:57

^**cw: gore mention

Fullmetal Alchemist 40:05 - 44:23, 52:10 - 54:57

Anohana 44:25 - 44:48

Your Name 49:42 - 50:07

Weathering With You 50:08 - 28

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 50:30 - 51:00

^**cw: terminal illness mention

Your Lie in April 51:15 - 51:53

Yurikuma Arashi 55:53 - 56:10

The Promised Neverland 56:11 - 56:31

Soul Eater 56:44 - 56:58

Zero Escape/999 57:35 - 59:37

Erased 59:40 - 1:01:18

Steins;Gate 1:01:25 - 1:07:48

And Now...Terrible Anime to Recommend to Non-Anime Fans 1:07:49 - end

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Mob Psycho 100, Future Diary/Mirai Nikki, Code Geass, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Love Chuunibyo & Other Delusions, Assassination Classroom, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (and shout out to Mekakucity Actors which got left out)