Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

asherlark, Ivy Fox
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A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!

  1. FEB 16

    S1E33 Tangled Up In The Michaelphone

    In this episode, a drift compatible one, we zoom in on our second Saki colab character, the one eye closed two girlfriend on lock Mihoko Fukuji, who you need to really, REALLY be careful with if you bring her to cosplay kareoke, and ash challenges Ivy with a bold question: Will you not admit that this is the best image, possibly in the entire world? Follow along:  https://mahjongsoul.club/character/MihokoFukuji 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    1h 56m

  2. FEB 8 · BONUS

    BONUS 11 Saki Live Action: The Movie Watchalong: It's Time For Me To Yuri Dap You Up

    In a world where yuri nap rooms are too bright, where your ghost girlfriend might push you down the stairs at any moment, where your parents dying turns you into a scary doll with too many particle effects, and even catgirls can find redemption... Two podcasters embark on a frantic paced journey to uncover a terrifying secret: Saki in real life. Will they get their Yakuman, or will it all go bust? Watch along with us:  I believe in you dawg you can find it if you look 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 7m
  3. S3E8 Participating In Certain Subcultures

    FEB 2

    S3E8 Participating In Certain Subcultures

    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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 60m

  4. JAN 19

    S1E32 Woke Luigi's Mansion

    In this episode, and don't ask me why it's named that, we zoom in on the maidenly maid who might maintain martial arts mastery Riu Kujou, who's chest is definitely one solid piece that isn't clipped together like a doll, and ask a playful question: Can YOU spot the maid? Can you reach the Maid Unlocked State? Follow along:  https://mahjongsoul.club/character/RiuKujou 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 19m

  5. JAN 4

    S1E31 Steppin' On Santa Claus

    In this episode, carrying on our tradition of our Christmas episode being delayed a week, we zoom in on the beautiful, bountiful, bootlickable boss of Bamboo Cloud Fuuka Minami, famously fair with her rewards (stepping on you) and her punishments (stepping on you) and ask a spring-heeled question: Can exposure to Louboutins at a young age turn you gay? Or does it just make you inclined to secretarial work? Follow along:  https://mahjongsoul.club/character/FuukaMinami,  https://mahjongsoul.club/inventory/OraclesLegacyHinataTakanashi,  https://mahjongsoul.club/inventory/shape-fading-echo-yuiyagi 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 14m
  6. S2E8B Hey Guys, It's Confucius

    12/22/2025

    S2E8B Hey Guys, It's Confucius

    In this episode, the analectical finale of our Dream of the Red December, we zoom in on the second half of Xhulong---er, Hong Lu's art, including the teardrop tarnished tyrant himself... hey guys, it's evil Confucius (aka Lord of Hongyuan) and we ask a question that sheds Light on an underdiscussed topic: When you think about it, isn't Limbus Company just the same thing as Kingdom Hearts? Heathcliff got norted!? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 2: The Twelve Beauties of Limbus Company and the Cherry Blossom Club:  I'M WORKING ON IT IT'LL BE UP SOON Follow along:  https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Hong_Lu 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 51m

  7. 12/18/2025 · BONUS

    2nd Anniversay Special! Q&A&M (Questions & Answers & Mahjong)

    We've been doing Soul Mates! for two years! Incredible! Thank you so much to everyone who's listened in to join us on this journey. For our anniversary this year we're taking it easy, racking up some tiles with prior guests of the show Kit and May while we answer YOUR questions! What's our least and most popular episodes of the show? Given the opportunity, is there anything we would do different? And do any of us know anything about Scooby Doo? Tune in to find out! Oh, and just so you know, this episode also comes in video form! Check it out on our youtube if you wanna relax and watch us play some mahjong. Watch the video edition of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Ja7OjLXCo 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    1h 46m
  8. S2E8A A Proper Cup Of Pu'er Tea

    12/14/2025

    S2E8A A Proper Cup Of Pu'er Tea

    In this episode, the midpoint of our Dream of the Red December (look, we didn't come up with a good one for this one, okay?),  we zoom in on the affluent, the adorable, the always-staring-into-the-middle-distance appreciable perfect object Hong Lu (or at least, look at the first half of his art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question about one of his favorite topics, girls: So, when exactly do they start drawing him like a woman? Read this episode's companion fanfic, That Which Was Lost Part 1: The Twelve Beauties of Daguanyuan and the Crab Flower Club:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/75757716 Follow along:  https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Hong_Lu 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:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

    2h 24m
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A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!

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