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ShouJoe

Joe and Sarah

The ShouJoe Podcast is a podcast where host Sarah shows her favorite Shoujo anime series to her long time friend Joe. Each week, the two do a deep dive of Shoujo anime they’re covering, about 2-3 episodes at a time, provide summaries, opinions, analysis, and generally just joke around about the episodes. Join us as Sarah shows Joe what Shoujo is all about!

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S10 · E9
Yesterday · 1 hr 10 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 24-26: Leaf Them Alone!
This week we hit the midpoint of Fushigi Yugi. But first, Joe talks about the many movies he’s watched while Sarah went to a convention with both friends/guests of podcast! Then in Fushigi Yugi, we watch as Nakago’s master plan comes to fruition as his master spy takes center stage. Wow, I can’t wait to see what the plan is! What’s this, I’m getting a phone call! Hello? Uh huh… just one guy you say… well that surely can’t be true… and he… into a river… that can’t possibly be right… Anyway, that plan blows up but that does mean Miaka gets a new quest! And they’re gonna head off but not before Taiitsukun shows up to give some devastating news to the teen romance subplot. Geez, this really can’t get any worse huh? At least we can all check in on Tamahome’s cute siblings for a good time right? RIGHT?
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S10 · E8
August 21 · 1 hr 12 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 21-23: Evil Earring
This week we learn about the importance of background checks. But before that, Sarah and Joe catch up. Joe has finally been freed from Wuthering Heights while is shipping Spiderman and Black Cat. In Fushigi Yugi, evil Tamahome has decided that he does need to kill Miaka after all just as Hotohori decides that this is finally his shot with her. Miaka meanwhile tries to take a stroll into a river. Ill advised I’d say! Then Tamahome and Hotohori have it out over their love rivalry and we learn about Nagako’s super secret backup plan.
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S10 · E7
August 14 · 1 hr 5 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 18-20: FM (Feline Magic) Radio
We’re back this week for three episodes. IRL Joe gets his power knocked out while Sarah does some virtual farming and web-slinging. In Fushigi Yugi it’s time to retrieve Tamahome, but will all go according to plan? Yui is still in her feelings about Miaka’s betrayal and honestly she seems like she’s having a blast being a evil queen. Unfortunately, Nakago has other plans, poison brain-washing related plans. That’s right, Tamahome goes evil mode this episode and even gets a cool earring!
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August 12 · 2 hr
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (BONUS)
Spoiler Alert: Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, and the Avatar comic books. We get back into the swing of making bonus content with Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender. And this time with a guest. Welcome to the podcast, JP! We all like nostalgia movie sequels made years after the fact right? Tron Legacy, The Matrix 4, Jurassic world. It’s always a good move. Haven’t we all asked ourselves what Aang and the gang have been up to in their early 20s? Katara and Aang building republic city, Toph training some randos metal-bending, Sokka inventing a weird bike, and Zuko being the firelord or whatever. Just like we all pictured. The only thing we need now is a hot sixth guy who maybe holds the key to Aang’s heritage. That would be perfect, just as long as he isn’t secretly evil…
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S10 · E6
August 7 · 1 hr 1 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 15-17: Flute Attack in E Minor
Content Warning: Torture We’re back this week with more Fushigi Yugi. IRL, Joe has finished KOTOR II and has been thinking about Star Wars nonstop, while Sarah is “making it work” by rewatching all of Project Runway. In Fushigi Yugi, we gotta collect the last three Suzuki seven ASAP and boy does that happen in record time. First, the gang goes to a zombie village and debates if dying is a good plan or not. Then we revisit Tamahome’s family and pick up our last member of the team, a little Flute boy. Not what I was expecting!
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S10 · E5
July 31 · 1 hr 15 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 12-14: Some Like It Hot-ohori
This week we meet some bandits. But first, we catch up on our real lives. Joe has been playing KOTOR 2 and is thoroughly Kreia-pilled this week, while Sarah plays Halo: Campaign Evolved. In Fushigi Yugi, we get a debrief on the Yui situation, while Taitsukun hatches her master plan. Then we’re off to the mountains to find our fifth member. Also Hotohori gets to come along this time and try to make his place in the romance storyline while Tamahome has to sit on the sidelines. Then, Miaka and co get caught up in some bandit politics. Honestly not where I thought this was going…
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S10 · E4
July 25 · 1 hr 25 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 9-11: Hat Trick
Content warning: Suicide, Sexual Assault Things get intense this week in Fushigi Yuugi. But not so much in our real lives, which consists mostly of talking about movies and whatnot. In Fushigi Yuugi, Miaka takes a quick trip home before deciding to return again to the book in search of Yui…or maybe really to return to Tamahome… We learn that Tamahome is secretly just a really good all around guy, get a new member of the team, and finally we catch up with Yui and see how things have been going for her. Sure hope nothing happens that fundamentally changes the tone of the show!
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S10 · E3
July 17 · 1 hr 6 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 6-8: Chicks Before D*cks
Today we learn about blood transfusions. But first, Joe and Sarah catch up and learn that…neither of us can pay attention for an hour long podcast? How can this be?? What else could we get distracted by, cross stitch? A Jurassic Park video game? Then in Fushigi Yugi, we resolve the Mirror Miaka mystery using the most powerful weapon of all, stabbing yourself real good. Then we talk about the perils of mixing your blood with other people and how it’s only okay to do if you use bubble magic. Then Miaka takes a break and goes home for a little while only to discover that Yui is now missing!
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July 13 · 1 hr 54 min
Revolutionary Girl Utena Manga (BONUS)
Well, we did it. We made our way through the entire manga collection, including Adolescence of Utena (1999) and After the Revolution (2017). Some of us even read the side stories. Wow, pretty amazing how a story made side-by-side to the anime could turn out so different in manga format. Better? Not really. Prettier? Oh yes! We recap the changes in the manga and talk about if the ideas are really all that revolutionary. Are princes good? Do men know more about women than they do about themselves? Should Juri be gay? These questions and more are explored in this almost two hour podcast.
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S10 · E2
July 10 · 1 hr 16 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 3-5: 4D Book
We return the to book this week. In our real life, Sarah is trapped house sitting while Joe is out for revenge. In Fushigi Yûgi, we get into some love triangles? Squares? Shapes? You get it. We also get our newest member Nuriko, and we definitely aren’t worried about how her stuff will go. Yui is still in that library. It’s kind of a mess this week, but we look forward to seeing how it comes together.
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S10 · E1
July 3 · 1 hr 8 min
Fushigi Yuugi Ep 1-2: WrestleMania
This week, we start our new show! In our real lives, Joe is back into playing KOTOR II and Sarah went to Love Island singles event and is playing some horse games! In Fushigi Yuugi, our hero is pagemastered into the world of ancient China. Where she can gain the powers of Suzaku and gain the power to…get into Jonan High school? That’s right! The stakes have never been higher for our girl Miaka. Will her and her strong friend Tamahome be able to collect the stars or something! Who knows??
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S9 · E6
June 27 · 1 hr 7 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 11-12: Festive Sabotage
We finally finish up our 9th show! Wow, that many already? It sure goes by faster with these 12 episode seasons. This week, Joe went to the movies to watch the Utena movie (again). Meanwhile Sarah is running out of new life material. Weekly habits don’t make for good podcast material! In Hana-Kimi, we wrap up season 1 with the shocking finale to the dorm v dorm v dorm contest, which we are all heavily invested in I’m sure. Mizuki is being targeted and gets snatched away and the only thing that can save her is Nakatsu kicking a guy. Also Izumi is there because he’s the love interest. Meanwhile, Nanba has some love problems but quickly gets over them. Then season 1 just kind of ends. Our next show is Fushigi Yugi! Next week will be watching episodes 1 and 2.
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S9 · E5
June 20 · 1 hr 1 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 9-10: Manly Cheerleading
Content Warning: Discussion of Sexual Assault This week, Sarah and Joe did not go on trips and don’t have nearly as much to say. Joe’s but news is that he watched the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Sarah is maybe done with social events for a while. Real exciting stuff. In Hana-Kimi, we wrap up our beach arc with some not so great developments with Makita. We are not loving that. But then we jump into our final arc of the sports festival. That’s right, its dorm v dorm in an athletic/other event style team games. And we finally, finally get some time with Nanba and find out what his deal is!
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S9 · E4
June 12 · 1 hr 6 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 7-8: Bros Bathe and Sleep Together
We’re back from our trips! Joe recaps Boston while Sarah recaps New York! The Northeast United States. Big cities! People. Great! Then we talk about movies and tv as per usual. In HanaKimi it’s time for a summer job. Mizuki, Izumi, and Nakatsu get roped into working for Dr. Umeda’s sister. And? What’s this? A love rival appears for some reason? And he’s, a college guy, and he’s kind of irritating but also kind of normal. Weird! Sure hope this plays out in a fun way!
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S9 · E3
June 5 · 1 hr 20 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 5-6: Clearing the Bar
We hit the midpoint of Hanakimi. But first Joe talks about Dune (1984) and then we talk about TV for some reason. Sarah meanwhile has been working out while watching Anime because she is very productive! In Hana-Kimi, we resolve our drunken kiss with a drunken fist. Then we fly through a brief bully arc until, big bro comes to town, dun dun duhhhhnnnn. Mizuki has to pretend to be a girl again and convince him that she should be allowed to stay. Oh yeah, and Izumi can high jump now or whatever, so, uh good for him.
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S9 · E2
May 29 · 1 hr 6 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 3-4: When life gives you lemons....
This week characters consider if they’re gay or whatever. Not us though, Sarah recounts her disappointment with singles events while Joe got into the sweet embrace of roller coasters. How exciting. In HanaKimi, things pick up…and are put back down as we fly through some shoujo staple tropes with little to show for them. Having your period while undercover? No big deal. Getting a dress as a gift from back home. Don’t worry about it. Accidentally getting drunk? Who know? Maybe it’ll count!
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S9 · E1
May 23 · 1 hr 29 min
Hana-Kimi Ep 1-2: Normal Things to Say
This week we start a brand new show. We attempt to reintroduce ourselves but find that our lives are kind of boring right now. Hm, maybe it’s just the changing of the seasons… And speaking of change, in HanaKimi our protagonist Mizuki decides to move to Japan and go undercover to attend an all-boys school and for her totally-not-romantic admiration of high jump star Izumi Sano. Or maybe I should say, FORMER high jump star dramatic music plays because he’s quit. Mizuki now has to navigate pretending to be a boy in the school for pretty boys while convincing Izumi to get back to what really matters, jumping real high.
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S8 · E15
May 15 · 1 hr 11 min
The Adolescence of Utena (1999)
Content Warning: Sexual Assault & Abuse We finish off out Utena watching with the 1999 movie! And speaking of movies, Joe has finally watched Project Hail Mary and had a good time with that! Meanwhile Sarah has started running again. Then we grapple with the Adolescence of Utena. The hair, the hair! So different! Also, more ghosts?? And, wait, what’s that noise in the distance? It sounds like…the engine of a car? No way, Utena isn’t a series about cars right?? There’s no way that could be!
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S8 · E14
May 8 · 1 hr 39 min
Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 37-39: The Power of Projection
This week we revolutionaize the world. But first, Joe makes Sarah learn facts about Star Fox and complains about realistic looking animals. Sarah thrills with her allergy test results and excitement for Love Island's return. In Utena, we have the final duel called Revolution! Utena and Anthy finally talk to one another and we learn all about how much Akio sucks. Also there’s a duel but that’s pretty much not the point of this episode. What’s actually important is cool flying sword animations. Yeah, those are awesome!
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S8 · E13
May 1 · 1 hr 6 min
Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 34-36: Sidecar Shuffle
This week we gain the power of revolution! But first, Joe recaps his adventure to Chicago and Sarah retracts a proclamation. In Utena, we get some long awaited backstory. That’s right, the Kashira shadow troupe take the main stage! Then we finish off our duels with a re-rematch with Touga as he tries to prove he’s more than just a pretty face.
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