Lunch Hour Anime Special

Two episodes in a row of infodump and a load of emo leaves us questioning how much we're enjoying this series. It's a lot of talking, y'all. We get lots of exposition about feelings, but not a lot on the details we're really looking for. So we're gonna fill in the gaps ourselves! Silver lining: railgun girl and the judgement committee. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

In Food Wars' first OVA, Takumi Aldini defends his appropriation of Japanese culture while his classmates enjoy a day on the town on Tokyo. We talk about each character's little cameos and spend quite a bit of time drooling over food. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

GET HYPE IT'S THE FINALE! We're done with our viewing of SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA and we're here to talk about the fun moments of this episode along with the fragrance bomb-off between Hayama and Soma. We debate how the show might move forward, our expectations for Hayama, and what we'll be watching next. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

We talk about Nikumi's unique talents, Ryo's making us uncomfortable, and Marui's fan club of nerdiness. Plus, how do we not talk about the food? Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

As Group B's elections come to a close, we have a good laugh over all these awesome new character nicknames. Plus, we're all waiting with baited breath for Nikumi to become the true DON OF DONS. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

We open with a lengthy discussion about Erina as a character: is she an effective character, and where does the depth even exist? What kind of story could the show even tell to give her depth that we'd believe? What aout Alice? We also may have uncovered that Andy's a psychopath. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

We speculate what each election contestant's dishes will be like: do we even know what Mauri's specialty will be? Some are easy (Nikumi) but some are total unknowns (Erina's aide). Is it even fair for Alice to bring all that extra equipment? Will there be any darkhorse Polar Star competitors? Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

The autumn elections are almost upon us and we're enjoying all the development of these background characters. We discuss Jun and Hayama's unique relationship before choosing favorites to do well at the elections. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Today might feel like the childhood friend's best day, but we give you the straight deal: this episode sealed that young girl's dark fate. Andy's excited by the return of some ecchi, Jen gives an OTPrediction, and Alex trolls hard. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Soma's on a mission to save the shopping district and defeat some Elite Ten Karaage, but he can't do it without the Perfect Partner, the Don of Dons, NIKUMI. We talk about Nikumi's character development an pit her against doomed, regular-colored-hair childhood friend whose name we can't even remember. Friendzoned. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Soma's battle with Joichiro shows us just how far he's come and just how far he still has to go. That said, we're all quite happy with the outcome. We're less happy that Isshiki isn't naked. We talk about what's to come after this brief interlude: is the restaurant in trouble? What can Soma still learn there? Will Megumi ever get over her PTSD? Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Finally: Soma's father's story! The hints are over and we finally know Joichiro's backstory. There are still gaps in what we know, but the teasing is over. But now that the story is here, what happened to the ecchi foodgasms? Plus, we do some shopping. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

What's Alice's deal? What are her motives? All Andy knows is that she obviously isn't as magnificent as Erina. That said, we talk about just how far protagonist power goes in this show: does it cover every named character? We're told how savage this academy is, but everybody's doing fine. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

In the final camp challenge, we get Nikumi's quiet character growth, Erina's excellence, and a new white-haired, red-eyed mystery character. But Andy asks: what has this school actually taught these kids? Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Landslide, show's over, pack it up and go home. Until... manly tears of memory and hearth and home. Dojima lays down some harsh advice for Shinomiya. What's Megumi's future path to success. Is this Soma's obligatry loss? Do you sympathize with Shinomiya? Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Dojima saves the day with tough love for both the student and the alum. Shinomiya's fellow colleagues call him out on his bad manners and questionable proctoring. But let's be real here: do Megumi and Soma even stand a chance at all? Plus, cabbage! Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.