Hovin's Hideaway
By Hovin
Hovin's HideawaySep 16, 2021
Does JoJolion Hold Up? - THE RAMBLECAST
JoJo's Part 8 finishes its decade-long run, and Hovin just got finished reading through it all for the very first time! Does its commitment to a sprawling mystery story deliver? How does it stack up to other parts? How did Hoves find its somewhat *different* approach to an antagonist compared to prior entries? All this and more!
Spoiler discussion from from 13:30
Twitter - @HovinwithanH
Youtube version (with some visual aids) - https://youtu.be/r4bNXww0Cbk
#10: A Collosal Conclusion
Today on the Hideaway, Hovin is joined by Otaquest's Jacob Parker-Dalton to discuss the conclusion to the manga phenomenon that's taken the anime community by storm- the ambitious, bleak epic that is Attack on Titan! FULL MANGA SPOILERS
Did the ending live up to the series' lofty ambitions? What did we think of Titan overall? What makes its reception so polarising? How many anime openings will Hovin's handy robot companion attempt to sing covers of? LISTEN TO FIND OUT
Gib https://www.youtube.com/c/WensleydaleCheddar a look-see for Duckface Diaries and pls gib them a sub for their upcoming AoT vid!
Jacob's written piece on Attack on Titan's ending: https://www.otaquest.com/examining-attack-on-titan-ending/
ALSO CHECK OUT DUCKFACE DIARIES: A WORLD TRIGGER READTHROUGH PODCAST AT:
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/wensleydalecheddar
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/64TuWNP0KCjxshGCZLxUBh
Podbean: https://wensleydale001.podbean.com/
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast
RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-G4Q7Yo
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/oczeh6j5
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1508027196/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast
Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYzUzM2VjMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id1508027196
Hovin Attempts to Explain 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' (Poorly) - THE RAMBLECAST
As a new era of MCU TV series' is ushered in, another comes to a close. With Wandavision upon us, Hovin attempts (poorly) to bring you up to speed on that one Marvel series you *probably* haven't finished. Is it an overlooked gem? Is it a total waste of time? Can his trusty assistant, Android Hindsight cover all of his bases when he forgets to explain something? LISTEN TO FIND OUT
(FULL SPOILERS FROM 5:02)
Twitter - @HovinwithanH
World Trigger: A Love Letter to Underdogs: https://youtu.be/KOlrgsVYfdU
Duckface Diaries: A World Trigger Readthrough links:
https://anchor.fm/wensleydalecheddar
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoBH60gfoOiMItBxJqWrhzMY1XMVbda6O
https://open.spotify.com/show/64TuWNP0KCjxshGCZLxUBh
https://wensleydale001.podbean.com/
https://www.breaker.audio/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast
https://radiopublic.com/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-G4Q7Yo
https://pca.st/oczeh6j5
https://overcast.fm/itunes1508027196/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast
https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYzUzM2VjMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id1508027196
#9: We Never Learn's Branching Endings Let It Down
Like Nisekoi before it, Shonen Jump's newest harem rom-com effort reaches the end of its run, and the Hideaway crew weren't terribly big fans of its approach of having not one, but FIVE alternate endings. Join Hovin, Wensleydale and DrNova as they break down the pros and cons of each one, which ending they preferred, which left them frustrated, and which would have been best improved by one of the characters breaking out an extensive lecture on ethics!
TIMECODES:
00:00 - Intro/What Have We Been Watching/Reading/Eating-?
02:20 - We Never Learn Discussion begins! (FULL SPOILERS) Thoughts on the Final Chapter?
04:42 - How would we rank the endings, worst to best?
06:42 - Thoughts on the Uruka ending
17:47 - Thoughts on the Rizu ending
22:02 - Thoughts on the Fumino ending
26:55 - Thoughts on the Asumi ending
32:13 - Thoughts on the Kirisu ending (they weren't pretty)
40:18 - Q&A section!
40:32 - How did well the ending/(s) fit into the theme of growth?
43:24 - Which ending had the best Yuiga?
44:21 - What was the *actual* OG end of the manga? (joke question)
45:22 - Shoutout to MangaMavericks! Thanks for the questions, Lum ^^
45:45 - How would you have improved or salvaged the Kirisu route?
47:09 - What alternative routes, if any, would you have liked to have seen?
49:58 - Final thoughts! Sign off, plugs, etc
MUSIC USED: 'When I Kissed The Teacher' by ABBA
YOUTUBE VERSION AVAILABLE AT: https://youtu.be/tnzJB_zTCAU
WORLD TRIGGER: A LOVE LETTER TO UNDERDOGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOlrgsVYfdU&ab_channel=HovinwithanH
HOSTS:
HovinwithanH- @HovinwithanH on Twitter
Dr Nova: instagram.com/jonah_snow/
Wensleydale: https://www.youtube.com/c/WensleydaleCheddar/featuredheddar/featured
@WensleyCheddar on Twitter
/WensleyCheddar on Facebook
/WensleydaleCheddar on Twitch
#8: I Liked Megalovania BEFORE It Was Cool!
Our hearts are filled with determination as Hovin and Wensleydale are joined by special guest Xeno to discuss Toby Fox's indie megahit Undertale as well as chapter 1 of its follow-up, Deltarune! What were our favourite moments? Where do we think Deltarune will go in the future? What are some of our favourite fan-created AU's? All this and more on today's hOIvin's Hideaway!
00:00 - Intro
02:09 - What have we been watching/reading/playing lately?
05:08 - Undertale Discussion (FULL SPOILERS FOR UNDERTALE)
-How did we get into UT? 15:50 - Favourite moments in UT?
28:15 - Deltarune Discussion (FULL SPOILERS FOR DELTARUNE CHAPTER 1)
36:06 - Theories on when it'll go next? (some discussion of this prior, these sections are a bit arbitrary)
41:11 - Q&A Segment! 41:28 - Thoughts on Gaster? 45:18 - Funniest moment in UT?
46:32 - Funniest moment in Deltarune?
47:12 - How many chapters will Deltarune be and how will it end?
49:24 - Favourite Undertale AU?
52:38 - Final thoughts and outro!
Also Hovin's audio goes a tad static-y near the end so apologies, not sure what went wrong there (have tried to edit out the static where possible)
MUSIC USED:
'Death By Glamour/Megalovania (Swing Cover)' by Milo Jack Stilitz - https://soundcloud.com/milo-jack-stilitz
'Rigor Mortis Rag' - Death Road to Canada OST, Joey Grady
HOVIN'S HIDEAWAY ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3BI_0sTNssi7zHKRHxPxzfGL7tHI56Hx
DUCKFACE DIARIES - A WORLD TRIGGER READTHROUGH LINKS:
https://anchor.fm/wensleydalecheddar
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoBH60gfoOiMItBxJqWrhzMY1XMVbda6O
https://open.spotify.com/show/64TuWNP0KCjxshGCZLxUBh https://wensleydale001.podbean.com/
https://www.breaker.audio/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast https://radiopublic.com/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-G4Q7Yo
https://pca.st/oczeh6j5https://overcast.fm/itunes1508027196/duckface-diaries-a-world-trigger-podcast
https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYzUzM2VjMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id1508027196
HOSTS: HovinwithanH- @HovinwithanH on Twitter
Wensleydale Cheddar- https://www.youtube.com/c/WensleydaleCheddar/featured
@WensleyCheddar on Twitter /WensleyCheddar on Facebook
/WensleydaleCheddar on Twitch
Xeno- @kagakyuu on Twitter, TikTok
@kagakyuu_cosplay on instagram
#7: Mighty No. 8 - THE KAIJU CAST
Monsters attack as the Hideaway Defense Force take on Jump+'s new hotly discussed Kaiju-themed battle manga, Kaiju No. 8! Does it have the potential to be a heavy-hitter? What does it need to improve on? Opinions were a tad split on this one so there was plenty to discuss! Also Hovin has a Switch now and will apparently bring this up at every possibility, like it or not. Heaven help us.
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - What have we all been playing/watching/reading? (Food Wars, various Switch games and more)
08:21 - Kaiju No 8 Discussion begins!
10:10 - early question: Do we still want a manga about a Kaiju clean-up crew? (actually gets answered at 11:47, whoops)
28:00 - What do we want from the series going forward?
31:49 - Q&A section BEGINS! First Q, where do the Kaiju come from?
34:12 - Nature of the new humanoid Kaiju that attacked the exam? Are all kaiju infected animals and humans by the sort of bugs that infected Kafka?
35:18 - Does Kaiju No. 8 have the potential to be Jump's next big thing?
37:24 - Thoughts on the insect that infected Kafka? Motives, etc
38:35 - How do we feel about the art style?
40:55 - Closing thoughts! Sign-offs, plugs, etc
MUSIC USED:
'Hovin's Hideaway theme' by Milo Jack Stilitz - https://soundcloud.com/milo-jack-stilitz
'Godzilla Main theme' - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) OST, Bear McCreary (originally written by Akira Ifukube)
YOUTUBE VERSION AVAILABLE AT: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3BI_0sTNssi7zHKRHxPxzfGL7tHI56Hx
HOSTS:
HovinwithanH- @HovinwithanH on Twitter
Dr Nova: instagram.com/jonah_snow/
Kastor: Repeat of the Maximillian Pegasus joke from the episode on Shonen Battle movies' description. Yes I'm using a description gag as an excuse to shill the last episode :P
#6: MHA: Heroes Rising and Shonen Battle Movies!
This week, Hovin is joined by KastorUK as we talk about the MHA movies, Heroes Rising in particular, and use that as a jumping off point to talk about the various shonen battle franchise tie-in movies we've gotten over the years, which ones we feel hold up, which ones don't, and the different approaches of how they do this! Also there are various asides and side-tangents, hoo boy the side tangents...
Contents:
00:00 - Intros
00:57 - What we;ve been watching, Hovin talks at length about the various seasonal anime he's keeping up with (The God of High School Fire Force, Digimon Adventure:, Re:Zero)
08:05 - My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (and My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes)
13:20 - My Hero Academia MANGA SPOILERS (I think they're fairly vague but if you're looking to avoid, here they are, spoiler talk ends at 15:15)
16:40 - examples of Shonen Battle movies done WELL
20:11 - examples of Shonen Battle movies done BADLY
29:30 - an extended side-tangent on Bleach, how it fits a movie format, how it'd fit a monthly manga magazine
33:09 - Tie-in movies breaking character (various One Piece movies)
36:08 - Tie-in movies deviating in content and tone (Lupin III: Blood Spray of Goemon, Digimon Our War Game)
38:18 - Movies that adapt or re-adapt existing material (One Piece: Episode of, Demon Slayer: Infinity Train)
40:24 - Compilation movies (Attack on Titan, Gurren Lagann)
42:30 - Q&A Segment! Why hasn't OPM gotten a movie yet?
45:55 - what would a JoJo's movie look like? General JJBA discussion
50:38 - Best Soul Eater character?
52:30 - Bleach: The Hell Verse but with meme characters from my last podcast. (Anyone not versed in Stammer Stream Lore feel free to skip to 54:56 to bypass a torrent of inside jokes)
55:20 - Sign-offs
MUSIC USED:
'Hovin's Hideaway theme' by Milo Jack Stilitz - https://soundcloud.com/milo-jack-stilitz
'Rigor Mortis Rag' - Death Road to Canada OST, Joey Grady
YOUTUBE VERSION AVAILABLE AT: https://www.youtube.com/user/Machexter15
HOSTS: HovinwithanH- @HovinwithanH on Twitter
KastorUK- he says he doesn't want to be followed but tbh track down Maximillian Pegasus' social media account and you should find him
Hovin Shows You His Podcast Collection - THE RAMBLECAST
Hovin's first foray into solo podcasting! In this trial run of a new format, he delves into the various podcasts he's listened to over the years, going through what makes each one tick, which ones don't, and how his tastes in them have changed over time.
#5: The Promised 'Meh'-verland
WARNING: MANGA SPOILERS ABOUND. With Weekly Shonen Jump's recent hit series, The Promised Neverland finally ended, Hoves and the gang dig into their disappointments with it, where they felt the series stumbled and where they felt it succeeded. What were its standout characters? Its high and low points? Why don't we love Goldy Pond as much as most of manga twitter? All this and more on this visit to the Hideaway!
#4: Boruto, Spy x Family and MANGA RANTS
An episode in which we set out to talk about manga we want to rant about but end up just talking about whatever miscellanious manga we feel like! I'm joined by the usual crew as we delve into Boruto, Samurai 8 and BOTH manga themed around families of spies Shuesha is putting out right now
#3: Let's Dangle Some Ronpas!
In move seriously breaching podcasting ethics, Hovin decides to trap Nova and Greil in his lair and forces- I mean invites them to talk about the latest Danganronpa game! How does it stack up to the rest of the series? What were our favourite trials and characters? Why is the podcasting equipment in Hovin's lair so darn faulty? All this and more might be answered in this installment of Hovin's hideaway!
#2: The Wholesome Komi-cast
Today, we discuss a manga that one of us aptly describes as 'like reading a hug'. It's feelsy, it's adorable, it's Komi-san can't communicate! With a waifu so powerful her reaction images dominate social media in anime circles, we dive into this warm, slow paced slice-of-life series. Which characters did we love? Which characters would we rather stay the hell away from? What were our highlights?
#1: The Great Food Wars Autopsy
Hovin and pals dissect the Food Wars manga's final arc, concusion and epilogue. (Spoilers ahoy!) How did it size up to our expectations? Just *how* realistic or edible are the dishes on display? Is Rindo or Ikumi best girl?