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Welcome to Fate/moon archive, a critical deep dive into the worlds of Type-Moon! Hosts Benn {Doomgender} Ends (they/she) and fen (fae/faer) start in the doujin circle days with Tsukihime, up to the internationally acclaimed Fate/stay night, and towards the modern era of Type-Moon with Fate/Grand Order. We work our way through (loosely) chronologically, playing, watching, and discussing in depth the themes, ideas, and execution of this long running series from a queer perspective. Each episod ...
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In what may be our shortest episode ever, your beloved hosts come together to (nominally) discuss Melty Blood X, a short Back Alley Alliance spin off story. In practice, we mostly talk about Malcatras’ Maiden and Void Stranger. They’re a lot more fun, honestly. Next time, we’ll be covering the Carnival Phantasm anime along with Take-Moon, the manga…
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Moon Archive 84: Room of the April Witch and Koha-Ace
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In Which Two Girls Lean Heavily On The Yuri Teatime Segment We have a couple small things this week to give us a break before the impending Mahoyo. First up: Room of the April Witch, a one off standalone short story. Second: Koha-Ace, a one volume meta gag manga that nominally stars Kohaku. It’s a bit of a light episode. Next time, we’ll be coverin…
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it's back to tsukihime this week... kinda? it's the year 3000, humanity is dying, and arcueid asexually reproduces. probably. tsuki no sango is a mixed bag, but we found enough to chat about. next time we have a grab bag of two things: room of the april witch and the first volume of koha-ace. and for yuri teatime we're doing the al|together game wa…
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Moon Archive 82: Fate/EXTRA [weeks 6 to end]
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Moon Archive 81: Fate/EXTRA [weeks 4 & 5]
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The tidal pressure of the digital see draws us ever deeper… This time we’re covering Fate/EXTRA weeks 4-5, both the Rin and Rani route. They’re uh, not as divergent as you might hope. Next time, we’ll be covering the end of EXTRA. Send questions! For Yuri Teatime we’ll be covering the full run of Blue Reflection Ray, the anime sequel to the jrpg Bl…
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Moon Archive 80: Fate/EXTRA [Weeks 1-3]
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A new journey begins! The digital sea is here! This time we’re covering the beginning of Fate/EXTRA. That’s the prologue and weeks 1-3. In fact, keep playing right up to the route split (you’ll know it when you see it.) Next time, we’ll be covering weeks 4 and 5 of EXTRA. We’ll be discussing both routes at once! For Yuri Teatime we’ll be covering P…
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Moon Archive 79: All Around Type Moon
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Today we’re covering a manga based on a drama CD based on the idea of some silly cross-timeline shenanigans between the cast of KNK, Fate/stay night, and Tsukihime. It’s a light read, so for most of the episode fen and Benn just argue about Otherside Picnic. Next time, we’ll be covering the first 3 weeks of the 2010 RPG, Fate/EXTRA! Well, we’re tec…
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we watched too much anime for this one! come for the textureless late 2000s anime sludge, but stay for the funny and frank drama about dorky teens grappling with sexuality. next time, we’ll be covering the entirety of the all-around type-moon manga. for yuri teatime we’ll be covering the first two novels of otherside picnic (just the first omnibus …
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join your beleaguered hosts and our returning guest katherine as we attempt to find something worth talking about in the first two prisma illya series and the fate/ zero spinoff short heart of freaks! also, a jam-packed yuri teatime with a fantastic yuri(?) anime movie, a fraught but fun eroge, and the single worst altogether jam game we’ve covered…
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our time outside of type-moon draws to a close as we wrap up 428: shibuya scramble. but don’t worry! we’ll be back in a couple episodes! they made a whole anime out of the canaan stuff! next time, we’ll be covering the short story fate/zero: heart of freaks, and the fate/kaleid liner prisma illya manga, as well as 2wei. for yuri teatime we’ll be co…
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we continue our detour out of type-moon with the second half of 428: shibuya scramble (the 15:00 time block through the epilogue). plots are uncovered! the past is reminisced about! bombs are diffused! the exciting conclusion to 428 is here. next time, we’ll be covering the rest of 428 shibuya scramble. for real this time. mostly that's shizune and…
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It’s time for a little detour out of Type-Moon! We cover the first half of 428: Shibuya Scramble (stopping at the beginning of the 15:00 time block). Kidnappings! Corporate intrigue! Women trapped in mascot costumes! Too many fat jokes! Truly a game that has it all. Next time, we’ll be covering the rest of 428 Shibuya Scramble. For Yuri Teatime we’…
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We take a short dip into the Tsukihime universe with more Melty Blood! Happily we get a bit more of a plot this time around. We also talk about a cool vn, a great movie, and all the anime fen stopped watching recently. Next time, we’ll be covering a to be determined portion of 428: Shibuya Scramble. For Yuri Teatime we’ll be covering the visual nov…
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Well… We gave up on DDD. For now! The translation was a bit too rough to justify pushing through. We’ll check in on everyone’s favorite mean femboy later on, when we have time to read it in Japanese. For now, we’re moving on to the ‘extra’ Kara no Kyoukai movies, which act as sort of distilation of the KNK we’ve seen so far, and a victory lap for t…
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ddd starts off with... not a bang. more of a squelch? there are demons and cops and girls, oh my! and boys love! this is a packed episode full of nasu at his most self indulgent. and us at our most self indulgent as we talk about the year past with homo-tinted glasses. Next time, we’ll be continuing DDD with the remainder of volume 1, HandS.(R), Ha…
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The boundless hubris of beloved co-hosts Benn and fen caused us to believe we could cover 150 chapters of manga, approximately 20 hours of visual novel, all the questions from our Zero coverage, and a post-strike movies catchup. That didn’t work out! Listen on for our appropriately frazzled holiday episode where we cover just the 100 Girlfriends ma…
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Moon Archive 70 - Fate/Zero [Act 15 - Epilogue]
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Fate/ Zero volume 4 comes to a close at long last. All the fated showdowns that are contractually obligated to happen, happen! Kiritsugu uses his mind palace to kill more women! Shirou shows up for a bit! Next time, we’ll be holding a special Type-Moon-lite holiday episode! We’ll be covering the first two chapters of the visual novel Wonderful Ever…
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Moon Archive 68 - Fate/Zero [Acts 13 & 14]
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Fate/ Zero volume 4 opens with a peek at the good old days of Kiritsugu’s past! Then we quickly return to the chaotic last days of the Holy Grail War. All the pieces are set up for the end! Saber drives a motorcycle really fast! Kotomine gets into independent theater! Next time we’ll be finishing Fate/Zero with acts 15, 16 and the Epilogue of volum…
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Fate/ Zero volume 3 comes to a close with… I’m gonna be honest, I just edited this episode and I hardly care what happened in Fate/Zero this time. Some guys die I think. Anyway, Just 2 more Zero episodes left! Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with an interlude through act 14 of volume 4, and episodes 18-21 of the anime. For Yuri Teatime, we’…
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Fate/ Zero volume 3 begins with acts 9 and 10, and we cover episodes 12-15 of the anime. Your charming hosts suffer as we reach what may be the worst Saber scene yet. The trial of our lifetime continues, here, on Fate/Moon Archive! Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with acts 11 and 12 of volume 3, and episodes 16 and 17 of the anime. For Yuri…
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We finish Fate/ Zero volume 2 with act 8, as well as cover episodes 9-11 of the anime. What did we think of the Banquet of Kings? You’ll have to listen on to find out! Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with acts 9 and 10 of volume 3, and episodes 12-15 of the anime. For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be talking about Plain Song (visual novel), My Little…
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We continue Fate/Zero with a chunk of volume 2 (up to and including act 7), as well as covering episodes 6-8 of the anime. And you might not know it from the beginning of our discussion, but it’s pretty good this week! Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with act 8 of volume 2, and episodes 9-11 of the anime. For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be talking …
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We continue Fate/Zero with the rest of the first volume (up to and including act 4), as well as covering episodes 3-5 of the anime. Zero dares to ask, how long can one cool fight last? Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with acts 5-7 of volume 2, and episodes 6-8 of the anime. For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be talking about A Midsummer Day’s Resonanc…
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We begin Fate/Zero with the first half of the first volume (up to and including act 2), as well as covering the first 2 episodes of the Ufotable anime alongside it. Will we survive a complete dearth of interesting women as the boy’s club takes the wheel? Next time we’ll be continuing Fate/Zero with the rest of volume 1, and episodes 3-5 of the anim…
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This week we take a break from reading to watch the 2006 Studio DEEN adaptation of Fate/stay night. But, since that’s pretty thin, we spend most of the time talking about the anime we’re watching this season, the first game in our year of micro-vns, and the excellent Revue Starlight in a packed yuri teatime! Next time we’ll be starting our journey …
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In Which Two Girls And One Guest Don’t Play Hanafuda That’s right, Hollow Ataraxia isn’t over yet! We return to the game one last time to clean up the remaining scenes, some bonus materials, and to cover the what very well may be the last explicit sex scenes in a Type-Moon game. It’s a mixed bag! Next time we’ll be covering the 2006 Studio DEEN ada…
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The main plot of Hollow Ataraxia comes to a close with the end of Avenger and Bazett’s story together. It’s good! It’s also so long we couldn’t fit any more the side stuff into this episode between the main plot and our yuri teatime block. Next time we’ll be covering everything else remaining in Hollow Ataraxia! That’s the rest of the daytime scene…
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We get through another big chunk of Hollow Ataraxia! Lots more hangout scenes, lots of Saber eating various treats, and so on. We also finally get some insight into Bazett and Avenger’s fighting style, which turns out to be a lot more like a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure fight then we expected. Next time we’ll be covering the rest Hollow Ataraxia’s main…
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We start with an incredible movie (please watch Funeral Parade of Roses), and then we have a discussion about hollow ataraxia that is all over the place but eventually settles down into something recognizable as a moon archive episode. Next time we’re covering up to just before the 5th Bazett section of f/ha. For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be discussing a…
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Okay, bear with us here. The second chunk of the Melty Blood manga has basically nothing for us to talk about. The Caligula Effect novel on the other hand? Now that’s got some meat on it. Next time we’ll be beginning our journey through Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia. Um, I haven’t started it yet as I write this, so I have no guidance for how much we’ll be …
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Deja vu again, as we cover the first act of the Melty Blood manga, which is a pretty straight up and down adaptation of the Hologram Summer route of the original fighting game. But, mostly, we’re using this episode as an excuse to have a nice long yuri teatime about The Caligula Effect: Overdose, the somewhat maligned game preceding the excellent C…
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We return to the Tsukihime spin off fighting game Melty Blood, for a game that is… kind of mostly a port of ReACT actually. And has essentially no new story. Whoops. Well, we spend our time instead answering questions and reviewing a classic Japanese sports drink. Next time we’ll be covering the 2005 Melty Blood manga, up through volume 6. For Yuri…
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Okay, now that’s really the end of KNK for now! Hurray, another thing checked off the Big List! It’s also our two year anniversary of starting this podcast, but both of us forgot to eat lunch before this so we’re a little sleepy despite the occasion. Next time we’ll be covering Melty Blood: Act Cadenza. For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be discussing If Foun…
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We’ve reached the end of KNK! Um, sort of. In memories, we finally find out what happened the night Shiki ended up in her coma. In the present, we get a bizarre war on drugs storyline about the dangers of super-weed, and also learn a lot about different kinds of murder. It’s a mixed bag! Next time we’ll be covering Kara no Kyoukai: epilogue. For Yu…
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Is this.. our shortest episode ever?? KNK takes a break from all that heavy stuff to have a lighthearted romp about a young girl who wants nothing more than to be noticed by the boy she likes…… who is unfortunately her brother. Also there are some fairies, and after all that waiting, Godot finally shows up. Next time we’ll be covering Kara no Kyouk…
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This week a supersized episode of KNK attempts to knit together the plot of all the individual episodes so far, to mixed results. Next time we’ll be covering Kara no Kyoukai: fairy tale. (Oblivion Recording). For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be discussing Lars von Trier’s 2009 film, Antichrist. Link to Moon Archive Schedule Masterlist: moonarchive.art/sched…
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In this week’s episode of The Garden of Sinners, we get an uncannily familiar story about waking up in a hospital with damaged memories and magic eyes. Shiki spends a lot of time in bed! Mikiya pouts and does a musical number! Touko broods sexily while accomplishing nothing! Mostly we just talk about Touko though. Next time we’ll be covering Kara n…
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The Garden Of Sinners continues with a an inbetweequel, taking place shortly after Shiki wakes up from her coma. Mikiya makes a new friend! Touko makes some hard cuts! And Shiki tries to murder Mikya’s new friend! Next time we’ll be covering Kara no Kyoukai: garan-no-dou (The Hollow Shrine). For yuri teatime, we’ll be discussing Xenoblade Chronicle…
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The Garden Of Sinners continues with a look back into the past, telling the story of the meet-cute that brought our heroes Mikiya and Shiki together! We’re joined this time by guest Vivian Burning to talk about our favorite kimono-clad serial killer, some of our top things from last year, and some divisive sci-fi romance fiction. Next time we’ll be…
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NOTE: This episode has a lot of talk about suicide, as it’s the central topic of the first KNK movie. Please be advised! We’re joined by first-time guest Ina to open up our ride through Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners), a Ufotable anime adaptation of the series of novels released by Type-Moon before Tsukihime. We skipped the actual novels du…
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Today we're covering 3 Nasu short stories. Notes, a very Eva-inspired pre-Kara no Kyoukai work, and then Talk and Prelude, two stories set after the end of Tsukihime, checking in on some of the characters and setting the stage for the never made Tsukihime 2. We also cry about Girls Last Tour for an hour with our guest Marin! Next time we'll be watc…
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We’re joined by guest Lauren to close out our Fate/stay night coverage completely with the final Tiger Dojo, and Realta Nua’s Last Episode! We also have a very movie-centric yuri teatime, and a lively dip into questions about our journey so far. Next time we’ll be going back in time to cover a trio of Nasu short stories called Notes, Talk, and Prel…
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Heaven’s Feel closes shop! We sit through an ideology fistfight between two dying dumbasses, Benn and fen tear up (again), and Illya shows us a miracle. We’re joined by two guests (Katherine and Marin), so it’s a rowdy episode. Next time we’ll be playing Fate/stay night Last Episode and the very final Tiger Dojo! Guest from the beginning of the rou…
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We’re finally in the home stretch of the Heaven’s Feel route! This time Illya finally tells everyone what Heaven’s Feel is, Shirou gets to hang out with his good friend Kotomine, and Shinji gets his big moment! Next time we’ll be playing day 16 of Heavens Feel! Not the epilogues or the very final Tiger Dojo though. We’re stretching this out for the…
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Sakura’s bad couple of weeks continues with the crew hanging out, sadboy boohoo Shinji moments, and Gil’s big debut on the Heaven’s Feel stage. Next time we’ll be playing days 14-15 of Heavens Feel! For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be covering all 13 episodes of Yurikuma Arashi. Link to Moon Archive Schedule Masterlist: http://moonarchive.art/schedule Secti…
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Things are heating up in the back half of Heaven’s Feel as Shirou gets a new look, we lose some more Servants, and a surprise someone undergoes a goth awakening. Next time we’ll be playing days 11-13 of Heavens Feel! For Yuri Teatime, we’ll also be talking about the five released volumes of Whisper Me A Love Song (Sasakoi). Link to Moon Archive Sch…
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This episode we get even more surprising early death, some classic Tsukihime vibes right down to the uncomfortably prevalent invocation of sexual assault, and a very exciting heel(?) turn! Heaven’s Feel is happening folks! Next time we’ll be playing days 9 and 10 of Heavens Feel! For Yuri Teatime, we’ll also be talking about the Call of The Night a…
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We move into the final phase of Fate/stay night with the opening of Heaven’s Feel! We have an incredibly packed first 5 days, with a few new characters, a surprise early death, and a whole lot of pictures of Sakura. Next time we’ll be playing days 6-8 of Heavens Feel! Link to Moon Archive Schedule Masterlist: http://moonarchive.art/schedule Section…
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Unlimited Blade Works is over! Today we talk about the two endings, our thoughts on the route as a whole, and get ready to enter the final phase of Fate/stay night: Heavens Feel! Next time we’ll be playing days 1-5 of Heavens Feel. Maybe this time we’ll finally learn who Rider is..? Link to Moon Archive Schedule Masterlist: http://moonarchive.art/s…
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we're approaching the end of unlimited blade works, but before we get there we have a lot to cover! caster is still alive and isn't going to go down without a fight, archer and shirou have to work out their feelings for each other, and that's all before we get to the climactic battle between gil and everyone else over the fate of the world. oh, and…
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