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This episode may be most notable as the first that doesn't feature an extended period of ennui regarding the purpose and value of the project. An overall feeling that we are meant to take these presenters as podcasters of their own merit pervades. Some self-doubt and impostor syndrome emerges once solid evidence of an actual damn listener with positive feedback is found. Our hosts swell gratitude like Shinji hearing about someone's dead mother.

This being an "episode plugcast", the proverbial thousand words are used to describe an episode of beautiful pictures in frugally efficient animation. Our fellas really dig deep trying to get at the souls of the protagonists, and it must be said, get damn wistful at the romance of the ending. It is agreed in whispers that train stations are romantic places. Honest and true; thank you guys.

Highlights:
- Thrill to the pounding drums and horns of “Decisive Battle” due to our new capability to line-in to our recording. Struggle to hear us over it!
- Overconfidence from mouth sounds not being picked up during the last few sessions come back to bite us here. Heavy editing was required.
- Without thinking it through Michael tries to find NSFW pics for his cousin on the Evangelion subreddit.
- More Magic cards 'n' Goths chat. Imagine the Venn diagram sliver of interested audience. The untapped dozens!
- Michael reveal some dangerously close-to-home similarities between his less healthy tendencies and the lowest forms of obsessive otakuism discussed in the last episode.