Shinigami Love Apples

In this week’s return to normalcy (whatever that means):Pinpin loses a job opportunity but gains a few points of wisdom and perception (but mostly rage)!Yuuyuu dips and trips with 7G Choo-Choos of doom!Pinpin cries over a penguin movie (that isn’t really about penguins)!Yuuyuu admits he’s fully into the masochistic gaming experience! andPinpin reviews Trigun Stampede (2023)!After all is said and done, the Shinigami bowl their way into a comically petty crime against art, and discuss the incredibly boring logistics of cramming two Disney parks’ worth of people into the Ring to Rule Them All at Osaka Expo 2025.

In this very, very special episode of the podcast, Pinpin and Yuuyuu forget how to be funny and instead decide to talk technology in Japan! Learn about Japan's strange historic relationship with science, and how Japan's modern reputation as a "futuristic wonderland" came to be. Then, enjoy some popular technology myths getting absolutely crushed, followed by a heartwarming tale of all the ways Japan continues to be a robotics superpower.This was a content-special episode, so if you liked it, be sure to follow us everywhere and write in some fan mail! More positive feedback means more episodes just like this one!

In this episode of the Shinigami Love Apples Podcast:The Shinigami “ooh” and “aah” over the First Wonder of the Anime World: Frieren!Yuuyuu raves about a mobile developer’s new jaw-dropping AAA-ish title! We Can’t Believe It’s Not Hoyoverse!Pinpin admits he would never survive naked in the wilderness!Yuuyuu thinks Your Name is kinda dumb; wishes anime movie had been named “No Name” instead! andPinpin rants about IGNeous IGNorant IGNoramuses IGNoring reality IGNominiously!After all the ranting, raving, and altruistic alliteration, the Shinigami settle down to discuss new immersive experiences in Tokyo, and decide how best to welcome the US’s new convenience store overlords!

In this “yet another long-ass” SLA episode:Yuuyuu gives a C-list actress credit for writing an F-tier book!Pinpin raves about the return of swing, and would like to kindly remind you to please put away your cell phones!Yuuyuu continues to beg Hoyoverse to sponsor the podcast!Japan holds a funeral for an American Colonel who died from water poisoning!and Pinpin reviews the original Trigun (1998)!After getting the water out of their shoes and bullet casings out of their pockets, the Shinigami go off on American business decisions making Japan love us just that much less, Japan’s return to being a digital superpower, and the real truth behind owning digital content.

In what we thought was supposed to be a really short filler episode:The Shinigami confusingly explain how having a horrible week makes for a great week!Pinpin discovers a newfound love for herbs, medicines, and tasting poisons!Yuuyuu learns to read (more)!Pinpin tries to discourage Belgians from being dicks at concerts! and,Yuuyuu rants/raves/froths at the mouth over Yamada’s First Time (2010)After Yuuyuu is finally convinced he can’t find anything else to hate about Yamada’s Last Time, he and Pinpin settle in to discuss talented Japanese kids becoming celebrities, and how Japanese parenting culture is getting better every year!

In our longest episode yet (by a whole minute, what value!):もう一度、ピンピンは日本語を勉強することが始めます!Yuuyuu obsesses over music artist with “missing texture”-colored hair!Pinpin succumbs to allergies and passes away!Yuuyuu reviews an online Owlett Mall (yes, we spelled that correctly, don’t @ us), andPinpin reviews Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu (2003)!After discussing all the wonderful joys of fast-shipping legit merch shops and hard-hitting JPOP/ROCK/RAP music, the Shinigami decide to ruin the joyful mood with rants about all the “game killers” that never killed the games they were “intended to”, and how modern gaming continues to spiral into an Abyss just slightly less desirable than Genshin Impact’s.