In this episode of Screentone Club, we check in to the surreal and serial-killer laden confines of The Voynich Hotel and enjoy some romantic crossed wires in Go for it, Nakamura!###Series Discussed: Go for it, Nakamura!, The Voynich Hotel Vol. 1###Assignments for next Episode: An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride (Light Novel), Sayonara, Football (Both Volumes)The podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, pocketcasts and more locations as we submit the show to them!##Timecodes:0:00:00 - Introduction0:00:00 - Returning Champion: Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDeDestruction Vol.20:04:30 - Political Commentary Returns!0:09:45 - Who needs aliens??0:10:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Go for it, Nakamura! 0:13:20 - “Yep, I’m gay, so what?”0:16:30 - Monochrome, yet colourful.0:17:45 - The Romance Manga Ending Dilemma (tm)0:21:45 - Shade at Spiderman0:22:30 - Andy’s Pick: The Voynich Hotel! 0:24:30 - “There’s a robot”0:26:15 - Joke Of The Volume (tm)0:29:00 - “It feels like it shouldn’t work”0:34:00 - “Britishness” in comedy0:38:00 - Our assignments for next episode! 0:39:00 - Andy is an Overachiever0:41:00 - Release schedule news! 0:44:20 - Closedown
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