Why Does Everyone's Clothes Keep Exploding in Anime? Graduation Robes, Titanic Board Games, and Pizza Shop Ethics

Deep Space and Dragons

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Richard and Karl critique anime's problematic tropes while exploring the ethics of charity, business responsibilities, and graduation ceremonies.
• Discover how the Titanic board game works with passengers, lifeboats, and flooding mechanics
• Debate the ethical complexity of giving away free food versus supporting systemic change
• Explore the ethics of performing welfare checks on elderly customers showing signs of memory issues
• Experience Richard's graduation ceremony, complete with academic traditions and awkward encounters as he Han Solo's the president
• Analyze problematic anime tropes including exploding clothes, mid-season character dumps, and hypersexualization
• Consider how certain anime concepts fail in execution despite having interesting premises
• Discuss examples of anime that stumble at the ending like "Kaido: The Right Answer"
If you're writing a story, you don't need to explode clothes. You could write an entire series where everyone stays appropriately clothed the entire time. You have our permission.
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Chapters

1. Deep Space and Dragons Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Titanic Board Game Review (00:01:37)

3. Ethical Question Time (00:07:33)

4. Richard's Graduation Experience (00:34:53)

5. Anime Concepts That Give Anime a Bad Name (00:45:30)

6. Would the One Ring Corrupt Deadpool? (01:16:01)