Dear Readers,

You may have glimpsed one of our many streams across 2023, whereupon most Tuesday evenings we were embroiled in the fantastical drama of kendo clubs and ancient curses as we played through Aoi Shiro. Well, we finally finished it at the end of December and now we're talking all about our experience with it on this bonus episode! Whether you've seen any of those streams or not, whether you know anything about 2008 renai games, Class S and yuri tropes, or Japanese Folklore, this episode will lay it all out for you in pristine and concise detail. In fact, Runa manages to summarize this 60+ hour visual novel in about five and a half minutes near the start!

Please enjoy our discussions around Aoi Shiro, the changing expectations of game design and VN narratives over the past 15 years, and the challenges of localization in this month's bonus episode!



SayitinRed
@SayitinRed
Say it in Red Podcast - Say it in Red Bonus Episode - Mystery Topic Teaser
Say it in Red Bonus Episode - Mystery Topic Teaser
Say it in Red Podcast
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Dear Listeners,
Our next bonus episode is going up tomorrow, and we've kept the subject a surprise until now. Listen to this small sample to unwrap what we hope is a delightful year-end gift for you, our listeners, and look forward to the full bonus episode which will go live tomorrow for all of our patrons over at Patreon


SayitinRed
@SayitinRed

Come and learn all about touhou, from Runa (and some guest Touhou Fans) through the lens of people who came into the series from very different angles. What's it like to get into touhou through yuri doujinshi in 2006? From the mainline games even earlier? Through wiki articles and RP forums? Find out, and have fun in this Full Video Production bonus episode of Say it in Red, now available at https://patreon.com/SayItInRed



Say it in Red Podcast - Say it in Red Bonus Episode - Mystery Topic Teaser
Say it in Red Bonus Episode - Mystery Topic Teaser
Say it in Red Podcast
00:00

Dear Listeners,
Our next bonus episode is going up tomorrow, and we've kept the subject a surprise until now. Listen to this small sample to unwrap what we hope is a delightful year-end gift for you, our listeners, and look forward to the full bonus episode which will go live tomorrow for all of our patrons over at Patreon