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Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

By: asherlark Ivy Fox
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A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!2023 Art Science Fiction
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  • S1E28 A Full Cup Of Juice
    Oct 5 2025

    In this episode, a juicy one, we zoom in on our first look at the Noctchill—er, rather, the THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS colab charaters, the "happy" Hinana Ichikawa, a being who appears to subsist entirely on liquid drawn in through her funnel-shaped mouth, and as a measured question: Exactly how much juice does she actually have? I'm talking mililetres here.

    Follow along:
    https://mahjongsoul.club/character/HinanaIchikawa

    Support the show:
    https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart

    Follow the show on Tumblr:
    https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/

    Follow the show on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast

    Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast:
    https://bunnygirlbrainwave.substack.com/archive

    Art by Ryegarden:
    https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden

    Music by Sueños Electrónicos:
    https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/

    Follow and support ash:
    https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • S2E7B WHEREIN THE GALLANT DON QUIXOTE IS SAID TO PREFER FOR HERSELF THE COMPANY OF THE FAIRER SEX
    Sep 29 2025

    In this episode, the filial impiety finale of our Sancho September, we zoom in on the second half of Don Quixote, including the boldly blasphemous, bodaciously blood-drenched, bad-hair-day blonde big sister Manager of La Manchaland Don Quixote, who is somehow sad despite having a very cool lance, and ask a question that's a matter of degrees: Why isn't she straight? No I don't mean in her personal preferences, I mean like, you know, orthagonally?

    Follow along:
    https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Don_Quixote

    Support the show:
    https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart

    Follow the show on Tumblr:
    https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/

    Follow the show on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast

    Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast:
    https://bunnygirlbrainwave.substack.com/archive

    Art by Ryegarden:
    https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden

    Music by Sueños Electrónicos:
    https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/

    Follow and support ash:
    https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

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    2 hrs and 41 mins
  • S2E7A IN WHICH THE HONORABLE FIXER DON QUIXOTE IS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF ENGAGING IN MERE FISTICUFFS
    Sep 22 2025

    In this episode, the midpoint of droll Sancho September, we zoom in on the dashing, the daring, the deftly puntable, the daft and drollest of them all THE DON QUIXOTE (or at least, look at the first half of her art, with the rest coming next episode) and ask a question fitting of her, on occasion, somewhat unsettling countenance: Hey, is this guy actually a bit messed up, or...?

    Follow along:
    https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Don_Quixote

    Support the show:
    https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart

    Follow the show on Tumblr:
    https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/

    Follow the show on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast

    Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast:
    https://bunnygirlbrainwave.substack.com/archive

    Art by Ryegarden:
    https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden

    Music by Sueños Electrónicos:
    https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/

    Follow and support ash:
    https://ko-fi.com/asherlark

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
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