For this episode, I have one of my good friends and hayabros DarthA with me! We talk about Uma Musume, gush about the one and only Ai Hayasaka, as well as kinda just goofing around on many random topics until we hit almost 4 hours into this, making this the longest episode yet.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/HexagonCube/pseuds/HexagonCube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatvf8vdbJ6jRXFVwPbhQSg

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

DarthA:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Darth__A

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dartha3803

Timestamps will be included at a later time.

For this episode, I have yet again decided to do it solo. I talk about my life, how games have inspired me to write again, places I've loved that closed down, liking a new idol group, as well as merch-related topics.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

Timestamps will come soon.

This episode, our guest is one of my friends Astil! We talked about the anime we've watched recently, Love Live and the recent Aqours Final Live, as well as mobile games, where I went on a long rant about Asphalt 9 and Gameloft games as a whole. Of course, my usual SIF and SIFAS rant is in there too.

This podcast episode was originally recorded on June 3rd, but the original file was corrupted and gone due to my SSD dying, so this is the newer version.

Birb's Nest page: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/birbs-nest

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

Astil:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/xxAstilxx

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AstilFound

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:26 Lost podcast episode

09:12 Section 1: General Discussion

09:21 Anime

09:31 What Astil has watched

16:17 Noah just flexing his Sumipe-signed light novel

20:06 Noah complaining about fans who sells their signed merch

20:58 What Noah has watched

25:43 Noah and his hate towards Project Sekai gacha

28:59 Thoughts on gacha and gambling

37:00 Noah loves Quintessential Quintuplets

38:59 Love Live

39:41 Aqours Final Live discussion (sort-of)

48:31 Astil's Thoughts on Bluebird

53:10 Rumors of someone from the older series appearing in Bluebird?!

56:43 Games

56:49 Noah on the Project Sekai game

59:17 Games Astil played

1:00:04 Noah's problem with SIF

1:01:57 Noah's likes and dislikes of SIFAS

1:03:52 SIF2 Rant

1:13:04 Astil on Osu

1:17:16 Astil on why he loves Asphalt 9

1:21:05 Noah's gripe with Asphalt 9

1:40:10 Noah doesn't like Gameloft

1:43:47 Astil loves Idol Showdown

1:50:55 Section 2: Questions

1:51:22 Astil's questions to Noah

2:21:25 Noah's questions to Astil

2:43:12 Astil talk about his girlfriend

2:45:35 Astil's message to his girlfriend Pinkie

2:46:48 Outro

For this episode, I've decided to go solo! I talk about how my life have been recently, the media I've consumed, and my recent Japan trip, as well as my own experience of the Poppin'Party Budokan live!

Also, please pardon the quality of the video. My laptop was out of service, so I had to use a less functional computer to edit this.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

This episode, our guest is content creator and Aikyan fan kyowomii! We talk about our love for (no pun intended) Love Live, content creation on Youtube, and which Quintessential Quintuplets girl we love. Very long conversation, beating Episode 5 at that too. Birb's Nest page: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/birbs-nestNoah/Fallen:Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncubeArchive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncubeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncubeMedium: https://hexagoncube.medium.comKyo:Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyowomiiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kyowomii#birbsnest #podcast

For this episode, joining me is longtime friend, content creator, and writer Eri, also known as DeepSeaCocoon. We talk about content creation and writing for ourselves, as well as LoveLive and its future. I even ranted about Wattpad because the platform unfortunately sucks, and everything probably falls into Eri's lap.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncubeArchive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncubeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncubeMedium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

Eri:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepseacocoonYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ErisDeepSeaCocoonArchive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/oharirick

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:44 Eri being a Birb's Nest fan

02:32 Section 1: General Discussion

02:36 Content Creation

03:50 Scarcity of anime-collab cafes and events

05:08 Noah blowing budget on his own videos

06:31 Noah explaining how he got autographs from AFA24

07:14 Eri's experience in the Anime Expo Los Angeles 2024

09:25 Noah getting Sumipe's autograph in AFA23

11:17 Eri's process on creating content

12:55 Eri talking about his Chika Neso video

15:24 Eri wanted to make videos on topics he talked about in his videos

15:55 LoveLive's Strict Livestream Takedowns

19:57 Eri on why he doesn't post much content these days

22:16 Noah on a SIFAS video of his being taken down

26:58 Eri on his taken-down videos

29:58 Eri and his Yoahne game DLC video

31:41 Love Live SIF Wai Wai After School Activity

37:50 Does Eri still plan to post content?

38:31 Noah transitioning from written content to voiced videos

39:20 Cons and pros in doing voiced videos

44:49 Writing

45:34 Eri on writing

46:14 Eri on why he wrote YouDia

48:28 Does Eri need motivation to write?

49:30 Did Eri stop writing? Or did he just not publish his works?

51:14 AO3 isn't really meant for original fictions

52:30 The start of Noah's rant about Wattpad

1:11:40 End of Noah's Wattpad rant

1:11:49 Does Eri write in any other platforms?

1:12:21 Love Live

1:12:35 Eri's gripes of the current Love Live and its future

1:13:11 Noah finds it hard to catch up

1:14:18 Eri finds most of Nijigasaki and Liella music the same

1:15:21 Eri felt the Yohane anime was a letdown

1:16:12 Noah thought Liella S1's ending isn't that good

1:17:43 Why Eri saw Sunshine S1 as peak

1:18:15 Noah really likes Aqours songs

1:19:37 Noah and Eri have love-hate relationship with Love Live

1:20:00 Section 2: Questions

1:20:22 Noah's questions to Eri

1:42:18 Eri's questions to Noah (Shoutout Lydinya!)

2:04:19 Wrap Up

Joining me this episode is a recurring guest from the first season who is a renowned writer known for her works such as YouRiko fanfics and Love Live Hellfire, fellow co-host of After School Writers, and one of my good friends, Lydinya! We talked about K-pop, her proofreading experience, and our love for TWICE, as well as our writing progresses and Lyd representing the YouRiko nation. We even talked about Aqours's latest single and last concert.

Also, this became the longest episode of the podcast thus far, funny how the record was beaten after just one episode.

Noah/Fallen: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

Lydinya: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lydinya Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/lydinya

Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:48 Section 1: General Discussion 01:54 K-Pop 02:39 How Lyd got into TWICE 03:49 How Noah got into TWICE 09:07 Recent songs TWICE did 11:32 K-pop artists collaborating with Western artists 17:34 Does Lyd listen to other K-pop acts? 18:28 Did Lyd listen to all of TWICE albums? 20:27 Opinions of different languages versions for K-pop songs 24:59 A good example of a song done well in versions with different languages? 26:34 Over-population of new K-pop girl groups 33:29 Girl groups not getting the right management 37:43 Blackpink members releasing solo albums 38:59 One big hit in a mid album is not a good strategy 40:14 One important factor for a song to be successful 41:50 Noah misses old TWICE days, so does Lyd 43:53 Thoughts on ILLIT's 'Magnetic' 45:07 BTS dominating the music industry 47:34 Lyd naming all 7 BTS members 49:22 BTS songs discussion 52:55 Lyd's thoughts on Noah's writing from the past to now 55:21 Noah re-editing his first LL fic 58:37 Lyd hasn't published a fic in a long time 59:48 Creating OCs in fics can be hard sometimes 1:04:01 Does Lyd also find it difficult to not write OOC? 1:05:06 Section 2: Questions 1:05:21 Lyd's questions to Noah 1:59:17 Noah's questions to Lyd 2:37:40 Aqours latest single 'Eikyuu Hours' and last concert 2:44:35 Wrap Up

A writer, as well as the host of After School Writers (a LoveLive writing podcast that I'm also in), DiasPenguin, joins us as a guest for this episode! We yap about Japan and gacha, and dabbled a bit in our writing and the future of ASW podcast. We had a lot to talk about, and it was kinda all over the place. I'm getting judged for my gacha spendings too.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

DiasPenguin:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nujumkey

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/DiasPenguin

Video at 46:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jRC06Z3c_8

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:50 ASW Podcast and its future?

06:18 Section 1: General Discussion

06:20 So what is this podcast?

09:58 'Do Something You Love' advice

11:36 Writing motivation

17:45 Fanfic vs Video

20:04 What languages do I write in?

24:21 Community-building events Dias hosts

29:20 Japan, our favorite land

29:47 Noah's Japan experience Part 1

33:19 Dias's Japan experience

37:39 Noah's Japan experience Part 2

39:00 Is Akihabara worth the hype?

42:34 How many days should one spend in Akihabara?

45:00 Noah's luck for the Budokan?

47:40 Advice for people going to Japan

52:27 Noah's Japan experience Part 3

1:01:53 Any Japan tips?

1:05:10 Japan food

1:08:39 E-SIMs

1:13:07 Gacha (Let's go gambling!)

1:13:31 Have you ever had an 'incident'?

1:17:47 Control your gacha spendings

1:18:30 Infinity Nikki

1:21:36 Infinity Nikki gacha details

1:25:49 Limited outfits in the game does what?

1:28:19 Star Rail meta

1:29:58 How much does Noah spend a month on gacha games?

1:32:10 SIFAS and SIF2/XDefiant rant

1:37:35 What is Ichiban Kuji?

1:43:15 Gacha closing thoughts

1:44:42 Section 2: Questions

1:46:11 Noah's questions to Dias

2:26:31 Wrap Up

This time, we have a recurring guest from the first season, Mari Ohara Uehara Shiny, or Mous in short. We discuss what we love about LEGO sets, what the Nesoberi Park is, as well as nesoberi and how to clean them. Even better, Mous has a better mic for the episode!

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

Mous:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariUeharaShiny

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZ6e8tzBL09xGMFpggrrxw

Nesoberi Park Map: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/nesoberi-park-6147377/

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:10 Section 1: General Discussion

01:28 LEGO Part 1: Physical Sets

06:52 Segue into Jurassic Park franchise

13:04 LEGO Part 2: Video Games

17:12 LEGO Part 3: Bionicle and Rare Sets

23:19 LEGO Part 4: Helicopters (?) and crashing the LEGO sets

25:22 LEGO Part 5: Movies

29:28 Nesoberi Park

36:42: Section 2: Questions

37:14 Noah's questions to Mous

57:08 Mous' questions to Noah

1:22:32 Does Mous still say 'Eat neso'?

1:24:01 Wrap Up

The things we talked about (because pictures can't be provided in streaming platforms):

Mous' favorite LEGO set: https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_555119c2-8031-4b20-92cb-5e46bc67b7b4?wid=800&hei=800&qlt=80&fmt=webp

The Bionicle Mous owns: https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/bltef932a812733f5b6/8535_prod_lewa_air.jpg?format=jpg&quality=80&width=700&dpr=1?fit=crop&quality=80&width=700&dpr=1

The Bionicle Noah sent/owns: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61wo9x-s2VL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

Police helicopter at 2319: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TsShuo-snaY/maxresdefault.jpg

Our very first guest of this new season is Noir! We talk about (mostly) anime and writing related stuff, as well as discuss the idol culture and merchandise buying.

Noah/Fallen:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hexagoncube

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hexagoncube

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexagoncube

Medium: https://hexagoncube.medium.com/

NoirVermillion

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoirVermillion

Medium: https://medium.com/@NoirVermillion/

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:55 Section 1: General Discussion

01:06 Perfect Blue

08:44 Japanese Idol Culture

20:50 Love Live

36:17 Section 2: Questions

36:32 Noir's questions to Noah

1:18:54 Noah's questions to Noir

1:57:50 Wrap Up