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Posted November 18, 2024 at 6:20 am

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This chapter references two things I love:

1) The OP to Paranoia Agent, the one and only anime series by the late, great Satoshi Kon. It's a show that is ostensibly about a juvenile serial assailant who only chooses victims who secretly want to be attacked, but it's actually about, like, society, man. It's also an excuse for Kon to tell a series of delightfully surreal little stories with gorgeous animation that genuinely baffles me (how did they do that on a TV budget in 2006???). If you're a fan of Kon's work or anime in general, I highly recommend it!

2) Until The Horror Goes, the one and only album by John Congleton and the Nighty Nite. I'm a big fan of their creepy, discordant, science-fiction-y sound and based on what I know about my readers, I think you might like them too! I featured them in the Glass Scientists: Volume I playlist from last year, but uhhhhh fuck it, here it is again: