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Legacy XP Coaching

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Paryss Bryanne joins Melvin to talk My Neighbor Totoro! The two kick-off Ani-May with a much-beloved Studio Ghibli classic! Nostalgia, curiosity, and a whole lotta whimsy fill this episode from start to finish! Tune in now! 

Topics:

• Editor's Note: No Patreon Exclusive discussion! But, I do intend to trim this episode down from its original 1:35:43 length, so if you want to hear the UNCUT version, tune in on Patreon here!
• Paryss shares about her love of Undertale, her desire to see people grow through Legacy XP Coaching, and how she's wrestling with horror media.
• Paryss, "[My Nieghbor Totoro] does such a good job of taking you back into the shoes of a child."
• Where do Paryss and Mel rank My Neighbor Totoro against other Miyazaki/Ghibli movies?
• On big emotions, and how emotions become more complicated as an adult.
• Enduring against melancholic nostalgia.
• Melvin, "Did you kinda just feel like [My Neighbor Totoro] was, like, really heavenly?"
• Talking Totoro, and wondering if he actually exists.
• Getting into the ending.

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