Welcome to Crying Rules Actually, a podcast about taking a short break from our extremely important work talking about BB in order to cover the under-examined world of English language visual novels! For the next three Saturdays we'll be releasing a deep dive dive into the 2025 itch.io-hosted Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam. Scroll down for a full list of works discussed on this episode, timestamps for when we discuss them, and links to all the available TYJ games we cover this episode!

Next week, we'll return with even more toxic yuri! Our normal schedule is on pause but CCC coverage and our normal Yuri Teatime segment will return on October 11th.

For similar evn jam game coverage, see our menhera jam episodes: moon archive 86 & 87

Featuring co-hosts Benn Ends (@bennends.itch.io) and fen (@fenic.moe).

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Link to the fate/moon archive new and improved schedule: http://moonarchive.art/schedule

SECTION TIMESTAMPS:
intro - 0:00
toxic yuri boston definition - 0:56
your glass heart in my hands - 40:19
with reckless abandon - 44:55
wish on this flower - 47:55
weird girl science - 51:01
the girl who was hypnotized to huff armpits (& other stories) - 55:28
we can't keep doing this - 1:02:45
frew/hort - 1:05:58
victims & vessels - 1:14:15
victim soul - 1:38:11
upon graves of ashen snow - 1:43:20
watashi no hatsukoi aite ga kiss shiteta & my girlfriend isn't here today - 1:47:47
trip to the milky way - 1:58:26
the vampire's pet - 2:02:24
the lonely dog yearns for love - 2:04:17
the black lily theatre company - 2:09:32
flesh and pressure - 2:13:16
teeth of the wicked - 2:17:46
syzygy - 2:24:03
devotion - 2:30:43
suburb hell vampire - 2:43:17
the perfect human - 2:51:47
strange animals - 2:56:44
offsuit pair - 2:59:54
sieve - 3:06:26
they once had names - 3:10:07
seller's market - 3:14:40
queen and knight - 3:19:58
play our roles - 3:23:33
melt - 3:27:55
maybe next year - 3:36:11
lilith compolex (prototype) - 3:39:07
let's go to heaven - 3:40:50
junk mail demo - 3:47:03
juliet's sol - 3:49:02
in your flesh - 3:51:03
if it's by my hand - 3:54:49
miso shiru - 3:57:09
i want to rip off your **** with my teeth - 4:05:06
haunt holy - 4:11:17
gash rabbit - 4:16:54
forever yours - 4:24:21
fear of darkness - 4:28:54
diving bell - 4:31:34
distant sunlight endless regrets - 4:38:33
different echos - 4:41:18
demonize on date - 4:49:32
dead end system: prelude - 4:57:39
curled in ice - 5:01:02
cicuta - 5:15:29
blood of the future - 5:18:24
beaconing: a lost cause - 5:21:15
bad apples - 5:28:53
astral battler crux: gilded lily - 5:31:52
aletheia - 5:36:30
outro - 5:39:18

LIST OF NON TYPE-MOON WORKS REFERENCED
your glass heart in my hands
with reckless abandon
wish on this flower
weird girl science
the girl who was hypnotized to huff armpits (& other stories)
we can't keep doing this
frew/hort
victims & vessels
victim soul
upon graves of ashen snow
watashi no hatsukoi aite ga kiss shiteta
my girlfriend isn't here today
trip to the milky way
the vampire's pet
the lonely dog yearns for love
the black lily theatre company
flesh and pressure
teeth of the wicked
syzygy
devotion
suburb hell vampire
the perfect human
strange animals [demo]
offsuit pair
sieve
they once had names
diaries of a spaceport janitor
seller's market
queen and knight
play our roles
melt
maybe next year
lilith complex (prototype)
let's go to heaven
junk mail demo
juliet's sol
in your flesh
if it's by my hand
miso shiru
i want to rip off your **** with my teeth
haunt holy
gash rabbet
forever yours
fear of darkness
diving bell
distant sunlight, endless regrets
different echoes
demonize on date
dead end system: prelude
curled in ice
cicuta
blood of the future
beaconing: a lost cause
bad apples
astral battler crux: gilded lily
aletheia

This episode carries content warnings for discussions of pedantry, negativity, everything you'd expect from "toxic" yuri, etc

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Cover art by Benn Ends, intro music by Benn Ends, remaining music from works covered.