A Lesson On Commodore Perry, The Memetic Nature of Anime and Manga, and Revisiting Frieren & Spy × Family

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Back in at least two-thirds peak form, the Weeb Kabal has gather to bring you a new episode! First, Kermit D. Grog has a lesson for everyone about the man who opened Japan to the west, then Isekai Sensei-Sama and Bento Baggins muse on the nature of meme culture in anime and manga, and finally the Kabal revisits the first two series they ever covered to see where they are now.

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