Spoiler alert: This episode contains spoilers for the anime series ‘Naruto’, ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ and ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’.

Nat interviews up-and-coming Japan-based author Ambika Nagino (writing as A. A. Vora) whose longtime love for anime transformed her life in unexpected ways. 

Listen to her recount her experiences with a senior executive who loved ‘One Piece’, a pair of ‘Love Live!’ obsessed senpai… and a colleague whose mutual love for ‘Pokémon’ battling ended in a marriage proposal.

Join Nat and Ambika as they fangirl about ‘Mo Dao Zu Shi’, gush about the recent romantic developments in the ‘Sasuke Retsudan’ novel, consider the implications of pareto efficiency during a titan attack, and discuss the profound impact anime has in bridging people from different backgrounds.

Ambika also shares some exciting details about her new Young Adult fantasy trilogy, releasing with Penguin Random House in summer 2024.