Is there an RSS feed for this? I want to get this on my iPhone.
Ahahaha, yes, I definitely noticed that while listening to myself. Something I gotta work on I guess.
That doesnât really work for our format. I didnât expect it to hit 3 hours, but there was so much to talk about! I hope to aim for 2 hour length for future podcasts. Any less than that and we wouldnât be able to go in depth enough! Keep in mind that this isnât a rehearsed thing - itâs a discussion, a bookclub. We need to take the time to explore all that back and forth of our different ideas.
But if you pay attention, youâll notice that this episode was actually split into 4 parts. Nobody has any obligation to listen to it all in one go, people are welcome to stop at the breaks, grab a coffee or even come back another day to listen to the rest. This is the experience Iâve had with most podcasts I listen to. Maybe we couldâve done more to make the breaks stand out more.
No there isnât, but now Iâm curious. Why do you need an RSS feed? You can always download the MP3 from the soundcloud page.
Gonna be typing my reaction to the podcast as I listen to it, so apologies if it is a bit messy 
Just a note, I listened to the soundcloud version, so I canât comment on the video. Sorry about that!
@LinkThinks Iâll be waiting for your speedrun guide :v So is it faster in Japanese or English? Hahaha
I love how you have the background music at special times to make you remember certain scenes in the game. Makes me realize that having planetarian having such little BGMs makes all of them a little more memorable.
Hmm I donât remember about the old guy in planetarian mentioning that there was a robot specifically in that city, but I did remember that the junker talked about his colleague who warned him not to talk about a robot who was basically out of this world. But thatâs just my memory failing me again. So on that point, I think it might have been any robot, even if it wasnât Yumemi. The otherworldly robot doesnât have to be broken like yumemi, because the mindset of any robot would be totally different from the mindset of the junkers of that day and age. So probably any interaction with any robot would have been pretty traumatic for anyone during that humanity.
I quite loved that thing with her ribbons, and I believe it was one of the first things I noticed when I first played it 6 years ago. I guess itâs one of those things that add to her characterizations. On a technical side, I try to imagine what exactly the programmers try to look for when they make code to change those colors.
I think the part about âmankind remembering the beauty of the night skyâ just has so much meaning to the junker. While it was meant for people who are leaving the earth, the junker himself feels so hit by it exactly because he canât see the stars.
Oh I think one thing you guys forgot to mention with the fiddler crab is that the power shutting off is what actually caused the fiddler crab to turn on. So itâs ironic that watching the presentation caused the junker to feel more for yumemi, which caused the power to turn off, which caused the fiddler crab to block their way. Hypothetically, if he decided to bring yumemi home without watching the presentation, he would have had practically no problem. Well, such is the beauty of storytelling and the consequence upon consequence that leads to the climax~
Kind of annoying that you played the droning sound for quite a long time >_< A few seconds would have been enough, tbh. Though I did like the syncing of the shots with the discussion.
Regarding the âhonorâ of doing what you are told to do, I think that goes in with the âhumanityâ of Yumemi and the lack thereof of the Junker. The Junker seemingly does not know what his purpose is, and I feel if, he had never met Yumemi, he would have died without ever feeling âhonorâ at all.
Itâs surprising how just listening to you guys talking about it, especially that ending, is starting to bring tears to my eyes. I think this might have even more impact than just reading it by myself. Yeah now I really have to find the time to listen to all the rest of the drama CDs >_<
Oh hey I suddenly realized something! Maybe the reason why Yumemi stated that there hasnât been any customers in 29 years is because even though the âold junkerâ met and talked with Yumemi, he most likely did not watch the presentation and, thus, Yumemi may have not even considered that old junker a customer? Just a random thought
@rune_devrosâs talk about space quite reminds me of the âHappy Thoughtsâ in Rewrite. I wonât go into that here, as thereâs a whole different topic for that. Actually that whole thing about âresolving our problemsâ does tie into Rewrite in one way or another.
(I wonder if kanon and rabla listened to that 5 second soundclip lol)
Ohhhhh hey Aspi thought the same thing I was thinking regarding Rewrite! (not gonna delete my previous paragraph :P)
And you just said âRewriteâ instead of âplanetarianâ in âI feel that this whole point of Rewrite is the feeling of congruity in what we see and what is realityâ
Regarding the âthis is not a bad place to die,â I donât think that means that he is suicidal or has lost hope in life and the world (assuming there was any hope to begin with). Perhaps it is a simple note that the whole world is ugly and, when we dies, we would like to do so somewhere more peaceful. Everywhere else to die would be like you being another part of the world where everything dies, whereas dying in the planetarium is like dying in a sanctuary, where it is peaceful. Practically what I mean to say is, if he dies in a sanctuary, he will feel as if he had a peaceful death. Whereas if he died outside, he would be just another one of the ever decreasing population.
Anyways final notes, I do agree that you did a great job with the bookclub 
I will be honest that listening to you guys discuss it had a little bit more impact on me than just reading it by myself. Congratulations on the good work, guys, and I look forward to the next one 
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One thing Iâve seen a lot of podcasts do is that they talk for a really, really long time, but clearly segmented in a way they can put an index on. So if youâre looking for something specific, you can check the index and jump straight to a timestamp to hear only that part. Or if you donât want to get spoiled for a particular route (say, Sayaâs in LB!), you can skip that part and still enjoy the rest, then go back when youâve played it.
And, if this becomes a regular thing, I can definitey get something up that you can subscribe to from iTunes or whatever. The technical side of a podcast is incredibly simple, and we basically have unlimited storage + bandwidth thanks to S3. You could even get it up on the iTunes Storeâs catalog, if you have time to email Apple about it!
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You gotta remeber, though, that Yumemi counted the junker as a customer before he had watched the presentation. Heck, itâs like the first thing she says. Not tryinâ to argue, just wanted point that out.
Edit: Oh, and thanks a lot for your kind words, haha. Itâs reassuring to know that people enjoyed it.
Just finished listening to it. Seriously, great job guys! I especially loved the reflection at around 2h30m. I now feel like buying some more copies of Planetarian to distribute to my friends.
This was pretty awesome. Looking forward to more podcasts in the future.
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Maybe she would have cancelled his being a customer status if he decided not to watch? Who knows what she is thinking tho haha
Share the stars with the world to make it a better place~ <3
Eh, itâs possible, but I feel itâs very unlikely. I think itâd go against Yumemiâs personality to not count him if he did visit. Odds are itâs simply a different robot. Either way, though, it doesnât really change anything.
We share a lot of same thought on planetarian and other Key works. Thats why we all love Key! GJ dudes!
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Iâm not sure why I never replied to this topic but I have to say that this podcast is very important to me. This was what really got me get an account on kaza. The amount of analysis for Planetarian really opened up a new world for me. When I first read it I was like, well this is only my second key vn, I canât expect them to all be super awesome right? But when I listened to the podcast it blew me away. The sheer amount of things I missed the first time around made a huge difference. The biggest factor being the analysis of the parallel between Planetarian and the Bible. Because I am a Christian, this fit so well in my mind and really inspired me and made Planetarian my favorite story of all time⌠until of course Harmonia but hey I still love Planetarian.
Overall I have to say, thank you so very much for having this podcast. Without it, I wouldnât be the Key fan I am today.
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