Deck of Friendship‪!‬ Joy, Ray, and Jupiter

(name pronounced box ter and hua like chihuahua)

I love this show so much. It's gotten me through a lot of nights and rough times on my cleaning job, not that the job is hard but emotions and stress is, and this show is one that I always look forward to starting my week. I started maybe late 2019 early 2020? and caught up with the show about halfway through the yu-gi-oh season. All this time I love how all three of the hosts bounce off each other and give energy to one another and make jokes. Especially when the shows being covered are less than savory, I still find every episode just as good if not better than the last. I have a lot of listless times in my life but I know every week (barring life issues) I can come back and have an episode of this incredibly enjoyable show. Thanks Joy, Ray, and Jupiter for the cast, wish y'all many good times!

i wrote a brief review earlier when i was going throught the backlog and now that i'm caught up, and season 3 has finished, i thought i'd put my writing to good use. this doesnt have to be read on the show (it might be long) i just wanted to do this.

from the opening episode, the dynamic is instantly set up perfectly. the three hosts: marble, ray and jupiter, sit down talking about their thoughts on anime, and then jump into an episode of yugioh, drifitng into tangets about the monsters and communisim. the hosts have such a wonderful energy, you can truly tell that these 3 (sometimes 4) are great friends, throwing the talking ball at each other with each bit excelling. the way the hosts discuss anime is really refreshing, as they enjoy it (sometimes), and are heavily critical of it when it deserves to be so. but in the few chances they have a great time you can see their joy and passion seep through their energy.

from yu-gi-oh, to fighting foodons, to neo yokio to the just recently finished log horizon, this show is not afraid to be itself. they will discuss whatever they want. talking dogs, being sent to deadly dumpsters, sans undertale, FOOD, steve buscemi, trans rights, a very threating olive garden, kingdom hearts lore or just playing minecraft. this show is not an anime podcast, it is a podcast about friends first and formost, with anime in the background. this never feels like a podcast and just a recorded hangout seesion with friends after watching a show or movie togtether trying to unravel their thoights as they so please.

deck of friendship is a show that comes along surprisingly, a podcast where the main focus is not what you'd expect, but the hosts are so charming, witty and lovely folks, they eat up your listening time, causing me to come back for more each time. it is an amazing show that akes me care for my friends and be critical with anime, even the ones i love. one of the best podcasts of our time, it's a joyful delight start to finish. Woof, am i right?

I've been listening to this wonderful show religiously for a year. I can't be productive at home without listening to it. Its quite the problem that I can only do laundry when I hear the trio make hot takes about some problematic favs. I kid ofc, but nevertheless the show is great. The hosts individually are great on their own, but together, you get an auditory version of Remy combining flavors Ratatouille scene. These friends make an hour go by 20 minutes talking about a show that makes 20 minutes seem like an hour! Each has their own humor that bounces well off of each other. Let Joy's bubbly personality, Jupiter's radio rebelliousness, and Ray's PG goofiness make a busy afternoon fun! I am no longer asking, go listen to this show now!