Are you experiencing joy in your life? Could it be possible than anime could tell us something about the nature of joy and from where it comes? Join Paris, Tyler, Mike, and Eryn in this encouraging episode as they dig into the Bible and some of their favorite anime to explore this Fruit of the Spirit, while also sharing about joy (and sometimes the lack thereof) in their own lives.

0:00 Introduction and a return to egosurfing
2:37 Game: The Isekai is Right (or Wrong)
10:44 Fruits of the Spirit: Joy
11:04 Discussion—Mirio Togata (My Hero Academia)
14:34 Discussion—Tohru (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
18:26 Discussion—Gon (Hunter x Hunter)
27:55 Discussion—Yorha 9s (Nier: Automata)
33:27 Cast Question
52:26 Closing

Cast Question

What brings you joy?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Podcast Links

• Plus Ultra! That’s Justin Briner, the voice of Deku, kicking off our episode!
• As Mike mentions, there are isekai name generators out there! Here’s an otome isekai one!
• This isn’t the first time we’ve mentioned Tohru before—check out episode five where Tyler digs into the Christmas episode of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
• Need a joyful sound in your home? Here’s House of the Lord by Phil Wickham!
• Our writers have also enjoyed Nier:Automata Ver1.1a, the Nier:Automata anime. We encourage you to give the series a try!
• Bible verses we mentioned or that inspired discussion in this episode include Proverbs 17:22, Psalms 94:19, 2 Corinthians 6:10, 1 Chronicles 16:32, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, and Romans 15:13.
• Check out all the other things that Mike, Paris, Tyler, Eryn, and Dennis (our editor and the fourth member of the Tangle x Cast team) are doing.

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Featuring music by Celotron (all rights reserved) and edited by Dennis.