Weebnats Episode 50: Tokimeki Memorial and the politics of insincerity

In this episode I discuss the rather niche game genre of dating sims through Tokimeki Memorial and how there is a very bizarre mythos surrounding the genre and how modern day obsession with Irony, deconstruction and a aversion to sincere enjoyment prevent not only the genre from coming to the west but also how such widespread nihilism has become too cancerous in the western anime scene.