OBSERVERS OF A WILTING FLOWER with ronald

What is the most brutal sight in the world: a hydrangea petal found rotten and decayed on the cement of an unfeeling civilization. J-pop provocateur and host of the Nante Japan podcast Ronald returns to reflect on the nature of stagnating beauty and castrated Instagram sexuality through the figure of one of the most gorgeous boys in the world, Japanese water popular player Arai Atsushi, and Visconti’s 1991 DEATH IN VENICE. Homo and hetero sexualities colliding, age melting from one’s hair, the encroaching menace of self awareness and a single plea for the future…

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And on 100% crucial context for the episode, Chi Chi and Ronald discus the endless cycle of violence sustained by Japanese gay fetish porn and the burnout stars of the industry: patreon.com/imsopopular

(S3.E35 公園で散歩しろ)