Moon Archive 115.5: Crying Rules Actually 01 - Toxic Yuri Jam '25 [Part 1]

Welcome to Crying Rules Actually, a podcast about taking a short break from our extremely important work talking about BB in order to cover the under-examined world of English language visual novels! For the next three Saturdays we'll be releasing a deep dive dive into the 2025 itch.io-hosted Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam. Scroll down for a full list of works discussed on this episode, timestamps for when we discuss them, and links to all the available TYJ games we cover this episode! Next week, we'll return with even more toxic yuri! Our normal schedule is on pause but CCC coverage and our normal Yuri Teatime segment will return on October 11th. For similar evn jam game coverage, see our menhera jam episodes: moon archive 86 & 87 Featuring co-hosts Benn Ends ( @bennends.itch.io ) and fen ( @fenic.moe ). Support the show and get access to bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/cryingrules Link to the fate/moon archive new and improved schedule: http://moonarchive.art/schedule SECTION TIMESTAMPS: intro - 0:00 toxic yuri boston definition - 0:56 your glass heart in my hands - 40:19 with reckless abandon - 44:55 wish on this flower - 47:55 weird girl science - 51:01 the girl who was hypnotized to huff armpits (& other stories) - 55:28 we can't keep doing this - 1:02:45 frew/hort - 1:05:58 victims & vessels - 1:14:15 victim soul - 1:38:11 upon graves of ashen snow - 1:43:20 watashi no hatsukoi aite ga kiss shiteta & my girlfriend isn't here today - 1:47:47 trip to the milky way - 1:58:26 the vampire's pet - 2:02:24 the lonely dog yearns for love - 2:04:17 the black lily theatre company - 2:09:32 flesh and pressure - 2:13:16 teeth of the wicked - 2:17:46 syzygy - 2:24:03 devotion - 2:30:43 suburb hell vampire - 2:43:17 the perfect human - 2:51:47 strange animals - 2:56:44 offsuit pair - 2:59:54 sieve - 3:06:26 they once had names - 3:10:07 seller's market - 3:14:40 queen and knight - 3:19:58 play our roles - 3:23:33 melt - 3:27:55 maybe next year - 3:36:11 lilith compolex (prototype) - 3:39:07 let's go to heaven - 3:40:50 junk mail demo - 3:47:03 juliet's sol - 3:49:02 in your flesh - 3:51:03 if it's by my hand - 3:54:49 miso shiru - 3:57:09 i want to rip off your **** with my teeth - 4:05:06 haunt holy - 4:11:17 gash rabbit - 4:16:54 forever yours - 4:24:21 fear of darkness - 4:28:54 diving bell - 4:31:34 distant sunlight endless regrets - 4:38:33 different echos - 4:41:18 demonize on date - 4:49:32 dead end system: prelude - 4:57:39 curled in ice - 5:01:02 cicuta - 5:15:29 blood of the future - 5:18:24 beaconing: a lost cause - 5:21:15 bad apples - 5:28:53 astral battler crux: gilded lily - 5:31:52 aletheia - 5:36:30 outro - 5:39:18 LIST OF NON TYPE-MOON WORKS REFERENCED your glass heart in my hands with reckless abandon wish on this flower weird girl science the girl who was hypnotized to huff armpits (& other stories) we can't keep doing this frew/hort victims & vessels victim soul upon graves of ashen snow watashi no hatsukoi aite ga kiss shiteta my girlfriend isn't here today trip to the milky way the vampire's pet the lonely dog yearns for love the black lily theatre company flesh and pressure teeth of the wicked syzygy devotion suburb hell vampire the perfect human strange animals [demo] offsuit pair sieve they once had names diaries of a spaceport janitor seller's market queen and knight play our roles melt maybe next year lilith complex (prototype) let's go to heaven junk mail demo juliet's sol in your flesh if it's by my hand miso shiru i want to rip off your **** with my teeth haunt holy gash rabbet forever yours fear of darkness diving bell distant sunlight, endless regrets different echoes demonize on date dead end system: prelude curled in ice cicuta blood of the future beaconing: a lost cause bad apples astral battler crux: gilded lily aletheia This episode carries content warnings for discussions of pedantry, negativity, everything you'd expect from "toxic" yuri, etc Email us at [email protected] with questions, comments, and compliments. Cover art by Benn Ends, intro music by Benn Ends, remaining music from works covered.