The Tale of the Snow Woman

It's winter at the campfire, and that means one thing—snow-themed holiday special! The Midnight Pals are visited by Junji Ito, adorable catboy and terrifying master of fucked-up-face-filled manga horror, accompanied by original weeaboo Lafcadio Hearn. The pair narrate an ancient Japanese folktale of ripped samurai, distressed noblewomen, and seasonal ice-demons. Lafcadio helps Junji out by using his insightful perspective as a Greek-Irish academic to explain Japanese tradition and culture. HP Lovecraft nearly has an aneurysm.Content notes: swearing, raised voices, sexual references, discussion of racism and appropriation, violence, death, references to guns.CAST: Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGESMary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZAClive Barker — SISTER INDICADean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERYStephen King — JASON ROBINSONHP Lovecraft/Lafcadio Hearn — ROBIN JOHNSONwith Junji Ito/Osamu Tezuka — TENEST TANGLord Fujiwara — JON GUTIERREZLady Minamoto — NICOLETTA GIUSEFFISnow-child — CHIBINaoko Takeuchi — LORETTA CHANGKouta Hirano — JOHN SERRANOScript by Lou Sutcliffe, edited by Bitter Karella and Robin Johnson. The Japanese sensitivity reader was Minaro Kato-Hopkins, and the Irish accent and swearing coach was Liselle Nic Giollabháin. Lafcadio Hearn's translation of the Japanese folktale "Yuki-Onna" (The Snow Woman) is included in his collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, which is available from Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1210A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e07-the-tale-of-the-snow-woman/transcript Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals is a work of social and literary satire. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones; any resemblance to real-life people, organizations or events, other than with satirical intent, is coincidental; any elements of work not in the public domain are used for the purpose of parody and comment; and no challenge is intended to the ownership or validity of any intellectual property. The Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella © No "AI" is used in any part of this production, ever.Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pocket Casts, or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com