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5 min read"We Finally Got Called Out" — Trash Taste #318 ft. Emirichu
When Emily (Emirichu) walked into the Trash Taste studio for her second appearance, she had a score to settle. A year earlier, she had been three weeks deep into her "Love and Deepspace" obsession — a mobile otome gacha game where players romance one of five main love interests — and the hosts had never brought it up. Not once. "I was like, are these guys even my friends? Do they even like me?" she recalls. The oversight became a running joke that spiraled into eight YouTube videos, a full script, and an entire creative ecosystem built around the game. This episode is less a formal interview and more a sprawling, digressive conversation about how people fall down rabbit holes, what makes a fandom stick, and why certain creative projects — whether a fan animation from 12 years ago or a 40-page traditionally inked manga one-shot — carry emotional weight long after their moment has passed.
The Anatomy of a Rabbit Hole
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- 1 Trash Taste #318 - We Finally Got Called Out (ft. @Emirichu)
- 2 (01:00) **Welcome & Emily's Return** - The hosts greet returning guest Emily, noting it's been about a year since her last appearance
- 3 (02:22) **The Love and Deepspace Saga - Emily's POV** - Emily recounts the full story of how her obsession with Love and Deepspace was deliberately avoided during her first Trash Taste appearance
- 4 (07:55) **How the Rabbit Hole Started** - Emily explains how a paid sponsorship turned into a year-long obsession
- 5 (11:01) **What Makes Love and Deepspace Different** - The group discusses the game's unique appeal compared to other gacha games
- 6 (16:39) **The Astarion Phase - Baldur's Gate 3** - Emily describes her Baldur's Gate 3 obsession and how it mirrors her Love and Deepspace passion
- 7 (23:42) **Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - Still Holds Up** - Emily shares her recent experience rewatching the classic anime and why it reignited her love for the medium
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