Episodes

Friday Jun 12, 2020
Trendsetters Issue 8 - Tricky Testimony
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
The mastermind is revealed! The Silver Skeleton is the one behind the "assassination", and #Trending wants to bring him in. There's just a small hitch. He's powerful, in both the sense that he's a power-negating supervillain and is backed by one of the most feared legal teams on the planet. What do the young heroes do about *that*?

Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Roxanne is torn apart and given new skin. Steiner is fractured and worried over. Grant is cut open and sees too much. The squad is grievously, terrifyingly wounded.
Music Credits: Intro: What Has to Be Defeated - Taku Iwasaki
The Pale Rider: SomeQ - Taku Iwasaki
Things Fall Apart: The Projector - April Rain
Emergency in the Family: Ulmoi - Taku Iwasaki
The Voxen Eye: Dormant - Darren Korb
The Bearer of Bad News: The Mask of the Priest and the Bell of the Chapel - Yasushi Ishii
Elysium: Inverted City Megin Fi - Chikayo Fukuda
The Blind Heir: Space Outside Recognition - Chikayo Fukuda
The SoCal Cell: Five Fingers, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
A Moment of Light: A Bit of Happiness - Yuki Kajiura
The California Congolmerate: No City, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
Wushi Youxia: Old Friends - Darren Korb
Steiner's Theme: Extra - Ken Ishii
Roxanne's Theme: Approaching Rocks - Yuzo Koshiro
End of Session: Labyrinth - Emancipator Outro: Mojave - Toundra

Monday Jun 01, 2020
The Telltale Hunt: The SoCal Squad Session 44 - The California Conglomerate
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Roxanne exploits her angelic privilege. Grant gets high in the back of a van. Steiner meets a deadman. The squad finds a light in the darkness. Chapter 3 opens with a meeting of the minds.
Music Credits: Intro: Baralku - Emancipator
Ashley Arias: Lancer - Clark Powell
Roxanne's Theme: Approaching Rocks - Yuzo Koshiro
Yet Another Stranger Visitor: A Life of Much Shame - Taku Iwasaki
The SoCal Cell: Five Fingers, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
The California Conglomerate: No City, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
Steiner's Theme: Extra - Ken Ishii
Professor Gears's Acolytes: Fumes, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
Grant's Theme: Immorta's Theme - Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Tension: What Has to Be Defeated - Taku Iwasaki
The Pale Rider: SomeQ - Taku Iwasaki
End of Session: Time for Space - Emancipator
Outro: The Projector - April Rain

Friday May 29, 2020
Trendsetters Issue 7 - Foundry Fight
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
The gang is on the hunt! A lunch with a supervillain provides them with a solid lead. While Megalad and Nicolai go investigate where the latter's nanites have gone off to, Switch follows up on that lead. All groups find a bit of trouble in the process, however, and they have to learn to deal with the consequences.

Monday May 25, 2020
The Telltale Hunt: The SoCal Squad Session 43 - Nickelodeon's Gonna Sue
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Steiner gets his dick annihilated. Grant bunps into a good dad. Roxanne asks for a photo. The squad gets sticky in the back room. The Intermission was, in fact, extremely silly.
Music Credits: Intro: What Has to Be Defeated - Taku Iwasaki
Fight Theme 1: Bungou AcidJazz - Taku Iwasaki
Fight Theme 2: Silent Killer - Taku Iwasaki
Fight Theme 3: Defect - Taku Iwasaki
The Killing Blow: konfrontation - Taku Iwasaki
Postfight: no fragrance - ALI PROJECT
Interacting with Civvies: Strangers - Yuki Kajiura
Cooldown: 4242564 - Taku Iwasaki
That Asshole: Can I Believe Someone Like You? - Taku Iwasaki
Ashley Arias: Lancer - Clark Powell
End of Session: Udon - Emancipator
Outro: The Projector - April Rain Secret bonus song by Pepper Coyote & Bad Dragon

Friday May 22, 2020
Trendsetters Issue 6 - New Nanites
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
#Trending has caught the attention of someone, but they're not trying to kill them for once! Clockwork Futures asks the team to test drive their newest creation while Sundog goes to France to take care of family business. They take their new friend to a seedy bar filled with dastardly villains, and Megalad goes looking for trouble... and finds it.

Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Steiner gets goo in his suit. Grant has a secret outed. Roxanne chills with a perfect boy. The squad all feign ignorance of the most important piece of media ever conceived. The Intermission is going to be Extremely Silly.
Music Credits: Intro: Baralku - Emancipator
Heimatbasis: the matter is settled, anyway - Yuki Kajiura
Nonsense Time: Useless Chatting - Yuki Kajiura
Las Estrellas: 39 Thieves, Instrumental - Aesop Rock
Investigation: tailing in darkness - Yuki Kajiura
Straight Creepin': ash wednesday - ALI PROJECT
The Monster's Lair: Abyss - Taku Iwasaki
Fight Theme 1: Bungou AcidJazz - Taku Iwasaki
Interacting with Civvies: Strangers - Taku Iwasaki
Prepwork: Irritated - Taku Iwasaki
End of Session: Udon - Emancipator
Outro: The Projector - April Rain

Friday May 15, 2020
Trendsetters Issue 5 - Armored Assassination
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
The race for mayor is on! While the Captainalist pushes on a pro-super platform, the DHEA seek out #Trending to provide added security for Mayor Blackmoore. It's a good thing too, because one can never be too safe while campaigning for a city of 17 million people. What dangers does the current mayor face that the police can't handle?

Monday May 11, 2020
The Telltale Hunt: The SoCal Squad Session 41 - Catching Sight of the Edge
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Roxanne has a family reunion and asks for some fire. Steiner takes apart a machine and gets a new small friend. Grant buys lunch and is compelled into bloodshed. The squad is shown the shape of an apocalyptic foe. Chapter 2 closes on a low after a high. Music Credits: Intro: Baralku - Emancipator Roxanne's Theme: Approaching Rocks - Yuzo Koshiro Steiner's Theme: Extra - Ken Ishii (There's one here that you all definitely know that I don't need to call out.) Grant's Theme: Immorta's Theme - Hiroshi Yamaguchi Ashley Arias: Lancer - Clark Powell Frantic Fighting: kampf - Taku Iwasaki The Coven: Salve, terrae magicae - Yuki Kajiura Inner Fire: Batalhu - Taku Iwasaki Heimatbasis: the matter is settled, anyway - Yuki Kajiura Another Strange Visitor: A Life of Much Shame - Taku Iwasaki The Summer Court: Tokuoka - Yuki Kajiura Fight Theme 1: Bungo AcidJazz - Taku Iwasaki Postfight: no fragrance - ALI PROJECT An Unhappy Reality: Scars of the Past - Yuki Kajiura End of Session: Time for Space - Emancipator Outro: The Projector - April Rain

Friday May 08, 2020
Trendsetters Issue 4 - Simian Showdown
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
#Trending goes on the offensive! Now that Switch knows where Gordrilla's base is, they convince Megalad and Sundog to go stop his plans before they start. However, his mobile base of operations is exceedingly well defended. Will the young heroes stop the angry ape, or are they in over their heads? Find out in this conclusion of the first arc of Trendsetters!