Show Notes

This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 38 - “The Iron Wall of the Jamru Fin” (鉄壁, ジャムル·フィン), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on blood-type personality theory.

• Wikipedia page for Type A and Type B personality theory, and a Huffpo article about the Type A personality type.
• Wikipedia page for blood-type personality theory, and for Nomi Masahiko (能見 正比古).
• BBC articles about burahara (blood harassment) and an overview of blood-type personality theory and its history and popularity in Japan.
• Chart of distribution of different blood types by country.
• Another overview of blood-type personality theory's history, and a summary of each blood-type's characteristics.
• And one more overview of the blood types' characteristics, inter-type compatibility, and how blood-type theory gets used in social situations, this time from Tofugu.
• English version of the Human Science ABO Center's official website.

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