The White Sox are nearly incapable of winning a game – their best pitcher this year only lasted 2+ innings this evening – and the AL Central is in shambles with their best team at 20-21. Baseball is weird. This episode, we’re talking about Arina Tanemura’s Time Stranger Kyoko published by Viz Media and Mitsurou […]
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