There are 3 kinds of sports anime. Man/fanservice sports, sports for boys and sports for men. The first category is self-explanatory and the second is the most common and probably most popular with…
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「時は来たり」 (Toki wa Kitari) "The Time Has Come" It’s Wed-Ness-Day, my dudes.
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