I hate the title and will not be using it. Impressions: And we end a long, long Monday with this unfortunate mishmash of light novel harem cliches from the last decade. Reincarnated kid with cheat powers goes to magical school for magical fighting teenagers against the unbeatable monster apocalypse that are easily beatable. Beated. Whatever. Total […]
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