Too many chapters to discuss this week, but somehow we managed.This week's show and tell is Kyoto Jogakuin Monogatari: Finder by Akimoto Osamu of Kochikame fame.Text-only versions of the weekly manga show-and-tell can be found on Andrew's Obscure Manga Blog.Subscribe to the Manga Musing Patreon to hear our coverage of the MangaPlus user survey.Our theme music is Rainy Day by Souichi Sakagami. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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