Cute? Yes. Silly? Very. But underneath that Atarashii Joshi speaks with authority about the brutality of the human experience.
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Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 08
This is not high art by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard not to smile.
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