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Full Metal Panic Fumoffu: Let the Sergeant have fun
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Review: Nice View (2022)
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If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
Of course we all know how that adage ends – “…then don’t say anything at all.” But that’s difficult to do when you’ve started to make a habit…
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Great Pretender – 11 – Mr. Nice Guy
After the high-rolling glitz and glamour of LaLaLand and Singapore, Great Pretender’s newest destination of Nice feels downright quaint … and that’s not a bad thing! Makoto may…
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“It Would Be Nice If These Damn Aliens Stopped Attacking Us So We Could Colonise This Planet” – It’s Dairugger XV
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Let Me See Your “ID”
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Rei Kiriyama is one of the most overlooked characters in anime. Here’s why.
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