Take your backpack and go die in the mountains, kid. Impressions: Ah, good. The flavor of tepid cliche that just bores me instead of filling me with existential dread for the entire anime industry. A throwback to when the girl harems were mainly about becoming the live-in maid for a bunch of angsty pretty boys […]
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