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Kick Heart and Bamboo Blade
Welcome BACK to the Taiiku Podcast where we talk about all things sports anime and I, the yellow ranger, make better introductions in text than I do in…
Kick-Heart
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Re:CREATORS Episode 9: Her Virgin Heart and the Souvenir Blade
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Episode 142, "Baby Pecker Bamboo"
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ABYStyle: Sailor Moon Bamboo Style Fan
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88: Light Guns Kick Ass
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Engage Kiss #06 — Kick Nun
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The BLADE
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Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade, Vol. 1
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Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade, Vol. 6
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Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade, Vol. 7: Exordium
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Blade runner: Black Lotus
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