If I wasn't sick of imperial courts before, I definitely am now. This is actually a Saturday show, but it's NHK only with no streaming at the moment that I'm aware of, and all the actual broadcast rippers have gone the way of the dodo, so it took a bit. Impressions: What an incredibly […]
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