I can say that at least I definitely didn't need another twenty minutes of hyperactive yelling. Impressions: Though the characters aren't really endearing themselves to me all that much either. Nor was the whole bit where the random idol gave her a life lesson and healed her soul in a quick 90 second conversation. …So […]
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