Keeping on with double feature seasonals, it’s time for us to actually get down to business with the Defense Squad.
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Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 6
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Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 8
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Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 6
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Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 6
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Haiku summation: Animation gets better, The writing gets worse. Live reaction audio and details after the cut. So, this time we start with Skeletor creating his spheres of…
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Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 6
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If you have trouble following what’s going on this episode, I think that’s intentional.
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I guess heroes really do come in all shapes and sizes.
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