DDL | Archive Released by TIFA Corporation/CI in 1999. Special guest appearances by Hurricane Ryu and Minoru Kawasaki. It’s been a whooping 6 years since I last posted one of Pantheon’s…
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My Wandering Warrior Existence (Manga review)
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Overlord (Episode 9) – The Dark Warrior
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