Fitting way to end the day. Impressions: By about minute two of this show, I was certain that unless somebody got run over or stabbed out of nowhere, I would be very, very bored. No, I still haven't forgotten the ending to the first episode of Shigofumi, but that was a lot more poignant […]
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