by Luce, Okazu Staff Writer My Idol Sits the Next Seat Over, Volume 7 is the final volume, in which we get the fallout of Maaya coming clean about her pretending to Chihiro that she wasn’t already a fan when they met, and Sakiko feeling guilty about helping her hide it. Chihiro decides to remain […]
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