Shut up about this girl, already. I'm out of town for a few days. I'm not going far, and there's not a lot of shows Monday-Wednesday anyway (Shy/Vampire Vtubers on Monday, Deer on Wednesday), but things may be a bit delayed. Impressions: I couldn't help but think through this episode that playing up the […]
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