Reader’s Corner: Fool Night (Vol. 2), Pink & Habanero (Vol. 1), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 7)
Subaru faces not one witch but half a dozen, the banished hero moves one step closer to reuniting with his sister, the plants of a dying world take revenge, a new shoujo heroine rises, and much muc…
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