Earlier this year, Him, the Smile & bloom was released by MintLip and Edia in Japan with English language support, check out the full review here on Blerdy Otome. But, earlier today, PQube announced that they will be releasing the official Western localization of the slice-of-life flower shop otome, ‘Him, the…
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