Gotta sell that merch. Impressions: Oh boy. A whole episode of teenagers doing awkward meet-cutes and then the obligatory obnoxious Jump stuffed animal mascot antagonist-but-actually-a-punchline that virtually all of them must have. I knew it was coming, what with being the star feature of the ED, and I'm already sick of it. But it's […]
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