I swear, the more I hear about Crunchyrolls business practices as of late, the more I cringe. Crunchyroll is no stranger to questionable business practices and scandals. There was the whole Tower of God mobile game recasting debacle last year. There was the utter shitshow that was Crunchyroll…
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