his week on Anime Pulse we got Christmas gifts, cursed touching, and the worst of 2024. Up first Joseph has been digging the new Azur Lane event, and Andrew has flown back to Scotland. Then in the industry news, ha ha, got ya! Because next comes the Christmas gift exchange! What will our two cohosts possibly unearth!? THEN we get to the new, with just a singular topic about Crunchyroll once again being utter shit. And finally the reviews see us out with Joseph curing his deathy curse and immediately playing super smash with his hot blond maid, meanwhile Andrew begins to see spirals in everything as his life spirals out of control.
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