The absolute finest visual cliche of recent anime times. Impressions: This has to be the most chill evil party I think I've ever seen. If anything, the dude comes off worse than them. He's out there screaming that they'll regret it when he's gone and their reaction is "Dude, go away." There's not even a […]
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