Frankly, there need to be more robot stabbings. Impressions: This is putting too many eggs in the basket of being mysterious about its setting when it's not actually that interesting at all. There's a girl who's a ghost, but also not, and she keeps dying over and over. Also, a giant ball keeps invading, […]
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