Publisher Shiravune released the third part of its Kara no Shoujo re-release The Shell which goes by the title The Shell Part III: Paradiso. The three part visual novel series Kara no Shoujo was initially developed by Japanese visual novel studio Innocent Grey, with the first episode being released in summer 2008, followed by the […]
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