By the end of 2019’s smash hit animation Ne Zha, the titular hero (Lü Yanting) and his opposite number Ao Bing (Han Mo) had figured out that they were two halves of the same whole and were mu…
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Author Shizuku TotonoArtist Daisuke HagiwaraReleased December 2018 by Yen PressTranslation: Taylor EngelEditor(s): unlistedGenre: Romance, Historical, Fantasy
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