Day 5 already! Today, sci-fi and dystopia with Grey: Digital Target. As ever, I start these posts with a brief overview focused on the OVA form itself, before jumping into the actual review (and will use this structure for each of the seven posts) – meaning, you can skip this section every time 😀 Hope you […]
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