I had the pleasure of watching The World is Still Beautiful or Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii after having first seen it eleven years ago. (You can find some other posts on the anime here and here.) One never quite knows what one will notice after such a long time between viewings. This time, my focus […]
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