This season’s Akudama Drive comes straight from the mind of Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of Danganronpa—and it shows. The show is filled with over-the-top characters, each with a special title and near-supernatural skills to go along with it. There’s even a seemingly normal protagonist. But while th
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