Welcome, all, again. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been sidelined this past week with an injury, and have been binging anime. Well, one of the series that I finally got to watch was 1997’s Photon: The Idiot Adventures (available on Crunchyroll). The synopsis has always intrigued me: super-strong guy from rustic village goes to retrieve a … Continue reading "Photon: The Idiot Adventures"
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