I need to watch more KBO, but they’re on so early, and I forget to watch the ESPN on demand streams. Someone’s gotta remind me, so I can properly root for the Giants. This episode, we’re talking about Syundei’s Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart and Kodama Naoko’s I Married My Best Friend to Shut […]
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