We’re back from holiday break! The Astros cheated to win the World Series and get to another one, and also in the season in between. The players should be much more punished than they are, but labor negotiations maybe?!?! This episode, we’re talking about Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends published by Viz and Akiko […]
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