Note: Spoiler warning for the third season of My Hero Academia A year and a half ago, I wrote about a hypothetical point of no return for the kids of My Hero Academia. A moment when the ignorance of youth and the freedom from responsibility as children, no longer becomes an option. It was hypothetical … Continue reading [Three] Crumbling Pillars
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