On this episode dakazu revisits Toru Seino’s Sono ‘Okodawari’, Ore ni mo Kure yo to regale us with tales of wasteful book reading practices and Seino trolling an adult couple. Then we begin our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi’s The Flowers of Evil but Seamus is already calling it quits after one episode!!! Continue reading →
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