I thought about delaying this post until next week, as there won’t be a new episode on New Year’s Eve, but my 2019 anime backlog is reaching avalanche-like proportions already, so it can’t be delayed any longer. Neither can the Meijin and Queen qualifiers, which are finally underway after last week’s very good table-setting episode. … Continue reading Chihayafuru S3 – 12 [So the Flower Petals…] The post Chihayafuru S3 – 12 [So the Flower Petals…] appeared first on Star Crossed Anime.
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