Before I share my thoughts on the year as a whole (let alone the past decade), here’s what I ended up watching to completion this season! As usual, the lineup is a bit different from the one in my mid-season rankings, as Chihayafuru and Boku no Hero Academia are continuing, and Babylon’s airing schedule is […]
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