Uninvested fightsCyberspace looks like garbageSurprise villain why?! Ex-Arm once again screws up in ways I wouldn’t even have expected. Pretty much the whole episode is just a brawl between Beta (who manifests as a stupid little worker robot with knife hands and has the yakuza guy, his granddaughter, and smiling man captive), Auctioneer Skeletor (whoContinue Reading... Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 8Continue Reading...
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