When Haruka’s mother had to go away for work, she moved to Okinawa with her grandmother and cousin, Kanata. She was looking forward to relaxing in the sun, but found something else to occupy her time – beach volleyball! What did you watch? Back in the summer of 2018, I was only really starting to get into seasonal anime. In truth, I’m a binge-watcher. I love to fully immerse myself in the story and hurry through the entire catalogue. However, I found myself with lots of little windows of time instead of big blocks, so thought I would give seasonal…
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