If there is anything that kind of bothers me, it’s being called a master of a piece of media that I still have a lot to learn about. Be it older anime, mecha anime , or science fiction, I don’t want to be pushed into some kind of box where people think I have the … More (4th Blogiversary Week) Self Reflection: Mecha Master? I’m But The Learner.
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