Well, I’m continuing to plug away at premieres, although I’m finding it difficult to keep from watching the second episodes of series that I’ve liked (news flash: as of finishing this post, I’ve watched some of those episodes! I blame it on a friend visiting who hadn’t yet seen the first episode of Eizouken). While […]
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