Beware the scorned anime watcher… Meta context: This is originally from May 2018, which is why this post doesn’t address Beyond Information. I do prefer that over the points discussed in this post, but I do believe it came far too late for it to be effective. The reason I’m posting it now is because... Continue Reading →
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