To be fair, all the characters in this show are quite stupid. Impressions: Are we done with these idiotic power fantasies yet? No? Pity. Anyway, here's Yet Another. Reincarnated in another world, where all the adults are complete imbeciles, and all the females ages 12-25 want nothing more than to be breeding stock for […]
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