Hello everyone! It’s been a whole month since I’ve written an OWLS post hasn’t it. My plan for 2019 OWLS post was to completely avoid mecha anime. That way, I force myself to writing about things from more creative perspectives then I am used to. I even did it for January because I skipped out … More [Feb 2020 OWLS Tour] Kamina: Endless Charisma and Stupidity
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