And the winner for most outlandish premiere of the season goes to… Kabukichou Sherlock/Case File nº221: Kabukicho The biggest problem (and really the only one I could focus on) with Kabukichou Sherlock is that I just couldn’t bring myself to give a crap – not about the characters, and certainly not about the mystery they […]
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