One show with a chibi mecha pet was enough, thank you very much. I don't know how we got "Rumble Garanndoll" from "Opposite World Battery Girls," but okay. Impressions: I'm not sure I really get what this show is going for. You'd think that failed gigolo wannabes become pilots for chibi tsundere mechs would be more… something, even […]
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