The horror genre has historically stigmatized mental health conditions, but Ciconia normalizes plurality and frames it as explicitly positive, making me feel comfortable in trying to express myself as plural. The post I Am One Yet Many: Plurality representation in the When They Cry Series appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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