Apart from the obvious parallels including police spinners, neon umbrella rods, and replicants with red reflections in their pupils, the Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime appears to contain several other subtle visual parallels to the feature films. But the show also expects viewers to believe that this: becomes this 17 years later:
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