Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the AGC Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendations. We'll be publishing our reviews during the days leading up to Christmas. Kageki Shojo!! is an anime adapted from a...
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