Two very different shows, both of which almost never made it here in the first place. Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo/O Maidens in Your Savage Season I almost forgot to put this one on my to-watch list at all – I suspect because, back when I was checking out the summer anime titles a few […]
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