How do you do, fellow children. Impressions: My god, the screaming. It just… It never stops with this show. From start to finish, it's one long protracted cacophony of howler monkeys yelling at the top of their lungs. Ironically, Kugumiya Rie using her regular voice instead of the nasally Shana/Louise voice is one of […]
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