Did we forget to write jokes again this week? Impressions: Maybe I'll spend the next month of weekends doing long overdue site health stuff, like updating the sidebar and/or creating a new/better landing page for the translation patches because lord knows I've abandoned the message board to the wolves. Another month of episodes like this […]
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「明治剣客浪漫譚 第零幕 後編」 (Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan Dai Rei-maku Kouhen) "Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story: Act Zero – Part Two" Apparently Western imports through Yokohama didn't include the Hippocratic Oath.
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「動く理由」 (Ugoku Wake) "A Reason to Act" Structurally speaking, it’s with the Oniwabanshuu that the series starts to take on its final form.
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