MURCIÉLAGO has been a favorite of mine since Volume 1 hit shelves in Japan in 2014. And I loved that we got a side story about crazy-eyed sniper Reiko in 2018. It kind of ended and I forgot about it. Imagine my surprise, then to find that not only had I fallen behind on the […]
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