Is mostly yelling. Shikimori is one of those super-late airing shows. It's the last thing for today, but it may take a bit, even not accounting for it apparently being full of plague, but we'll get there. Impressions: Another show where the 'jokes' I enjoyed the most were not the jokes at all, but […]
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