Jinki: Extend is one of those situations where I’m going to go ahead and spoil the tone of the review right at the start: it’s a deeply flawed show, where we’re mostly going to be looking at the storytelling problems in its construction. To put it plainly, and get the biggest problem out at theContinue Reading... FrankenMech – Jinki: Extend Spoiler ReviewContinue Reading...
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