When I heard this one, I had to write a post for it.YouTube’s autoplay feature has been giving me a lot of ShinRa-Bansho to listen to lately, I guess the algorithm favours them fairly well after all of the Akatsuki I’ve listened to. The song this time is called 純情アルメリア (Pure-Hearted Armeria). The original Touhou … Continue reading ShinRa-Bansho – 純情アルメリア (Pure-Hearted Armeria)
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