Good day to all readers! In addition to a couple other posts and projects in the works, I have decided on making some content about Mirai Nikki (Future Diary). There will probably be at least a dozen posts in this series, if I have as much to say as I think I do. The point of this series is to analyze Mirai Nikki from a slightly more critical standpoint than what I'm used to. Although the series has obvious flaws, I'm still a big fan of Mirai Nikki. So I thought it would be interesting to challe
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