By now, there’s likely you’ve heard about the hubbub over the new season of Mob Psycho 100 on Crunchyroll. You can read about it here or here if you haven’t, but if not, let’s start from the top. The Mob Psycho 100 Anime The anime adaptation of Mob Psycho 100 was licensed by Crunchyroll before […]
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