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Growing Up With Evangelion
Shinji's apocalyptic coming of age was an allegory for the pains of growing up and living in a painful world, and an achingly personal reckoning for Anno as…
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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – 08 – Growing Up Fast
Two years have passed since Eris’ tenth birthday, which means Rudeus’s tenth birthday has arrived. He can sense scurryings and murmurings around the Boreas mansion, but he doesn’t…
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Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
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Breaking ep 10 tradition in its 3rd season, Non Non Biyori shows Ren growing up rather than focus on Ren/Kaede dynamic.
Pop Star Crystal Kay on Singing Anime Songs and Growing Up Mixed-Race in Japan
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Why It Works: A Lifetime of Competition: Growing Up in Chihayafuru
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Growing in the Shadows
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Anime Check-Up: Good food from unlikely places
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My Steam Library Keeps Growing?!
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Wake Up Girls is still a good Idol Anime
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Yusuke Urameshi and Good Neighbors
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I Drank Good Drinks and Watched Good Anime in 2022
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