Might be a decade too late to be this half-assed. Impressions: Well, this was terrible, but in a nostalgic kind of way. Terrible Classique, if you will. I'm totally fine with the angsty overpowered dude going to fanservice fighting magic school. I still think fondly of Felli and FonFon on occasion. But this was […]
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