Sad violin boys feeling sorry for themselves. Impressions: And we end our day of banal school nonsense, which I'm including Gundam in, with a very sad boy with daddy issues, who spends the entire goddamned episode moping about it. He liked music, but daddy was abusive and neglectful, so now he feels nothing for […]
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