In This episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan reviews the very short murder mystery The Teddy Bear Murder Case by Asumiko Nakamura He discusses the basic plot of this very short mystery, as well as geeks a bit over his experiences at NYCC Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Warped Teddy Bear Picnic ( Naughty Bear OST ),Ending Music -Death at The Beach ( Naughty Bear 2 OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Week: Would you want to hear more stories about the characters in this manga?
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