In this episode, technical difficulties causes Xan to have to review a manga alone, so listen as Xan reviews The alternative history romance josei manga Ooku: The Inner Chamber written by Fumi Yoshinaga Since the technical difficulties caused our guest host JD Banks from Jadeescape.wordpress.com, to be omitted from the episode. please check out her blog and read about living in Japan. Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Oh Ooku by ???? ( Oh Ooku: The Inner Chambers OST ), Ending Music - Mizuno's Theme by ???? ( Oh Ooku: The Inner Chambers 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 living in a post red pox world?
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