Our 5th episode hurrah. This episode we review Battle Royale and Maken X. We give props to Suzie N. and set up 2 events--first our upcoming poll of the month as well as set up the choices for episode 10's round table discussion. Xan was stealing a little of May-San's thunder during the Battle Royale review, but she forgives him because of his excellent contribution! Hope you enjoy. ----more---- Music For Episode: Intro Music-1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky (Tchaikovsky Collection 1 ), Ending Music -Closing Theme (Maken X OST)
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