When reading shoujo manga, there's a certain amount of suspending disbelief, but we can only go so far with that, right? Summosa, Miso, Sho-chan and Azayan break down the unrealistic, and often baffling aspects of shoujo that we just can't translate to reality. This episode features plenty of juicy anecdotes, Tiktok conspiracies, and as always- man hating. No no, just kidding. We aren't manhaters, we swear.
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