How do you do, fellow kids? Impressions: There's something oddly appropriate about the 2000s otaku squad being all pasty indignant dudes, angry at the young otaku for not appreciating all that they did and the sacrifices they made. Not that I would trust any anime to not be gross about a 35 year old […]
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