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Antisocial Personality Disorder Criteria And Anime Characters
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Comedian Yuki Nivez is Not Your Diversity Hire
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Writing Prompt: Is it better to have a protagonist with a bad personality… or no personality at all?
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30 Anime Tomboys With a Lovable Boyish Personality
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Fiction: A Letter On Ascension And Personality Fields
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For Comedian Yuki Nivez, Japanese Comedy Has Some Issues
Tokyo-based comedian Yuki Nivez reflects on frustration with comedy in Japan and discusses the type of comedy she wants to see in the world.
No Mask Required: A Chat with Comedian Kilara Sen
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Gungrave (Gangureivu) TV
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009-1 (TV)
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Dolls’ Frontline (TV)
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Behind the Yoshimoto Curtain: A Chat w. Comedian Stephen Tetsu
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Unseen Japan Insider: Comedian Attempts to Outrun Sex Assault Accusations
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Mou Ippon – Episode 3 – The New Judo Club Capitain and Himura’s Rival
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Laughing Salesman TV Batch
Had this ready a while back, but you know, getting old here, so my apologies there, but anyway, here's the batch of Laughing Salesman tv episodes. Note, there…
TV Talk: Severance Review
I share thoughts on the Apple TV series Severance. 9 episodes long SciFi, Drama, Thriller Timestamps (00:00) Intro and Show description (10:15) SPOILER discussion ______________________________ If you enjoy…
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TV: Sherlock (Series 1)
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Fushigi Yuugi (TV & OVA)
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