I will admit, I've been terrible with keeping up with anime this year. I'm just adding more and more onto my ever growing watch list to the point where I cannot ignore. A few weeks ago, you may have saw my "Otonari ni Ginga | First Impressions" blog. Since then I've watched a further three
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