Yo, tone down the pink haze. Impressions: It's rarely a good sign when there's multiple leering pans across a character's chest, butt, neck, and chest again before anybody speaks a single word. I remarked in the season preview that the source is not actually all that fanservicey compared to the manga's covers and whatnot, but boy, […]
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