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Aug 2, 2021 5:18 AM

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dimez said:
omg, why did Nanako have to witness the kiss :(
well initially she kind of tomodachi-zoned him.. and if the things go well with aki at least we don't have to suffer through another stalemate harem
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Aug 2, 2021 5:22 AM

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usually shit happens so randomly irl this almost feels realistic :D


is not realistic at all. stop sucking this show off lol
don't stop me now, I just started to :P
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Aug 2, 2021 7:11 AM

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Shinoaki be like…
Aug 2, 2021 10:00 AM

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most random kiss ever lol
and ofc Nana of all people, had to see it :D

in the 1st episodes i always liked Aki as my favorite, but seeing Nana this episode made me think i probably like her as well... but Aki being my favorite doesn't mean i'm happy for seeing her kissing him out of nowhere lol


anyway, cool show with Haruhi song, i also liked the way he was like "why be scared of hundreds, when your video already has thousands of views?" , but still, it's not the same thing seeing them live and reading comments on a video

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Aug 2, 2021 10:55 AM

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The pure ecstatic feeling i got when Nanako started singing GOD KNOWS

What a happy surprise
9/10 episode
-1 for NTR
Aug 2, 2021 11:03 AM

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Wow, they really used a Haruhi song here, really well done by Nanako. Love how she overcame her obstacles and performed on stage; also very cute with the maid outfit.

That ending though, god it actually pained me. Why does Kyoya even like her? I don't remember them having any intimate scenes with each other unless you consider that one compliment about her art as being intimate, but I still don't see it. Then they made Nanako see it :(((((((((((.
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Aug 2, 2021 6:18 PM

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pasanoid said:
dimez said:
omg, why did Nanako have to witness the kiss :(
well initially she kind of tomodachi-zoned him.. and if the things go well with aki at least we don't have to suffer through another stalemate harem

Tomodachi zoned him! To funny dude!

But i think nana really didn't understand stand her feelings yet and now the kiss will make here realize what's up and maybe now she'll go after him.
Aug 2, 2021 10:35 PM

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Collins89 said:
pasanoid said:
well initially she kind of tomodachi-zoned him.. and if the things go well with aki at least we don't have to suffer through another stalemate harem

Tomodachi zoned him! To funny dude!

But i think nana really didn't understand stand her feelings yet and now the kiss will make here realize what's up and maybe now she'll go after him.
I bet she will. It is a TV show after all; and there would be no point if some drama wasn't involved.
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Aug 3, 2021 9:42 AM

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So the writer is clearly writing towards a certain direction that has blue hair girl wins. No idea why. Maybe it's just him shipping the two. Maybe something happens regarding the time travel that needs for Aki to win so that the plot can go certain ways and there needs to a round about way for him to create a justified winner (in Aki. It's pretty obvious, actually, just from the premise at episode 1.)
But then the director pushed another girl (the better girl, I should say. Not that I like Nanako specifically, but Aki just looks cute and nothing else atm.)


yeah, it's always a problem when that happens. Pacing so fast. Director doesn't like the winning girl he didn't bother building her enough + paces all of her scenes faster than the rest.
Can't be helped. The victim of such a niche premise. Stuff like this has readers, after all.




ps.: Maybe this should have been a VN. Since there we are more forgiving about beta MC such as this. (Just like how Aokana VN is actually a big thing and the anime is quite unappreciated bv respective product fans).
Or maybe the writer should have stopped with the beta MC.
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Aug 3, 2021 10:46 AM

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Didn't expect Nanako to sing God knows from Haruhi Suzumiya. I really love Haruhi so that's awesome. Extra points for the based reference
Aug 3, 2021 6:54 PM
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Hoo boy I've got some opinions about this one.

First off, I'm really disappointed they went with the incredibly cliché Maid Café theme for the festival. This is an Arts College, they really couldn't have thought of something better to do? What a wasted opportunity.

The whole Shinoaki thing feels... Kind of forced? I guess I feel as though they haven't developed enough for Shinoaki to go ham on him like that. And of course Nanako saw it, you could see that coming from a mile away. I'm honestly surprised it's going this route, I didn't really expect this to focus on romance. I still believe he'll end up with Eiko though.

But this whole show's focus is kind of waning here, I was really hoping they would stay on the theme of re-doing life. Kyouya is nothing more than a blank slate to help these other characters, despite setting up the premise that he wants to change his past so he can have a better future.

I just find it disappointing how often this leans on clichés.

What did surprise me was they actually played God Knows. I suppose it's appropriate for the time. It was nice to see.

I like that Kyouya is using the knowledge of the future to his advantage by utilizing a budding YouTube/Nico Nico Douga. That's what I want to see more of in this show.

So Kyouya fainted for some reason, and I'm really hoping it has to do with why he time traveled, rather than just "exhaustion".

Overall this episode split me with it's predictability and use of clichés. Can't deny that the art style is still really attractive.
Aug 3, 2021 9:47 PM
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God, this anime is so good, also so refreshing to see young adults actually acting like young adults when it comes to romance in anime, instead of going baby steps like 99% of romcom series, no, Aki-sama just went like "i want you, i will kiss you", please start officially dating!

I like Nanako but Aki is just perfect.
Aug 4, 2021 7:18 AM
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Revvie-chan said:
So the writer is clearly writing towards a certain direction that has blue hair girl wins. No idea why. Maybe it's just him shipping the two. Maybe something happens regarding the time travel that needs for Aki to win so that the plot can go certain ways and there needs to a round about way for him to create a justified winner (in Aki. It's pretty obvious, actually, just from the premise at episode 1.)
But then the director pushed another girl (the better girl, I should say. Not that I like Nanako specifically, but Aki just looks cute and nothing else atm.)
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I don't know if this is a case of blue-haired girl winning. It's real early to pair off someone like that. If anything, I'm getting White Album 2 quasi-NTR vibes. Theres still 7 episodes to go
Aug 4, 2021 9:00 AM

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i ship aki with kyouya but... wtf was that sudden kiss?


Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM

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I felt really bad about this episode, Shinoaki got unexpectedly aggressive, poor Nanako
Aug 4, 2021 12:06 PM

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damnn i hard simping kyouka x nanako ..
Aug 5, 2021 6:41 AM

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pasanoid said:
Collins89 said:

Tomodachi zoned him! To funny dude!

But i think nana really didn't understand stand her feelings yet and now the kiss will make here realize what's up and maybe now she'll go after him.
I bet she will. It is a TV show after all; and there would be no point if some drama wasn't involved.


Idk man, there are a lot of shit anime out there that just limp dick there way through a season.
Lol wiseman grandchild, slow life drugstore and many others. A lot of animes with beta cuck MC's almost have no point to them.



But like you said, looks like we don't have to worry about that with this anime. Mainly thanks to the chicks tho, I wondered if this guy was ever gonna make a move or just virgin it up the whole season while in college surrounded by hot chicks that he got wet with all his future knowledge!

Aug 5, 2021 11:05 PM
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So I have watched Haruhi, but I totally didn't recognize the song lol. Anyways, I will agree the pacing is a bit fast but I'm rolling with it tbh. I actually kinda like it. Although I do hope they slow it down eventually, and we get a little bit more drawn-out drama and events over the next course of episodes.

Overall I am very much enjoying this show so far. Maybe I am a bit biased because I am a film major myself. But you know, it's very entertaining, it grasps my attention every episode, and I just really love how it looks too. So I can't say it's bad in my opinion.
Aug 6, 2021 6:21 AM

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Collins89 said:
pasanoid said:
I bet she will. It is a TV show after all; and there would be no point if some drama wasn't involved.


Idk man, there are a lot of shit anime out there that just limp dick there way through a season.
Lol wiseman grandchild, slow life drugstore and many others. A lot of animes with beta cuck MC's almost have no point to them.



But like you said, looks like we don't have to worry about that with this anime. Mainly thanks to the chicks tho, I wondered if this guy was ever gonna make a move or just virgin it up the whole season while in college surrounded by hot chicks that he got wet with all his future knowledge!

well I didn't initially care if the show is even going to have any romance to begin with. but since it does I'd rather it wasn't the usual idiotic cliché approaches but something more straightforward and down-to-earthly.
on he other hand, I don't understand why you would specifically expect MC to start chasing skirts all of a sudden: his relationship with opposite sex wasn't the point of dissatisfaction with his previous life :)
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Aug 6, 2021 1:14 PM
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Whoa this was terrible. This keeps getting worse every week, wtf ?

When will MAL add Harem to the genre ? This isn't normal romance, this is full harem around the genius perfect main character.

The kiss attempt then the actual kiss at the end came literally out of nowhere. They have no reason bar just fueling the harem fight between girls even more around the mr.perfect protagonist.

The drama around Nanako was absolute shit. Matter was solved in few seconds.

It doesn't make sense at all that Mr. Perfect.. I mean the main protagonist ended up being the reason she became a good signer when she became one without his damn help in the original timeline. This show doesn't make sense.

How could the show throw all its potential in the first 2 episodes about a failure of a person given a chance to succeed ? It completely threw it out of the window for a cliched harem plot about a perfect guy who helps all girls and ends up with every girl worshipping him.

Shame, damn shame.

Just awful.
Aug 6, 2021 3:55 PM
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About the performance of "God knows", I cannot recall anything like this ever happening in an anime, so if this is a first, kudos for the milestone. NOW IN SAYING THAT, this was inferior to the performance in the MoHS. Not because I have some idiotic nostalgia bias, but because the way the performance was animated in the MoHS was fluid and constant, but in this anime it's stale, motionless and barely focused on the performance. This kills it's momentum very quickly and feels more insulting than nostalgic. The fact an anime from 15 years ago did better at it is mind-boggling and shows the laziness of the animators of this anime.
Aug 6, 2021 8:48 PM

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About the performance of "God knows", I cannot recall anything like this ever happening in an anime, so if this is a first, kudos for the milestone. NOW IN SAYING THAT, this was inferior to the performance in the MoHS. Not because I have some idiotic nostalgia bias, but because the way the performance was animated in the MoHS was fluid and constant, but in this anime it's stale, motionless and barely focused on the performance. This kills it's momentum very quickly and feels more insulting than nostalgic. The fact an anime from 15 years ago did better at it is mind-boggling and shows the laziness of the animators of this anime.

Is simple, Aya Hirano is way superior than Aimi Terakawa.
Aug 7, 2021 12:34 AM

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that was god knows from suzumiya haruhi !!!
mind blowingggg
Aug 7, 2021 10:02 AM

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No_User_Name said:

Every time the mc has a small conversation with one of the female mc they( female mc(s) )instantly change their mind.Its annoying now to even watch their conversation tbh.

6/10


+1. Definitely this. I'm thinking of dropping it.
Aug 7, 2021 11:02 PM
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huge nostalgia in Haruhi, Nana improved greatly, really the perfect song for that time & her theme.
Cute that Shinoaki perseveres, since both saved each other in different timelines, but also painful. Well technically Nana backed out & friendzoned him on the first sunset scene.
Aug 8, 2021 11:14 PM
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Ngl that was kinda rushed, maybe some chapters in the manga were skipped or something? I mean it's only been 5 episodes and they've already kissed and kyoya not being too surprised by it, must really mean they've skip some parts but not really sure since I haven't read the manga yet but it was an enjoyable episode 7/10
Aug 8, 2021 11:53 PM

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Much better than the fourth episode but it looks like the anime is a harem now.
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Aug 14, 2021 5:12 PM

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Of course there's a love triangle. Of course there is.

Oh, well. Rip in peace, Nanako.
Aug 21, 2021 7:05 AM

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Between a pink haired loli, the swimsuit and maid fanservice I was a bit afraid that the Nanako subplot wouldn't be able to shine, but the pay-off was great. Uploading the video to boost confidence was a very good idea. Nana is a fitting name and so was God knows as song for that time, lol.


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Somehow I knew exactly what was going to happen when Nanako went looking for Kyoya and I saw Shinoaki and Kyoya talking together. It's such a classic drama scenario, I just hope it doesn't cause too much drama. I was kinda hoping this show would be more focused on the general lifestyle around pursuing a college degree in an entertainment course like it was for the past few episodes than a romcom with the setting as just a backdrop. We'll see I guess.


Pretty much how I feel about this. The kiss scene itself was fine and not heavy handed, which I liked. Just not fond of the prospect of too much upcoming relationship drama + awkward dynamics within the group. Hope they keep it to a minimum. I probably wouldn't mind as much if this wasn't a one-cour series.

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Aug 26, 2021 5:58 PM

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why are there so many people hating on this episode? it was good imo
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Aug 30, 2021 8:47 AM
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I work in communications and I just wanted to say that posting a video of someone without their consent is 1. a crime and like 2. kind of a dick move to pull on your own friend. also, can this show give the girls a little more agency?? not a fan of this messiah-like lead character right now
Aug 30, 2021 11:26 AM

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God knows
omgggggg i did not expect this
I'm having Haruhi flashbacks
amazing ep
I'm feeling so bad for Nanako why did she have to walk in at that moment


Aug 31, 2021 1:50 PM

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Ah yes the school festival episode, or in this case college festival. Doesn’t make much of a difference so anyway

The pacing seemed alright in this episode. Not as good as 1-3 but not as bad as 4 thankfully. Still I don't like the pace at which mc's harem is progressing. I'm all for love triangles and so on but here it seems too fast and forced due to that. Hope I'll be proven wrong or sth later on.
Sep 22, 2021 8:04 PM

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Nanako noooooooooooooo. She was so happy after her performance went well. Seeing her with those two parfait broke my heart :'(

I liked Shinoaki's proactivity though. Of course they had to be interrupted the first time but that didn't stop her haha.

Now I wonder, why did Kyouya collapse when he saw that name? Hmm....
Sep 24, 2021 5:31 PM

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on god if this anime now goes to shit I am going to cry.

I knew that kiss would happen ahhhhhhhhh.

Sep 26, 2021 6:17 PM

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The song is a throwback to one of my favourite series, I'm sure Haruhi will be proud of the performance! :)

Also I dont mind the romance in this show happens to be a love triangle. The characters are nice, the MC doesnt seem to be dense knowing his experience of being someone 10 years older than his current self. He also doesnt scream his thoughts like the typical teenager MC in these type of shows. The only problem I slightly have with this show is the pacing, it does feel like they skipped a lot of things like how Kawasegawa joins MC's group in the 2nd semester.
Sep 29, 2021 7:58 AM
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And this festival was amazing, yet this brother Kyoya kind of sniffed at him quite a bit and this brother Shinoaki kind of dared it, hehe.ヾ (≧ ▽ ≦ *) o (~  ̄ ▽  ̄) ~ And this Nanako brother, why does she always refuse all her chances to shine, so many times I wanted to, but I still haven't succeeded and I'm doing a lot of work in what I do, and here I mean my edits. However, I felt so good when he sang on stage, and of course brother is N @ NA, meaning it was to be expected.
Oct 1, 2021 12:03 PM

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Slice of life is so damn shit. dropped.

Oct 6, 2021 9:41 AM

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Shinoaki is quite the bold girl for going in for the kiss and succeeding the second time!

Happy moment there although heartbreaking for future singer Nanako having witnessed that

Oct 17, 2021 10:09 PM
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I don't like the harem vibe, and this super nice, capable at everything personality of this dude.
I don't like the characters and flow, although it was slower than Ep 4, but every dialogue and character is straight-up boring or predictable.
I don't like this school festival maid cafe arc. Although so much school life animes use this, but it is especially boring in this anime.
I don't like how they are talking about all this singing, writing, editing, acting stuffs now while nothing about the way they addressed it feels concrete and could be taken seriously.
Ep 5 is just as disappointing as Ep 4.
The song performed by Nanako at the end didn't sound entirely bad, but the song itself is also very generic and formulaish, although the guitar work is pretty nice.
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Oct 31, 2021 2:34 PM

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hehe haruhi tears go brr
Nov 2, 2021 7:25 PM

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Kyouya was a bit disappointing in this episode even if we saw a lot of effort from him, he was so dense (it is to be expected from his other life) and for him,
it seems natural for Shinoaki and him to get along quite well without questioning her behavior towards him, be a MAN Kyouya!

Even if Shinoaki already said in the previous episodes that Kyouya was her new goal, there was really no scene in the previous episode that he asked her out on a date
but his character towards Shinoaki earlier as she tried to kiss him the first time was so obvious that he just goes with the flow without even questioning his behavior and a second time that Aki successfully got him, Kyouya is so vulnerable! -_- I must say, Shinoaki is one hell of a cunning woman.

Nanako is probably heartbroken the moment she saw Kyouya being kissed by Aki... This will be one hell of a bloodbath...

P.S. To think I get to see Haruhi Suzumiya's song here. lol
CrazyButNot4UNov 2, 2021 8:59 PM
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Nov 19, 2021 6:40 PM

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I'm glad Nanako's taking singing seriously now and It kind of motivates me, Those maid outfits suit them a lot I don't know about Keiko though

Kyoya's been juggling with two people although we almost witnessed a kiss between him and Shinoaki too bad it always gets cucked, Nanako's a bit doubtful when it comes to singing and is not so sure of herself

That last performance was good though glad she actually made it, And so she's revealed to be N@NA well it was a bit obvious from the start, Damn Shinoaki making the first move too bad Nanako saw it all.

Dec 12, 2021 11:08 PM

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God this one was really good!
Nanako finally decided to take singing seriously
Aki is best girl and I hope she wins!
But, Nanako didn't have to see the kiss at the end qwq.

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Jan 2, 2022 9:35 AM

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When the song started I was so shocked that tears almost came out ;d I know this song and I love it (who doesn't?).

I wonder who sang (real person name) this God knows version.

First Nanako said she is happy to have a FRIEND like him, but then maybe it wasn't only friend? :o
Aki bold move two times.. there were some hints before, but still it came out kinda sudden.
I wonder also why Kyouya fainted standing in front of that art... I hope there will be some time issues ;d


The very sad thing is that Yurika wasn't a maid... she also wasn't in the previous episode filming on the beach. They also didn't show their movie ;/ They could put in so many more things..
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(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´。✪ω✪。`)

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Jan 5, 2022 2:09 PM

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That sure was one hell of a concert and "God Knows" such a great choice and made my day.
that kiss at the end, I hope they don't go for triangle drama.
May 7, 2022 8:22 PM
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I just had a feeling that Nanako would sing God Knows for the school festival and it happily shocks me that my guess was right haha
Sep 3, 2022 5:35 PM

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Nice to see Nanako is actually taking her singing seriously.

Thus begins the love triangle. Probably RIP Nanako.
Oct 5, 2022 7:56 AM

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this show is mid asf but that god knows perfomance was peak. Singlehandedly boosted my rating.
Oct 21, 2022 11:21 AM
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It is not often that an anime can get me this hooked so fast into the series, I feel like without doing much they progressed the characters without me even noticing almost like it was happening "off camera". I am super excited to see how this pans out. Let's goo!
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