Steve and Lucas look at pink-haired anime girls (and boys) and its codified character archetypes (cute! spunky! murderer!). Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this ...

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J-Novel Club LLC is excited to announce the launch of multiple new manga and light novel series following an industry livestream held o ...