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Manga Talk: Oshi No Ko ch 1-72 · Dad Needs To Talk

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What's up y'all? And welcome back to Dad needs to
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talk, I'm your host, Robert. And today today I am doing a
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manga review, Impressions, whatever, 40 she naoko.
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Now, this series this series consumed my entire weekend and
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Yeah, so we are talking about it but let's take a step back.
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So. Oh she now cold It is a series
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written by the author akka akasaka tongue twister, name
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akka akasaka. Who a lot of y'all may know as
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also the author of kagyu sama Love is War which is pretty wild
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that this that this person has Another 10 series under their
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belt, just put a little image on the screen.
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Just really quick and just in case you feel like or what is
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cocky or some of those wore that one very popular show manga etc.
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Etc. And so is wild that he started.
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Writing oshino Co 2 years ago while Congress on my still going
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on. Now Collier something I think is
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about to end soon but still And this is a very different vibe
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from that. I would say oshino cold fish
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more into, I guess more and more into like the Thriller Tupper
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genre. Yeah.
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Drama mystery psychological Thriller.
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Yeah, but by a salt that is the author of it, it is currently at
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72 chapters. As of right now, 72 chapters out
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now and I read them all on Manga Plus on the Manga Plus app for
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free. Now, the physical volumes will
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be coming out in English in January of next year.
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Bye. In press and there's also an
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anime announced now. Oshino Co it is a series like I
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said that I've heard about for a while and I've always seen those
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you are watching a video version.
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I've always seen this one image of like a pop Idol looking girl.
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You know, throw your peace signs whatever but I never paid too
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much attention, but for some reason, I kept on hearing good
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things about it. I was like and I read a little
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bit of synopsis. I was like, all right I need to
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see what this is, so The way this video or this review
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discussion is going to go is I'm going to give a brief
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spoiler-free synopsis of what's going on.
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But then there were richer Point, while will say spoilers
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with a knife because there's some stuff I need to talk about.
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But in a general vague nutshell because this series is
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definitely one that I highly recommend going in as blond as
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possible. But what I will say is that the
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series basically starts off surrounding a pop Idol named.
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I am I and, you know, one of the most popular pop bottles and
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Group, whatever. Well, this Idol, she is of
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having to take a, take a Hiatus for on the public side.
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I know reasons, but it's come to find out.
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She is. Getting pregnant with twins.
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Now, the real kicker is that The Twins when they are born, they
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are The Reincarnation of two big fans of hers who had died and
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were reincarnated as her children.
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So two separate fans who died from two separate situations,
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two different people who are big fans of hers died and became And
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we'll reborn as her children named aqua and Ruby so son and
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daughter Twins. And basically the story
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basically just follows This family.
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These kids got getting to grow up as the child or as the
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children of this big pop Idol and what I love about this
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series. that I can say, the spoiler-free is that It does a
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really awesome job of diving into.
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The world of celebrities the world of stardom because along
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the way you meet other characters and people who are
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involved in, you know, being pop Idol, singers actors models,
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YouTube Stars, tick talkers, all that stuff kind of comes up in
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this and you kind of get to see both the highlights.
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But you also can see like some of like the lows and the dark
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side that comes along with being in this type of history and that
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is, I think what makes this series truly shine and make it
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like so freaking good is because of it you know, been it over to
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dive deep into those aspects of things and kind of you getting
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this we are getting to see the inside the mindset of thought
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process that these characters are going through dealing with
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these different situations. Whether it's characters who
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were, you know, child celebrities that are now a
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little bit older and having to deal with, you know, the
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expectations of things of that nature, people who, you know,
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maybe they were, you know, they're primarily our model, but
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they got a gig to do a movie just because of, you know, how
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good they look. And they're kind of struggling
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that aspect or you know you growing up being the child of a
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celebrity and certain expectations and things like
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that or whatever cell bio she know Cole.
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I'm glad that I gave it a shot and I read it because like I
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said it hooked me and I read all 72 chapters is weekend.
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I just finished the last handful of chapters were all ago because
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I was like if possible I want to record this, Before, or I wanted
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to record this after catching up, which I'm glad I did because
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something very big happens at the end, the Latin chapter 72
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which I'll talk about in a minute, but by ocean Nicole is
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definitely something II immediately.
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If you like Thrillers mystery stuff like that, move this up
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top of your list. Like I said, hey, she's the
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Manga Plus. App.
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It is free to download, you know, basically, you know, for
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those who do not know, maybe forgot, you know, the Manga Plus
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app. It's kind of like a
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international companion to the Shonen Jump app.
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So, you know, you'll see a lot of like, like the usual series
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like your one piece my hair, orange juice takei's, and etc,
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etc. But this app is where a lot of
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other series sum up, some of which are a little bit darker,
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or more mature, things, or whatever, or on this app
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compared to the regular Bap stuff like that to Dan this one.
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Ocean Yoko and several other series that are in something
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like Jump Plus and some other magazines over there saying like
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I said it is free to download phone tablet, whatever and all
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the chapters are there. But this is also one that I have
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super excited to see the anime for this because not only does
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this is grabs you in. Merely this for me.
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It got me a melee with chapter one, with what happened in
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chapter 1, this the initial setup and then there is like a
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nice little like our call say and distill spoiler-free poor,
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there's a nice still, a little introductory Arc and then where
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things go from there. So that was kind of like a, like
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a nice like little like one two Punch.
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If I okay, hey. Alright.
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The first You pulled me in and then all right, when that first
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little Arc and it or whatever it like it is a hey we're taking
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you for a journey and then I was like, I'm all in so bad.
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Oh she know Cole, highly recommended.
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Like I said, if you haven't already.
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Go read it. Go check it out.
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Or like I said, if you are somebody who prefers a physical
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volumes volume 1 will be coming out in January of 2023.
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So about five six months from now.
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Pick it up then like separate coming out from impressed.
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And yeah. So go check it out because now
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we're about to transition to some spoilers.
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So once again, hey like the video, all that first show you
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those yada yada spoilers. so, The whole thing, the whole set
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up with this series of which, which some of this I lightly,
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read in like a synopsis, arrest them or whatever, but it didn't
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all fully click on top side happened.
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So, so, the fact that The doctor that kind of has like so the
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doctor who was like a big fan of hers.
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And of getting a chance to help her out leading up to her
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pregnancy was pretty interested in him as well as the young girl
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as well. Who is also in the hospital for
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medical reasons and stuff. it was interesting, just effective
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like Cuz I think because I knew that he was supposed to die but
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I also like oh hey she's checking in because you got to
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go into labor on my our Chi. I'm pretty sure he's supposed to
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die or whatever. I thought it might be a case
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where like, you know, the Bears will be born and that he would
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die and then the spirit going to the child then.
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But no, hey unfortunately, I'm freaking killed literally like
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minutes hours before the babies were born. so, that was just a
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wild he just outside just Just chilling, smoke break, whatever.
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He was like a member, he was just hot chili gather.
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His thoughts? And then shank shank shank and
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now you been reincarnated, so seeing that.
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And then And then I really like that whole basically the
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prologue. Those things like that first
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like ten chapters, I really like, the whole little set up of
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getting a see both of the kids you know, doing stuff as babies.
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I loved when they freaking got the managers girlfriend or
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whatever. She was to him where they talk
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to her as babies and just like spooked her like Hey, we're
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Weird God's here and if you don't let us do what we want to
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do that. And uh that was thing was funny
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and I also it took it took a while for me to realize what was
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happening but I also appreciated how in that prologue part?
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You kind of got like some of the chapters started with like a
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documentary interview type of thing.
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Which I think that, I think that part is going to going to play
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out really well. Whenever they do the I'm a butt
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like this come like documentary thing where it's like
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interviewing other actors or other people or whoever about I
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and, you know, the kids and all this other stuff, whatever.
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Which now now that I'm become thing, about this as I'm
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recording this, but it's like now that I've read all or I've
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caught up to 72, I want to go back and reread those early
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chapters and really, look at those Interview section, things,
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weren't bad, but those are really need, but then the punch
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of the end of the other end of the prologue of I getting killed
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by the same person who killed the doctor.
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Dude was super unexpected now, because I can't remember if I
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had saw mentioned that she died, I don't think I saw members.
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I don't think I saw the end, the synopsis whatever.
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So, her dying when the kids were with 34 years old was Wild.
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And the fact that Aqua was there when she was dying and then that
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the trauma that left on him know through all these years or
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whatever was crazy but You know, shout out to like, like I was a
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dope character and I love how she still showed love and care
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even to her murderer. Because, you know, the guy was
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all like, you know, he felt entitled as his big fans.
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Like, oh, you forgot about us, and then it and she's like, no,
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your name is so-and-so, right? You bet me at this thing, you
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gave me XYZ, I still have the thing.
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You gave me on my tab right now that that just made it so much
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more. Heartbreaking and which, you
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know, he ended up, you know, taking himself out of the
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picture as well later on. But the fact that when that
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happened and then, Basically, our Aqua basically just vowed to
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get revenge and stuff and the fact that was like, you know
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like prolog and of prologue. It was like what?
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And then I like that. We got to see you know a little
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bit of the kids here and there but then it jumps, you know,
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freaking 10 years later or whatever, to them being in high
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school and starting their Journey there and just seeing
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the Aqua. Became an assistant to this
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director guy because he wanted to try to figure out who was
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Behind These murders and stuff. And And you know just basically
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trying to play detective and trying to piece together some of
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these things. But throughout all of these
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chapters that are red, I've enjoyed all the little arcs from
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from the The love the Love TV show thing that they did the
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live action of the one manga. Then what else was it?
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The live-action thing, of course, the play that just ended
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that whole that's that was super dope.
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Some really cool art and that and I feel like if something
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else along mixed in there as well, but brand-new All of those
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are some some really cool arcs and I've really enjoyed a lot of
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the characters that we've got introduced to along the way and
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I would like that and it makes so much sense of course with the
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theme of the series being about you know all these actors and
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celebrities and stuff whatever that we will get reoccurring
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characters because I'm pretty sure is no it's like that in
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real life. With you know you work in
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certain industries and certain Fields then of course there can
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be some people that you. There's gonna be some people
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that you can see all the time. I'm it's gonna be some of the
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job. Oh man, I haven't seen you for
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years but hey, we finally get a chance to work together again or
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different things like that. So that has been really fun.
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It's like seeing the core cast of characters, steadily grow
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along the way and stuff like that.
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It is still wild and interesting though that like Aqua Ruby you
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know, haven't know the conversation about like hey we
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both were reincarnated as I come up.
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I wonder when and if that will happen, I'm pretty sure
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somebody's gonna slip up somehow some way and that's going to
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happen. But yeah, but all of this has
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been such a fantastic read. Now, we did kind of get like a
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little like little fake I wish. I wish I knew it was going to be
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the case, but like awkward like along all these arcs, whatever,
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you know, he's been trying to get DNA samples from people like
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a is this guy, my father. ER or some relative or whatever.
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I'm as he's trying to piece together different things and
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then finding out that that one actor dude is his half-brother
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but then him saying that well when he was younger his mother
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and father both died in a double double suicide situation.
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So he's like hey our fathers dead.
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So your revenge that it does and basically like was kind of like
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okay, well I guess that's that. But I kind of a I like a Kane
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because of how her mind works. I like the fact that, you know,
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she kind of like was trying to / self into eyes shoes during a
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couple of hours ago where she try to piece together of like,
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Why she might have did and move the way she did.
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And that her saying, in front of our cabal like, oh, you know, I
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just imagine, you know, if she, if know, if I was a guy and I
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had a kid secretly and that's what led to did it.
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And, uh, that was interesting. And then now again when You
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know, they're going on this trip, whatever.
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And that Aqua kind of told her about like, hey, you know, I've
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been DNA testing all these people, whatever?
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I found somebody who is my half-brother, but it seems like
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our father is dead and edited. Uh, and then when she left, And
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she started piecing things together.
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I think she kind of pretty much came to the conclusion of like,
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nah things that it's simple as that because, because because
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more than likely, I don't know if this is what she was
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thinking, but what I was thinking is that, of course
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probably The mother. Either the mother had an affair
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or was taken advantage of the special shoes in the industry
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and then had the sun witch. Which the reason for the, for
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the double murder-suicide thing, might have either been an actual
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amount of actually been a setup dumb by the actual dad or the
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husband, you know, was a hey, I know that you had an affair.
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I know that this isn't my kid because I can't have kids
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something like that might have happened.
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That might have led to that situation but I think that's
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kind of where she was coming to the conclusion of like.
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Okay. Yeah, but the fact that she's
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like, Aqua sings happy now. He seems like he's starting to
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heal and get in a better place. Is it right for her to tell him?
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I say, hey, This ain't everybody.
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And in the fact that at the end of chapter 72, where Ruby is
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visiting her mother's grave and leaving and then some shadowy
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not shadowy figure. But some figure with the hat on
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with blonde hair, like hers passes by and kind and then
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stands in front of eyes grave and says that the Ruby has grown
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up to be a beautiful girl young woman.
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However, he said it or whatever. he said and then the person
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says, of course, It makes sense because she is our daughter
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after all. And so I was like, okay, you
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know, we finally get to see But yeah, we finally get to see our
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first little inklings of their father, and I truly feel like
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some it's just about to go down because they're about to go in
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this, like, little like rest of your legs.
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I shouldn't rip after, you know, it's a celebration that's except
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the success of the stage play thing, but also kind of give
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them a chance to recoup. But speaking of that stage play
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thing, that was really dope. Now, I've never seen like, I
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actually like a real Lay in person before but which I would
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still like to at some point but also, whatever mess.
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This was this 2.5 deeply thing. I want to see that because the
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way they have the freaking the screens and all that stuff was
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super dope. And speaking of that are too, I
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really enjoyed the kind of like comparisons between like the
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that earlier are Arc with the way they did.
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Like the was it sweet? Sweet, love something sweet.
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Live action, show thing. And then, in contrast to the the
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other manga that they adapted into this stage, play thing,
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whatever. I really enjoyed that back and
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forth between the manga and the scriptwriter.
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And that's just like another exemplified man.
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This is this was makes this show so good is because it kind of
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gives you every all these different perspectives and all
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these different Portions of this situation, because you get to
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see the perspective of like, of, like the actors being like, man,
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this this script away, this characters written in the script
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doesn't seem right, especially because they've also been a fan
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of the manga and a rather serious were there was like,
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man, this doesn't feel right like the character and then the
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the compromises and stuff for the head-butting that might come
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from. You know, what, the monkey akka
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wants versus the scriptwriter for the plague because this is a
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whole different medium than Anime or live-action thing,
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whatever. And and seeing the demographer
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that the medaka for the other series being, you know, mentor
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and mentee and you know, and then the the younger one for the
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Tokyo Blade series, reaching Heights of success to her Mentor
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has never seen at such a young age.
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I just load all the different Dynamics and stuff.
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Whatever. And I really liked how, you
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know, they finally came to a unified front.
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Thanks to the help of Aqua because since he got to go, see
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the play in person, get a better understanding of what it was.
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He sent tickets to the MacArthur and had her come and see one of
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the place so she can better understand what, why they were
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making the changes they made. But, but anywho.
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So that last little bit though, It's like I was saying, was that
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this next Arc? Because yesterday, when this
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supposed to go to this, like relaxation trip, but with the
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father kind of come into the picture now, and the place that
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they're going to is the hometown of Ruby or her previous Life, as
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a Serena, you know what? It will be wild.
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If they run into somebody from her previous life, whether it be
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like her a parent or sibling or something, whatever, I have a
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feeling, she's going to see somebody that she recognizes
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from her previous life and that's going to be a trigger and
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thing for her. And that might be the vein and
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maybe least to her and aqua talking more about The
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Reincarnation thing. Maybe I don't know.
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But I feel like that has to come up at some points but um, but
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yeah, overall I talked for a while but I just had to I just
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had to share my love for this series and I'm Different going
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to be keeping up with this now. But but yeah, if for some reason
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you happen to listen, to all these spoilers, this stuff and
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you still haven't read this yourself, please go do it
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because there are so many finer. Stuff in there that I kind of
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glossed over and stuff whatever. But Aurora will say this has
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been a fantastic read. This has been a fantastic
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surprise for me of this year of things that I've read and I love
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hearing good things about a series going into it as blind as
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possible and then those expectations being surpassed
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surpassed a million times over. I know I talked about it looked
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before on the podcast episode is coming out later this week but
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but, The the attention and the commitment that the characters
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have to their Arts, reminds me so much of actors and it just
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makes me so sad. No.
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What happened with actors and it hadn't the reasons why I had to
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get counseling and stuff. But, you know, I can see some of
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the some of those same aspects that I love the back Dodge and
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this, but taken to a whole nother level and a whole
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different new way. Because, like I said, I didn't
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expect it to be some freaking, you know, when you look at that
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initial cover art, that one that's gonna be on volume 1.
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I wouldn't think initially there's like, okay, this is
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going to be a semi Izakaya asked, reincarnation story that
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follows the lives of Pop, idols and celebrities and stuff like
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that. So but Maya fantastic read.
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I'm gonna cut this off here because this is going super
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long, but I had to talk about it.
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But but as always, thank you so much for listening and you're
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so much for watching and I'll catch you on the next one.
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Read oshino Co this is so fucking good piece.