Writers have really given up, huh? Impressions: I present to you the laziest and most half-assed of the standard shounen acts. Oh no. It's a minor random monster that's immune to everything but you and specifically only you! But I can't fight it. I don't have confidence. No, you should have confidence. Oh, okay. […]
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