I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to, like, hear someone say it. Even if they didn’t say it directly. In the final episode of the second season of Yofukashi no Uta (aka Call of the Night), as the formerly murderous detective Anko Uguisu lies exhausted by her long, now-failed quest for revenge next … Continue reading Taking Comfort from Perspectives on Adults in Yofukashi no Uta and Ikoku Nikki
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