This week, an angry man barricaded the exits of one of Kyoto Animation's studio buildings and started a fire. Thirty-three workers died in the attack. The rest of the seventy employees on site were hospitalized in varying condition. When SunshineDuk messaged me to tell me about the arson and massacre, I was in the middle … Continue reading "My Inadequate Tribute to KyoAni"
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