Hey guys. My last attempt at a tag: ‘Put a Tune to it’ was rather successful, and I was thinking about what I’d do next. Well, as any anime fan in this era knows, Light novels are infamous for having long ass (sometimes comically so) titles for their stories. How Not to Summon a Demon […]
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