Grand Ol' Dame Fantasy. So yeah, I finally got around to doing Granblue Fantasy's second season, and it was fun. My main complaints are valid enough, and it's kind of hard to judge quality overall when you have so many shows that never truly gets finished. There sure has been enough of those; shows I honestly enjoyed, and would have liked seeing to completion. Somehow. And that's that. Next week, we're aiming to play catch up with a show we shoulda done a loooong time ago, but yeah. See you all then. -Stig Høgset.
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