Okay, repeat after me: Stories don’t need conflict if you don’t want people to pay any attention to them. Of course, if you DO want people to like your stories, they need some kind of tension or co…
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Spy x Family is an anime series about a spy by the name of Loid Forger who needs to create a fake family for his mission.
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Spy x Family – 04
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