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With no clear answers, it’s up to the wallet’s owner to choose what he wants to believe about the person who had it.
She was looking forward to a reunion with her favorite G-boy, but the new people she met were just as special.
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The hit video game/anime’s Haru Urara is a real horse, and fans have found a way to show their love for their heroine who never gave up.
Three of the greatest anime series ever produced featured in video that’s not quite as simple as it might look.
Thousands of flowers bloom in the west Tokyo mountains, but they all started from one man’s kind thoughts.
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