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New Manga Read - I Wanna Be Your Girl (Volume 2)

This series is very good presenting sensitive topics about gender and sexuality of teenagers in a way that works in a cute, romance setting where a girl has a crush on her longtime best friend.

The second volume did a great job of helping Hime come more to grips with the idea that she's not heterosexual, which she was struggling with in Volume 1.

Now I wait for my library network to get a copy of Volume 3 for me to read!

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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door

Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.

Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.

It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.

Cute read I found at the library.

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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door

Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.

Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.

It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.

Cute read I found at the library.

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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door

Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.

Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.

It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.

Cute read I found at the library.

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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door

Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.

Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.

It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.

Cute read I found at the library.

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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door

Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.

Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.

It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.

Cute read I found at the library.

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New Manga Read - I Wanna Be Your Girl (Volume 1)

I Wanna Be Your Girl is the story of two teenage girls. One is cis-gender (Hime), and one has decided to be out as transgender (Akira) as she enter High School.

The primarily follows Hime as she tries to protect her friend facing transphobia. It also hits Hime facing her own feelings.

She has been in love with Akira for as long as she can remember. However, Akira is a girl. And she's grappling with what that means about her.

It's well done exploring these topics, so far. Checking out volume 2 if my library has it.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)

This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.

It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.

I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.

If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)

This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.

It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.

I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.

If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)

This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.

It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.

I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.

If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)

This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.

It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.

I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.

If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)

This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.

It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.

I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.

If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.

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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 1)

At the library with my youngest, when she found this. The premise? After a teenage boy's Mother dies, he's taken in by an all cat family, the Mom of whom was close friends with his late mother, as he finishes high school. Of note, he is the only human in the household.

The entire first volume introduces us to Nekota, the teen boy, and his little cat sister Neneko.

It's very cute story with a much older sibling and a much younger sibling dynamic. Plus cute cats.

It's very cute and sweet, which is all it needs to be.

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Great art, captured the story. But overall, you need the movie(s) to fill in plot gaps. That said, it did take Mewtwo's internal trauma and questions about self seriously, which I appreciated. I feel the remake film did not take that seriously enough when compared to the original film.

I liked it, but overall it's more a supplement for those who already saw the movie more than a stand alone manga.

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New Manga Read - Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Series)

Did you watch Pokémon: The First Movie? Did you watch the mediocre all CG remake from 2019? This manga is kind of a tie in to the remake from 2019.

The manga tells the story of Mewtwo. The origin of Mewtwo, him turning to Team Rocket for a while, then going off on his own. Also, the power of friendship saving the day.

I loved the original movie, so I was excited for a manga adaptation. It...was okay.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 5 (Volumes 13-14)

Wow. Okay, so that's the end of Evangelion.

This is the final volume of the manga and a content warning, there's a lot of non-sexualized nudity that mirrors that which was shown in the anime.

But the ending. It's...different.

Shinji makes a different choice at the end, the world ends differently and honestly, I like this ending better than the original End of Evangelion movie ending.

All in all, I'm glad I read the manga. Glad I got into this series.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 5 (Volumes 13-14)

Wow. Okay, so that's the end of Evangelion.

This is the final volume of the manga and a content warning, there's a lot of non-sexualized nudity that mirrors that which was shown in the anime.

But the ending. It's...different.

Shinji makes a different choice at the end, the world ends differently and honestly, I like this ending better than the original End of Evangelion movie ending.

All in all, I'm glad I read the manga. Glad I got into this series.

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New Read - Somali and the Forest Spirit, Volume 4

Another amazing volume. This one finishes up their encounter with Uzoi and Haitora. It's an incredible moment as Haitora reveals his own past, what he went through, and how he found Uzoi. And a tale of forgiveness.

As they continue on their quest, we run into Shizuno and Yabashira again, who appear to have figured out what Somali is. Not to harm her, but Shizuno wants to understand why the Golem is willing to go to such lengths for her.

It's a great volme and...ugh, I need volume 5 to drop physically already.

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New Read - Kirby Manga Mania, Volume 8

As always, the Kirby manga is so incredibly!

For those who don't know, the Kirby manga is a gag, slice of life manga set in the Dreamlands with Kirby, King Dedede, and assorted other characters from the games getting into silly situations.

This volume is no different. So goofy, so silly, so weird.

My favorite moment was Kirby losing it when he can't his disposable chopsticks don't cleanly snap.

Anyway, if you like goofy gag manga with Kirby characters, check it out. If not, wellp...not for you.

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This single volume mostly just tells stories in the universe where this humanoid robot and teenage boy live. The earliest stories involve them. But some of the others are used to expand the universe and introduce other characters.

Apparently this served as a kind of prequel to a current ongoing manga of the same name.

It's an intriguing world setting, but the stories are largely about folks looking for work in a post-apocalyptic world. Been there and, for me, there's not enough of a hook to get me interested in checking out the sequel series.

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New Read - Mechanical Buddy Universe (Single Volume)

Mechanical Buddy Universe is a manga volume that is really a series of vignettes.

This entire volume sets up a world setting in a post-war world where androids exist and fought in numerous combat roles. The story follows a feminine presenting android who raised a human infant they found abandoned. However, most of the stories are set AFTER the baby is an adult, not really showing the "robot raising a human" story I was expecting.

I was expecting something like Somali and the Forest Spirit. What I got was...not that.

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New Manga Read - Confession (Complete Series)

Wow.

This single volume, 11 chapter series is an entire dramatic bottle episode.

Two hikers, Asai and Ishikura, are hit with a massive storm while mountain climbing. They think they're going to die. That's when Ishikura admits he murdered a woman they both knew years ago.

Then they find a cabin to safely stay in until the storm passes.

The rest of the story takes place within the cabin. It is a roller coaster with an ending I did not exactly expect.

Wild thriller.

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This is a thing I need to keep reminding myself - "not every piece of media is for everyone."

If I don't like a thing you love, so what? If you hate a manga that I treasure, who cares?

It really doesn't matter. We all have different ideas, different thoughts, different tastes in what stories we find interesting and want to engage with.

I like plenty of stories that have similar concepts to this. A child prodigy living alone with friends filling a familial role? I've read various series like that, which hit me and I loved.

But not this one.

And that's. That's okay.

We don't all have to like the same things.

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New Read - March Comes in like Lion, Volume 1

I. Uhm. Hmm.

So, I saw Volume 1 of this at the library and thought, "Sure, I'll check it out. A lot of folks I know loved the anime."

After reading Volume 1, I'm torn. It's a somber tale that appears to be leaning into the found family angle, which I normally like. But something about this doesn't appeal to me.

It felt like a slog to get through Volume 1. While I felt more engaged towards the end of the volume, I just don't think I want to read any more.

I did not enjoy it.

Oh well.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 4 (Volumes 10-12)

One word defines these volumes more than anything else: Kaworu

Yes, the last volume gets to NERV being invaded mirroring the plot from End of Evangelion in many ways, but Kaworu dominates this volume.

Those who ship Shinji and Kaworu would do well to read the manga. Their relationship is more intense, more overtly romantic, more kissing than in the anime.

It also makes Kaworu's death at the hands of Unit 01 all the more intense.

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New Read - Somali and the Forest Spirit, Volume 3

Fantastic volume, once again.

We continue in the small town where the Golem is working to collect money for their trip. Somali gets sick and they had to get medicine for her...spending most of what Golem had earned to avoid revealing her identity as human.

It's a moment. Also, this moment with Kokilila is amazing. No parent is perfect. Sometimes I know I need to hear that.

The second half shifts gears as they travel and meet some new folks...including someone else hiding their identity.

Great story.

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New Read - Somali and the Forest Spirit, Volume 2

Love this. Remembering the anime, this volume largely goes into the story of Somali and the Golem with the witches, as they speak about the tale of the golem Haraiso.

It's a lot and it's so well done. Also, very cute.

The duo arrive at a new village needing money which leads to Somali making her first friend. But I know this isn't going to go well...someone is lurking already.

Great read. Very sweet seeing an emotionless golem starting to feel the emotions of a parent.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 3 (Volumes 7-9)

Wow. This is a lot.

The aftermath of the situation with Unit 03 and Toji. How Shinji emotionally is just...broken. And then his melding into the LCL for a time and his mother and him starting to piece together more of what the Eva units are. It's a lot.

Also, more of Kaiji's backstory than I remember from the anime. Plus the completion of his arc. Wow. Well done.

Also, Asuka's emotional and mental attack. Plus the addition of Kaworu toward the end of the omnibus.

A lot went on.

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New Read - Shuna's Journey

Shuna's Journey is a 1983 manga written by Hayao Miyazaki inspired by the Tibetan folktale "The Prince Who Turned into a Dog." This story follows a prince who is looking for grain to save his people and the hardships he faces along the way.

It's well done. Miyazaki writes the entire story out while simultaneously presenting the gorgeous artwork with aesthetics inspired by traditional Tibetan imagery.

It's a great take on a folktale.

Also, interestingly, the original Japanese release date is two weeks before my literal birth date. So, that's fun.

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New Read - Somali and the Forest Spirit, Volume 1

I remember watching this anime when it first aired and loved it. It told the story of an emotionless, genderless forest spirit / golem traveling with a human child who is pretending to be a minotaur. The world is full of monsters who hate humans. The golem is trying to help find this child, named Somali, be returned to her family.

It's sweet as this seemingly emotionless being begins to...feel as they serve as a parent to the human child they are smuggling.

The first volume did not disappoint. Looking forward to Volume 2.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 18 (Viz Hardcover Edition)

The story has been wrapped up. Kenshiro returned Ryu home after teaching him all he can.

Ken and Rin. They're not end goals. I think we all knew that, even as Bat tried to force it to happen feeling unworthy of the woman he has loved since they were children. He was never competing with Kenshiro, though. He was fighting himself internally.

Ugh.

Love, again, a big story component.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 2 (Volumes 4-6)

Enter Asuka.

Enter Adam.

A lot happens in Volume 2. A lot of stuff I remember from the anime. We also get more background, more info to really confuse us about Seele, NERV, and Adam.

It's good. I'm glad I'm getting this story from the manga perspective. I may need to look into the names of the angels again, cause it is fascinating.

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We also get better, more coherent look into Shinji's thoughts here. Maybe it's me, but it absolutely feels WAY more coherent than watching it / listening to him think in the anime.

If you have seen the anime, I would recommend checking this out. It's the same story from a different angle. Not substantially different, but different.

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New Read - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Omnibus 1 (Volumes 1-3)

Wow. This manga starts off with a punch and fast. So did the anime, but it's been a while since I've watched the anime.

This is the omnibus edition. 3 volumes with some interviews from the creators and crew from of the anime / manga between the volumes. These are interesting to say the least.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 17 (Viz Hardcover Edition)

We are ramping up to the end as Kenshiro is bringing Raoh's son all over to show him more areas and train him up. The core story of this volume involves the hidden kingdom of Sava, where the King is looking to end the fighting between his three sons and Kenshiro helps him do it.

Yes, I got emotional. Yes, I was tearing up while sitting on my couch reading.

Fist of the North Star brings out emotions in me.

Loved it. Final volume coming up soon.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 11

I finished Your Lie in April again. These two sets of pages get me every time.

They're beautiful.

They show how connected Kōsei and Kaori are.

And how Kōsei just knows that not only does he love her, but that she's gone while he's playing.

It's such a hauntingly beautiful set of pages that just hits you so hard.

Ugh.

Glad I re-read this again.

Well, see you next year - Your Lie in April.

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And after that, let's end with levity.

Cause Kōsei getting so excited and hyped to talk about his favorite egg salad sandwich reminds me of myself and other nerds as we get hyped about our own fandom.

I love this scene so much.

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This is the next panel. It's a lot. It's emotional. And it hits like a gut punch with such a simple set of two panels as Kōsei sees Kaori being rushed into the emergency room.

These two panels say so much.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 10

As I get closer to the end of my re-read of Your Lie in April, I'm still posting up the scenes that stuck with me. Two are serious, one is not.

Let's begin with the more serious ones.

Here's one with Tsubaki and Kōsei, a flashback to them as children. The emotions of the two of them, remembering their past, and Tsubaki recognizing her feelings for Kōsei hit in these moments as she realizes he may not be there forever, so she has to act and make her feelings known.

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I think every single time I read this particular page it gets me.

Kōsei asks for help and without skipping a beat, without questioning it, without even asking what he needs - Watari says yes.

This is true friendship.

This is such a great page.

We should all hope for a friend like Watari.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 9

As I re-read this volume and I'm going to share standouts.

This page shows Nagi. She's a teenager trying to improve on the piano. She's pushing herself largely because her brother ignores her (it's odd to me, but it's never presented as creepy). But the chattering about her, it hurts.

This panel showing the largely faceless rabble that see her as a cute girl, not as a serious pianist. Their words hurt as they kind of disregard her talent.

This page shows that very well.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 8

Once again, as I re-read this volume one image stood out to me.

For context, Kōsei is describing the girl he's fallen for. How incredible she is and how she inspired him. That's juxtaposed over how Kaori is in that very moment.

She is scared.

She is ill.

She is dying and she has no control over it.

He refers to her as strong at the moment we see her weeping.

It's such a well done section of the volume and really smacks you in the face emotionally.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 7

I am going to share one page from this volume.

This one.

In this panel, Tsubaki finally understands her own feelings. It all hits her, head on.

She realizes that she's in love with Kōsei. And has been. And that's why she's not able to fully commit to her boyfriend. That's why she has such extreme emotions about him playing the piano. That's why she feels so protective over him.

She loves him.

And she can't control how she feels anymore.

Such a moment.

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This is the final panel of Volume 6.

In it, Kosei is playing the piano and Hiroko is thinking. She is the reason Kosei started on the piano and she feels personally responsible for some of the pain and abuse he received from his mother. She feels responsible for the pain he feels now, and that he can't hear the music.

She knows Kosei still loves his late mother and the piano. Watching him play and throw all his emotions out there in his music hits a nerve both with Hiroko, and with me as a teared up reading these pages.

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This panel hits me for some reason.

Kosei has been playing the piano more. He's been more active. He's been wallowing in his own sorrow less and Kaori thinks he looks taller.

Why? He's looking up.

It's metaphorical to a certain degree, but Kosei had been stuck in a rut of sorrow. This moment, while minor, hit something with me.

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Re-Read - Your Lie in April, Volume 6

As I have been trying to do, I'm going to go through impactful panels from Your Lie in April instead of rehashing each volume.

This volume, I chose three panels.

The first is a vertically aligned panel that shows the characters all sitting there, looking at the night sky. This happens right after Kosei almost drowns and explains how at the piano, this was how he felt. Like he was drowning.

But there is light in the distance. Even if the sorrow, he is finally starting to feel hope.

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Second - Lots of secret talks happened that the reader doesn't know between Kenshiro and Raoh. It's not a bad thing, per say, but it's a lot and a lot to reveal all at once. It still leads to some poignant moments, but it's also gives way to "Huh" a few times.

Finally - once more, having feelings, allowing yourself to love, conquers all. I love that in a series about beefy men beating each other up in a post-apocalyptic setting, this is OFTEN the central moral.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 16 (Viz Hardcover Edition)

Another fantastic, violent volume of Fist of the North Star. Kenshiro has his final battle with Kaioh and so many secrets about the past are revealed. Also, Bat returns to carry Rin off into the sunset.

Big moments: First- Kenshiro recognized that he should not be with Rin. Rin always "loved him" in that she looked up to him, not romantically. Bat loved her so fiercely, always. And she loved him too. Letting them go together makes sense.

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The second panel is so bright.

It's a moment with Kaori and Kosei where they are in a field of fireflies.

She's asking what's driving him. He says it's her. She's what's motivating him to keep on going, keep on playing the piano.

It's a sweet and sad moment. His motivation when he was little was his Mom. Now it's Kaori.

This moment, though. I remember it from the anime and in the manga, it's just as well done. If not better.

The vertical layout makes the firefly skyline look so cool and vast.

Love this moment.

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