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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Episode 11 of The Day I Became a God, now streaming on FUNimation. A few weeks ago, the pink-haired girl calling herself Odin Sato …
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Nine years ago, Skrillex was but a blip on the radar. Sure, his Skrillex and Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites EPs earned him massive acclaim from within the EDM community, the latter …
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