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Fruits Basket Manga Volume 22
April 2nd, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Fruits Basket Manga Volume 22 –> Buy Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition Vol. 11 from Amazon.com Note: This contains volumes 21 and 22 of the original manga release. SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Kyo goes to see his father to try to put things right there. He then returns to the hospital to learn from Hana and Uo that
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Tags: Fruits Basket, TAKAYA Natsuki, TokyoPop 
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Posted in AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers, Manga Tags: AKAMATSU Ken, Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima, Negima Volume 27, 魔法先生ネギま 22 Comments »
Toradora! Final Thoughts
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xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176
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Posted in Anime, AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers Tags: Slayers, Slayers EVOLUTION-R, What I'm Watching 2 Comments »