week nine: magical girls

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A link to my presentation this week:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gXNIbTJXBb2-79Jr0r-cTCx5ySVgcHUiMuMjh_CJfgg/edit

A link to read Ran and the Gray World: https://mangadex.org/title/2576/ran-to-haiiro-no-sekai

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