Tropescilloscope: Becoming the Mask

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Is Serious Business Wrong Genre Savvy Homage Hero of Another Story Villain Protagonist Brother–Sister Incest Unusual Euphemism Rule of Symbolism In the Back Gainax Ending Stylistic Suck Take That! 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