Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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It's been a few months since the passing of Hinako Ashihara, the manga artist most known in the states for her series Sand Chronicles, yet her loss still weighs on me. I hope this video can show you why she has changed my life since I first read her manga all those years ago.
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