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Genji is a rapist

Genji is a rapist

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Naomi K
Jul 25, 2011
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So, I don’t know if you read my twitter account, but if you do, then you’ve noticed that for roughly the past two weeks I’ve been tweeting about the ridiculousness of the Tale of Genji.

Until very, very recently (like...three weeks ago), I thought the Tale of Genji was about a bad-ass samurai who goes around slicing up dragons and evil warlords and shit …

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