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This week:

🧪 Apothecary Diaries launches a free browser game—solve cases and bond with 35+ characters!

❄️ Undead Unluck returns in 2025 with a 1-hour Winter Arc

⚔️ Solo Leveling: Arise webtoon announced—Jinah awakens in an alt-universe twist!

🎒 Rascal Does Not Dream movies Sister Venturing Out & Knapsack Kid now on Crunchyroll!

💙 Go For It, Nakamura! anime delayed—now premiering in 2026

👻 Junji Ito joins the Eisner Hall of Fame—Moan drops October 7 with six new spooky tales!

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