TL;DR: Gabimaru is not the only hollow thing in Hell's Paradise
Hell's Paradise really reminds me of Bakuman. Obviously I am not referring to the actual content of the series themselves, but rather the insight Bakuman gives into how some of the anime/manga are written. This is because, to me, this show really feels like something that was created by "ticking off all the boxes" in an (admittedly) fairly well-executed way. However, to me, it also had the consequence that the series feels a bit hollow. Let me expand on this.
(Warning for the following paragraph: no concrete spoilers, but general events that do happen throughout the
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Feb 14, 2024
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