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Rain lashed against my apartment window that Tuesday night, each drop mirroring the restless tapping of my thumb on the tablet screen. Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll – I'd cycled through them like a ghost haunting empty mansions. Everything felt sterile, those algorithm-pumped shows gleaming with plastic perfection but leaving my soul parched. Then I remembered Mike's drunken ramble at last week's comic shop gathering: "Dude, it's like they bottled the smell of my uncle's VHS store..." His words led

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