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Acrobunch Spoiler Space

David Cabrera

Jan 30, 2024 — 3 min read

Some of you will probably want to know what the mystery of Quaschika is, and to be quite honest this show can be a bit of a slog. A few episodes in I was only slogging through it to find out for myself as the show waved “this week, Quaschika!” in front of me and never actually so much as dropped a hint.

The ending’s a doozy, though. It’s easily the most interesting thing that happens in the entire series. I don’t know if it paid off on watching this entire show, but it paid something. Acrobunch is also a huge pain to watch or acquire, so I thought that this series in particular deserved a “spoiler” supplement.

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