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series, written, directed and narrated through the medium of

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. It stars

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as Shiro,

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as his best friend, Kyle, and has appearances from Konan, Deno,

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and

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. Themes of betrayal, love and

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rivalry play throughout, but there is no glamorisation of violence. The series was shot guerrilla-style on a budget of £3,000 and had been seen 7.2 million times as of early November 2019. The series as a whole has a run time of 45 minutes. Part 2 of the series won

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's Video of the Year award in 2018. Rapman subsequently signed a contract with

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and

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, and in late 2018,

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and

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bought the rights for his

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''.

Episodes

Behind the scenes episode 1-4

References

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Episodes

See also

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