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To Your Eternity Season 2

To Your Eternity Season 2

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To Your Eternity Season 2

Similar to Season 1

Overall, To Your Eternity Season 2 (Fumetsu no Anata e Season 2 / 不滅のあなたへ Season2) is similar to Season 1. The biggest difference is probably that this season isn’t split into character-specific arcs. There are two major arcs, and neither follows a single character.

These arcs are what I’ll call the Uralis arc and the Renril arc. About half of the new characters come from each arc. But, the Uralis arc is more like Season 1 than the Renril arc. This is because the arc doesn’t take place in a single location. The Renril arc does, though.

If you enjoyed Season 1, you’re going to like Season 2. I rated them about the same, in the end. But, I don’t think the best parts of these seasons are the same. What made Season 1 good was the drama — it was an emotional ride.

Kahaku talking to Fushi from the anime series To Your Eternity Season 2
Kahaku talking to Fushi

If you’re looking for the same level of drama from Season 2, you won’t get it. And that’s because of the change in story format. It’s because each arc isn’t following Fushi’s interactions with a single character. There are good characters. But, we’re not getting an arc for them to develop and then die a tragic death.

Still, as I said, this season is just as good as Season 1. So, how does that work if it doesn’t have the same emotional impact? It all has to do with those good characters I mentioned.

In Season 1, a good character might only last a few episodes. Take Gugu, for example. His arc was my favorite in Season 1 and he was my favorite character. But, once his arc was over, Gugu was gone. Season 2 is able to do a lot more with its characters because it’s not constrained by arcs.

Good, New Characters

I can’t talk about the new characters and not start with the best one, Bon. More specifically, his name is Bonchien Nikolai La Tastypeach Uralis. He’s the eldest prince of the Uralis Kingdom but isn’t the crown prince. That would be his younger brother.

Why isn’t Bon the crown prince? Because he’s a bit too eccentric. And I’m not referring to the feminine way in which he carries himself. I’m referring to the fact that Bon speaks to dead people. When nobody else can see who you’re talking to, they tend to label you as crazy.

Of all the characters in the series, so far, Bon is the most fun. He’s the most interesting character, by far. And his personality makes him enjoyable to watch. Unfortunately, that personality of his changes in the Renril arc. But, he’s still Bon, so I still like him.

Messar and Fushi from the anime series To Your Eternity Season 2
Messar and Fushi

Of course, Bon isn’t the only new character. There’s also Kahaku, a descendant of Hayase from Season 1. That’s right, Hayase didn’t die when the Nokker attacked her at the end of the season. But, while I liked Hayase, I can’t say I’m a fan of Kahaku. He tries to be helpful, but always just makes things worse.

Then, we have Eko, the cutest character of the Season. She might even be the cutest character of the series. I think I like her more than March, Parona, Rean, etc. Eko doesn’t speak and she carries a large, clay pot around. That’s her whole thing.

Finally, there are Messar, Kai, and Hairo. These are three soldiers recruited by Bon to serve as Fushi’s allies. But, they’re unlike any other allies Fushi has had so far. Why? They have the ability to become immortal themselves. These 3 are Fushi’s first immortal allies.

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Unsure About Season 3

Based on the end of Season 2, I’m not sure if I’m going to like Season 3. I’ve seen some manga readers say the series should have ended after Season 2. So, it seems like Season 3 isn’t as well-liked. And, I can understand why.

Before I get into what we know about Season 3 (from the anime), I need to spoil the end of Season 2. At the end of Season 2, Fushi learns about his ability to revive people. He can revive anyone whose soul hasn’t moved on to the afterlife.

That means he can’t revive everyone. For example, Parona’s soul moved on, so he can’t revive her. But, he can and does revive March, Gugu, and Tonari (and Oniguma and Liggard). So, some of the most beloved characters from Season 1 are back. That’s pretty cool and isn’t bad on its own.

Bon, Fushi, and Kahaku from the anime series To Your Eternity Season 2
Bon, Fushi, and Kahaku

Where things start to get a bit sketchy is what comes after that. Fushi abandons his friends and sets out to make a utopia on his own. By that, I mean he eradicates all the Nokkers. And once he does so, he plans to revive his friends once more.

At the very end of the season, we see Fushi a few hundred years in the future. He’s in what appears to be a modern city, but with his vines everywhere. And, this is where my uncertainty comes in. Will To Your Eternity still be the same if it’s in a modern setting?

I have a hard time believing it will. The dynamic between the characters and the world they’re in will likely be different. And, I’m going to have a hard time not feeling like this is someone’s To Your Eternity fan fiction. I’m not very optimistic about it.

Conclusion

To Your Eternity Season 2 is a 7/10. That’s one point lower than I gave Season 1. Season 2 just didn’t have the same highs that Season 1 had. It’s a good anime, but I personally preferred the structure of Season 1. Gugu’s arc is still peak To Your Eternity.

Oh, and something else I didn’t like about Season 2 is that it uses the same OP song as Season 1. That song was alright with the OP1 visuals. But, I don’t think it fits with the OP2 visuals all that well. At least there was a new ED for this season.

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Laid-Back Camp: The Movie

Laid-Back Camp: The Movie

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Laid-Back Camp: The Movie

They Grow Up So Fast

Laid-Back Camp: The Movie (Yuru Camp△ Movie / 映画 ゆるキャン△) takes place years after the events of the series. And it’s not even based on the manga like the anime series is. The movie is completely original.

But, why does it matter when the movie takes place and whether it’s original or not? Because I know there are others out there like myself who aren’t big fans of movies. I always put off watching movies. And that’s why we’ve started doing monthly movie nights on Discord. It’s so I can finally get through my backlog of movies.

Back to why this all matters, the movie isn’t canon. It came out after Season 2 of the series. But, it’s not mandatory viewing material for the upcoming Season 3. The way you should think about the movie is that if you want more Laid-Back Camp content, it’s there.

Ena, Nadeshiko, Aoi, and Chiaki from the anime Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Ena, Nadeshiko, Aoi, and Chiaki

So, how far in the future does the movie take place? In the series, our main characters are in high school. In the movie, they’re all out of school and have jobs. And considering some of their jobs, it’s likely they went to university, as well. It’s been a few years.

Nadeshiko now works at an outdoor gear shop. Rin works for a magazine. Aoi is an elementary school teacher. Ena is a dog groomer. And Chiaki works for a local tourism board. Chiaki’s job is the one that matters for the plot of the movie.

When watching the movie, you’ll also notice that the girls don’t look the same as they used to. Most notably, Rin has short hair — like, very short. The Shimarin bun is a thing of the past. Nadeshiko also has short hair now, but I don’t think it looks as bad as Rin’s.

Grass Cutting Simulator

As part of her job with the tourism board, Chiaki wants to create a new campsite on an abandoned hillside. And to make her dream a reality, she recruits her old camping club buddies from high school. But, since the other girls have jobs, they can only help out in their free time.

Now, it quickly becomes apparent that none of these girls know what they’re doing. They may be experienced campers — some more so than others. But, they have no experience with designing, building, and maintaining a campsite.

Normally, this wouldn’t be much of an issue. In a lot of movies and TV shows, the characters start off inexperienced. But, the difference is that those characters usually learn what to do pretty fast. That’s not the case here. A very significant portion of the movie involves watching the girls do things wrong.

Nadeshiko and Chiaki cutting grass from the anime Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Nadeshiko and Chiaki cutting grass

Take the image above, for example. One of the tasks the girls need to do is to cut the overgrown grass. And, keep in mind, this is an entire campsite worth of overgrown grass. So, how do they go about cutting it? With grass sickles. Yes, that’s how they plan to cut all the grass.

If they used a lawnmower, they could finish the job in a matter of hours. But, they want to cut the grass by hand, one blade at a time. And we get to watch it all happen. We watched them do this for multiple days and they never learn.

It actually became infuriating watching Nadeshiko and the gang work on this campsite. Why couldn’t we see them actually improve the campsite over the course of the movie? Instead, we watched them struggle for most of the movie and then got a montage at the end.

Did It Need to Be 2 Hours Long?

Did Laid-Back Camp: The Movie need to be 2 hours long? No. Of course not. Very few anime movies need to be that long. And this movie, in particular, could have been half the length. An hour would have worked.

We didn’t need all those grass-cutting scenes. And there were plenty of other scenes we didn’t need either. There were multiple scenes of the characters eating in silence that went on for too long. Listening to the sounds of people eating isn’t exactly appealing to me.

There were also plenty of scenes that had nothing to do with creating the campsite. In one, we follow Nadeshiko and Rin as they hike up a snowy mountain to a hot spring. And, of course, along the way, they stop for lunch — which we get to listen to.

Nadeshiko and Rin at a mountain hot spring from the anime Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Nadeshiko and Rin at a mountain hot spring

Don’t get me wrong, the hike to the hot spring might have been my favorite part of the movie. But, did it have anything to do with the plot? Not really. Was it a necessary addition to an already long movie? Definitely not. This was 10 minutes of the movie.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, they don’t even start working on the campsite until 38 minutes in. That’s when they start cutting the grass. And they finally upgrade from grass sickles to power tools (still not a lawnmower) 1 hour and 44 minutes in. That’s 12 minutes before the credits start rolling.

Looking at how I’ve been talking about the movie so far, it doesn’t seem like I liked it very much. But, I do actually think it’s a good movie. It’s just not the movie I expected it to be. It’s more like a super long OVA.

Conclusion

Overall, I gave Laid-Back Camp: The Movie a 7/10, which is the same score I gave the first 2 seasons of the anime. But, I believe the anime series is better than the movie, despite giving them the same score. The movie is good, but it feels like it’s extra, which it is.

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Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School

Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School

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Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School

Return of the Molcars

Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School (PUI PUI モルカー DRIVING SCHOOL) is the second season of the Pui Pui Molcar anime. And, like the first season, this season contains 12 2-minute episodes. But, unlike the first season, this season has a theme.

As you’ve probably surmised, the theme of this season is driving school. But, what does that mean? Are the molcars attending a school to learn how to be racing molcars? That’s what I initially hoped. However, that’s unfortunately not the case. In this season, some of the original molcars must attend a remedial driving school.

Specifically, Potato, Shiromo, Teddy, Choko, and Abbey return — as do some side characters. But, why are our molcar heroes in remedial driving school? Have their molcar antics finally caught up with them? The answer to that question is yes.

The molcars from the anime series Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School
The molcars

In the first season, the molcars got up to all kinds of hijinks. But, they never did too much damage. In fact, they often turned out to be heroes by the end of each episode. But, in the first episode of this season, they destroyed an entire city block. Thanks to their incompetence, multiple buildings were left in ruins.

Luckily for the molcars, they (and their drivers) escaped prison. Instead, their sentence was to graduate from a remedial driving school. And this school seems to be far stricter than anything the molcars have been through before. It’s safe to say most of these molcars wouldn’t be on the road if this was their original test.

Now, before I move on to discussing the driving school in more detail, I need to drop a bombshell. Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School isn’t as good as the original season. It’s still good. But, it failed to recreate the magic of season 1.

Remedial Driving School

So, what’s wrong with Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School? Why isn’t it as good as the first season? Well, one of my main issues with it is the setting. Almost the entire season takes place on driving school grounds. It’s just not a very interesting setting.

There’s one episode that stands out for taking place elsewhere. In it, the student molcars take a trip to the beach and traverse an underwater tunnel. That was a pretty good episode. But, other than that, they were all kind of similar.

Often, the episodes simply involve the molcars learning a specific driving lesson. For example, there’s an episode in which they learn to ignore distractions while on the road. Distractions include things like vegetable stands (shown below). A respectable molcar should be able to avoid the temptation of such obstacles while on the road.

Student molcars encountering an obstacle from the anime series Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School
Student molcars encountering an obstacle

To me, what made the first season of Pui Pui Molcar so good was how every episode was unique. There was a cat episode, a zombie episode, an Indiana Jones episode, a time-travel episode, etc. The season as a whole didn’t have a cohesive story. But, it didn’t need one to be entertaining.

Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School attempts to have a narrative. And that doesn’t work for a few reasons. It cuts out the wacky scenarios we got in the first season. Each episode only has 2 minutes to work with. And there’s no dialogue. Those last 2 points go hand-in-hand.

Since there isn’t much run time and there’s no dialogue, that limits the story that can be told. So, what we’re left with is a very basic story about the molcars relearning how to drive properly. If we get a third season, I hope it goes back to being an episodic series.

Peter the Molcar

There are 2 new characters introduced in this season of the anime. The first is the driving school instructor. He’s a human, so he’s inherently not as interesting as the molcars. But, he’s a major character of the season, so he’s worth mentioning.

The driving instructor is very strict and doesn’t approve of any of the molcars at first. He finds something wrong with them all, whether it’s how they act or how they look. And one of his first actions is to make them look the part of respectable molcars.

Peter is the other new character. He’s a molcar, so he’s automatically a better character than the driving instructor. Peter is a special molcar. The others each have their problems. But Peter’s entire existence is a problem. It doesn’t seem like he can do anything right. And, we even see that he’s afraid of other traffic.

Peter in an underwater tunnel from the anime series Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School
Peter in an underwater tunnel

Speaking of Peter being afraid of traffic, the scene in which we find this out is very good. It’s probably my favorite scene of the season. I don’t know what episode it was in. But, if you watch Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School, you’ll know it when you see it.

I’ll also say that Peter isn’t the worst of the main molcars. His definable characteristics are unique enough to make him stand out. Meanwhile, I couldn’t tell you a single thing about Choko. And despite Potato and Shiromo being the main 2 molcars, they’re pretty generic.

Teddy’s defining characteristic is that he eats trash — that hasn’t changed in this season. And Abbey is the itasha (痛車) molcar. In case you aren’t sure what itasha means, it’s a combination of the words for “pain” and “car.” It refers to cringey anime-wrapped cars like Abbey was in season 1.

Conclusion

In the end, I gave Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School a 7/10. It was still a good anime as far as shorts go. But, it was nowhere near as good as the first season. And the general consensus seems to agree with me. The majority of viewers preferred season 1.

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Spy x Family Part 2

Spy x Family Part 2

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Spy x Family Part 2

Cour Overview

Spy x Family Part 2 is not the second season of the Spy x Family anime series. It’s the second cour of the first season. If you don’t know what a cour is, it’s a roughly 12-episode block.

The first cour of the series was 12 episodes and the second cour was 13 episodes. In total, the first season is 25 episodes. But, why is this a second cour rather than a second season? After all, there was a gap between the first 12 episodes and the 13 episodes of Part 2. They didn’t air back-to-back.

Well, if it was up to me, this would have been called Season 2. However, it’s not up to me. And there’s already a Season 2 coming this year. So, it would be a bit confusing to call this Season 2 when there’s an official Spy x Family Season 2 on the way.

Anya and Bond Forger sleeping from the anime series Spy x Family Part 2
Anya and Bond Forger sleeping

If we look at this part of the anime from a story perspective, though, the “Part 2” title makes more sense. There’s not really a change between the two cours. Part 2 starts off with a new arc introducing Bond, but that’s nothing special.

There are multiple arcs in both cours of the season. It’s not like a major shift or event happens to separate the cours. But, there is a major event that happens at the end of the season. Loid finally comes face to face with his target, Donovan Desmond.

So, as far as the story is concerned, Spy x Family and Spy x Family Part 2 are one unit. Together, they work like a prologue for the series. These two parts also cover the first 38 chapters of the manga. Currently, there are 75 chapters and counting.

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New Characters

Spy x Family Part 2 introduces 2 new, important characters. These are Bond Forger and Fiona Frost. Bond is the Forger family’s (Anya’s) new dog and Fiona is one of Loid’s coworkers. Unfortunately for Yor, she doesn’t get a new character she’s connected to.

Anyway, Bond Forger is a large, white dog. But, he’s not a normal large, white dog. As a member of the Forger family, it’s only natural that there’s something special about him. Bond has the ability to see into the future. However, there are some drawbacks to this ability.

The first drawback is that bond can’t communicate with the Forgers. Anya can read his mind. But, in doing so, she can only see his thoughts, not hear them. She can’t hear Bond mention danger. She can see the danger he’s picturing in his mind.

Fiona Frost from the anime series Spy x Family Part 2
Fiona Frost

The second drawback is that Bond doesn’t seem to know he has this ability. If he senses danger a few seconds in the future, he can pull Anya out of the way. But, if he sees a future that’s more complex, he can’t act on it. It’s up to Anya to read his mind and decipher it.

Fiona Frost is the other new character. Not only is she Loid’s coworker at the hospital. But, she’s also his coworker at WISE. More specifically, Loid is Fiona’s senpai. Fiona isn’t a rookie by any means. However, Loid is the more experienced of the two and Fiona views him as both a mentor and a rival.

But, Loid isn’t Fiona’s only rival. She also has a romantic rivalry with Yor. You see, Fiona has an obsession with Loid. She’s in love with Loid and believes that as a fellow spy, she’s the only one who can stand by his side.

Good and Boring at the Same Time

Over the course of Spy x Family Part 2, I lost interest in the series. It was good. But, I also got pretty bored of watching it. I’m just not invested in any of the characters as much as I thought I would be.

Anya and Yor are cute. And Loid is cool. But, they’re not very interesting characters. Also, the plot of the series isn’t that interesting either. So, what you’re left with is a boring, even if good, anime. For that reason, I’m not sure if I’ll be reviewing Season 2 weekly.

It’ll depend on what else airs alongside it. If there’s not much else I want to review weekly while Season 2 is airing, I may review each episode. If there are other things I want to review, then I’ll still watch Season 2 and review it at the end.

Becky Blackbell and Anya Forger sleeping in the car from the anime series Spy x Family Part 2
Becky Blackbell and Anya Forger sleeping in the car

To get into more specific issues I have with this series, let’s look at Yor. If you followed my episode reviews, you probably already know what I’m going to say. Spy x Family Part 2 did Yor dirty. It did everything possible to make her a boring character.

There were multiple episodes dedicated to portraying Yor as the ditzy housewife. One episode, in particular, was all about Yor being the poster child for the wife who can’t cook. We even got the trope of her cooking a meal that was purple and that knocked out those who tasted it.

It’s disappointing that this is the direction the author chose to go in with Yor’s character. She could have been so much more. At this point, I don’t view her as the deadly assassin she’s supposed to be. I view her as a clumsy wife who’s not very bright.

Conclusion

Spy x Family Part 2 is a 7/10. It’s a good anime. But, it’s nothing special and it’s definitely not one I think I’ll ever have the desire to rewatch. The OP, however, is more like a 9/10. It was one of the best OPs of the fall 2022 season.

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Mob Psycho 100 III

Mob Psycho 100 III

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Mob Psycho 100 III

Shigeo’s Character Growth

Mob Psycho 100 III (モブサイコ100 III) is the third season of the Mob Psycho anime. And the main focus of this season is Shigeo’s personal growth. But, isn’t that what the whole series is about? Yes. However, this season focuses even more on it.

In the first 2 seasons, Shigeo would often find himself in difficult situations due to his powers. And he would grow as a person by overcoming these situations. But, this season is a bit different. It’s more about the culmination of his growth.

That’s not to say Shigeo doesn’t still find himself in tricky situations. But, at this point, he’s a lot more confident in who he is. He knows what he has to do to overcome whatever’s in his path. And the best example of this is his confrontation with Dimple which I’ll get to in a bit.

Shigeo and members of the Telepathy Club from the anime series Mob Psycho 100 III
Shigeo and members of the Telepathy Club

Another main theme of this season is finishing what you started. This applies to Shigeo’s goals, but also the goals of other characters. One such character is Tome Kurata, the president of the Telepathy Club. She started the club to find proof of things like telepaths, aliens, etc.

And, while she did end up finding Telepaths, she still felt that her time as president was a waste. Finding proof of aliens would have been the big success of her (school) career. So, Shigeo, some other telepaths, and the Telepathy Club set out to help her make her discovery.

When you combine personal growth and finishing what you started, you get closure. That’s the big takeaway of the season. And, it’s fitting considering this may be the final season of the series. At least, I’ve been told this is the final season. There’s nothing left to adapt.

Dimple Is Peak Mob Psycho

I need to start this section of the review by saying that I’ve never liked Dimple. And that’s why I was so surprised when a Dimple episode actually made me feel things. But, that just goes to show how good ONE is at writing characters and stories.

Somehow, he made me care about a character as unlikeable and gross as Dimple. That’s why I think the Shigeo vs. Dimple episode of Mob Psycho 100 III is the peak of the series. Also, if all you care about is action, this is still a pretty good fight.

But, how did ONE make me care about Dimple? He humanized Dimple through Dimple’s interactions with Shigeo.

As we all know, Dimple wants to become a god. And in this season, he pretty much achieves this goal by becoming Psycho Helmet. Due to all Psycho Helmet’s worshippers, Dimple gains near-unlimited power.

Psycho Helmet from the anime series Mob Psycho 100 III
Psycho Helmet

However, Shigeo mentions something important when he finally confronts Dimple. He brings up the fact that Dimple has never tried to become a god and take over the world on his own. And even now, with all this power, he’s still trying to invite Shigeo over to his side.

Why is that? Well, as Shigeo points out, it’s that having unlimited power isn’t really what Dimple is after. Yes, unlimited power is cool. But what’s even cooler is having fun with your friends. And Shigeo is right in guessing that friends are what Dimple actually wants.

Every time Dimple has a scheme, he invites Shigeo to join him. And when they have disagreements or fights, Dimple always returns to Shigeo’s side. Of course, Dimple is a bit of a tsundere. So, he doesn’t want to admit that this is the case. But, Shigeo knows it’s true either way.

The Final Season of Mob Psycho?

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been told that this is the final season of Mob Psycho 100. I haven’t checked to see if that’s true for myself. But, it does make sense. Everything that the series set up in earlier seasons had a conclusion in this one.

Dimple finally admitting that he wants to be Shigeo’s friend is one example. But, both other main characters, Shigeo and Reigen, also got good conclusions. Dimple’s character arc conclusion was my favorite. However, I’m not sure which is my second favorite. Maybe Reigen’s because it was a happier ending.

The end of Reigen’s story involves him revealing to Shigeo that he never had psychic powers. To some extent, Shigeo already knew this was the case. At least, the “other” Shigeo he kept locked away inside himself did. But, this still comes as a huge shock.

Arataka Reigen from the anime series Mob Psycho 100 III
Arataka Reigen

Despite knowing deep down that Reigen was lying to him, Shigeo still has a hard time believing it. But, what makes this scene so great is what comes later. Even though Reigen had been lying to Shigeo for years, that doesn’t change anything. Shigeo still values Reigen as a friend and master.

And now for Shigeo’s ending. From the very start of the series, he wanted to confess his love to Tsubomi-chan. That’s why he joined the Body Improvement Club, after all.

At the end of the series, Shigeo finally gets his chance to confess. She even waits for him where they agreed to meet despite the inclement weather and his tardiness. But, things don’t go how Shigeo hoped they would. Tsubomi turns him down.

The thing is, we knew this is probably how it would end. Earlier in the season, Tsubomi told Reigen that she liked someone else. But, I was still rooting for Shigeo.

Conclusion

I ended up giving Mob Psycho 100 III a 9/10, making it my highest-rated anime of the fall 2022 season. It also has one of my favorite OPs of the year, but I don’t think it’s the best.

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