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Oct 2, 2025 10:07 AM
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I liked the art style, but the company culture at her workplace felt a bit strange (OK, im neither Japanese nor US-American).
Looking forward to how the plot will develop.
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Oct 2, 2025 12:04 PM
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I didn't read the webtoon so maybe I will be more lenient but, aside from the animation, I think it has the potential to be a good anime.
Oct 2, 2025 12:25 PM

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Firstly, I don't like the art style and animation; it's just not consistent and looks off the whole time. This opening episode didn't grab my attention at all, and the characters are drawn half-assed. Personally, I thought this was going to be much more lively and comedic as I went into this blind, not knowing the webtoon, so I'm quite disappointed there. Let's see if it improves my opinion a little bit by the next episode.
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Oct 2, 2025 12:28 PM

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Darkinvaders5 said:
uhhh...... okay?? That was a rough start but there's something here so I'll stick with it for a while.
There's a comedy tag but I'm not sure the comedic scenes worked or there was one at all...

The dad was pretty funny I thought.
@uselessDM the only reason I made it through this episode
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Oct 2, 2025 5:08 PM
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for some reason, the character designs look better than that of the web comic even though I didn't really read it.
Oct 2, 2025 5:52 PM
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Pablo_Neruda1 said:
for some reason, the character designs look better than that of the web comic even though I didn't really read it.

@Pablo_Neruda1
you can thank Ebimo (character designer) for that, he's done it again~
Charisma, High Card, Kawagoe Boys Sing and now this, I will consume any media project this person is involved in, the designs are just so pleasing to my eyes ✨
Oct 2, 2025 9:41 PM
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When I heard the premier I got so excited. It was my first webtoon reading experience and I really loved it. But the direction in anime isn’t good, it lacks the essence; plus soundtrack could be better. I think if they fix some of it, it'd be a great rom-com.
Oct 2, 2025 9:48 PM
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PROPUG1411 said:
Firstly, I don't like the art style and animation; it's just not consistent and looks off the whole time. This opening episode didn't grab my attention at all, and the characters are drawn half-assed. Personally, I thought this was going to be much more lively and comedic as I went into this blind, not knowing the webtoon, so I'm quite disappointed there. Let's see if it improves my opinion a little bit by the next episode.

Seconded. It should be lively and refreshing, art style was just OK but liked the aesthetic tho
Oct 2, 2025 10:31 PM

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Such a god tier cast of VAs for a mid show
Oct 3, 2025 4:11 AM
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I thought I was in the mood for something shit, but I guess I was mistaken.

I can forgive bad art, but there's nothing else here. Not much to say that hasn't already been said. I don't mind the main character's design though. Maybe I should watch another episode, but I don't mind having one less show to watch this season.
Oct 3, 2025 4:57 AM
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honestly, this doe not feel like a good anime with good story telling.
Its like a mix of imagining west + Japanese ideas, confusing at best.
Oct 3, 2025 12:52 PM

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honestly, this doe not feel like a good anime with good story telling.
Its like a mix of imagining west + Japanese ideas, confusing at best.
@DDR1327 that sums up my thoughts as well. i think they tried to mix the western and eastern parts and its a miss on both ends. the joke characters are just abysmal and the normal characters seem flat as hell as best. not to mention the direction of the webtoon and the implication of the looks of the anime..
Oct 3, 2025 1:54 PM
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ts looks so ugly bro
Oct 3, 2025 3:19 PM
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AriaTheCat said:
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I personally find the setting stupid, why L.A. with everyone speaking Japanese?


Not to sound like a cyberbully, but this is the most room temperature IQ complaint I've ever seen on this hellforum.

It's set in Los Angeles because that's the setting in the source material.

Everyone's speaking Japanese because it's a Japanese anime adaptation made for a primarily Japanese audience.

HOPE THIS HELPS, GIRLYPOP. :))))

You really think you proved anything there apart from your own under 70 IQ? Did you actually explain why the source material of an anime was set in LA? I know the author is actually American but it still makes no sense. When remaking a webcomic as anime it is quite normal to relocate it to Japan. Your spiteful little flex fails to answer this query, just evidence of a small minded person lashing out for self validation. Hope you feel better now Hun 😊
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When remaking a webcomic as anime it is quite normal to relocate it to Japan.


No the hell it isn't, you absolute tourist. There are metric tons of anime adaptations set in countries outside of Japan. Keeping the setting the same as the material being adapted is the norm, not the exception.

FutoiOtaku said:
Did you actually explain why the source material of an anime was set in LA?


I shouldn't have to! It's goddamn obvious! The webcomic did well enough in Japan to justify an adaptation and they kept the setting for authenticity! It would be obvious to you, too, if you had an ounce of grey matter between your ears, hun.
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Oct 3, 2025 3:28 PM
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AriaTheCat said:
@FutoiOtaku


No the hell it isn't, you absolute tourist. There are metric tons of anime adaptations set in countries outside of Japan. Keeping the setting the same as the material being adapted is the norm, not the exception.



I shouldn't have to! It's goddamn obvious! The webcomic did well enough in Japan to justify an adaptation and they kept the setting for authenticity! It would be obvious to you, too, if you had an ounce of grey matter between your ears, hun.

Conversation over. Egotistical nazis don’t deserve replies, you think your judgement is final with a total of 10 anime’s completed sorry donghuas, you never even saw an anime. Tourist is your chosen insult? Against a 25 year anime obsessive with almost 1200 completed in ALL GENRES? Grow up fuckwit, you’re truly pathetic. Blocked and ignored.
Oct 3, 2025 5:29 PM
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AriaTheCat said:
@FutoiOtaku


No the hell it isn't, you absolute tourist. There are metric tons of anime adaptations set in countries outside of Japan. Keeping the setting the same as the material being adapted is the norm, not the exception.



I shouldn't have to! It's goddamn obvious! The webcomic did well enough in Japan to justify an adaptation and they kept the setting for authenticity! It would be obvious to you, too, if you had an ounce of grey matter between your ears, hun.

Conversation over. Egotistical nazis don’t deserve replies, you think your judgement is final with a total of 10 anime’s completed sorry donghuas, you never even saw an anime. Tourist is your chosen insult? Against a 25 year anime obsessive with almost 1200 completed in ALL GENRES? Grow up fuckwit, you’re truly pathetic. Blocked and ignored.
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FutoiOtaku said:
Egotistical nazis don’t deserve replies

And yet, here you are. Replying. Lmao.

FutoiOtaku said:
you think your judgement is final with a total of 10 anime’s completed sorry donghuas, you never even saw an anime


Ooh, so close! This is my donghua list, but I have seen anime. Lots of it, in fact. I just don't keep anime on my donghua list. You might have been able to intuit that if, yanno, you had a brain in your head.

"You think your judgement is final!" screams babygirl, as if what I said isn't objectively and demonstrably true. How does that copium you're huffing smell?

FutoiOtaku said:
Tourist is your chosen insult? Against a 25 year anime obsessive with almost 1200 completed in ALL GENRES?


I call bs on that. If an anime set in America is this shocking to you - when Baccano, Appare Ranman, and much more literally exist - then you haven't been a fan for all that long.

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Blocked and ignored.

And yet, here you are. Replying. Lmfao.
Oct 3, 2025 5:52 PM
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first episode incredibly boring. i'd drop but i'll give it a last chance with the second episode to see a bit more of her dynamic with the guy neighbor. i really like enemies to lover's trope and i thought this could develop in that way...but this felt SO boring😭and the characters aren't really likeable..like if i had to choose someone im choosing the dog. another thing, apparently the guy is a famous gamer but after failing the game for playing like 2 seconds and without even bothering to read about it, he claims it's the worst game he's ever played? has he considered maybe he's just too stupid? i don't see a famous gamer doing that. ALSOOOO after she saw his reaction to the game she was like, my career is over. what? the game had great reviews, a stupid ass youtuber and his stupid following who couldn't understand the game wont ruin your career. ill come back if i remember something else to complain about
Oct 3, 2025 8:41 PM
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Mx_Yellow said:
Pablo_Neruda1 said:
for some reason, the character designs look better than that of the web comic even though I didn't really read it.

@Pablo_Neruda1
you can thank Ebimo (character designer) for that, he's done it again~
Charisma, High Card, Kawagoe Boys Sing and now this, I will consume any media project this person is involved in, the designs are just so pleasing to my eyes ✨

yeah man, no wonder the designs looked familiar, it's reminiscent of High Card!
Oct 3, 2025 11:29 PM

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people with zero spatial awareness is mad annoying, that delivery guy needs a beating jfc especially if that was hot coffee man needs to be fired
Oct 4, 2025 2:23 AM

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people with zero spatial awareness is mad annoying, that delivery guy needs a beating jfc especially if that was hot coffee man needs to be fired
@Haunt88 I mean it's hard to be spatially aware when you're being eye molested and aggressively tortured, I mean flirted with while you're just doing your job. He even paid for her clothes to be cleaned and apologized...
Oct 4, 2025 2:25 AM

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first episode incredibly boring. i'd drop but i'll give it a last chance with the second episode to see a bit more of her dynamic with the guy neighbor. i really like enemies to lover's trope and i thought this could develop in that way...but this felt SO boring😭and the characters aren't really likeable..like if i had to choose someone im choosing the dog. another thing, apparently the guy is a famous gamer but after failing the game for playing like 2 seconds and without even bothering to read about it, he claims it's the worst game he's ever played? has he considered maybe he's just too stupid? i don't see a famous gamer doing that. ALSOOOO after she saw his reaction to the game she was like, my career is over. what? the game had great reviews, a stupid ass youtuber and his stupid following who couldn't understand the game wont ruin your career. ill come back if i remember something else to complain about
@bom- Popular gaming YouTubers aren't always good at the games they play and my favourite YouTube channel rarely pays any attention to tutorials... He definitely let his fame go to his head though talking shit about a game he's not even playing right...
Oct 4, 2025 2:36 AM

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@Haunt88 I mean it's hard to be spatially aware when you're being eye molested and aggressively tortured, I mean flirted with while you're just doing your job. He even paid for her clothes to be cleaned and apologized...
@LordKylington


>eye molested

that's not real in any world bro what are you talking about

>aggressively tortured

again, you're just inventing stuff

>doing your job

making a mess in someone's workplace is far from doing your job

>paid for her clothes

as he should, and if that was hot coffee that'll be third degree burns, this bum should at least serve a month in prison and if there's someone walking there and slipped hit their head and die, yeah that's just doing his job amirite

>apologized

so you do agree he was 100% in the wrong yet you're still tryna justify and defend him bruh, the flirty girl was also in the wrong but he can easily tell her that he's not interested but instead he chose to be a panicky useless moron
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Oct 4, 2025 4:37 AM
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@bom- Popular gaming YouTubers aren't always good at the games they play and my favourite YouTube channel rarely pays any attention to tutorials... He definitely let his fame go to his head though talking shit about a game he's not even playing right...
@LordKylington i guess there are people like that haha
Oct 4, 2025 5:48 AM

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Loved this one!

It really is refreshing to see a story about more adult stuff but with this friendly anime approach rather than some of the isekai generic trash I've seen going out this season.

The designs look a little bit off, but I understand this comes from a webtoon rather than a manga, so I am assuming some design choices have to be made.

Loved the OP references to other videogames too.

I couldn't really tell what the message was -if any- behind the scene at the office. At first I thought it kind of harrasing he just took of his clothes and said that to Sam. But later it turned out to be that he was really caring for her and she also took it that way?

When Papa came into the offiice I DIED lmao



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Oct 4, 2025 6:22 PM
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I kind of liked the plot, but the animation...could be better
Oct 5, 2025 5:17 AM
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L'histoire est assez intéressante mais la forme que prends l'anime est souvent la même... Dommage que ce ne soit pas plus diffèrent que d'habitude. Les personnages ont l'air intéressant et les dessins sont beau et de bonne qualité. A voir ce que nous propose la suite de l'anime.
Oct 5, 2025 6:11 PM

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I think it's well adapted so far, the art style is different but I like it. You all just love to hate just to hate. I really hope you guys fix whatever in your life makes you so bitter.



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Oct 5, 2025 8:09 PM

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No way people review bombing this already
Oct 5, 2025 9:00 PM
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No way people review bombing this already
Review bombing seems to be a rite of passage for webtoon adaptations.
Oct 6, 2025 4:31 AM

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Americans and not a single one the characters have at least one tattoo on them? I get why this anime is low rated lol
Oct 6, 2025 4:33 AM

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This episode reminds me of that classic meme.
Oct 6, 2025 11:42 AM
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Americans and not a single one the characters have at least one tattoo on them? I get why this anime is low rated lol
@TheBerserker Hey now, the Friendship personification was tatted up!
Oct 6, 2025 3:20 PM
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made it to the scene where Angela and Vikki walked into the cafe, saw how awkward and stiff they looked, saw "RAWR" on the one girls shirt and closed the tab. This show looks BAD. Environments are choppy, characters look weird and off model despite not even being on screen yet to compare to anything, and it feels like someone is describing gaming/game creation/streamers very poorly. I'll be honest, I don't want to finish the first episode so take that into account but I also do enjoy my regular dose of seasonal garbage.
Oct 6, 2025 10:49 PM
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I'm a non-reader, just found out about the series today and as I predicted I was correct, it is indeed a webtoon so no wonder the storytelling is like this. Had to say, I don't find this anime is bad and the animation is just OLM things since Tonbo was also quite bad animation wise but the anime itself was great.

So yeah, I don't understand the hate and it seems forced, all of the characters looks good to me ngl. I'll keep watching it at least until Ep.3 but once again, I'm not a reader.

And to me, the equivalent of this anime would be Bokura no Ameiro Protocol, it has the same "Nothingburger" and bad visuals but still engaging enough to watch until the end especially for a SoL anime.
Oct 7, 2025 5:32 AM

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the animation style sure is different then what we generally get, the story is unpredictable rn cus of no actual source of story but the first ep ending made it clear that the story is sure to be chaotic
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Oct 7, 2025 8:23 AM

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Lol, that streaming is living beside her now and She doesn't like him XD
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Oct 12, 2025 3:35 PM
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you know what sure! this seems super fun :3
Oct 15, 2025 11:27 PM
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Underrated show in my opinion. I'm curious to see how this goes!! 9/10 so far!!
Oct 16, 2025 10:27 AM
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Really loved this first episode, even though it’s quite different from what we usually get in terms of style if not writing.
I have a background in games development as I graduated in Game Art from a university here in the UK, and even though I’m not employed in any part of the entertainment sector ‘yet’ (fingers crossed someday), I immediately felt a connection with the premise of this story and Sam Young before ever clicking play.

I’m not too familiar with the background of the source material, but I’ve learned after watching this first episode that it was made by an American writer and artist called Leeanne M. Krecic, also known as Mongie. started as a Korean style Webcomic set in Los Angeles and now has been adapted by a Japanese animation studio. Haven’t seen this before which is pretty cool.
As I haven’t read the Webtoon comic material before which now I’m kind of disappointed about as it seems to be very popular indeed and something I should’ve done a while ago, I don’t think I’ll have as many negative views on it in the end as a lot of of the original fans might, as it always seems to happen across mediums.
I knew something was different the moment it started showing real life outside the game world before she even met up with her friends at the café. It just instantaneously has the vibe of being little bit different in its presentation then many Japanese authors would. And once we start seeing her friends who are all of different nationalities and ethnic groups apart from just Japanese, that’s when I realise this probably wasn’t just a usual Japanese manga adaptation. Was thinking first this might be set in Korea or Japan, but after doing research straight after this episode I realised it was actually set in America. And because the source material is also done by somebody living in the US, it’s not just set there but also has a slightly different style and/or tone perhaps in how characters expressions/reactions are done. Both facially and perhaps emotionally, even though they still have that sense you would get from an anime/manga publication and the classics you get from that there in.
It’s nice seeing these characters from different life backgrounds in an anime medium, and I quite like the level of animation they are using here. It seems that other people are not too happy with it, saying that there isn’t enough of it, but from what I can see a large amount of animation isn’t what is important in this particular story. I can see the drawing style too seems to be a little bit different. Not just because you’ve got characters who aren’t ethnically Japanese in it, but also the way things have just been drawn ever so slightly across the board.
Perhaps something in the colouration choices or how much some things have been rendered in the draw and painted details, but it’s hard to pin down on a first viewing of the first episode.

It’s hard to tell if this is a style choice once again or whether it’s due to a limited budget and it means things look a liiiittle bit more simple or this is just trying to be a little bit more loyal to the source material. Either way, I actually like it more than it being a super well rendered romance story or something like that.

I think it helps again in this case that I haven’t read the source material before as I’m just letting this series adaptation speak for itself, and I’m really enjoying this first episode so far I’m going to see where it leads.
Oct 16, 2025 1:06 PM
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didn't expect much from this, at least is prettier than the webcomic ig
Oct 17, 2025 6:19 PM
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for some reason this show gives me major MyScene vibes
Oct 22, 2025 11:31 PM
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Am I crazy of there's like this weird FILTER for this anime!? The summary of this sounds funny but I hope it's not some OTOMOE GAME
Oct 29, 2025 6:37 PM

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This looks like something written by comittee in a western company then animated by a Japanese company to ride the popularity of anime. Is this what the future of anime will look like after it became mainstream?
@Hans_0819 this show gives off the same feeling as the "uncanny valley", but for anime. It feels a bit like a western cartoon trying to lean into eastern (japanese and korean to be exact) cultures rather than an anime trying to lean into western culture a bit, it's completely off the mark. Makes sense considering it's written by an american, published in korea and adapted into an anime (not sure I could ever view this as an anime), but it was a mistake. This and Lazarus are just a weird mix of both worlds that just doesn't work, although Lazarus was at least watchable and I'm not talking about the quality only.
Nov 11, 2025 11:55 AM
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looks like woke garbage
Nov 14, 2025 12:59 PM

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HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS MARKIPLIER
Nov 28, 2025 9:56 PM
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so cringe. felt like it's really badly written western cartoon.
turns out author was indeed a western woman...

loved the animation and art style tho. studio isn't at fault here.
Dec 9, 2025 3:18 AM

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romance animes really arent for me but ill stick around for another couple eps for the comedy/drama aspects
like i really just cant deal with the trope-y romance stuff so ill prob drop it soon but ill see where it goess


i liked the confrontation monster
Dec 16, 2025 1:31 PM
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Charles brought Sam into his office, okay. As soon as he closed the blinds I'm thinking, "oh no, you have to get out of there." Then he started to remove his shirt and I'm telling Sam to run.
I wish her dad handled the situation differently and confronted Charles right there, but no.
Charles, we have beef.
Dec 17, 2025 4:59 PM
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Why do I feel like Charles missed a sexual harassment class or two 😅 making him a a slight airhead doesn't really explain the rest of that whole scene.
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well , office blondie was somewhat amusing but can't say i dig timid mc and her setting


and next door romance , count me out..
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