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Shounen Club 2008.05.04 Screencaps and Thoughts
After a few weeks hiatus, we return to normal! Have a bunch of caps and thoughts while I wait for Rain to utterly pwn Stephen Colbert on his show.

Shounen Club 2008.05.04 Screencaps and Thoughts

First of all, even though I love ABC and Kisumai like the burning, if this were to be a debuted unit in a couple of years, i would totally be okay with that. Especially if Shoon gets to lurk in the background in that red suit.



Have some more proto-units, including the infamous Shintarou/Taiga unit with some added tester guys, and also the Ookawa unit, where two of them have already decided to declare their besto furendo love for each other in the hopes of not being split between two units.



Kisumai cuddling the teensy jrs = OH GOD SO CUTE. Also, it's like Koyama is purposely trying to have the most heinous pink sweater imaginable every single week. Nakamaru, on the other hand, seems to have had his saturation turned way down.



In the background of this, Kawai, Tottsu, Fujigaya and Kitayama engage in some competitive junior snuggling which i didn't bother to cap but no doubt will cement their unitability with Johnny-sacho.

Also, I'm more than a little okay with HS7 being the guest, because it means they are about to graduate off. HEY LOOK ITS MY FAVORITE. Also, Chinen, holy crap!! And are we all in agreement that Yamada knows exactly what he's doing and we're all screwed? Yes?



Lol, who knew I would ever miss this song? Although I feel a little :| about the fact that it's not the real HS7 singing it. Ah well, 3/5 isn't bad. Yuto sounds a little painful and still looks awkward as hell. I hope that poor kid finishes his growth spurt soon and possibly gets some lessons from Yabu on looking more like he thinks he is the sex.

Awww, they all voted Chinen as the most genki! i think he's going to have an awesome lower voice after his growth spurt. if that, um, ever happens. Ryutarou talking about how much he loves his hamster!! OH GOD. SUGOKU KAWAI.

IS THAT. OH GOD. IT IS. THAT IS TOTALLY SHOON/SANADA/HASSHI SINGING WEEEEK. ASKDGJHKSGJAKGAJKAJHGAHKJA. Okay, seriously, please stop toying with me. Who's that kid behind Hasshi, cause he's adorable too.



The group doing Feel It was totally hot too, whoever they all were. Especially that kid down there. Who is that? Are a lot of these guys the dancers who will be MADE? I hope so, cause they look totally hot in a group like that.



The next group = also adorable. Way to wrangle, Taiga. And the Venus group was a lot of fun too! Call my crazy, but it seems to be that T&T's choreography is created to make juniors look like they are having the most flailing fun ever.

They keep putting Shoon/Hasshi/Sanada all together! Stop it! You're giving me false hope! just like that Reon/Hasshi/Sanada picnic article in the Potato. WHY MUST YOU TOY WITH ME.

Ookawa was totally rocking Dangan Liner. Some other people were in it too, but they aren't my favorites. Lol, they are all cute! I feel like this new batch of juniors is showing a ridiculous amount of talent!



I really like Yara. I wish somebody would dress/style/stop him better, but I like him. and I'd be lying if I said that I didn't nearly pee myself at that second cap there, especially given what the other definition of "genki" is. "Oh, he's TOTALLY genki, dane."



I also really adore what a crisp dancer Yara is, which I obviously couldn't cap. Much like when he was on with ABC a couple months ago, I think he gets the people who dance with him to look way better than they usually do, and for that reason alone I would watch him all the time. I mean, face it, Shokura is not generally a bastion of awesome pop n lockin', but Yara's working on that. C=Normal looks totally hot.

The game is hysterical as always. "DON'T SAY THANK GOODNESS, KAWAI-KUN." Also, Awww, Sanada! good job for your first time! I think the best part about these games is the crap they make up for prompts. "SERIOUSLY. WHERE IS MY PUDDING."



Now really, could this whole pairing thing just be any cuter. I ASK YOU. YABAI. Also, am I crazy, or does Kawai start talking about Goseki? I am just loving all the Shoon attention, even though I know it's mostly cause of his play. GANBATTE, SHOON.




I continue to love Beautiful Mind like crazy, and I really am rooting for Question? to debut someday so that I can have a studio version of this song if nothing else.

Jr ni Q = incomprehensible to me as always. But Hasshi seems to feel it's necessary to gesture with his froofy scarf. SHINTAROU IS ALWAYS GENKI, YO.



Um, and then two people i don't recognize read some letters to each other (ETA: [info]musikologie reports that they are Fukushi and Kosaka). But I will note that whenever they say 'present' i think they're saying 'prison' at first. It changes things a bit.

Surprise Kitayama solo! And it's ridiculously hot as always! to say nothing of Fujigaya's. Jesus, those two rock me so hardcore.



OH! I see what they're doing! I repeat, I would totally be okay with this matchup. I think they complement each other really well both vocally and physically. They seem to get along really well, and they are hilarious together. (of course the fact that I like it means none of you should get at all attached to the idea).



I totally despise this ender, though. Ugh. Even though there is more adorable Taipi action and even some Shoon! yay awful blue outfit!



And that's all I have to say about this week! Not the most exciting shokura ever, but cute and full of my favorites! And that's all I can ever really ask.



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[info]procreational
2008-05-06 03:26 am UTC (link)
possibly gets some lessons from Yabu on looking more like he thinks he is the sex.
he could do with some advice from Yamada, if anything. :|

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAME! But this totally made my entire week. My entire month. :( Shoon how ilu so.

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-06 03:32 am UTC (link)
he could do with some advice from ANYBODY. Ryutarou! Taiga! anybody!

They have to give their reaction to some situation, sometimes i understand, and sometimes I don't. But the one with Akun and Sanada was that they open the fridge and somebody has stolen their long-awaited tasty pudding. hence the rage.

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[info]procreational
2008-05-06 03:35 am UTC (link)
I would like to call the mixed ABC/Kis-my-ft2 super group now, though I'll be very upset if they really have to break them up.

I CAN'T TAKE TAIGA SERIOUSLY...he looks like a girl. I remembered I wanted to tell you when we were at Starbucks - the day before I'd seen this kid in Jamaica who looked like an older Taiga! It was insane.

of course, the pudding-induced rage. :( Sanada is really adorable, I never noticed before. ♥

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-06 03:46 am UTC (link)
I think we're looking at some kind of kismyabc at some point in the future, but I'll be okay if it holds off for a good long time *cuddles them both*

Taiga's face is kind of odd. That's why I called him bunny-kun for so long. but he's grown on my through repeated exposure. Um, like...radiation poisoning?

I OFTEN FEEL THE PUDDING RAGE. but yes, so cute! he and Hasshi are going to be an awesome team! just like Kamei would have been if he hadn't got his ass suspended over some silly girl.

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[info]bu_yao_ren
2008-05-06 05:00 am UTC (link)
http://pics.livejournal.com/mousapelli/pic/002375ba/s320x240
Nozawa Yuuki! ♥

Fukushi and Kosaka talk about Playzone ^^
... and I so laughed at Kosaka comparing Fukushi to Toushin as half a minute before hearing that I had declared 'Hey! Fukushi reminds me of Toushin!' :3

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:38 am UTC (link)
thanks! Yeah, even more frustrating than the new people are the ones who come back, cause a lot of people seem to already know them, while I am like "....what?"

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2008-05-06 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Aww. I am excited about watching this now, even if there will be significant lack of Nika.

And that mashup of Kitamitsu, Taipi, Kawai, and Tottsu is what happens when there is nobody elese there. XD

They only let Takki keep four of ABC and Kisumai for his show, and those were the ones he got. Everyone else was shipped off to Osaka for Dream Boys. XD

But hey, I got one super kickass stage photo of Mitsu, and I'm going to have to scan that.

Now I just need the Osaka Dream Boys photos to go up on jweb, because hi, I want me some of that.

Anyway, off to watch this and then sleeeeeeeep. OMG TIRED (but I can't blame jetlag, boo).

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:43 am UTC (link)
That actually makes me feel better, because i was like "omg why are they pimping this grouping so hard OH NOEZ" after about ten minutes of this episode.

...only it kind of doesn't, because it really works. And were i to pull the talent to make a unit, it would be this, with the addition of Senga and possibly Nikaido if he can rachet it up a few notches.

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2008-05-06 01:29 pm UTC (link)
WHERE did those guys in red and black come from? O_O Okay, I'm seeing potential there. Are they bits and pieces of MAD, maybe? Or... huh.

And your Nakamaru desaturation comment cracked me up.

Hello crazy camera work for Dangan-Liner or whatever. What's up with that? But that one vaguely foreign-looking one was realllllly good.

Also, Hasshi makes me hate him because he's just too damn-. XD

Shoon will perpetually look 15 to me. I don't get it.

Whee, way to break it down, Taiga. Cuuuute.

Lol, Butoukan down to three. Hehehehe. Ahahaha, Yamamoto cracks me up. XD Him and Yara. Oh, man, and Bunichi is sooo weird, somehow. ♥

AHAHHAHAHA PIMP CANES.

HOLY SHIT. O_O Wtf was that junior multi-person caterpillar thing. O_O That was... really, really weird, and really, really cool. O_O

Okay, but who ARE those guys? I mean, the old ones? I... huh?

I can't say I love the song, but the dance was pretty neat. But I'm confuuuuused. ^_^

Game time:
Oh good, Akun's hair is back to something resembling normal.
Taipi is a total girl, just with... hairy armpits. XD
They don't go in order?! That's new. ;D
Damn, Kitamitsu can do a low voice when he wants to. O_O He's so tiny and yet... ahahaha, ♥
Tottsu, OH YES.
Shoon and Yodi and their musical LOLOLOLOL.
*hugs Fujiie* Ahahaha, he looks like he's going to cry, omg I love him.
But Kawai's the girl!?
Oooooh, Fujiieeeeeee. *hugs more* Failing at life.

Apparently Hasshi loves to do karaoke by himself? Odd little boy.
Cute Shintarou. But please, please pull up your shirt. *cringe* So bright-eyed, he's practically shining. Baby 10-yr-old. Aww.

Why are they doing Ni Q in the hallway? And the board looks sooo empty. I guess they lost a lot more than just the seven to Osaka.

Heh, going fishing with Dad. Cute.

But I will note that whenever they say 'present' i think they're saying 'prison' at first.

Playzone = prison = present. AHAHA MOUSI. *hugs*

Speaking fast and shaking much? Aww.


Aaaand I'll stop here and flail more in a new comment, because hello Kisumai SOLOS. O_O

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:48 am UTC (link)
OH, PLAYZONE. that sounds a lot more like 'prison' so i don't feel like quite so much of a moron. I'll try and keep that in the back of my mind.

anyway, I'm not sure about who is kansai and who is not, but I THINK the kids that are black and red are parts of MADE, that new unit that's got Hasshi and Sanada in, that we aren't sure if they are backdancers for them or what? I mean, even if they aren't just backdancers they will be anyway, because hi, Hasshi and Sanada.

KISUMAI SOLOS. I must not have read a summary of this week, cause i so didn't know that was happening.

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2008-05-06 01:46 pm UTC (link)
First of all, one of the purple juniors behind Kitamitsu has crazy hair. O_O

But god, Mitsu looks good, he sounds good, he... yeah. ♥

Fujigaya stop touching your mic stand like that right now. OH GOD. OH WAIT. AHHHH. He moves on to touching himself. YEAH, FINE.

STAR SEEKER YAY ONE OF MY FAVORITES. Ugh, but Kawai, just. Stop with the shirt thing already, okay? Tottsu's getting my love for this one.

Ahahaha, WEIRD. That's not how that's supposed to go. O_O BUT I LIKE IT.
Kitamitsu, what are you doing over on the side there? Hmm? :D He and Taipi have always wanted to sing this song, huh? Totally seem to love taking it over. XD


This ending song is so not my thing, BUT. Taipi bounces from a;lskfdjHOT to a;slfdkjCUTE in seconds. HOW!? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. And what, married to Kawai? I'd say he stole him from Shoon, except then I'm not sure who's the bride. XD

No one really seems into this song, anyway. And hah, watch Yone give that guy who squeezes between him and Fujiie the evil eye.

The stage looks so empty. What happened to the little ones? You know, I keep noticing that. They show up for stuff in the beginning and middle, but by the end, they're gone. Both in Dream Boys and Enbujou, none of the little juniors were there for the final bows. It was kind of weird, and it seems like they did it again. Has it always been like that?

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:52 am UTC (link)
Depends on what's going on, but yeah, often the tiniest ones aren't there at the end, usually it's only people you're familiar with. They maybe can't stay for the whole filming? Cause of child labor and having school and being five years old?

i totally love Kawai's shirt thing. OH YEAH.

I want Taipi/Kawai fic. Intergroup dating! Oh noez!!!! "AREN'T WE ENOUGH FOR YOU, TAIPI?!" "Fumi-kun is more flexible." "............."

I think i vastly prefer this version of Star Seeker. Haha, I FEEL LIKE A TRAITOR. Sigh.

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[info]winters_queen
2008-05-06 02:08 pm UTC (link)
*blink* Are those HS7 shiny outfits mauve or a pink?

GOLD LAMEE!!!!

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:36 am UTC (link)
I think they're bright purple? Well, maybe like a mauve sure, but purple i believe.

I CAN'T TELL. MY EYES.

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2008-05-06 02:33 pm UTC (link)
And this has nothing to do with anything really, but have you seen the Junior Music Station performance? The whole debuted vs. not debuted thing is still confusing. Because Chinen and Yamada are backdancing for their bandmate, okay, fine. But they are also backdancing for Kansai juniors. I am not complaining, but it makes no sense.

Whatever. Because in the end, both Yamada and Chinen look really fucking cool. How did that happen?!

The song overlay is total crap, because the two don't mesh at all. Ah, well. Hasshi's dead center, and I see guys from MAD creeping around in there, too. And of course Question?.

All in all, just an interesting performance.

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:37 am UTC (link)
I have not! I didn't realize it was actually interesting. I guess I should dig it up.

I love both Yamada and Chinen, and I love them even more now that they are totally fighting for Yuto's love (but only Yamada is aware of this battle to the death).

Mmmmmm, Hasshi.

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[info]nicocoer
2008-05-06 11:19 pm UTC (link)
:D

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-06 11:48 pm UTC (link)
OH! I see what they're doing! I repeat, I would totally be okay with this matchup. I think they complement each other really well both vocally and physically. They seem to get along really well, and they are hilarious together. (of course the fact that I like it means none of you should get at all attached to the idea).

...you make me so happy. ARGH WHY DID MY FILE HAVE TO BE RETARDED. i'm missing the last five minutes of this part and ADSLKFJLSAD THIS WAS IT. FAIL. D: D:

but omg so much cuteness in this sc, i noticed when koyama and nakamaru started the introductions that taisuke's arm sneaks its way around kawai. xD it's gone in the next screen, but it was still cute. and when they're linking arms taisuke giggled a little because they looked so ridiculous alkfdslk;ajflkd THEY KILL ME. also "WHERE IS MY PUDDING?!" ahahah they were both hilarious.

i'm starting to really like the little morimoto. he's got so much self-confidence for such a little kid. how old is he again? ten? twelve?

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:34 am UTC (link)
Do you have hotakky friended? She always has them up in parts, which i used to hate but have since come to enjoy for exactly that reason.

Yeah, the four of them were totally adorable the whole time, but as Snowqueen points out above, those are the only four left in Tokyo of ABC and Kisumai, so presumably they've grown even closer during Enjoubu than they were before, and those two units have always been close.

I feel that, realistically, it's likely this will be the unit that debuts, probably with Senga thrown in (since he's the other one who regularly has solos), and maybe also Nikaido if he keeps building his popularity.

dude, I ADORE Shintarou. For exactly that reason. he totally owns that stage, even when he's leading out people who are literally three times his size/age. He's ten, yeah. The best part is how flustered ryutarou gets over his little brother, because Shintarou is so outspoken. There's usually a reaction shot of Ryu while Shin is speaking, going "OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING." I bet their mother is this tiny, adorable, soft-spoken woman who gets all flustered when you say how talented her sons are.

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 12:41 am UTC (link)
yeah, she's who i got them from. i was in a rush to put the files together and didn't realize that some of them were named differently, so i'm going to watch the full thing tonight. :D

as much as i love kis-my-abc, i feel really bad for the rest of abc and miyata! although i guess tsuka could debut with butoukan or something, idk. the thought of a super!group made up of everyone's favorite members does excite me, though. how awesome would their perfs be?

aldfj it's so cute how flustered ryutaro gets compared to shintaro! i don't think i've ever seen him get self-conscious or flustered, he reminds me of chinen that way, although he is nowhere near as scary. xD ryutaro's cute though. did you see him on heyx3 last week? he was getting all worked up 'cause downtown as showing a clip of his mistake on the show.

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 12:46 am UTC (link)
ROTFL AWWWWW RYUTAROU. He would totally get upset about that. *cuddles him*

I feel like a traitor for liking Kis-My-ABC so much, but it is a mash-up of all my favorites, so... XD

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 12:56 am UTC (link)
alksdflsdk he actually went "please! please don't show it!" to the hosts alkfjdlks so cute. xD! but then they decided to give him a break and showed other members' mistakes too, and they did way worse so.

i do too! except i really really like goseki. :( probably more than kawai. what would he do without the others?! he can't even play the ukelele!

i think if nikaido and senga got to debut with them, i'd get over the loss.

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 01:07 am UTC (link)
he can't even play the ukelele!
ROTFL. WHAT. Who the hell can?!

I actually really love Tamamori and Miyata, esp together, but I have long ago come to terms with the fact that if Kisumai doesn't debut wholesale, they won't ever.

Senga i'm pretty confident about, Nikaido I'm keeping my fingers crossed for. Because I would be heartbroken if he didn't have to battle Kitamitsu for the position of Leader any more!

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 01:45 am UTC (link)
lol that was in reference to the hilarious clip darkeyedwolf posted a while ago! abc played air instruments and then people had to guess who couldn't play it for real, and goseki failed. it was really funny though because everyone thought he was awesome at it. xD

the only basis for the whole nikaido-and-kitayama leader fight thing i've ever seen is your fics. sadlkfjkdls does he REALLY try to take over?

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 02:07 am UTC (link)
Oh Gocchi. ♥

Haha, OH NOEZ, I'm writing canon again! actually, there are hints of it floating around, but i'm exaggerating it a little. Like, in that weird comic thing kisumai did, it's nika and kitayama who are fighting at the beginning, and there are definitely stories about Nikaido trying to steal Kitayama's couch and food and stuff. But on the whole i think that Nikaido is just sort of an upstart brat, so he just likes to nettle The Man as much as he can, and being Leader, Kitayama is totally The Man so far as kisumai is concerned.

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 03:07 am UTC (link)
dlksfds it's so hard to keep facts straight in this fandom that i just had to ask. and it was totally worth it to get THIS out of you:

Kitayama is totally The Man so far as kisumai is concerned.

hahaha because in the enbujou pamphlet hiro was all, "they make fun of me all the time! they call me chubby and short and..."

poor riida. ♥

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[info]mousapelli
2008-05-07 04:07 am UTC (link)
having your bandmates cause you as much trouble as possible is totally a vital component of being Leader.

Yabu's job = not enviable.

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 04:12 am UTC (link)
true, i couldn't imagine having to take care of nine members. i bet he has to do a head count every time they go somewhere on tour.

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[info]snowqueenofhoth
2008-05-07 03:05 pm UTC (link)
i bet he has to do a head count every time they go somewhere on tour.

*cracks up laughing*

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-08 01:54 am UTC (link)
rofl you know it's true

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[info]silverrangel
2008-05-07 12:42 am UTC (link)
btw i do not get all the hate towards taiga's face. i've always thought he was cute. D:

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[info]kelwy
2008-05-07 04:14 pm UTC (link)
Ah, all the attention Shoon's getting is lovely.. and then there's Kisumai-ABC. Boy behind Hasshi is Hamanaka Bunichi (Kansai Jr), currently in Yara's group Butoukan. Apparently there is a new lineup for MADE (from MAD) and the boys who performed 'Feel It' are back to being called Jr Boys.

I'm probably the only weird one in the entire JE fandom who thinks that Taiga is both cute and unintentionally sexy at times - especially when he's dancing. Fancy footwork on those increasingly long legs. Its a pity most photoshoots don't do him justice. I think a lot of people are going to disagree with what I just said. *shrugs*

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[info]hanako_banako
2008-05-09 09:30 pm UTC (link)
i saw this today on "TV Japan" and was immensely confused (though completely ecstatic about Shoon!)

i've missed shokura for like the last 3 or 4 episodes (college acceptance crap, band trip, AP testing, oh my)....watching this left me so confused, but after reading ALL of the comments, i feel....less confused. :D

all of the new (or at least, new to me) juniors are pretty impressive!!

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