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Apr 5, 2014 7:09 PM

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Started off decently to me, I guess.
I will always, always detest all forms of discrimination, but I want to see how the Shiba siblings can handle the difference between Blooms and Weeds.

The whole magical high school thing seems a bit cliche, but I guess I'll see where this goes. Watch a couple more episodes before the final verdict.
Apr 5, 2014 7:12 PM

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This is not a harem. There is no incest. It's like the author was going to write a harem and slowly but surely gave everyone a true personality, background, and intentions, and then relationships started to form naturally. You know how Hunter x Hunter deconstructs shonen? It's like Mahouka deconstructs Harem. Only there isn't a harem.

Awesome news. Thanks.
Apr 5, 2014 7:14 PM

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I am quite amazed Madhouse. After the disappointment known as Mahou Sensou last season, I was wondering what they would do with this. Guess this is where all the quality not that I mind. Although this character may as well turn out to be OP, I do like cool and collected characters who think to do something before raising fists. The onii-sama is a bit off-putting but I still liked the episode.


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I hope someone subs this. CR's script for this anime is pretty weak.
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Apr 5, 2014 7:18 PM
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PWJP said:

Not trying to complain too much or even say something I wouldn't know, but one of the reasons why people think there is incest is because of this (look for Mahouka and read it's synopsis): http://i7.minus.com/iwBU0arPwNMWj.png
Also, considering the standards of the medium and the first episode, the thought of this having a harem is not really far-fetched. Again, not saying that what you wrote was false, just that it's a reasonable impression that anime-only viewers would have.

Having an even gender distribution of MCs doesn't not make it harem, though. I'll wait and see, hope the show is as good as you say :P


All fair points. I'm not taking anything you say personally, they're all generally good points that I could agree with if I didn't know more about the story. Actually in the LNs the author explains quite a bit about how there was a modesty-revolution at a certain point, which reversed the increasingly risque trends of the early 21st century. I can think of 2 points in all the LNs where you see a bra, and they're both in Vol 1, and both for appropriate reasons, and neither are treated like eye-candy. (Well, the anime might, but I'm going off the LNs)

Minor, MINOR spoilers, honestly it's probably not a spoiler but if you're a huge stickler then back off. It'd be like me saying that "Harry and Hermoine are friends in Book 7." It's technically a spoiler, but it really isn't. Anyways:

I'm kind of mad they worded it like that on the description, it'll hurt the show. It can be argued that Miyuki likes Tatsukya as more than a brother, but at no point is it considered "ok", or acted upon besides some overly-close situations. (No, not "I touched your boob" moments, just like an awkward moment when he sees her in a classy dress and calls her beautiful, etc)

Tatsuya feels nothing but brotherly love for his sister and his sister has slight feelings for him, but nothing she'll ever act on, as she knows it's wrong. If you consider a strong familial bond that might be going a bit too far due to extreme situations incest, then you might consider Miyuki's feelings incest at times.

But if that's the case then I should be accused for horrible, awful things because of what's gone on inside my head.

Just to re-iterate. There is no boob-touching, panty glimpsing, kissing, groping, "beach-training", or anything like that. The few times the females characters are really shown off as women, it's in classy ways that would make you feel proud to have them as a wife or daughter.(There might be kissing a few times, but it's like foreheads, cheeks, or maybe between a married couple. I can't remember. There's no lustful toungue-wrestling going on)

Sorry to write a novel for each post, but I really enjoy talking about this series xD

(Spoiler: It's not a harem. Period.)
Apr 5, 2014 7:19 PM

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Madhouse with the beautiful visuals as always.

Wincest is this anime?
Apr 5, 2014 7:22 PM
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Extreme3708 said:
Madhouse with the beautiful visuals as always.

Wincest is this anime?


No.

At the VERY VERY MOST, it's one-sided, mild incest urges based off of love and respect that never goes anywhere, and is repressed. -At most-.

Yes, it's a minor spoiler, but I feel that the tag of "incest" needs to be removed from this anime for it to be more successful.
Apr 5, 2014 7:24 PM

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Less expotition make it more enjoyable than LN. Honestly halve of LN content is exposition. I'm glad the exposition is moved to the special.

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Apr 5, 2014 7:25 PM

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SodaPop65 said:
A novel

Weight off my mind, I guess. Thanks.
Apr 5, 2014 7:28 PM
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Less expotition make it more enjoyable than LN. Honestly halve of LN content is exposition. I'm glad the exposition is moved to the special.



Apr 5, 2014 7:29 PM

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Characters are kind of bland, but I love the animation and music so far. Looking forward to next week.
Apr 5, 2014 7:32 PM

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This totally didn't disappoint me. Will be looking forward to this every week.
Apr 5, 2014 7:33 PM
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The perfect Gary And Mary Stu at magic high school

I was going to complain about the incest otaku pandering but surprisingly those obnoxious "Onisama" and the constant apologizing made everything even worse. It looked decent though.

Dropped.
Apr 5, 2014 7:34 PM

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It was ok, nothing special. The discrimination between the students was interesting though, and some of the girls were pretty cute. I'll keep watching this one.
Apr 5, 2014 7:34 PM

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How does this already have a global score of 8.06 and only the 1st episode has aired?

Anyways, I wonder how long it's going to be before Miyuki and Tatsuya declare their love for each other and run away to some far off land that allows sibling marriage.

Something tells me I won't make it pass 5 episodes before I drop this.

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Apr 5, 2014 7:35 PM

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what a piece of shit. this is what gets people hyped up these days?
Apr 5, 2014 7:40 PM

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Went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. Nothing much else to say except ill keep my eye on it, oh and the animation is great.
Apr 5, 2014 7:40 PM
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How does this already have a global score of 8.06 and only the 1st episode has aired?

Anyways, I wonder how long it's going to be before Miyuki and Tatsuya declare their love for each other and run away to some far off land that allows sibling marriage.

Something tells me I won't make it pass 5 episodes before I drop this.

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I think I've made 8 different posts saying the same thing now, but whatever, I'm happy to do it for a good story's sake.

This is not a harem, nor does it have incest. It may seem that way at first, but the story takes a different turn.

Also, to people assuming the entire series is shit because the first episode didn't tickle your fancy, I don't see how you survive in the world of anime with an attitude like that. If I judged everything by the first episode, I would've never watched FMA:B, or Stein's Gate.
Apr 5, 2014 7:44 PM

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Honestly when I read the LN it never click to me. I'm starting to enjoy it at Nine High Competition Part II(volume 4). It only click to me after Yokohama Disturbance.
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Apr 5, 2014 7:58 PM

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Well I'm defiantly very interested in this anime, I really want to see how this hierarchy goes. There is tons of characters that I really dig so far. This anime was hyped up very highly and so far it is living up to those standards.
Apr 5, 2014 8:00 PM
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wow, people are actually dropping stuff because of a slow first episode. This anime's plot is absolutely amazing. The LNs are really that good. Since i read the LNs, the first episode was pretty much executed perfectly. It's gonna ramp up really soon so i hope you guys stick around.

It pains me to see people drop this when Steins;Gate is the #1 anime on this site...... LOL

Also, Tatsuya and Miyuki can hardly be catagorized as Mary sues. But most people don't read the light novel so i guess it's understandable as it's pretty much debunked in the later volumes
Apr 5, 2014 8:02 PM

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that OST though.... so far all the characters interest me....
looking forward for next episode.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:03 PM
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Hibbington said:
Well I'm defiantly very interested in this anime, I really want to see how this hierarchy goes. There is tons of characters that I really dig so far. This anime was hyped up very highly and so far it is living up to those standards.


The fact that you have a Log Horizon avatar makes me think you'll LOVE Mahouka.

Mahouka also delves into politics so much that it makes you want the action and human interaction to STOP for a minute just so you can get in more politics and intrigue :D

However, I do believe Mahouka balances the two better, and is the overall better story, but that doesn't make me love Log Horizon any less.
Apr 5, 2014 8:03 PM

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Winner right here. Loving the whole magic / technology with an elite school thing like in Index. Wincest, badass main character and good action scenes definitely help as well. I am pleased.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:05 PM
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BrokenKatana said:
Winner right here. Loving the whole magic / technology with an elite school thing like in Index. Wincest, badass main character and good action scenes definitely help as well. I am pleased.


Imagine if Index had less lolis, more believable characters, logic that made sense, and very well balanced and intriguing politics.

You wouldn't be too far from Mahouka.

(Now, I LOVE Index, but those are the first things I would change about it if I could)
Apr 5, 2014 8:06 PM

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Looks like it will be cool. I think I like the main 2 characters, I want to know what magic stuff they can do, Miyuki showed some ice magic or something when she froze the the stuff in the kitchen, and it seems Tatsuya is hiding some kind of magic that is probably really powerful so I'm interested in that.
Apr 5, 2014 8:06 PM

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SodaPop65 said:
BrokenKatana said:
Winner right here. Loving the whole magic / technology with an elite school thing like in Index. Wincest, badass main character and good action scenes definitely help as well. I am pleased.


Imagine if Index had less lolis, more believable characters, logic that made sense, and very well balanced and intriguing politics.

You wouldn't be too far from Mahouka.

(Now, I LOVE Index, but those are the first things I would change about it if I could)
Don't hype me too much. ^^ I will be expecting quite a bit from this show now. ;P
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Apr 5, 2014 8:08 PM
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It pains me to see people drop this when Steins;Gate is the #1 anime on this site...... LOL

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood disagrees.
Apr 5, 2014 8:10 PM
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Icehism said:
It pains me to see people drop this when Steins;Gate is the #1 anime on this site...... LOL

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood disagrees.


Eh they both start kind of slow, I almost dropped FMA:B after the first episode since it looked kind of childsh. After 10 "IM NOT SHORT" jokes or w.e I almost walked out. Luckily I had a good friend push me on :D
Apr 5, 2014 8:11 PM

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Great pacing for the 1st episode. I was afraid of madhouse messing up like they did with mahou sensou. If people are already complaining about the incest vibes and oniisama's then they should drop it because it won't stop. Personally I don't really mind because there are more great things about this light novel that overshadow it.
Apr 5, 2014 8:12 PM

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I love MC's that are calm and collective like Tatsuya. He portrays his badassery through his intelligent insightful reasons and understanding of magic and is meticulous in a given situation.
I also love how the concept of magic is produced through magic and technology, not like most anime where magic comes out of thin air.
Hopefully they explain more into the magic terms and such, because I was honestly confused about it when they brought it up.
So far, this series looks wonderful, brilliant, and promising to me. Can't wait for the upcoming eps :)
Apr 5, 2014 8:15 PM

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SodaPop65 said:
parfaited said:
Icehism said:
It pains me to see people drop this when Steins;Gate is the #1 anime on this site...... LOL

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood disagrees.


Eh they both start kind of slow, I almost dropped FMA:B after the first episode since it looked kind of childsh. After 10 "IM NOT SHORT" jokes or w.e I almost walked out. Luckily I had a good friend push me on :D
You don't get it do you. Brotherhood is the one ranking 1st here not Steins;Gate. That's what he mean I think.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:16 PM
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Sorafyy said:
I love MC's that are calm and collective like Tatsuya. He portrays his badassery through his intelligent insightful reasons and understanding of magic and is meticulous in a given situation.
I also love how the concept of magic is produced through magic and technology, not like most anime where magic comes out of thin air.
Hopefully they explain more into the magic terms and such, because I was honestly confused about it when they brought it up.
So far, this series looks wonderful, brilliant, and promising to me. Can't wait for the upcoming eps :)


There are some informational episodes that you can watch to give you an info-dump on the world. It's narrated by the Chibi-versions of the MCs, and it's not a bad idea to watch it if you're invested in the series.

Personally, I'd recommend reading all of the LNs, but anime watchers have been hearing that from source-material fanatics for ages now. xD


EDIT: Guy above me. I saw what he was pointing at, but I'd rather just tackle the issue at hand rather than debate between #1 and #2. They both start slowly and without an overall plot for the first few episodes.
Apr 5, 2014 8:23 PM

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Sodapop65... you're dedicated, man.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:26 PM

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Sodapop65... you're dedicated, man.
I bet he make an account just so that he can discuss about Mahouka here.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:26 PM
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NoongaJuice said:
Sodapop65... you're dedicated, man.


Simply because if for some reason the show doesn't animate a certain scene in Vol 7 the world will be worse off.

YOKOHAMA DISTURBANCE OR BUST

(I don't even care about overhyping it, that arc literally cannot be any more awesome)

EDIT: And yea, I have lurked here for about a year now, ever since I got into anime/manga/LNs, but I just made an acct now to correct some misconceptions on one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite stories out of Japan.
Apr 5, 2014 8:27 PM

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NoongaJuice said:
Sodapop65... you're dedicated, man.
Which is awesome and I respect him for that ^_^
Thanks to him, I'm going to be watching the specials just so I'll get into the series more.
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SodaPop65 said:
And yea, I have lurked here for about a year now, ever since I got into anime/manga/LNs, but I just made an acct now to correct some misconceptions on one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite stories out of Japan.


Lol thats funny because to be honest, I only bothered to make this account so I could comment on the Kuroko no Basket forums.

Edit: Reading all of your posts has really got me interested in this anime, so if you say it's worth it, I'll give it a shot.
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Apr 5, 2014 8:31 PM
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Sorafyy said:
NoongaJuice said:
Sodapop65... you're dedicated, man.
Which is awesome and I respect him for that ^_^
Thanks to him, I'm going to be watching the specials just so I'll get into the series more.


If you have any questions I'm happy to answer them due to the relative complexity of this story (It ain't Infinite Stratos, hah), although this series has a very.... odd way of explaining backstory. It gives you things piecemeal so you get the basic picture of the background of the MCs, then suddenly you get a big 'ol infodump flashback in Vol 8 and things become much clearer.

Also since things are written down in the LNs it's much easier to organize names, family names (hugely important, notice how he keeps seeing people with "number" names?).

The first time I read Vol 1 I put it down and got pissed because I kept mixing up Miyuki/Mizuki/Mayumi and Shiba/Shibata/Chiba. It was the first Japanese LN I had ever read and those names drove me up a freaking wall.
Apr 5, 2014 8:37 PM
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Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?
Apr 5, 2014 8:38 PM

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I have high expectations for this anime, the music and OP were awesome!
Apr 5, 2014 8:40 PM
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Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?


I can understand the incest vibes the show goes off, but I'm doling out the blanket statement that THERE IS NO INCEST. SHE LOVES HER BROTHER. Maybe a little bit TOO much, but she has overwhelming love and respect for her brother and -she has good reasons for it-.

However I really have to draw the line at pedo, where the hell did you come up with that?

(There is also no harem. I know it seems that way, but it's not harem)
Apr 5, 2014 8:55 PM

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Why is west EU called East EU -_-
I swear these japanese don't know shit about the outside world.
Apr 5, 2014 8:56 PM

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SodaPop65 said:
greatersooty said:
Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?


I can understand the incest vibes the show goes off, but I'm doling out the blanket statement that THERE IS NO INCEST. SHE LOVES HER BROTHER. Maybe a little bit TOO much, but she has overwhelming love and respect for her brother and -she has good reasons for it-.

However I really have to draw the line at pedo, where the hell did you come up with that?

(There is also no harem. I know it seems that way, but it's not harem)


I know you love Mahouka and I also like it, but let's stick to the anime shall we.
Hell we have no idea how director will portray THAT scene in chapter 4.
Seriously, given what happened in Sensei scene, I don't want to go saying how thing MUST happen.
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Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?


Please dude go look up those words at a dictionary because that pedo part is your own shit imagination. Did you watch the show fully drunk? It's actually disgusting the way you trolls are acting...........but it happens to every hyped anime adaptation.

Also incest refers to sexual intercourse between siblings/relatives. It's mostly incest shiptease, played for fun. So don't let it bother you that much as that isn't the main focus either.

People who actually wants to enjoy the show just ignore these guys and judge for yourself. The first few episodes can seem a bit boring or not anything outstanding but after that it gets better and better........if you drop this with just 1-2 episodes then it's your loss.

Apr 5, 2014 9:00 PM

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As an LN reader, I'm satisfied :) Well the fight scenes looked more badass in my imagination but oh well lol.

I thought the VAs did a good job, they matched the voices I expected except for HanaKana's Saegusa.

Looking forward to next week's episode :D
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You know, that actually wasn't half bad. None of the characters really annoyed me (Which can always be a problem with LNs) and the animation was quite good too.

A 7/10 for the first episode.
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Dragon_Slayer_X said:
greatersooty said:
Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?


Please dude go look up those words at a dictionary because that pedo part is your own shit imagination. Did you watch the show fully drunk? It's actually disgusting the way you trolls are acting...........but it happens to every hyped anime adaptation.

Also incest refers to sexual intercourse between siblings/relatives. It's mostly incest shiptease, played for fun. So don't let it bother you that much as that isn't the main focus either.

People who actually wants to enjoy the show just ignore these guys and judge for yourself. The first few episodes can seem a bit boring or not anything outstanding but after that it gets better and better........if you drop this with just 1-2 episodes then it's your loss.


hey, hey, hey! that's discriminatory against us drunks! I watched it drunk, and i understand shit just fine. don't be hatin' :P
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"Tatsuya, a defective elder brother low achiever.
Miyuki, a perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever.
After both siblings entered a Magic High School,
The stage of daily turbulence was unveiled—."

How unique.

Dragon_Slayer_X said:
greatersooty said:
Wow they really got straight to the whole pedophile and incest innuendos. Could they try to be slightly less disgusting?


Please dude go look up those words at a dictionary because that pedo part is your own shit imagination. Did you watch the show fully drunk? It's actually disgusting the way you trolls are acting...........but it happens to every hyped anime adaptation.

Also incest refers to sexual intercourse between siblings/relatives. It's mostly incest shiptease, played for fun. So don't let it bother you that much as that isn't the main focus either.

People who actually wants to enjoy the show just ignore these guys and judge for yourself. The first few episodes can seem a bit boring or not anything outstanding but after that it gets better and better........if you drop this with just 1-2 episodes then it's your loss.


Please dude you actually enjoy incest and pedo stuff in anime. Quick look at your ratings shows that.
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Pretty good first episode, I'm kinda glad there wasn't a massive info dump. Hope this doesn't disappoint, I'm really looking forward to the next episode!
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