Shakugan no Shana Season Three episode 16

Why hello folks. Home from another WONDERFUL day at work. Oh so wonderful indeed. Are all jobs like this out there and everyone else is better at pretending that things are okay? Just bleh folks. No matter what I do it is never enough. The people making the problems and mistakes aren’t to blame but me, the one reacting to said problems and mistakes. And it gets very frustrating over time.

Now my only amusement is watching my cat stare in horror over a balloon. I thought cats loved balloons but apparently not this one. She lives in fear of the deflating object in the corner.

Well it's not like you just lost a major battle or anything....

Speaking of frustrating…time for Shakugan no Shana episode 16! Spoilers for riding in first class!


This episode was SO BORING. I don’t even think I can write up an episode summary that is how boring it is. Sorry folks. I liked season 1 and thought season 2 was okay. But this season has dragged on forever. Almost like they could have made it 13 episodes instead of 26 long and painful ones.

The bulk of this episode was dedicated to the main cast discussing what they are going to do in regards to GRAND ORDER. I say main cast when two people WHO JUST SHOWED UP are getting just as much screen time as Wilhelmina and Margery. Seriously who are these two people?!

I get that. What I don't get is why you and the main cast are so close when WE the viewers just met you.

Okay I had to look up their names. Sale and Chiara. Apparently they are important. I don’t know. Sale apparently is a fake Flame Haze but giving us more details might cause interest in the show and we can’t be having that. I just find it funny that last episode everyone was riding Chiara’s giant bird thingy and now they are all in the airport. Also is the first time everyone else met these people? Obviously not since no one did the introduction thing. So everyone knows each other and telling the viewers what is going on is lame. Lame.

Which was....yesterday?

But for everyone else…it was a snooze fest. I thought they already decided they wanted to do. Being that they were the conscious ones and all. They were fleeing the fight and listening to Centerhill talking about protecting the new world. I ASSUMED that they all agreed to carry on the fight while in the midst of fleeing. That is what is sounded like to me.

Who the hell made her leader?!

Morale is overrated!

But in this episode Granny Panties decided to plant seeds of doubt in their minds. Do you really want to do this? Can you win? Because we already lost 80 percent of our troops. Dear lord did they really lose that many? They were popping up out of the snow like daises so I guess it is possible. Still why did Granny Panties have to talk people out of something they already agreed too? Was she basically trying to tell them WELP not our problem so why bother dying? Gosh I hate her.

Oh and that was the reason why everyone was so sad last week. Because if the Baddies leave Earth Flame Hazes won’t be able to seek their revenge. :( So sad right?

But Granny Panties getting yelled at might be amusing. It was downright embarrassing what happened in battle, with her not really fighting and all. Given her WE CAN DO IT speech this week…yeah they need a new leader.

Yes we know this. Now...what is the plan?

By the way…what exactly is Shana’s plan? This sorta goes hand and hand with I thought everyone agreed to keep on fighting the baddies. So basically everyone listened to Centerhill , agreed to help protect/stop the new world, and Shana will lead the charge since Centerhill “died”. So…what exactly was Shana’s plan? I guess I didn’t hear it. Really my post is starting to sound redundant because that is how the last few episodes have felt. Shana thought long and hard in the car ride to the airport to make a decision/plan she already made? Oh okay.

So….the few interesting…or vaguely not boring parts of this episode. Yuji’s parents are all being romantic. It is a bit sad to see that they don’t remember Yuji at all and are only focusing on the new baby. Maybe a happy ending will result in Yuji returning to his family?

So many people in one body! Poor Yuji :(

Pheles was up and around and being mysterious this episode. I can say for certain but it looked like she was being sneaky at the end of the episode, with what appears to be three defected baddies. In any event she was talking to her dead boyfriend at the beginning of the episode. Well at least his spirit. Sounds like she is going to do something she will regret but it will fulfill his wishes. Could it be she will destroy the Reijo Maigo? That will destroy Johann but protect everyone from YujiSnake. But why does it appear she is looking for someone else? Maybe former baddies she is friends with that will help her with her mission?

They need to leave us alone, don't they know we are retired?!

And that is the last interesting part of the show. The random…people at the farm. Apparently they have been summoned to fight in this war but they seem to want to live their lives in peace and be farmers. I see. Drink on that lemonade.

Will you plan still work if everyone is rendered blind?

In any event…BORING. So sleepy from watching this episode. Please pick up the pace and make this show interesting to watch again. I am not sure where the magic went but I am feeling a little disappointed here.

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Guilty Crown episode 14: No New Homework! New Lockers for all!

I think I have the laziest cat in the world. Well I did before but I always thought Kira was more active than Kiki. But she has proven me wrong. In my quest to throw away everything in my house I found a cat toy she used as a kitten. So I placed some cat treats in the opening at the top, somewhere she could reach when she was little. You know to bring back memories and maybe make her happy.

She is crying right now because she can’t get the treats out. I am the worse momma ever.

Inori might have anger issues.

While I ignore the sounds of lazy cat let’s blog some anime! Up now is Guilty Crown episode 14. Spoilers for people reacting stupid to life and death situations.

Well at least he acknowledges the truth....

Episode Summary: Arise is trying to hold a student meeting and convince the students everything will be okay. Some students believe her, some cry, and others demand she hand out guns and storm AntiBodies. While some people demand Arise go and inspect the wall herself the rest of the student council watches….from the student council room with Shu thinking about what Gai would do. Since there are no trench coats in sight we will never know. Eventually a few of the students decide that Arise sucks as leader and they will overthrow her. While the other main characters try to stick together and hand out vaccines Tsugumi thinks that trashing Arise’s leading abilities will solve everything. She stomps out when people do not agree with her. Elsewhere a few of the boys have decided they will overthrow Arise no matter what because they have a gun! Inori gives Tsugumi a little pep talks. This makes her put a smile on her face and hand Shu a Void Measuring Pen. Seriously it scans people and rates how strong their Void is. Everyone decides to hold down Tsugumi so they can see her Void. Mr. President Shuuichirou (who…I guess is not dead) is talking to Segai with how they are going to proceed from now on. A brief message is played at the edge of the wall telling the trapped residents to move back as they are decreasing the infected zone. They proceed to kill everyone on sight and THEN push back the wall. Even Daryl thinks that was unnecessary. Segai might not be down with this either but the viewer is probably more interested in Shu’s momma hoppin in a mecha.

So if you are not dead...what happened to you?

Some of Funeral Parlor has gone to Akise’s grandfather to plan a rescue mission. Sounds like a plan. Elsewhere the internets have partially been restored inside the zone. The mean message board is filled with lies that if Funeral Parlor members are brought to the wall the person bringing them will be released. Yahiro, the only serious person left in the school, informs Shu of this. Inori, Ayase, and Tsugumi are in danger as Gai made them all get tattoos that said Hey! We are Funeral Parlor. Inori is okay as she…takes care of her attackers. Ayase and Tsugumi are taken hostage and Arise is unable to reason with the kidnappers. Just as the boys are about to strip them Shu is like I GOT THIS! He then explains to everyone that he is a member of Funeral Parlor. He says he will show them the truth. He uses Tsugumi’s Void (which creates clones dolls of someone scanned…) to show what would happen if anyone turned a Funeral Parlor member in. The result is everyone is killed. With this knowledge Shu begs everyone to calm down so they can think of a plan. Yahiro shouts that Shu should be president and everyone agrees with him! But things quickly turn sour when First Lady Yahiro decides to rank everyone by their Void, something that upsets President Shu. THE END!

What the hell am I watching? Like seriously folks this show is giving me a headache.

Yeah. Things might get better folks. Maybe. And maybe it will rain cotton candy today too!

First off….are people really questioning what is going on? There is a HUGE wall around that section of the city. They saw news reports that declared them all dead or too cancerous to save. Cancerous folks. That is medical term for sparkle crystals. And no one from the government has come to rescue them or give them supplies. I am pretty sure that means NO ONE IS COMING! So why is that still up for debate?!

Maybe had Arise been more realistic and honest about the truth people might have trusted her more. But that is just a maybe.

WHERE ARE ALL THE ADULTS?!

Also I don’t care. And do you know why? Because Arise is 17. WHAT THE HELL DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS?! Any of this?! With the exception of the Funeral Parlor students none of those morons know anything about leading a group of people in a life or death situation. I suspect they might know a lot about nail polish, idols, and ice cream but not strategies and surviving in a “war zone”. So while Arise might have no answers or the wrong answers she wasn’t elected to lead you guys to the promise land. She was elected to help get you cool class trips and make sure people weren’t getting bullied.

Okay maybe was the biggest WTF moment of the show. Like the enemy just DROPPED a pen that ONLY Shu could use? Yes I believe this.

I think that was my biggest WTF with this episode. Arise is just a normal student. Because obviously all the damn teachers made it home before Lost Christmas Part Two thus no one is around to protect the kids. But anyway Arise was probably elected because she was smart, rich, and pretty. Not because she could shoot a gun or demand answers from government officials. I get that something horrible and terrible is happening and that in situations one turns to people in important positions for answers. But she is a STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT! To get all evil and hostile from someone who is a “kid” like you is insane. What was she supposed to do?!

And really folks. I am not sure about the rest of the quarantined area but the school was receiving supplies. Not from the government but from Arise’s people. So maybe it would be in your best interest to not bite the hand that feeds you. Especially when it is the only food you are getting for a while. I know desperate people do desperate things but maybe if these kind people are giving you supplies just MAYBE they are also trying to rescue you too. So sit back and relax.

Well don’t relax near the edges of the wall. That would be a bad idea. I am not sure WHAT AntiBodies Crazy Faces are thinking. Like why are they pushing the wall back and making the area smaller? Wouldn’t it be easier and more cost effective to just gas the people who don’t exist? They die, you clean up the bodies, and you still have all the buildings! That seems much easier than pushing back the strongest wall ever and breaking everything.

Have a nice day!

Speaking of which…is there a reason why Anti Sense killed everyone near the edge? Like here is a warning but it is too late for you to run away? What was the point then?! What was the point of letting anyone live if you were just going to blast away survivors? To scare the others?! I have no idea what the point of that was. Just to be stupid and cruel. But mainly stupid.

This does not please Daryl.

Daryl is weird. Like really weird. I am pretty sure he was running around killing people for touching him but a candy apple from Tsugumi was acceptable. Now he is all conflicted on what to do. Does he fall for the cat ear wearing freak or follow the hopes and dreams of his father and murder everyone in his way.

Did I see Shu’s momma operating a mecha? I think I did. I smell a rescue. Whether or not it works is another question for another post.

So back to the school drama. I am very impressed with the fact the students can use google but can’t communicate with the outside world. Of course the AntiSense are just trying to feed them stupid information and it works. I guess what I am most impressed with is that AntiSense knowing that all the Funeral Parlor people had tattoos on their backs. I know they captured one (apparently nonimportant person because where is he NOW?!) Funeral Parlorer a while back but have they kidnapped others before? If so…well Gai was just stupid. HEHE folks in a society where people already hate tattoos let’s give each other ones out of friendship! WOOHOO!

No more candy apples for you then!

Tsugumi was being a jerk this episode. She doesn’t know Arisa that well but really. The girl is trying to keep it together. And I didn’t see Tsugumi giving any awesome ideas on what to do with the situation. Just like OH you suck and she walks away. That is really helping. Go cry with your lonely tears somewhere else.

Let me go run and protect Inori, the strongest person on my team!

I thought Shu standing up for the girls was….okay. Just okay. Maybe if he had sprung to action sooner I would be more impressed. But Ayase nearly had her shirt ripped off. And while she is a capable girl she is still in a wheelchair. A girl in a wheelchair was getting picked on and it took quite a while for Shu to stand up for them.

.....This happened....yesterday...somehow I think this might be an oversight with the writers.

And why? Everyone in the whole school saw him and his mighty power. Actually…after seeing what Ayase did in the last episode was pretty amazing. So why weren’t people scared of her? This makes no sense. Just threaten them a little and they will fall in line!

Ah yes Tsugumi's true self is really a lonely, clone doll with a magical girl fetish.

Or…Shu used Tsugumi’s stupid void (like seriously….this is the most useful Void ever….way too powerful) to show everyone the truth about the government. And through that truth he protected his girls, got people to calm down, and was elected leader of a bunch of crazy teenagers who were willingly to kill everyone else in the room to survive.

Yes. I want to be King of these people.

Can you make up your mind if you are emo or not?

Next week it looks like Yahiro’s heroism will be short lived. Which…I am not understanding. Why else did they find the magical Void Sensing Stick if they weren’t going to use it to measure power. Now maybe if Rank 1 Voids are treated poorly by Rank 4’s I can see that being unfair. But protecting the powerful and giving appropriate tasks to certain rank people sounds okay to me. Who knows what will happen though. Ranking people is probably a bad idea because they aren’t soldiers but stupid teenagers. Poor Shu.

Shu needs to be sneakier if he is going to be Gai Junior.

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Merry Christmas to me! Nendoroid Petite: Fate/stay night Extension Set!

What are you talking about Tenchi? It is the middle of January silly girl. Way too late for Christmas presents.

Well take that up with the husband. XD He claims he ordered my present the first week of December but something happened and it didn't arrive until last week. XD Well as long as it is wrapped and purchased with love that is all that matters to me.

Oh snap they ran away! Come back I just got you!

But arriving in my mailbox last week was this lovely. You will have to excuse the lack of prepackage pictures as my excitement got the better of me. XD Rejoice for the new arrivals from the Nendoroid Petite: Fate/stay night Extension Set series!

Pictures are finally fixed. Time for bed.

Behold the back of the box.

Let's start with the ugliest one first. I showed my mom this figurine and she was like EW gross. She questioned why I even bought this. Mom it came in a set silly.

But yes. This is Berserker. The Class that makes no sense. If they always turn on their Masters why both having them in the war? Just to cause problems? Apparently he was Hercules in his past life...can't you tell? Kinda weird someone so little and cute (Illyasviel) has such an...interesting Servant.

Berserker took up most of the box. Like 4 of the figurines took up one side of the box and he was on the other end. No one wants to play with him! But can you see why? Berserker comes with his humongous sword. But if you are in the mood for squishing people he comes with a hand that can hold people. Perfect for terrorizing other nendoroids.

Moving on to someone who is less scary is Caster. I don't remember much of her in the Fate/Stay Night series but I think we all can agree she is better than the Caster in Fate/Zero. She was Medea in her previous life. X__X That chick had a hard life.

Behold the nifty staff! Perfect for poking kittens with.

Caster comes with an extra piece. A little hood so she can hide in the darkness. Now out of all the nendoroids I own I think the hood piece might be the cheapest one I have. Or maybe I should say different. Very different. It a light plastic. So light and thin I thought I was going to break it. So while it looks close on it just feels different than all the other pieces I have.

Up next is Lancer. I love how this series has some well known historical figures and then some that are....well forgettable. In any event this is Cúchulainn. Yeah....how about we just look at his cuteness instead?

Lancer is almost too skinny. Like you turn him sidewise and where did he go?!

WEEE! Time for Archer. I am sure we all know who he really is.

Archer comes with several little weapons he can stab people with. And that is all that is important right? Stabbing people.

Wanna hear my spells in Engrish?

And finally....my favorite...SABER!

I accidentally gave her weapon to Archer. Since I am unfamiliar with the games I didn't know her weapon got so dark and edgy looking.

But maybe I should have known. Her fun extra piece is a dark mask piece. Because seeing is overrated folks!

FOR SPARTA!

After taking pictures of all my new nendoroids I broke out my other Fate/Stay Night petits. They want to get in on the fun too.

See? Berserker is perfect for squishing people yay!

A showdown between the masks!

There can only be one hot guy in this series! Fight to the death!

Close hand to hand combat!

Where did you come from Rider? Bring it on!!!!!

Oh yes me and my Servant are going to take a nice stroll in the park. I am sure we won't attract any attention at all....

We make a great pair. Except they both wanted Saber. XD

And this is my little Fate/Stay Night petit collection. Well I have the Saber in pajamas one too but she didn't fit the theme I was going for. You know fighting? XD But yes this is my Christmas present and I love them. So cute. Thanks for stopping by.

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Another episode 3: Let's hate the rain together!

WE SEE EVERYTHING!

I am a very hungry Tenchi who needs to search for food. So let’s just hope into this anime post shall we? XD Up now is Another episode 3. Spoilers for rainy days and creepy dolls!

Then take it out of your head?

Episode Summary: Mei shows Kouichi what is under her eye patch. A fake green eye that she claims is a doll eye and can see weird things. After saying some really creepy things about the dolls, how they are empty and wish to be filled Mei suggests going upstairs where it is safer. Kouichi gets a little worried because Shop Granny said HE was the only customer in the store (which can probably be explained away that Mei lives there) but sits down and asks Mei about why people are so secretive. She tells Kouichi the story of how 23 years ago in Class 3 a young popular girl died…in some way. Students pretended that she was alive after her death and in the graduation picture the dead girl shows up. Mei says that everyone must be hiding the second part of the story from him. But Kouichi’s grandmother calls right at that second to summon Kouichi home and Mei disappears. At school the “main” cast talks to Kouichi about their graduation plans and how they have been close since childhood while the other classmates look at Kouichi like he is a dog turd. Yukari in particular seems eager to get out of this town and go to Tokyo. Overall the students seem down when talking about their futures. After school it rains so Yukari offers to share her umbrella with Kouichi. She lets a little information slip, that their school goes on class trips in year 2, not year 3. Kouichi decides that is a perfect time to ask about Misaki and Yukari begs him not to say that name. Teshigawara comes by and is informed that Kouichi knows some of the legend. He brushes it off as being nonsense but then tells their art teacher in front of Kouichi so there is not much hiding going on there….

Well ya'll keep glaring at the girl who DOESN'T exist!

At home Kouichi asks his Aunt what class his mom was in. She avoids the question as well as what happened with the Class 3 so many years ago. Eventually she says her sister was in Class 3 but tells Kouichi to not meddle. But meddle is what Kouichi does as he continues to chase after Mei. Teshigawara eventually tells Kouichi if he just waits one month he will tell him anything he wants to know. There is also a scene with the nurse confirming a person named Misaki did die recently. Regardless Kouichi walks out of an exam when he sees Mei in the hallway. She confesses the person who died recently was her cousin and she felt very close to her. She also reveals that the reason everyone treats her weird is that she doesn’t exist, that no one else can see her. While Kouichi’s mind tries to process that information Yukari gets some information that causes her to leave class suddenly. When she sees Mei in the hallway she flips out and falls down the stairs. Her umbrella flies open and she is impaled in the throat. She flails about for a while Kouichi slowly loses his mind. THE END!

This episode was a bit slow. Like slowly we are working towards answers. Then BAM the last minute was a whammy. Sorta reminds you of another anime right?

Mei doesn’t have a big hole in her head. Woe is me. Just kidding. She has a fake glass eye that is a different color than her real one. So she can be edgy. And the eye patch is to keep her fake eye from seeing weird things. I SEE FOLKS.

Me thinks the shop will be burnt to the ground before the series ends.

This goes along with what Mei says about the dolls in the shop. How they are empty vessels that just want to be filled. HMMM wonder why there are so many deaths in this town? Maybe Masaki wants an army full of living dolls. Wonder where their souls end up. So when Mei was talking about her fake eye and the doll looking like her….seems to me that her eye can see things she doesn’t want to because it is an doll eye. She is part human part doll and people fear her. Like they don’t want to become the dolls but aren’t strong like Mei to fight their fate.

I think the manner of death is super important there Creepy-Chan!

Mei’s story took quite a bit of time in our short episode. Of course it was necessary to tell Kouichi all of this but to the viewers it was a bit of a waste. Because Kouichi (or someone who sounds just like him) told us in episode 1 all of this lovely stuff. Misaki was a popular student, died, and her classmates carried on like she was still alive. Very important for Kouichi to know and for us to see his reaction. It just made the episode feel shorter since we already knew.

Yes. Now tell us the rest of the story NOW!

But there were a few interesting things that took place in this conversation. One Mei told the story the exact same way Kouichi did in episode 1. The whole Misaki was popular and what not. Now maybe she is telling the “safe” version when in reality she knows the truth but there was not much smirking going on. More like she implied there was stuff AFTER that main story that Kouichi did not know. Which would surprise me. I was thinking there was some resentment towards that girl. But since Mei was vague on how Misaki died maybe there is still hope. The other interesting points were of course Mei saying that there was more to the story and how she told the story. Like there was no real emotion in her voice.

We are so creepy!!!!! WEEE look at us stare.

Life is still creepy at school. It is subtle but when the “main” cast is talking to Kouichi the other kids are shooting him death glares. Now since there are people who are willing to talk to Kouichi I am not thinking he is the problem. So why is the rest of the class so worried? Because he has talked to Mei and ruined what they are trying to do? But it is hard to be resentful of someone who doesn’t know the rules. So what is with all the glares?

Is today like the 27th? Because then I could understand. But if it was the 3rd I be like PSHT whatever dude.

The students that are talking to Kouichi aren’t being very helpful. Teshigawara in particular. Like look dude something weird IS going on but we will tell you next month. Now if someone told me that I would be hunting down answers right then and there. It is a miracle I am not opening all the presents and rewrapping them before Christmas. But yes if someone told me that it would be over folks. Red flag all over the place.

Getting answers from these fools is like pulling teeth.

Auntie Reiko is also suspicious. Which concerns me. These kids might be concerned for their own well-being but what does Reiko have to worry about? Oh yeah dead sister. Well since she has already lost her sister shouldn’t she be giving her nephew the heads up? Trying to give him a fighting chance and all? She just seemed ready to brush everything under the rug. When the time is right? Well umbrellas of the world are rebelling so I think the time is right now. Thanks Aunt, you want me to die or something?

And you couldn't say that before because....?

Right before the WTF moment Mei and Kouichi were having an interesting conversation. You know when he randomly walked out of the room during an exam. It is possible he finished early (like he said Mei did) but the fact that everyone looked at him when he left makes me think that is not the case. Like he saw Mei and went into the hallway to talk to her. And the teacher doesn’t care enough to stop him. Because getting involved would be silly.

If I was being ignored I wouldn't go to school. Unless Mei is under the curse too.

Putting that aside Kouichi actually started asking some questions. I like that he hasn’t been totally in a fog in this show. Only when he has to look at Mei does he seem to lose all reason HMMMMM! But he asked why no one really notices Mei. Several students told Kouichi to not bother with things that do not exist. That is all crazy right? Nope. Mei says that she does not exist. In such a way that she was talking about what she was eating for lunch. I am taking that statement with a grain of salt though. Clearly the students are seeing SOMETHING. They have looked up at Mei and made faces before. And obviously Yukari saw Mei before she ran down the stairs. So Mei does exist. To what extent remains unseen.

So if Mei doesn't exist was she freaking out over Kouichi? Does he look weird when he is around Mei?

I see several people thinking that Mei is the bringer of death. That if you see her you are cursed to die soon. Others say that the class is trying to recreate the class from 23 years ago. I think that might be possible. Declaring that a living girl is dead and ignoring her to somehow taken down the dead girl haunting the class. Also I am not sure we can blame Mei for these accidents. We don’t know how the other classmates have gotten hurt or sick but as it was said in episode 1 this class is closer to death. Like a normal person would walk into a wall and be okay. A Class 3 student would walk into a wall and the screw would come loose and they step on the screw and fall into a glass window. That kinda thing. The mere presence of Mei might also scare some students into creating more accidents that might not otherwise exist.

I told you rain was evil!

So on to the WTF part of the episode. Yukari fell down the stairs. She did have a mini freak out when she saw Mei but upon viewing the episode again she didn’t appear to be running frantically. Just that she slipped by accident. So it is unclear if Mei’s presence really had any effect on Yukari’s death or if it truly was an accident.

It was so realistic it was creepy! XD

But what an accident it was folks! It was not censored at all. We got a flailing dying girl on the ground with an umbrella. People are calling this Final Destination for some reason. Well since we didn’t get 283928 fake outs beforehand I am going to say no. Just a very VERY random accident because Class 3 is close to death. Me thinks that someone is not going to Tokyo now.

Now that things just got real I am thinking that Kouichi is going to question people on what the heck is going on. Obviously after a certain month things become safe. So….I expect this series to be wrapped up before that month. XD Yay for body counts.

Important things I noted:

The bird feathers in the still after the opening song. That bird IS saying the wrong name.

Mom was from Class 3 but lived long enough to have Kouichi. So the curse follows you even if you flee (despite the students thinking otherwise).

Family members might be compelled to send their kids to Class 3 to satisfied the grudge. Like Dad tried to leave this town but was forced to bring Kouichi back and Auntie can't help at all.

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