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shinidamachu · 9 months

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Hello ma’am at Wendy’s; could you analyze some inukag scenes in the first movie? 😍

I could talk about how Inuyasha was strugling in the first battle — to the point of Shippo stating he's hopeless when Kagome isn't around — and how he headed back to it with renewed energy once she got there.

I could talk about how he bickers with her the entire time, but it's always so gentle while constantly carrying her away from danger — bridal style, no less — and asking her in that soft voice we don't ever hear him use with anyone else if she is alright even though he was the one just getting his ass beaten.

I could also talk about how he follows after Kagome when she runs off, supposedly to "give her a piece of his mind" yet doesn't deny it when Shippo counter arguments that she got him wrapped around her finger. I could. But that's just our everyday Inukag, so here are the scenes I feel like are worthy discussing on a deeper level.

When Inuyasha found Kagome after she accidentally cut herself, he got closer, wanting to take a better look at her wound, but for a second there Kagome forgot about her injury and really thought he was going to kiss her. You can see her surprise at his sudden proximity and then the disappointment when he goes for her hand instead.

Then he took her finger to his mouth, to the place where his fangs are, without overthinking it or fearing any judgement, simply trusting that Kagome wouldn't be scared or disgusted by the gesture, by him. And she never does. What really makes this scene, though, is that Inuyasha is completely oblivious to the effect his actions are having on her so far or just how intimate they actually are.

Kagome's safety is his number one priority and Inuyasha feels comfortable enough with her to follow his instincts without reservations, so he doesn't quite realize the romantic implications because it's natural to him, to them, to be this close.

Then Inuyasha uses Kagome's favorite handkerchief to patch her up. Considering she sounds more upset about him ripping it to do so than surprised that he has it in the first place and that he doesn't seem embarrased to have it at all, my guess is that she must have gifted it to him at some point.

And even though he claims it's just a piece of cloth, the fact remains that he carried it with himself for who knows how long — probably because it smells like her — and kept it intact despite the many battles, that is until she needed it as a bandage and we get visual confirmation that Shippo was right: Kagome literally got him wrapped around her finger.

Flash forward to the bridge scene, where Inuyasha thinks he's seeing Kikyo at first, then notices is actually Kagome in priestess clothes and runs to her. If you ask me, it's pretty telling that he'd only mistake the two of them when Kagome isn't acting like herself.

I love his reaction to realizing Kagome is there, safe and sound. He's just so genuinelly happy and relieved to see her. Those aren't emotions we're used to get from him. Plus, he worries about her being pale and insists that she gets back to Kaede's so she can get more rest.

Then when Kagome hugs him, he apologizes — which we also don't see him do often — for not getting to her sooner, thinking that's what earned him that hug. And he returns her embrace in true Inuyasha fashion: tight and cradling her head.

That's when Kagome pulled this little trick and I think two things are worthy noticing. One, she managed to break free from the mind control long enough to tell Inuyasha to get away. That's quite impressive. Two, when confronted with the idea of Kagome betraying him, Inuyasha came to the only possible conclusion that she was under a spell, never once doubting her.

He makes one attempt to reason with her, pleading for Kagome to snap out of it, but when that fails, he doesn't even try to immobilize her or adopt a defensive stance, he just runs, flat out refusing to lay a hand on her, the opposite of his fighting style.

And even though Inuyasha knows Kagome is being controled, I still appreciate his reaction to hearing the one person who makes him want to live telling him to die. Not to mention how it brought back some very unpleasent memories. Speaking of which...

What's interesting about this scene is that, again, Inuyasha knows this is Kagome attacking him — although against her will — but the very idea of her hurting him is so inconceivable that Inuyasha tries to make sense of it with the situations he has experienced before.

Then Kagome explained she has no control over her body and just can't stop, begging him to run again before it's too late. Inuyasha, however, wouldn't hear it.

"I'm not running. Not without you. I won't leave you behind."

And honestly, who would have blamed him if he had run? Certainly not Kagome. She understands better than anyone just how difficult reliving those old traumas must be for him. Yet he would rather stay and die by her hands than leave without her.

That's why she fought so hard against the spell here, in a way she couldn't quite fight when it wasn't Inuyasha's life on the line. Until the very end, she refuses to be the one to cause Inuyasha the same harm he has suffered before. But she ultimately fails.

It's only after Kagome realizes what she's done that she manages to break the spell. It's very meaningful that she screams his name the exact moment it happens and that her eyes were full of tears even before she shot that arrow.

She runs to Inuyasha and wraps him into one of my favorite Inukag hugs ever. The position they're in is so intimate, it's like she wants to melt into him and protect him from the entire world while begging him to say something and open his eyes, chanting how sorry she is.

It also parallels the scene in the beginning. Same spot, similar situations. Except where once was Kagome injured, now is Inuyasha and where once was him patching her up, now it's her who is taking care of him.

Kagome doesn't let go of Inuyasha for a good while and when Kikyo tells her to return to her own time, since she doesn't belong there, Kagome answers that she won't, that she can't leave Inuyasha — echoing his words from earlier.

Even after Kikyo explains that once the well it's covered over, Kagome won't be able to return to her own world anymore, she is still reticent about leaving Inuyasha and Kikyo has to literally force her out.

"Inuyasha! My hands can't touch him anymore. My voice can't reach him anymore. I won't see Inuyasha ever again."

I absolutely love how classic Inukag this quote is. You have Kagome saying his name twice, a mention of touching, which is a huge part of their love language, a nod to her voice reaching out to him, which is a recurrent theme for them and "I won't see Inuyasha ever again" as opposite to our many "I want to see Inuyasha once more."

Another thing I love is how this scene mirrors the one when Kagome first meets Inuyasha: unconscious against the Sacred Tree, her hand reaching out to him. Except then she ended up saving him later and now she was the reason he was there.

Then we finally get to the reunion scene, the heart of "Affections Touching Across Time" which by the way is such a great name for the movie! Not only is it poetic, but it also paints Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship as the transcendental love story that it is. As if no matter the circumstances, it's inevitable for the love the feel for each other to find its way back to them.

Inuyasha wakes up and Kagome is his very first thought. For her part, Kagome is also able to feel Inuyasha through the tree.

"I can feel him. I can feel Inuyasha."

They start to talk even though they're years and years apart, Kagome asking if he is okay and Inuyasha brushing her worries off as usual. He then says he's surprised she isn't there and when Kagome says she came back home, he teases her about being scared.

Kagome denies it and I believe it's because she was initially thinking about the dangerous situation they were in, but then images of Kikyo telling her to go home and kissing Inuyasha flashes through her mind and she admits that e was right, that maybe she did run away.

She did get scared, but not of the danger they were facing. She was scared to find out Inuyasha was truly in love with Kikyo and that, since Kagome hurt him, he would be better off without her around.

Once Kagome explains that to him — minus the Kikyo part — Inuyasha gets up despite his wounds and tries to make his way to her, but Kagome meets him half way.

@kitramune pointed out that Inuyasha smiles at her reaction because not only he knew she would do so, but he also expected her to in order to pull her into a hug.

"I need you with me, Kagome. Haven't you realized that yet?"

Their hug is also a perfect replica of the original one, their very first one. From Inuyasha having a wound on his chest to catching Kagome completely off guard, first pulling her towards him then embracing her tight.

The scene is a masterpiece overall. The music, the dialogue, the voice acting — both in japanese and english —, the emotional conflict. It keeps me wishing it had happened in canon every time I watch it.

And I can't in good conscience leave the ultimate trusting exercise out of this. That Kagome trusts Inuyasha enough to jump into his arms from great heights it's pretty amazing in and out of itself, but the reason her confidence in him is so high is because he delivers it every time. It's all very reciprocal.

And even though Inuyasha complains about her being reckless, I love that he doesn't even bother to sheathe Tessaiga — his most valuable possession — too focus on catching Kagome in the gentlest way possible.

Last but not least: the extra scene. In the beginning of the movie, we hear Grandpa Higurashi say that the Sacred Tree would blossom every single year without fail, until five hundred years ago, when Inuyasha was put under a spell and fixed to its truck, to which Kagome replies that now its flowers are blooming again because she set Inuyasha free.

The blossoms represent just that: a counterpoint to the snow that once fell over them. They're both pretty but where the snow is cold, the petals are warm. Where one is winter, the other is spring. Where one is the end of a cycle, the other is rebirth, it's life.

I hope putting Inuyasha on the shadows and Kagome on the sunny side of the tree was a conscious creative choice here because it accentuates their personalities and the yin and yang dynamic of their relationship, on top of being aesthetically pleasing.

I especially enjoyed how reassuring and straight forward he was here, like it was a given that he would be there for and with her even if it couldn't be physically, like he couldn't fathom any other way.

And of course, there's the way Inuyasha is so aware of her and constantly worried about her well being, noticing how exhausted she was and being concerned she might collapse while having a severe injury on his own chest.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Sango telling Kagome to be careful and Kagome replying that she'll be fine because she'll be with Inuyasha. The villain saying "I've never seen anything more pathetic than a half demon cuddle by a mortal girl" and Kagome going "why? What's wrong with us being together?" Kagome still feeling awful about hurting Inuyasha and thanking him when he insisted that "it's barely a scratch."

#I've watched the Inuyasha movies once each #And I never really planned on revisiting them because to be honest I don't particularly consider them canon #Plus the animation was atrocious at times #So I figured I'd just rewatch the most memorable scenes whenever I feel nostalgic #But I watched the whole thing for you Kat #And I actually had a great time doing it #Inuyasha #Sidmailing #Affections Touching Across Time #Kagome #Kagome Higurashi #Inukag #Inumeta #Inukag meta #Inuyasha meta #Kagome meta

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romancemedia · 1 month

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☆MOVIE CHALLENGE - Day 19☆

Inuyasha Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)

#Inuyasha #Anime #Moments #30 Day Challenge #InuKag #Inuyasha x Kagome #Kagome Higurashi #Miroku #Sango #Kikyo #Shippo #Kilala

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rins-hogosha · 1 month

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I wanted to make a poll to see which movie is the most popular. From what I've seen in the past few years, I think the 3rd movie was the most popular (before YH appeared and ruined Sesshomaru for a lot of people) as a life-long Sesshomaru hater, my favourite was always the fourth movie. It's just a good time and I enjoyed the plot.

Anyway, this poll will be up for a week so please vote! Because I wanna see which one wins :)

#inuyasha #inuyasha movies #poll #anime #what the fuck do i even tag #kagome higurashi #sango #sesshomaru #miroku #yeah im gonna be that annoying bitch who chucks this into the character tags #only this once... only once

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la-hannya · 2 years

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"You're Inuyasha's older brother..."

Kikyo- Inuyasha movie 1: Affections touching across time

Sesskik X

#inuyasha #kikyo #kikyou #sesskik #sesshoumaru x kikyo #og sesshoumaru #og sesshomaru

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gillotto · 1 year

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Apart from Ranma 1/2, what do you think of the other works of Rumiko Takahashi?

I was actually into Inuyasha before I discovered Ranma 1/2. I remember watching it on TV and getting so pumped when new episodes aired, I rewatched the movies Swords of An Honourable Ruler and Affections Touching Across Time over and over lmao. I think it was due to an ad in the back of an Inuyasha manga volume I’d taken out from the library that led me to Ranma 1/2, which became a Hyperfixation that’s over a decade strong now. Nowadays, Inuyasha is very nostalgic to me but I also kinda cringe at what a massive fucking dweeb I still am was and so now it’s kinda just this sorta thing I hold an equal mix of affection yet embarrassment for.

I tried to watch/read Maison Ikkoku but found myself unable to get through it because Kyoko…kinda drove me crazy. There was just so many misunderstandings that would have been avoided if they’d just talked to each other omg, and where Ranma 1/2 can get away with those antics a bit more because of the genre and the character’s ages, in Maison Ikkoku they’re all grown ups so my patience for it ran thin quickly.

I couldn’t get into Mao, tried the manga when it first started coming out but it didn’t grab me. Same for Rin-ne. I’ve found the characters in both those series to be kinda flat. Apparently the fact that Rin-ne’s Sakura is so lacking in emotion is the point of her character but….eh.

Never read/watched Urusei Yatsura. I found Lum and Ataru and their dynamic to be a bit, idk, insufferable? I’ve never given it a fair shot however so I won’t say much more, that’s just the impression I’ve gotten for the outta context shit I have seen over the years.

I enjoyed One Pound Gospel, but I’m sad that the final volume just…doesn’t exist anywhere online and also seems impossible to buy a physical copy of.

Never read/watched Mermaid Saga, either, but I’ve heard it’s her darkest work tonally/thematically so I’ve always been curious to check it out, just never got around to it.

#anon ask #Jade speaks #Jade answers asks #anon #ranma 1/2 #Inuyasha #Rin-ne #Mao #Maison Ikkoku #One Pound Gospel #Mermaid Saga #urusei yatsura #rumiko takahashi

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flamingblinglove · 1 year

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I have my answer and I'm interested to see what others think too. Feel free to reblog and increase the sample size hehe, or leave your thoughts about Inuyasha in the tags too because this series is one of my favourite anime/manga series ever <3

#posts by reiko #well i know which movie i definitely liked the least lol #let's see what everyone else thinks

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chilewithcarnage · 1 year

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how would u rank all the inuyasha movies

S Tier- The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, Swords of an Honorable Ruler

A Tier- Fire On the Mystic Island

B Tier- Affections Touching Across Time

#anon #inuyasha

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simpin-shark · 11 months

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My first ever husbando, Inuyasha from the animes Inuyasha, Inuyasha The Final Act, and Yashahime! There were also 4 movies: Affections Touching Across Time, The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, Swords of an Honorable Ruler, and Fire on the Mystic Island!

I grew up with Cartoon Network and one night I remember staying up super late and finding Adult Swim. That’s when I saw him. Inuyasha…my all time favorite anime ever, and my first ever crush. I fell in love with him so fast. All I could ever think about was Inuyasha. I started to draw the characters, very poorly I might add since I had no art experience, and became obsessed with the show. I tried to watch it as often as I could, but being in Elementary school made it difficult ^_^’

I love Inuyasha, everything about him. His personality, his strength, his character design, and all of his different emotions. I love when he’s protective of Kagome and his friends, I love when he has his derp moments, and how he never backs down.

I always cried when it showed him all by himself as a child. When he wanted to play with the others and they ignored him and laughed at him. How he innocently didn’t understand why they treated him like that. I cried knowing he lost his mom, knowing that the only person at the time who loved him passed away and he was left all alone. The flashbacks of him running from the other demons and hiding, they broke my heart. Then finding love in Kikyo and having it all ripped away by Naraku…he had such a hard life. All because he was a half demon…all because he fell in love with someone who was protecting a powerful jewel sought out by many horrible demons…Inuyasha didn’t deserve any of what happened to him.

I’m so happy for him now. Knowing he gained so many friends, knowing he defeated Naraku, and knowing he finally got his happy ending…all in all, Inuyasha will always be my first ever husbando <3

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inukag · 2 years

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I wanna say that finding your profile really saved my day! I've finished the anime and I was so disappointed and heartbroken by the way they treated Inukag relationship...at the point I didn't even appreciate the kiss for the way they have depicted them in the last arc. After reading some of your analysis I'm so relieved 😭💞

I also wanted to ask you your opinion over the first Inuyasha movie "Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time". I really liked the Inukag interaction and find really enjoyable the 'tree thing', in fact I don't understand why their relationship is so much more clear in this film than the original anime. I also really liked that Kikyo appears like the complex character she really is and the dialogue with Kagome is not so bad compared to the only anime talks they have. (At least for me)

Again, I really love your work and you made my day 💞

Hello! That's so awesome to hear, I'm so glad my analysis helped you enjoy Inukag a bit more! I'm definitely not 100% satisfied with the way everything was handled even in the manga, but I do think a lot of people in the fandom overlook important things, especially when it comes to Inuyasha's feelings. Expecting him to say "Hello Kagome I choose you over Kikyo" is unrealistic, you have to pay attention to what he does and understand that the situation is more complicated than "choosing between his ex and her reincarnation".

As for the first Inuyasha movie, I would say it's my favorite out of the four Inuyasha movies we got! I heard Rumiko Takahashi (the author/creator of Inuyasha) was more involved in that one than the others, and I think it shows. I loved the scene at the sacred tree as well, because the tree is one of the most important symbol in their relationship: it's where they first met, it's where Kagome brought Inuyasha 'back to life', there's a scar where Inuyasha was pinned that is visible 500 years in the future that reminds Kagome of Inuyasha's existence in the past, etc. It made sense for the tree to be used as actual, connection between them that allowed them to talk when they were separated (we don't talk about how the tree was bastardized in yashahime). I also loved the hug and Inuyasha admitting that he needs Kagome by his side, it felt very in-character. I think you find this scene enjoyable and it makes Inuyasha's feelings clearer than it is in the anime because it is very close to a manga-only scene that happened early in the series:

Him admitting that he needs Kagome is something that he did canonically, in chapter 72, but unfortunately it wasn't included in episode 21 of the anime where it should have been. Maybe the movie was a way to fix this "mistake" Sunrise made while adapting the early chapters of the manga 🙃

Kikyo was also not portrayed accurately in the anime, they made her a lot more "villainous" than she is in the manga. Things like laughing maniacally after trying to kill Kagome or pulling a knife on Inuyasha never happened in the manga.

She's definitely still morally grey and antagonistic at the beginning, but the anime made her.... cartoonishly evil, which I didn't like at all. Her portrayal in the first movie being closer to her manga characterization is probably why you find her more interesting there, I think. The only part I didn't like was her screaming at Kagome to leave, it felt ooc to me, but the rest was good.

So overall I will give you the usual recommendation I give to everyone: read the manga! 😁 It's not perfect either but I enjoy it a lot and it's what made me love Inukag so much. I hope you have a great day!

#ask #sylvya-from-asgard

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brazenlip · 1 year

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Nine People You Want to Know Better

Thank you so much for tagging me, @sarahlizziewrites!!

Rules: Answer all the questions, then tag 9 people you want to get to know better!

Three ships: ikesoren, kazuscara & franmaya

First ship: morgan & hunter from an obscure early 2000s book series called Sweep (or Wicca if you're from Europe apparently)

Last song I listened to: Freya by Maria Celin

Last movie I watched: The first Inuyasha movie, Affections Touching Across Time

Currently reading: Nothing at the moment, I do plan to read Moby Dick this year, as well as The Binding written by Bridget Collins, it was recommended to me by a friend.

Currently craving: fishsticks

As for who I want to know better: @circuitouskeg, @calicojackofficial, @faytelumos & @horrormama and anyone else is free to pop on this tag too!

#tag game #get to know tag

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rnm-magic-space-xsd · 2 years

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If I was (My F/O Chooses)

A color

Lilac

An animal

A Swan

A fruit

🍓

A Strawberry

A type of weather

Rainstorm

A flower

Pink Peony

A season

Christmas/Hanukkah Time

A place

New Zealand Tekapo

A movie

Inuyasha The Movie Affections Touching Across Time

A princess

Kaguya-Hime

Time of day

🎑

The Witching Hour

An aesthetic

🏡

Cottagecore

A star

🌠

A Wishing Star

A feeling

Peace

#if I was #bf chooses trend #f/o chooses trend

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adamwatchesmovies · 4 years

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Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2004)

Unless you’re a fan of the Inuyasha TV show, there nothing in Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time for you. Even for fans of the series, there’s nothing about this 100-minute movie that’s any better than watching a 5-episode story arc.

Kagome (Moneca Stori) is a normal 16-year-old who falls into her family's well. The plunge transports her back in time to feudal Japan where she finds a half-demon named Inuyasha (Richard Ian Cox), the two go on a search for the shards of the Shikon Jewel, which empower any demon who possesses them and when reassembled, has the ability to turn Inuyasha into a full demon. Having fallen for him, Kagome hopes to convince him, instead to become fully human. On their quest, Kagome and Inuyasha are joined by a cursed lecherous monk named Miroku (Kirby Morrow) and a female demon hunter Sango (Kelly Sheridan).

Our heroes now face a powerful new enemy, the insect-affiliated Menomaru (Vincent Gale), who seeks to use the power of Inuyasha’s sword, the Tetseiga, in order to rule the world.

The obvious love and dramatic plots which receive minimal development in order to string the audience along, the overabundance of comic relief characters are flaws found in the TV series and are therefore "not this film's fault". The problem with Inuyasha the Movie is the same you can expect from any number of movies based on television series from Japan: the film has no consequences or bearings on the story whatsoever. The personalities of the characters are not developed further and they don't learn anything new or experience injuries that will haunt them later, no one gets killed, no new ground is broken at all. You could be a huge fan of the Inuyasha show, never even hear about this movie and not notice.

The plot is exactly like the plot of the television show. We are introduced to a bad guy and, surprise, surprise, it’s a demon. This time, however, he’s not after the shards of the Shikon jewel but after ultimate power! What is he going to do after he kills every living thing on Earth? Nobody knows because he never speaks or dreams of anything else. Menomaru is a bland, one-dimensional villain. He has two sexy female sidekicks but they don’t really have personalities either, just colourful powers to distract Sango and Miroku while Inuyasha and Kagome save the day. Instead of showing Inuyasha’s half-brother Sesshomaru and making teenage girls SQUEE pointlessly, how about pushing something, ANYTHING, further?

The dialogue in the film is frustrating and repetitive. It’s typical in Japanese television to have characters spell out what is happening, but is it necessary to have it in the English dub as well? I can tell that Inuyasha is passing out because his eyes are glazing over and he is starting to lose his balance. I don’t need him to tell me. As for the story itself, it alternates between nutty and cliché-ridden. There is a part where some of Inuyasha’s teammates get mind controlled by one of Menomaru’s minions. What do you bet the thing that breaks the spell is either friendship or love? Give me a break. I also really don’t think the people who wrote the film understand how time travel works. As Menomaru's power grows, he begins draining power from the future, which plunges Japan in a perpetual winter. Wouldn’t that create all kinds of weird time paradoxes?

On a technical level, the movie isn’t particularly impressive either. The animation is about as good as the TV show, with a scene of badly integrated CGI thrown in to show us how awesome Menomaru’s powers are. You’ve got all of the typical anime action movie tropes on display. This, combined with the abundant exposition makes it easy to follow.

Affections Touching Across Time isn’t terrible, but it’s completely inconsequential. It’s only for die-hard fans of the television series that just can’t get enough of it, even when it gets repetitive. If you do see it, stick around for a post-credit scene. (English dub on DVD, September 17, 2014)

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