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mossy-aro · 1 year
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Ace/aro books coming out this year that I’m looking forward to!
Is Love the Answer by Uta Isaki - stand-alone manga about a college girl who discovers she is aroace. The same mangaka also did ‘Mine-kun is Asexual’ a couple of years ago which I liked, though it was much shorter, so I’m happy to see a full length release from them. This came out just last week, so I’m super excited to read it when it gets here!
I want to be a wall (Vol.2) by Honami Shirono - manga series - releasing 17th Jan. I already posted about how much I enjoyed Vol 1 of this series, but for recap it’s about an aroace woman and her lavender marriage to a gay man who is unrequitedly in love with his best friend. I’m really excited to see how their non-conventional relationship plays out :) it’s very slice of life and cozy!
I am Ace by Cody Daigle-Orians aka Ace Dad Advice - releasing 21 Feb 2023. I’m glad to see a book about a sexuality actually written for an ace audience, because I feel like a lot of aspec books/articles are aimed at raising awareness with allos. I’m excited to see how this one goes!
Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else - by Kayla Kaszyca and Sarah Costello - releasing 21 Feb 2023. I’ve listened to their podcast a bit over the years and I’m curious to see what they come up with in this book!
If you want to see a fuller list of all the ace and aro books coming out this year, check out this list HERE!
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morallygay · 1 year
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🟩⬜️⬛️ Animes for aro/ace people - Part 2 ⬛️⬜️🟪
The list was getting a bit too long so I decided to make a different post.
~if you see this post as a reblog, make sure to go to the original post, chances are I edited and updated it! ;)
part 1 here
“Yofukashi No Uta” / “Call Of The Night” (13 episodes)🔻
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The protagonist wants to become a vampire, but for that to happen you need to be bitten by a vampire you are in love with, and he’s aro (can be both seen as aroallo or acespec). It’s not canon canon in-universe, but like, it’s canon, that’s literally what the plot is about. It has awkward wording/takes coming from the characters sometimes but it got the spirit. I haven’t finished the manga but I’ve been told that the character’s aromance is not invalidated to the end, and the story is precisely about how he doesn’t need to be “fixed”. The show tackles amatonormativity and the value of platonic relationships :). If you can’t handle or don’t like sensual/sexual stuff though, know that it’s omnipresent.
“Shimanami Tasogare” / “Our Dreams At Dusk” (4 volumes)🔻
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An LGBTQ+ manga with multiple kinds of representation, including an AAA battery (character who is agender/nonbinary and aroace). Canon and they said the word! Although they didn’t differentiate between aromantic and asexual; in my translation they used ‘asexual’ and meant it as aromantic as well I assume.
“Death Note” (37 episodes)🔻🔹
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Another big one but I’ll assume you don’t know about it so, basically: So misogynistic it’s gay. But also so homophobic it’s aroace. And since it’s a psychological thriller, romance is virtually nonexistent, except for a side character annoying girl who is in LOVE with the protagonist. Protagonist who does not show any interest whatsoever in romance/sex. He’s a serial killer but #diversity win I guess. I have admittedly only read the manga once when I was 12 so I may not remember these things accurately.
“Jormungand” (12 episodes)🔻🔹
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A personal fav for its eccentric and amoral vibes and characters. I see the protagonist (woman with white hair) as aroace. Problematic points: she has a weird groomer thing going on with the kid character; it’s implied that she’s teasing and she kind of does this with everyone and it’s part of her personality but it’s still uncomfortable. Also a secondary woman character has romantic feelings for her. This is a cool point but it’s also eh because it’s done in a pretty fetishistic way.
Also heads up: our main cast are arms dealer and there’s violence and war and child soldiers and it’s morally ambiguous
“Mob Psycho 100” (37 episodes + 2 OVAs)🔹
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A must watch regardless. But in this context, a show about life wisdom and connection in the most fundamental human way, which makes it a very platonic show. Because of the nature of the relationships between the protagonist and the other main cast (master/‘parental’ figure, brother, intergenerational friendship), there is literally not even the place for shipping, apart from the 1 friend his age. And these platonic relationships, oh boy, are they explored and developed and heartwarming. The protagonist has an idealized crush on a girl and that’s the only romantic element there is, and it’s handled maturely and to carry the same main themes I mentioned earlier; it’s absolutely not there for the sake of being romanticized.
! Mp100 is a phenomenal show in many ways, queer representation is not one of them. it is very much incredibly cishet. warning for transmisogynistic humor.
“Kimi No Sekai Ni Koi Wa Nai” / “Is Love The Answer?” (1 volume)🔻
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Another manga. It is a queer manga specifically about aromance and asexuality, following an aroace character (touch repulsed) and their experience of comphet and general compallo, feeling alienated, and then learning about this identity, finding queer community and accepting herself. It delves into the topics of labels and identity, acknowledging and embracing fluidity, vagueness, and spectrums. It actually presents specific aspec microidentities I’ve never seen acknowledged anywhere else in fiction, much less explored. It made me feel like crying and kicking my legs with glee. I won’t go say everything it talks about but I truly recommend it for anyone, not just aspec people; in general but especially if you want to learn more about the world of aspec identities. (Also not that any are reading this but I recommend it to exclusionists. Like idk how you can read this and not feel it evident that aspec people are queer)
The same author also did a manga called “Mine-kun Is Asexual” prior to this one, and wrote other things on the topics of romance, sexuality and gender identity :)
“Koisenu Futari” (="two people who can't fall in love" idk the official engish translation if there is one) (8 episodes)🔻
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This is a japanese drama. I have broadened the original topic of these posts a bit but I realized that with the microscopic amount of representation we have, why would I intentionally deprive people from knowing about the existence of this show? It is specifically about aromance and asexuality, and follows 2 aroace people who decide to live together and form a queerplatonic relationship. There are many other elements to the story and it touches upon multiple aspects of the aspec experience (lol aspects aspec), starting obviously with allonormativity and amatonormativity. Also our 2 main characters are both fully aroace but the show does make the distinction between aromantic and asexual, and shows a alloromantic asexual character at one point just for that clarification.
“Last Gender” (2 volumes + 3rd and last one to be released in English in June)🔻
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Similar to Shimanami Tasogare; it’s an LGBTQ+ manga. This one is centered around a sex bar which 'accepts anyone of any gender or sexuality'. It has an aroallo character, a lithromantic character, and a character who, to my understanding, would be the closest labelled as greyromantic and greysexual. That’s just for the aspec characters but there are other, particularily underrepresented, identities and kinds of people in this manga, like a pansexual person, a bigender person, polyamorous people, or ‘simply’ a gnc woman.
content warning: it’s sexually explicit. I mean the setting is literally a sex bar.
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uta from one piece film: red is aroace and a demigirl (headcanon)
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daily-voca-recs · 4 months
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tuxibirdie · 9 months
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I just finished reading the manga Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki and oh my god
I am not articulate enough to fully explain how much I love this but I will try
I honestly didn't think it would hit me so hard but seeing a character figure out that shes aroace was so.. nice
the story didn't invalidate it at all and even talked about some of the bs people say abt aroacespec people (you just need to try it, you're a prude, etc.)
and the protagonist is genderqueer too!
it was just really super nice seeing a character I could almost fully relate to when it comes to sexual/gender orientation
and! and! the story addresses how sexuality and gender is fluid and labels aren't all-encompassing
like it explicitly says not every ace person has the same experience!!! there are many facets to asexuality!!!!! (and this applies to other orientations too!!)
omg and theres also a moment where the protagonist realizes she feels some kind of attraction to a fictional character (but not exactly romantic) and holy crap I FELT THAT
and I felt SO VALIDATED when that happened
cuz I have my fictional not-quite-crushes and sometimes I wonder if that make me not ace but no! I still am!!
I didn't realize how much I needed aroace representation until I read this, and now I sorely wish there was more
or at the very least I hope more people (queer or not) find and read more stories like this
I wish there was more understanding between people when it comes to this
goodness this made me so emotional sorry for the long post but seriously go read Is Love the Answer?
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jjs-brainrot · 10 months
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Welp, just read Is Love The Answer? and it is now going to be my go to manga to throw at people's faces when explaining the ace spectrum.
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The feeling of being an alien because you aren't on the same sexual/romantic wavelengths as everyone else, the sense of relief you feel when you find out there are other people like you and the worry that you might not fit into a particular brand of asexual. All of it just hits so home to my personal experience coming to terms with my asexuality.
Between having multiple ace/aro characters on different ends of the ace spectrum, the way the manga repeatedly makes the point that the ace spectrum is very nonconforming and fluid and that you don't need to play up or downplay your attractions to fit in the identity, this might be the most "I wish I had a time machine to give this to my past self" manga I've ever read. It would have def made my younger self's life a lot easier...
All of this while being a single 6 chapter volume that you can read all of in less than an hour. It's an easy recommend to everyone from me.
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nursquid · 2 years
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꒰﹒🥩ৎ୭ SAYA-THEMED FLAGS ︶︶︶🚑 。 。つ
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꒰﹒lesbian / veldian / bi
꒰﹒pan / 🥩☆🦑 / ace
꒰﹒aro / trans / enby
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enchantedspoons · 2 years
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Hey can the Aromantics confirm if Ko of Call of the Night is aro? Cause every time he says something I’m like “that’s super Aro of you, my dude.”
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Aromantic Defoko, but redone!
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sorry for disappearing like that, i just lost motivation for some reason. Also, I got logged out of Picsart and pretty much all the image files on my computer disappeared? for some reason?? but since it’s Pride month, i figured i’d start working on this blog again! ^0^ so, i decided to redo my aro Defoko icons since I got new, better transparents for her! (and also because i wanted a pride-themed icon for my main, but that’s besides the point)
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mossy-aro · 1 year
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my manga is hereeeeeeee !!!!
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aresthelostboy · 8 months
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Requests
Rules:
No female reader
No female characters
This is all gay shit
Seriously, I won’t be answering shit like ‘x fem!reader’ or anything
Might do FTM reader
No NSFW
I do poly!couples (from the same fandom)
I do angst, fluff, suggestive, headcannons, imagines, fics and such
Fandoms:
Metal Family (Dee, Glam)
Tokyo Ghoul (Uta, Nishio, Juuzou, Shuu, Ayato)
Twilight (Carlisle, Jasper, Aro, Caius, Marcus, Emmett, Alec)
Vampire Diaries (Damon, Klaus, Elijah, Kol, Finn)
Horror (Predator, Michael, Ghostface (Billy and Stu), Vincent Sinclair, Bo Sinclair, Deacon Frost, Eric Draven, Leatherface, Pyramid Head, Hannibal, etc.) If the character you want isn’t there, you can always request and find out.
The Boys (Homelander, Black Noir, Lamplighter, The Deep)
Kingsman (Agent Whiskey)
Creepypasta (Jeff the Killer, BEN Drowned, EJ, LJ, Jason the Toymaker, Bloody Painter, Ticci Toby, Candy Pop, etc.) If the character you want isn’t there, you can always request and find out
Resident Evil (Heisenberg, Leon Kennedy)
Spider-Man (Hobie, Pavitr, Miguel)
Call of Duty (Ghost, König)
American Horror Story (James Patrick March, Kai Anderson, Tate Langdon, Dandy Mott)
Obey Me (Lucifer, Mammon, Asmodeus, Satan, Beelzebub, Belphegor, Leviathan, Simeon, Diavolo, Barbatos)
Helluva Boss (Moxxie, Blitzø, Stolas, Striker, Fizzaroli, Asmodeus)
Other: Le Chiffre, Howl Pendragon, Jonathan Crane, SCPs, Billy Hargrove, Sally Face…
If a specific character isn’t here, please feel free to ask but be aware that I may either not know the character or dislike writing for them!
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aroaceinaerospace · 4 months
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since it's the start of a new year and I'm a bookworm, I figured I'd share some of the aspec books I read in 2023. I've added any of the big content warnings I can think of as well as a link to the books on storygraph where there are more in depth content warnings.
Fiction:
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Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt follows the titular character Wren Martin during senior year of high school as he becomes student council president and fights his vice president to try and get the school's Valentine's Day dance shut down. Wren is very much an externally grumpy person who becomes much more loveable as you get to know him and see the reasoning behind his grumpiness. Rep includes asexual main character and an aromantic side character, and note this book is a romance.
Is Love The Answer by Uta Isaki is a coming of age manga following Chika as she tries to find the answer to who she is and explores her identity. This book is full of aro and ace rep with different life experiences. CW for aphobia and attempted SA.
Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfred is a middle grade book following Lizzie in how a science class assignment helped lead her to an understanding of her asexuality. At the same time, Lizzie is having to adjust to a new home and changes in what was once familiar and safe. CW for aphobia, harassment.
Non-fiction:
*note: these books cover some triggering topics in different parts of them, including racism, SA, aphobia, and more
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Ace and Aro Journeys by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (TAAAP) is a really great overview of aspec identities, it gives more time to aro identities than a lot of other books, and provides quotes and information from people on various parts of the spectrums. This book brings in some intersectionality, though it is more broad than a deep dive.
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown, which has been my favorite read. This book is fantastic if you're ready for a deep dive into intersectionality and some deeper history on asexuality. This book, despite being very short, is a much heavier read content-wise, but it is very thought provoking and will stick with you. Each chapter gives you content warnings up front for the materials that will be addressed in the chapter. Personally, this book has been my favorite book on the subject and I intend on reading it many more times to capture more of the nuance.
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aspec-manga-snom · 7 months
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My Aspec Manga List
This list will be continuously updated from time to time.
Everything on this list will be my personal recommendations for manga that either give off the aspec vibes, have a canon character or have an indirectly labeled character. I will admit a lot of these may be headcanons more than anything, but they aren't without their backing.
I'm using the term aspec as an umbrella term for arospec and acespec.
Trigger Warning Key:
*Contains Sexual References (Jokes, Mentions, etc.)
+Depictions of Sexual Imagery/Complete Nudity (Usually won't go that far, but just to be safe.
-Homophobia,Transphobia, Aphobia, etc.
!Themes of Suicide
/Gratuitous Violence, Gore
Aspec Stories with Canon Characters:
In which the words are said.
Mine-Kun is Asexual by Isaki Uta (ace)
My Astible by Amupaka * (aroace and demiaroace)
Our Dreams at Dusk by Kamatani Yuhki *-! (aroace)
Is Love the Answer? by Isaki Uta - (aroace)
Sex Education 120% by Takaki Kikiki, Illustrated by Hotomura *+ (aroace)
I Want to Be a Wall by Shirono Honami (aroace)
Scum's Wish Décor by Yokoyari Mengo *+- (aroace) (sequel anthology, haven't read the original)
Ame ga Shinai Koto by Okaya Izumi * (aroace) (they don't say the words but "never falls in love" is just right there)
Bloom into You by Nio Nakatani * (aroace) (demiromantic lesbians)
Kiryuu-sensei wa Renai ga Wakaranai by Haruka Ono * (aroace)
Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku by Umi Takase *-! (alloace)
Ano Yoru no Pool by Pukupuku (aroallo)
Romantic Killer by Wataru Momose * (aroallo)
Hatsukoi, Catharsis by Nuko Hatokawa * (gayace)
Lilies and Voices Born Upon the Wind by Mei Renjouji *- (aroace) (pan, demiace)
She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki (ace lesbian)
Sensitive Boy by 46 *+! (aroace supporting)
Basically Unconfirmed but Implied Aspec Headcanons (Some Personal, Some Universal):
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. by Asou Shuuichi (aroace)
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Yamada Kanehito, Illustrated by Abe Tsukasa * (aroace)
Oshi no Ko by Akasaka Aka *! (aroallo)
It's Not Meguro-san's First Time by 9℃ *+ (alloace and aroallo)
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Usui Shio *- (demiaro ace lesbians)
Last Gender: When We Are Nameless by Taki Rei *+-! (arospec aspec)
Umi ga Hashiru End Roll by Tarachine John (aroace)
Fly Me to The Moon by Hata Kenjiro * (aroace)
I Think Our Son Is Gay by Okura *- (aroace)
Renai Daikou by Akasaka Aka, Illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm * (arospec)
Spy x Family by Endou Tatsuya */ (aroacespec) (I'll die on this hill)
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda *+-!/ (aroace)
The Apothecary Diaries by Hyuuga Natsu & Nanao Ikki, Illustrated by Nekokurage *!/ (aroacespec)
Something Like the Dust That Is My World by Amano Shuninta*+- (aroallo)
Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e by Tsumuji Yoshimura *+-! (aroacespec) (kinda bad ideology of gender binary)
Dr.Stone by Riichiro Ingaki, Illustrated by Boichi * (aroace)
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun by Izumi Tsubaki * (aroace)
My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara, Illustrated by Aruko * (aroace)
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge by Nozomi Uda * (aroallo)
Skip & Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu * (demiaro? demiace?) (strong platonic relationships)
Dungeon Meshi by Kui Ryoko*!/ (aroace)
Girl Meets Rock! by Kuwahali, illustrated by Tetsuo Ideuchi (aro)
Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! by Miman *+ (aro & demiaro coded)
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joseinextdoor · 6 months
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Chatty AF: Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga
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It's Ace Awareness Week, making it the perfect time to plug the two-part aspec rep podcast I did with Cy and Alex for Chatty AF! Because what better way to learn than through geekery? 💜🖤
✨️ Transcripts Included ✨️
Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga - Part 1: General Discussion and Animanga Grab Bag
Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga - Part 2: The Isaki Uta Appreciation Hour
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animefeminist · 1 year
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Chatty AF 182: Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga – Part 2
Catch up on part one here!
Dee, Alex, and Cy return to their discussion of asexual and aromantic coding, and dive deep into the works of Uta Isaki!
Episode Information
Date Recorded: February 1, 2022 Hosts: Dee, Alex, Cy
Episode Breakdown
0:00:00 Intro 0:00:35 Mine-kun is Asexual and sex-repulsed vs non-sex-repulsed 0:18:06 Ace stereotypes 0:20:55 Is Love the Answer? 0:22:58 Allosexual social and societal pressure 0:31:56 Ishi, mentorship, and aromantic relationships 0:35:26 Ume and sex repulsion for heteroromantic men 0:45:33 Asexuality as an orientation vs identity 0:52:00 Hopes for future ace/aro rep in media 1:00:00 Outro
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dreaminglain · 5 days
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I'm "new"
I used to use tumblr almost daily back in 2012-2018. Then things happened and I stopped. There is too meny bad memories and failed friendships assoicated with my old blog so I starting a new one.
anyway, if you could like this post if we share intrests, that would be prefered.
animes:
serial experiments lain
madoka magica
wonder egg priority
higurashi (especially gou)
happy sugar life
school live!
pscho pass
bocchi the rock
gushing over magical girls
lucky star
Games:
doki doki literure club
old rpgmaker horror games (ib/witches house/misao, ect)
needy streamer overload
the coffin of andy and leyley
corpse party
corpse factory
not for brodacst
saya no uta
omori
degrees of lewdity
other media:
mlp
helluva boss/hazbin hotel
owl house
she ra
heathers
riamu yumemi
steven universe
the old archie sonic comics
bang bang your dead
vocaloid
vibes/astetics
yandere
limanal spaces
webcore/glitchcore/old web nistlogia
cottagecore
hikikomori/trashcore
edgy
guro
despression core
pixel art
pastel gore
socal/ political
aro/arosepc vibes (im arospec)
general political discorse
lgbt specific political discorse
autsim (im on the spectum)
memes
true crime
guns
free speech discorse
bpd/hpd/npd stuff
feminism discorse
please avoid following or interacting if:
you are a minor (makes me uncomferatble) not only this but Im not promessing I'll never post anything thats not innopropate for minors, though that kinda stuff insnt the main focus of my blog
you post unlabled AI (ai art/pictures without telling people they are ai)
you are generaly uncomfertable with discorse/problematic things. Alot of my insterests revolve around being edgy of conroversal so if that bothers you, this isnt the place. Also I'm mentaly ill and I may post about that, just a heads up
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