Endless Eight Ends

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Even newspapers have been reporting that the seemingly interminable Endless Eight arc has finally ended, perhaps in order to prevent civil unrest.

Speculation now falls on whether all or part of “Disappearance” will make its way into the season. A cliffhanger or lack of the arc would probably mean the story will never see the light of day as an animation, as it is hard to see another season arising out of this fiasco, and even the novels are in a state of indefinite hiatus.

Observers are united in their curiousity as to how well DVDs containing the episodes will sell; Kadokawa looks set to employ some underhanded means to avoid the humiliation of having four DVDs of the same episode being bought only by Haruhi fetishists…



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    Comment by Anonymous
    16:45 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Hold your breath people. Time's gonna loop back a month or two this Sunday 12am.

    Comment by TOTEONE

    ARGHHHHH

    If that happens and I find out I'll track you down and kill ya!

    Or Kadokawa rather...

    Seriously I hope they die. Waste of air time.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:11 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/383823.stm

    Suicide rate in japan increased as endless eight start lol!
    they blaming 'economy' But i am sure it just another word for 'anime'. :D

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:05 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Geez.. I really wanted this to continue until 31th of August...

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:05 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    pardon my stupidity, *31st

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:06 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    "pardon my stupidity, *31st"

    There's no pardons for anyone who would wish for more Endless Eight. You die by firing squad tomorrow.

    Comment by Niker
    09:53 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Jesus Christ has this been a long summer.

    Cheers;
    Nick

    Comment by Genius
    11:49 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still not reason enough for me to start watching this tripe.

    Comment by Saiko
    12:07 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    finally its over, I can start watching this series again without my brain shuting off. "or at least the last few episodes"

    There is no forgiving what they have done.
    And there is no way they can make up for it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Mikuru=Kyon's Sister

    Comment by Curious
    12:00 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Question. If Mikuru was actually Kyon’s Sister, wouldn't he had realized her sister's star shaped mole on her left chest during early childhood?

    Also, could anyone find any star shaped mole on Kyon's sister's chest on any official art work, scenes, figures and so forth.

    If true, may explain future mikuru's warning "Not to get close to me" toward Kyon.

    Also, pity Kyon staring at his own sister's boobs on the PC. Maybe it would crush his poor soul...or not.

    Comment by s0k
    14:36 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That would make a faptastic doujin.

    Comment by setsubouecchi
    11:21 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i only waiting what upload the video "KYON-KUN DENWA"x8.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:42 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Anyone noticed the credits at the end of the episode? What does that mean? Are they packing up and "season 2" goes byebye?

    Comment by Arcane Azmadi
    11:19 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I will never truly forgive or forget this fiasco, but if KyoAni go on to attempt to surprise us by treating the entire Endless Eight arc as a single episode and giving us another 10 new episodes in the second season I will at least tolerate their continued handling of the series. If, however, the new series ends in another 3 episodes without doing ANYTHING of worth then I will personally see their entire studio lynched. Out of gratitude for Clannad ~After Story~, I will at least kill them quickly.

    Comment by Cerenado
    06:46 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    NOOOO!!! Why must this fantastic troll end now?!?!
    I'M NOT BEING SARCASTIC HERE. I was actually expecting it to go for 1 more episode you know... I heard it would end in the 3rd week of august... I think.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:32 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So ehm... how did it end?

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:38 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:10 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    and thus the season ends... When do we get season 3?

    Comment by Lazydabear
    09:14 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thank god it ended leave us alone!

    Comment by Ryoko
    Comment by wagner
    08:29 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So sad that people eat this shit up and will still buy the DVDs thus proving kyoani dont need to put in any effort whatsoever cuz their fans will praise them regardless.

    Cancer of Anime.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:59 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fucking signed

    Comment by maxchain
    08:24 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm genuinely curious as to how the DVDs will do. If were lucky, those SOS twerps will finally drop off the radar again soon.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:37 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So how's the persistent loyal ones who still bought the whole series? how's it worth for the lost money? was it epic for an OVA? was it "OMG the moment of truth was so coool i could die now! *faint orgasm*, was the last episode ever made you the happiest loyalist in the world because what should happen there had to be soooo epic it should change the very foundation of your whole life like a new religion? Stand your ground dear loyal ones who would still like to defend the very last episode that it was so worth it made you cry for epic joy!

    Comment by Olias
    Comment by Total_GOD
    13:51 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    There is NO fucking hell I'll buy this SHIT !

    Comment by Full Armor Anonymous MK.II
    18:42 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Oh my...
    no moar "Kyon-ku Denwa~"

    Comment by TOTEONE
    19:17 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    yeah that could run about a hundred times at least.

    Comment by Drill
    18:53 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thank god its over but I wish you retards would stop dissing kyoani. They make one mistake and you wish for them to go bankrupt. I would probably ahte it if they went bankrupt. Their past record has been good so far.

    I won't forgive them for butchering Haruhi season 2, but i definitely think it would be a waste for them to the go bankrupt.

    Don't be stupid folks. Good production companies are hard to come by.

    Comment by TOTEONE
    19:18 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    We don't wish for them to go bankrupt. We wish for you to die.

    HUNDREDS OF MISTAKES

    GTH!

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:27 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hitler will be happy now.

    Comment by jaxom
    19:02 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    god's in his heaven all's right in the world.

    never before has this quote been more fitting for an anime

    Comment by TOTEONE
    19:19 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ahhh :(

    I so wish I'd gone through Sankoku's link for the first six episodes. But I couldn't make it out... maybe if the subtitles had lasted a bit longer.

    I've watched perfectly good animes two or three at once. Too bad I forgot I could do that.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:28 09/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Someday we'll remember this and laugh, and laugh, and laugh..."

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:47 10/04/2011 # ! Neutral (0)

    I liked the Endless Eight......... It was like Groundhog's Day (Bill Murray movie...), but... in anime form... Or maybe more like Higurashi? But without the gore... and every episode was the same... except for the animation in every episode. I bet the animators HATED the directors after this arc.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:08 09/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It finished on my birthday :D

    Comment by sevensky
    19:46 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    well endless eight shoved a lot of haruhi fans away already.wonder if they'll come back next week :(

    Comment by Metalbunny
    Comment by Anonymous
    01:07 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Does anybody know whose (it would have been one person who drove it) brilliant idea this was??

    Who is the actual name behind perpetrating this nonsense?

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I was so happy to see the end that I watched it twice. To finally see Kyon put an end to this. Just...so happy it's finally over.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:43 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    happy you watched 8 episodes of total fail for that ending? I expected something more intriguing than that since there was so much buildup of the 15 thousand plus loops. Disappointing really. happy it ending, sad it ended the way it did.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:46 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    happy it ended, not ending dumb tard

    Comment by sanimej2
    15:37 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So Endlees Eight has an ending? Go figutre...

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:13 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Endless Eight highlights:
    - Haruhi's ass
    - Nagato in sukumizu

    All in all it was a little annoying but those two made it tolerable.

    Comment by Shockerz
    16:46 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Finally, it's over for the endless eight which is making crazy for over 8 episodes of the same shit.

    Comment by ronallob
    13:44 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I heard a random rumor that someone said that this episode is the end of the season. Their reason for stating this was because of the credits and how there was real action in the credits as opposed to your usual credits.

    Comment by Forlourned
    14:27 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    True to form of most shows. But you have to remember that kyutard wants to be "edgy" and "unexpected".

    Comment by Forlourned
    14:25 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Just FF'd thru the latest episode and saw the last 6 minutes -because of course the rest was yet another recap of the last half dozen plus eps- that solved this dumb ass piece of shit. Seriously, this fucking story could of been done in THREE EPISODES.

    THREE FUCKING EPISODES!

    An EPIC Fuck-Up-Beyond-All-Recall FUBAR

    Kyutard, please disappear and let go all those great animators (you already got rid of a great director-director of the original'~Haruhi'-)to go somewhere else and do greater things than that Piece Of Shit.

    POS FUBAR EPIC SHAME...

    Epic Shame.

    Comment by LunarSD
    22:15 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Whatever anyone has to say about Haruhi these days, it's hard to deny the article pic here is damn fine.

    Comment by noxusrurles
    Comment by Anonymous
    17:07 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    And now see the DVD sales skyrocket!

    LOL JAPAN

    haruhiists reached a new level of retardation

    Comment by Jaruto
    18:36 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That was the gayest ending ever! >:(

    Comment by LOL
    19:34 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Why is everyone so happy? The next 6 episodes will be "The sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya" (same shit all over again)

    Comment by Lanis
    12:24 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't care, I'm done with Haruhi. All those thousands of years, and the one thing holding everyone back was Kyon not wanting to do his homework?! What kind of shit is that!? >_<

    Comment by Kaiji
    03:18 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm still not going to watch it.

    Comment by Icy-nee-san
    03:13 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still lol'ing at all the losers who are complaining about Endless 8 xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:56 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still lol'ing at all the losers who lol at the losers who are complaining about Endless 8 xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still lol’ing at all the losers who lol at the losers who lol at the looser who are complaining about Endless 8 xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still lol’ing at all the losers who lol at the losers who lol at the loser who are complaining about Endless 8 xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:45 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    C-C-C-Combo Breaker

    Comment by lovehate
    03:24 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Too little too late?

    Haven't all the sane, not boring people gotten over this season already?

    Comment by BeeWhyOhBee
    03:25 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    oh i thought more endless eight. make it endless 24

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:52 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Endless 24? Jack Bauer would've pwned that show... he'd solve everything in the first episode...

    Comment by neko
    03:47 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    oh hell yes. i dont even want to think if well get to see disappearance T_T

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:33 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't know if there was a preview, if not, I wonder if they're going to troll us next week with a Haruhi 2 recap episode. Or more Endless Eight for the hell of it.
    Yes, I have gone mad, I will never trust anime makers again.

    Comment by Olias
    04:00 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hah... EE Recap... hahahahaa.

    I wouldn't be surprised.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:04 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Kyoani will officially announce a marriage of Haruhi and the lucky Otaku who got the highest number of complete 2nd Season DVD Sets.

    YOU READ IT HERE FIRST.

    Comment by OverMaster
    03:36 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I might have made the sacrifice for Tsuruya.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:00 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I enjoy the series. I don't think the series itself is bad at all. In fact, the story is pretty well-done (especially if you read ahead in the novels) and is one of my favorites. The big problem with the series is just... the creators are doing the worst possible things they can to ruin it for us all... >.>;;;

    BTW, anyone else just think the staff is stubborn and wanted to have 14 episodes, but because of the future events of the novels, they didn't have enough room in the second season to put it all? So they used Endless Eight to fill up the season instead of fillers, which they don't want to get into at all...
    And possibly, the third season will not be as stupid?
    Disappearance is not the biggest story in the series so far, to me... Just one of the most confusing...

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:37 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm not buying one DVD. And that pic makes Haruhi's oppai malformed.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:13 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's mostly because of the tan lines... Well, that, or the fact that the left one is bigger and has the nipple set higher than on the right one.

    Either way, whoever drew this needs to look at an anatomy textbook; and practice more, but that goes without saying.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:47 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yes I was thinking the same, that oppai seems rare for me

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:39 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    they should extend the 14 episode limit, into maybe 24 or 26 episodes

    otherwise im still pissed

    Comment by Anonynonynonymous
    08:05 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I've been doing some thinking (rarely happens, but bare with me). This "series" is supposedly 28 episodes long including the old episodes thrown in. Assuming they include all episodes of series 1 (inc Mikuru movie) then that's 14 new episodes in total. 8 of those endless eight, one bamboo leaf rhapsody. That leaves 5 episodes for other stories. For disappearance to be done properly, they'd need to dedicate at least 4 of those to it so it doesn't seem like glossing over the story. Alternatively, they could air random short stories and piss everyone off even more.

    Comment by Kamanashi
    03:06 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm hoping for a 3rd season or even a short OVA series. They need something to make up for what they did.

    Comment by snail ojisan
    09:24 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i think the melancholy of haruhi-chan and nyoron churuya san were a sort of pre-emptive apology they need to put them on the dvds with the e8 eps. either that of give nagato and mini asakura a spin off series :3

    Comment by Firo
    05:03 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    > They need something to make up for what they did.

    K-ON!

    Comment by Kamanashi
    11:36 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    While I did like K-On!, it isn't something that can replace Haruhi for me.

    Comment by NitWit005
    03:39 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    They have the problem of not having that much light novel left.

    Comment by NitWit005
    12:34 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yes, but they don't own the rights to those novels. There was already a legal battle over the current ones.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:57 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Have you even READ the novels? They have only covered around 2~3 volumes' worth so far in two 'seasons', with 4~5 volumes still untouched.

    You call that 'not having that much left'?!

    Comment by Forlourned
    06:04 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You read that "NitTWIT"?

    There is NINE novelles already made! Problem with lack of novelles?!

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:50 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    what is "witnit"?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:05 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Uhh...there's a lot of light novel left. They've covered all of books one and three, and have had stories from books five and six. There are still chapters from five and six, not to mention books four, seven, and eight, so there's still a lot of material they can cover. I doubt they'll cover two, and nine is a two-parter which hasn't been concluded yet, but they still have quite a bit of material to work through.

    Comment by cobretti
    02:43 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Aren't DVDs for collecting purposes anyways? It shouldn't matter which episodes are in them, just give them pretty covers or something.

    Or they can include some dancing in the final episode and regain the sympathy of most of the fans. It's not like otakus are a complex kind.

    Comment by OverMaster
    03:39 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Believe it or not, some people actually watches the contents of their DVDs. Legends say you can watch it in your TV and even get some extra stuff as a bonus.
    I wouldn't give that last part much credit, however.

    Comment by Kamanashi
    04:09 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I know, I heard of this DVD watching stuff too. I for one just leave my DVDs sitting on a shelf and never watch them. As for the legend of the extras, I heard if you see them some how, you go crazy and chop your own penis off.

    Comment by KorTaku
    02:43 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    mmm. Controversy does generate a shitload of publicity, that is certain.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:36 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    In the next episode kyon bangs haurhi in the ass

    thats the only way people would watch this shit again

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    Comment by Forlourned
    06:00 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's a dead link you turkey.

    If you all want to fap to some Haruhi, select the Images tab and just type:

    Haruhi sex

    Group gang banging, Kyon(or mysterious boy) fucking(or raping), yuri scissoring and gay "Ranma" style boy to girl shit is to be found there.

    Comment by CowExtract
    10:09 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, I had a feeling that that pic was floating around SanChan, and I tried to find it, but it was taking forever. So, I uploaded it myself and posted that link. Guess I'll just have to sift through pages upon pages of Haruhi images... >sigh<

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    06:52 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This post was deleted. Reason: Inferior Double. MD5: 28e8c2e2a6ff64d57dd743f021cd0e94

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:20 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    it worked awhile ago.....

    Comment by No One Important
    02:31 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thank fucking god. Maybe the suicide rates will calm down a bit.

    Comment by Storm Wing
    06:35 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's about time...

    Comment by Dicken Von Schlong
    07:12 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES~!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm So AGREE!!!!!!!!

    Comment by sakaki1
    13:12 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i seriously wanted to die. xD

    Comment by air
    03:59 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Moments ago at the White House,

    My fellow Americans, at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in Anime history that will come to be known as the Endless Era, eight long weeks characterized by unprecedented aggression, a sharp decrease in fanservice, and sustained trolling from overseas. The insanity is over. After a long, dark period, the sun is finally rising again over America, and the world at large. We look forward to a bright new dawn not seen since the glory days of season one. The time has come to put Endless Eight behind us. - The President

    Comment by giascle
    13:38 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    YES WE CAN

    YES WE CAN

    Comment by Hangmen
    04:02 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    And anime... anime never changes.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:18 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's more than 30 pages, you know. Page 7 through 85, to be exact. In the original, anyway. Most people probably have to read those sub-par "translations" which really are quite terrible.

    But yeah. Glad it's over. Episode 2, 3 and the last...5 or 6 minutes of number 9 is all you need. Sad.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:53 08/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Anime never changes."

    +1 Internet for hilarious Fallout reference.

    Comment by Chrouya
    09:52 29/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Endless references.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:12 09/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Not fallout. MGS4!

    Comment by Mikurus Boobs
    20:22 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sweet fuckin' ^&%$#~!- I'm soo glad it's over! In a way the last 5-6 minutes was such a weight lifted off - It almost felt cathartic.

    Why didn't Nagato just say "Hey!- shit head do your homework!" or why can't future Mikuru warn someone to make Kyon do his friggin' list the first time! - I know, no story.

    So glad it's fuckin' over.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:56 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    What was the point of the censorship after the word "fuckin'" if you already swore?

    Comment by Forlourned

    What a huge Fucking waste of animation was this huge Ass-Raping waste of a great NOVELLE 30 PAGE story telling.

    Oh. I still hope that kyotard goes bankrupt soon when the 'K-ON' money dries up and they see Nothing in sells for this crap.

    And this piece of shit handled story can be watched by the unknowing public with a HUGE warning to NOT watch ep 4 thru 8 because they'd only be pressing the FF button first during 5 and then Skipping till 9... in fact.

    =====================
    NOTE to Japanese english reading otakus: Skip the renting of volume 2 (which includes ep.3 but I'd still advice you skip it to Not waste money) to volume 4. You'll enjoy it if such steps where had.

    Ep 2,3 & 9 of the NEW releases is ALL you need to watch for this story to fully enjoy '~Haruhi'.
    =====================

    ...And even those three where too GodDamn much for such a tale!

    Comment by Anon-a-kon
    04:14 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Wasn't funny on Random Curiosity, not funny here.

    Comment by Aeromax
    17:03 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Wakka wakka! Did you hear the one about the priest and the lolicon? Me neither! Wakka wakka!

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:25 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The only thing funny in Sankaku Complex is the commentaries, really.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:47 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +5

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:41 07/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Can we get through this? YES, Yes we can! Im dissapointed though, all this time i was awaiting Haruhi for the piece of shit they released. In the end overhyped series are doomed to fail. Well overhyped series that have a plot anyway, im sure K-ON and others as such will survive no matter how much shit they dish out. If Endless Eight was constant reruns of Haruhis sex events with Kyon, im sure none would've complained. They did it wrong.





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