It's not their hands you should be worried about, Risa-chan…

Kabitzin is busy with Meri Kurimasu obligations so here’s an orbital drop pod-ed stand-in post. Seasons Greetings to all our readers!

Summary:

You cannot deceive my CS5 eyes with your puny Elements-fu!

Kamizaki Risa confesses to Junichi and he accepts her feelings. But he soon becomes troubled by her eagerness to please, disturbingly detailed knowledge about him (like his preference for big boobs) and, most of all, her reluctance to be seen with him, as his girlfriend, in public. A chance encounter at The Hill with the girl who stood him up two years ago reveals that Makihara had been diverted elsewhere by a plain-looking classmate. Risa is finally persuaded by Junichi to spill the beans and admits to being the above-mentioned saboteur – the twist was that Makihara was going to dump Junichi in front of her friends for a laugh and she found it unforgivable as she had loved him since elementary school when he helped her to finish her milk.

But seeing how Junichi was so hurt by Makihara’s no show, Risa decided not to confess to him. His recent Let’s Be Friendly mode with other girls, however, spurred her to nip each branch at the bud by showing Haruka, Kaoru, Sae, Ai, Rihoko and Tsukasa a photoshop of Junichi x Girlfriend. Junichi refuses to let her dump him too, forgives her and offers to accompany her to apologize to the other girls so that they can date without guilt overhang. Risa realizes it’s something she has to do herself and, after fulfilling her side quest, enjoys some fried squid and the Founder’s Festival together with Junichi.

Reaction:

Junichi was the cause of your A cups

It’s great to finally know the Truth about Junichi’s traumatic Christmas non-date from two years ago but I wonder if Risa will ever show Junichi her photoshopped masterpiece that killed off all previous six arcs? But it looks like, just like Tsukasa’s Burn Book, we’ll never know. I am somewhat disappoint that we didn’t get a flash forward for Risa because if she and Junichi were still together ten years later, it would confirm the theory that Junichi really really likes his women a little crazy. There was the consolation of having plenty of amusement packed into this one episode – such as Haruka stealing a snack from the Swim Club’s oden stall and Maya trying to get at the sweet sake (looks like Tea Club successfully blocked her in this timeline as she was up on her feet instead of being passed out in the infirmary when Risa made her rounds).

Although Junichi, true to galge hero form, was triggering flags all over the place, it was surprising how easily Risa got them all to give up on him. Sadly none of the girls wanted him badly enough to try and steal him from his supposed girlfriend and, thus, derail Risa’s Just As Keikaku. Of the six reactions, my favourites (in ascending order) was Rihoko’s downcast and plaintive whimper of Junichi~~, followed by Risa being horrified by the appearance of Mikasa and Ai acting cool and then falling over being top. I also wonder what Risa would have said and if she would have done anything differently if she had seen the endings of the other arcs. This series so needs a Risa commentary track – I would certainly rewatch all the episodes if it was peppered with awesome comments like her appraisal of Kaworu’s work ethic as well as for Spot Risa in the Background entertainment.

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Planetes (2003-2004)

As science fiction fans know, popular culture and mainstream (even otaku or geek) entertainment rarely ever portrays science, especially that of space correctly, nor do they even try. For every Apollo 13, there’s five Armageddons so to speak. Considering anime usually travels in the world of the fantastical and is of course animated, it is uniquely not concerned about being realistic and as such anime rarely contains any hint of realism.

When Planetes was first announced in 2003, I was skeptical. Directed by Goro Taniguchi whom I admired from Infinite Ryvius, Planetes promised to be a different sort of show. Claiming that they had actually interviewed people from NASA to get inspiration for the production and to keep things accurate, I thought it was more or less a publicity stunt. How wrong I was.

The Story

In the near future, debris is becoming an increasingly large problem in space. As space travel becomes increasingly affordable, even jetliners are taking to space to increase the speed at which they travel. All this unravels in an spectacular accident as one loose bolt destroys one such shuttle in a harrowing accident.

A few years later in the year 2075, Ai Tanabe is starting her first day at work for Technora, a powerful space corporation. Having always dreamed of going to space, the somewhat clueless but cheerful Ai is assigned to the Debris Section. Soon she discovers her dream job is in a poorly funded and looked down on section of Technora staffed by colourful people who none the less take their jobs extremely seriously. As Ai quickly discovers, recovering debris is serious work. In the debris section her sempai is Hachirota “Hachimaki” Hoshino, a young astronaut whose dream it is to one day have his own spacecraft and join the elite of the astronaut corps.

While the first part of the story has a number of one-off single episodes, an overarching plot soon develops as we learn of the world of the near future, where today’s problems of waste, terrorism and economic struggle are still part of the daily fabric of life.

Why it’s on the list

Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to be an astronaut. In fact when the Canadian Space Agency was looking to hire a new astronaut two years ago, I actually applied. Sadly my lack of knowledge in such subjects as Russian and geodesy were nonexistent and I didn’t make it past the second round. While nothing will beat going to space myself, Planetes at the very least shows how it could be like, and also gives me hope to dream for the future.

One of the most important things about any good science fiction is to be able to use technology as a way to paraphrase today’s problems in a different atmosphere, removed from today’s immediate politics and concerns. Great science fiction will critique the world today but done in a value-free way so that we can discuss today’s problems without offending anyone. In my book, even greater science fiction will not only be fantastical, but completely believable and show technology in a completely real way.

Planetes succeeds remarkably in all these respects. As possibly one of, if not the best pure science fiction stories in all of anime (yes even better than Patlabor), Planetes’ dedication to realism is astounding. For starter’s there’s no sound in space. Secondly, orbital calculations, relative velocities, artificial centrifugal gravity and are all extremely important and elegantly and simply woven into the story. The space station is believable, the spacecraft completely realistic, and the concepts of space radiation, growing up on a moon colony and the importance of debris collection are as true as can possibly be. Woven into this is a remarkable story of Hachi’s journey as he goes towards his dreams which is aided by the Jupiter project, and realistically interlaced with the appearance of extraplanetary terrorism.

Meanwhile, setting the story as a bunch of plucky hard-luck office workers in the standard J-Drama type office worker setting was brilliant. If we are to believe that today’s commercial investments into space are really to pay off in ventures such as SpaceX, then we should believe that one day, even being an astronaut is something to be ridiculed if you work for the garbage section. Like GITS:SAC this is another one of those rare anime where all the main characters are adults, and yet again it’s refreshing to see some real adult interactions in anime without any typical anime stereotypes (although funny enough with some J-Drama stereotypes).

While the animation was not out of this world, nor was the music it was pretty top notch and entirely believable. The production design meanwhile was phenomenal as I mentioned, as everything space related was meticulously designed to be as realistic as possible.

Overall, Planetes succeeds because it manages to make what could be any run of the mill J-Drama (the story of an under appreciated section in a large corporation) into something fantastic and inspirational due to it’s perfect use of science fiction. It also managed to cover some big themes chillingly well too, and for that I applaud it. For being one of if not the best pure science fiction anime ever created, Planetes is on my list.

As an aside, did anyone think of this show when we learn of the backstory behind Gundam 00 and it’s own Jupiter journey?

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Setsuna Mudo has some serious problems. He is always getting into fights, doesn’t care for authority, and worst of all, has incestuous feeling for his sister, Sara. To top all this off, he also seems to be the reincarnation of the angel Alexial, who is being punished by God for rebelling against him. Now, Alexial’s twin, Rosiel is trying to kill Setsuna before Alexial awakens, the demon Kurai wants Alexial to awake and lead the demons against heaven, and all Setsuna wants to do is run away with Sara.

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Angel Sanctuary Volume 1-4
By Kaori Yuki
Publisher: Viz Media
Age Rating: Older Teen
Genre: Shoujo
Price: .99
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

I read the first volume of Angel Sanctuary a few years ago, and at the time didn’t care much for it. But after reading, and enjoying, other works by the same creator, Kaori Yuki, I decided to give the series another try, and read a few more volumes to give it a real chance.

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The story revolves around Setsuna Mudo, your typical angst-ridden teenage boy with the usual problems you’d expect a teenage boy to have; getting into fights and not caring for authority. But the one problem he does have, that makes him unusual, is the incestual feelings he has for his sister, Sara. He tries not to express them, coming off more like an overprotective brother, but his inner thoughts are consumed by her. This has completely alienated him from his mother, who seems to sense there’s something wrong with her son, and doesn’t trust him with Sara. This plotline dominates the first four volumes, as Setsuna struggles with his growing feelings and finally gives in to them, convincing Sara to run away with him.

But Setsuna has another problem. He is also the reincarnation of the Archangel Alexial. The demons, led by Kurai, want to awaken Alexial, so she can lead them against the armies of heaven. But the angels fear Alexial, and one angel, Katan, takes it upon himself to use forbidden magic in the form of a computer program, Angel Sanctuary, to free Rosiel, the only angel that has a chance going up against Alexiel. Rosiel is too consumed by revenge and himself to care much for heaven’s problems, and will use anyone or everyone to kill Alexiel.

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When I first read this series, I was bothered with the incest angle. But after reading more of Yuki’s titles, I came to realize it was just a plot device she used to create angst in her characters. And there is a lot of angst in this series. I nearly lost all interest in the series, as the first three volumes is consumed with Setsuna and Sara willing to sacrifice their own happiness for the sake of the other. The actual angel plot took a back seat to this as the importance of Setsuna’s and Sara’s relationship was emphasized, as it becomes the catalyst for Alexiel’s awakening. I understand the need to emphasize a point, but was 3 volumes of angst-ridden teens really that necessary?

The angels of Angel Sanctuary are not your typical “dressed in white with halos and hands together in prayer”. They are little different from humans, with many of the same desires and animosities. They are also the biggest jerks you could ever imagine. They think nothing of raping a demon survivor of a massacre they had just done. Female angels are persecuted for being temptresses, and they have little to no interest in humanity. They seem to be more preoccupied with a power struggle of who will be in charge now that God has had to go to sleep as his power weakens. They will go to any length to succeed. The entire time I was reading these volumes, I couldn’t help but notice the striking similarity between the way these angels acted and the angels in the TV series Supernatural. The angels in that show were in a struggle with each other to cause Armageddon while God was absent. The Supernatural angels were just as big of jerks, and cared just as much about humanity. I wonder if the creators of Supernatural were familiar with this manga?

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My interest returned with the fourth volume, as the story turned toward a more traditional quest plot. Setsuna is determined to rescue Sara, and must take a Orphean journey to the underworld to find her. Along the way, he will have gain followers, both angel and demon and return before his time is up (literally). He starts out with a familiar face as a guide, and while he may have it in for Setsuna, there do seem to be indications that he may become Setsuna’s first follower. The quest plot was infinitely more entertaining than the angst-ridden teenagers of the first three volumes. I may continue with the series, but only because of this turn of events. If I had stopped reading at three, I wouldn’t have considered continuing.

The art is ver recognizable as Yuki’s, with longs of beautiful boys and long, stringy, flowing hair. You can tell this was written early in her career, as the art is rougher and not as refined as Godchild. It doesn’t look bad, but you can tell it’s not her latest work.

I wanted to like Angel Sanctuary, since I’ve enjoyed so many of Kaori Yuki’s other titles, but the first three volumes made it really hard. A little bit of angst I can take to establish a conflict. Spread it out over length of the story, such as Godchild does, if you must, but concentrating so much at the beginning really turns me away. I think I will investigate further volumes of this series, just to see where it goes, but I think I’ll borrow, or if it ever becomes available digitally. I want to know better what I’m getting before investing in a 20 volumes series, especially with such a shaky start.

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Amazing opening lines, Gainax. Stay classy there.

Oh fuck yeah, Stocking’s back. And looking pretty damn bad ass to go with it too.

A giant drill made out of countless pairs of panties ans stockings? Only Gainax.

I am going to miss this.

Gainax till the end.

Holy crap. Gainax sure redefines “foot” job” with that.

So now that the Hell’smonkey got resealed and the big bad defeated. It’s time for some R&R for our heroes and heroines…

Uh.. what? Stocking?

(　ﾟдﾟ)(　ﾟдﾟ)(　ﾟдﾟ)(　ﾟдﾟ)!!!!!!!

Oh. Wow. Evil bitch demon Stocking?! I am…. okay with this.

LAWL. “Brief and Chuck with Garterbelt”? Doesn’t really have the same ring to it.

Second season, guys. FUND IT!

So okay, PSG ending was pretty crazy within expectations of being Gainax. Deflowering angels, mid-air sex, giant boner Ghosts, drills made out of panties and stockings, lower body half of a woman wearing panties and stockings descending from the sky, you’ve got it all here. Plus that little bit of epilogue at the end there and the “next season” announcement to cap everything off. Yup, Gainax staying classy here.

Still, doesn’t dislodge Milky Holmes’ ending from it spot. I am glad I didn’t have to recall that.

Well, as for the whole show itself, it was definitely an interesting experiment by Gainax. Using American-style animation, non-stereotype heroines, the short format, parodies, and techno-mix music, it certainly was a great aesthetic experiment.

Sadly enough, the content itself generally fell flat for me aside from a few gems. I’ll admit a lot of the “parody” episodes just flew over my head. The general lack of the heroine’s development outside of their predefined roles bored me as well too, but I did still watch it just to see if Gainax would do better than that.

In the end, PSG was a fun experiment, but it got bogged down by a lack of direction (until the last two episodes), general unfunny-ness and obnoxious heroines. Still, it did have a few great moments of it’s own and the music was amazingly good. We’ll see if the second season actually happens or it’s just Gainax doing it a parody as well.

Liked: Certain parts.
Rewatch: No.

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No beginning would be complete without a "Ganbatte!!"

Introductions have never been my forte. As soon as I’m asked to introduce myself to a group of people I’ve never met, I get into a certain state of mind. I say to myself, “Ok, this is it. If these people will ever remember you for anything, this introduction is what it’s going to be. This will set a precedent for how you’re viewed for the rest of your time at this meeting/school/anime blog. Do it right.”

The difficulty with this is that I hardly ever do it right.

So, I’ll ask all of my new readers to please be kind and let me off the hook if I contradict myself, mess up my grammar, make an incorrect reference, and the like. I’d do the same for you, if you were a fledgling blogger filled with innocence.

I came off as pretty earnest there, didn’t I? It’s a quality I’m sometimes embarrassed by. But now you know me better; you’ve just learned several facts about me in such a short time.

A second observation you may have made at this point is that I’m really not all that laugh-out-loud hilarious.

A third observation may be that I haven’t said a thing about anime. Which is sort of the point of this whole blog.

So let’s get on to that anime bit; I started watching anime as a hobby, I’d say, what, 5 years ago? I remember showing Fullmetal Alchemist to all my friends and being surprised at their negative reactions to it. I was a naïve kid, without the knowledge that anime Isn’t That Cool to most people. I learned to keep the hobby to myself, and as I began to feel the pangs of being a loner I stumbled upon the community of anime bloggers; it must have been about a year ago, maybe less. I had secret fantasies about being as cool and snarky as Baka-raptor, and I admired the dedication of psgels from Star-crossed Anime Blog. My love for science fiction led to my love of such anime as Kaiba and Noein. My desire to share my ideas with friends who have the same hobbies as I do eventually led me here, to applying to this blog and to writing this introductory post, even if I’m not the biggest fan of intros.

This sort of serious introduction may be pretty formal, and not all that characteristic of Sea Slugs Anime Blog. But I’ve always loved to leave readers with sense of something new going on, and an eagerness to explore what awaits. There’s a way that anime puts things, and the way that some shows, especially shonen and adventure shows, exhilarate you with the idea of an exciting journey ahead. And so, I’ll leave you with a humble, shonen-esque request in an effort to reflect my excitement at this new beginning: Let’s enjoy a splendid blogging life together!

You can be Ash; I call Pikachu

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"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes"

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2005, Seasons 1&2)

When released in 1995, Ghost in the Shell broke a lot of ground with it’s cyberpunk influences, near-future predictions and amazing production values. Noted for it’s overly preachy and long talking scenes interspersed with ridiculously good action, the original movie was a bit of a mixed bag. Still being the inspiration for many of the concepts n the Matrix movies among other things, it’s influence is undeniable.

In 2002, Production IG announced that a relative unknown Kenji Kamiyama would be directing a TV series based upon the movie, and the original cast was reassembled. Instead of airing on TV, the show would be released every other week and would have amazing production values. While the movie was a one-off, the series would sort of ‘reboot’ the ending of the movie in order to explore the activities of Motoko Kusinagi and Section 9 as they did their daily police work, while tying in the entire production with an overarching storyline.

While there were two seasons created for the show and each season dealt with a different main plot, I personally consider it all part of the same show, as the production values remained constant, the side stories were of similar calibre, and as the entire plot of the show was a police show, it wasn’t supposed to actually ‘end’ anyway.

The Story

In the near future, people are able to connect to the internet directly through their brains. In fact most people are augmented in some way, whether through mechanical prostetics, cyber eyes showing augmented reality or even fully replacing their brains with a cyber brain. In this world, an elite and secret anti-terrorism squad called Section 9 works in the city of Kobe. The anime follows the antics of this group and their elite leader, the fully cybernetic Major Motoko Kusanagi as they hunt down terrorists and criminals in Japan.

While the first arc focuses on a mysterious hacker named ‘The Laughing Man’, the second deals with a terrorist group named the Individual Eleven. Throughout the main plot are multiple ‘stand-alone’ episodes which are like side stories and delve deeper into the world and into individual characters in the show.

Why it’s on the list

Without a doubt, Stand Alone Complex is one of the best anime to be created in the 2000s. Although heavily criticized (even by myself) for many tedious episodes heavy on soliloquies and short on action, GITS:SAC managed to explore a lot of philosophical concepts very successfully within it’s run while also maintaining some of the best action scenes ever seen in anime.

While the original GITS questioned the very nature of what it means to be alive, SAC took this even further as we delved further into the lives of our heroes, and learned even more of their back story in season 2. As well, the story looked deeply (and at times humourously) at the existence of the Tachikomas, and explored whether or not AI could ever truly be ‘alive’.  As we live in an increasingly connected and digital world, many of the technologies predicted in SAC already exist in the world today.

From augmented reality pioneered by such people as Steve Mann, to modern GPS machines which more or less look exactly like how they do in GITS, to prosthetics which are increasingly mechanically powered and capable, to increasing questions about the applicability of old laws in the face of the modern world in episodes such as the recent WikiLeaks scandal, SAC is looking more and more real.

In terms of impact, the impact of the show on popular culture and especially that of the anime world is undeniable. For years and even today, the most popular way to ‘censor’ people out of pictures in many Japanese otaku web sites was to use the Laughing Man method of using the Laughing Man logo to cover people’s faces. In the subtitles world, the show highlighted the blatant stupidity of using auto-translators to sub your show in the now infamous

‘mass naked child events’ scandal which was the final straw in AnimeJunkie’s brief tenure in the subbing world.

In terms of production value, the show was lightyears beyond anything else that was created until Gundam 00 came and pushed animation to the next level. The episodes were incredibly detailed with extremely smooth animation, top notch production design and amazingly choreographed fight sequences (one remembers the initial fight between Motoko and Kuze in season 2). The music was absolutely spectacular with Yoko Kanno pulling out all the stops in creating what remains one of the best anime soundtrack of all time.

The characters meanwhile were as expected all incredibly deep and complex. In one of the very few popular anime where all of the main characters were actual adults, it was nice to see characters who were all multifaceted and multi-dimensional. From the moody but surprisingly caring Batou, to the playful and tragic Motoko, to family man and cybernetic holdout Togusa and even to the rest of section 9, everyone had a story but everyone also had a ‘professional face’ which they showed at work, much like many of us in the real world and real life. Unconcerned with upholding various character stereotypes that anime are famous for, the bad guys were never bad (but in fact grey characters whom we could in many ways sympathize with) and the good guys weren’t all good either as we learn.

No discussion of characters would be complete of course without mentioning the stand out stars of the show, the Tachikomas themselves. By adding them in as a sort of silly mascot type character, but yet using them to also explore deeper philosophical meanings, and having them be integral members of Section 9 and dear friends of the team, they too are part of the complexities of this show where what you see is rarely what you get.

Overall, GITS:SAC was one masterfully crafted anime, and one of those rare gems that had it all. Although there are some legitimate concerns in terms of the many throw away episodes, the overarching storylines and deeper meanings found in the show were second to none and for this GITS:SAC stands on it’s own as one of the best anime created in the past decade, and that’s why it’s on my list.

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Oh god, Arsene rape faces galore this week. Arsene is truly being the Magnificent Bitch this episode.

Kaaaameeee. Haammmmeeee……

Magic → Meteor

I DIDN’T KNOW KYOUKA SUIGETSU COULD DO THIS!

Why is this battle so like Final Fantasy?

Dear god, Sherlock, why are you so bad ass?

Who will prevail in the end?! Find out when Kiteseekers-Wasurenai releases the subs in another 4 more days!!

Man, I gotta say, Milky Holmes probably has and will be the best ending episode this season (unless PSG actually delivers). Crazy epic as fuck Toys battles, Arsene rapefaces, boob fanservice, retarded Milky Holmes,second season potential. You’ve got it all in one episode. Did I also mention Sherlock can use her hair as funnels/bits? Don’t even get me started on Arsene touching herself all over in the middle of the fight….

Overall though, I have to agree with Aroduc about the show. Yes, it’s retarded as fuck. Yes, it won’t win any production quality prizes. But holy hell, it is bloody entertaining to watch. I like how unpretentious the show is about being retarded as fuck and actually enjoys being that way, yet it still manages to pull off some amazingly “WOW!!” moments, like when the real detectives the girls were based on possess their bodies and resulted in “ZA WARUDO” outta nowhere as well as this final battle.

Milky Holmes also probably has the best antagonist character of the season, Arsene/Henriette, that combines cool, student council president, tsundere, caring and a whole lotta great character tropes in to one boobtastic package. Not to mention she is also very much in rival-love-admiration with Sherlock (both senior and granddaughter) in a pretty amazingly good lampshading of the traditional detective vs thieves settings that mystery works just love to do.

Best rival/couple of the season

It’s just too bad most the show isn’t that popular, not that I can blame them really. I took me five weeks of persuasion by sagematt and JTFish to get me to pick this show up and I’m seriously glad I gave it in them.

Truly an underrated gem of an show. I do hope second season gets greenlighted so we can get more Arsene and Cordy going rape. wwww

Liked: A lot.
Rewatch: Yeah, definitely. Especially for the epic lulz.

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You’ve met her cute-red counterpart, now meet the sultrier and darker version. The Mabinogi Guild sell their Black Succubus papercraft about . I’ll share to you for “FREE”

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Bandai will release Pokemon Medal Collection BW 2 in February 2011. Candy toys, color : black metallic, white metallic and gold. Will upload photo later.
BW 1 came out in October 2010 as bellow.  As for DP series (DP 1 to DP 5), please refer to the previous post.

[ Pokemon Medal Collection BW 1 (Oct 2010) ]

• #025 Pikachu, #052 Meowth, #495 Snivy, #498 Tepig, #501 Oshawot
• #527 Koromori, #529 Mogurew, #551 Meguroco, #555 Hihidaruma, #570 Zorua
• #504 Minezumi, #505 Miruhog, #517 Munna, #518 Musharna, #519 Mamepato
• #571 Zoroark, #594 Mamanbou, #610 Kibago, #643 Reshiram, #644 Zekrom

[ Pokemon Medal Collection BW 2 (Feb 2011) ]

• #497 Jalorda, #500 Enbuoh, #503 Daikenki, #509 Choroneko, #511 Yanappu, 
• #513 Baoppu, #515 Hiyappu, #520 Hatooboo, #540 Kurumiru , #545 Pendra,
• #554 Darumakka, #557 Ishizumai, #559 Zuruggu, #562 Desumasu, #572 Chillarmy, 
• #579 Rankurusu, #585 Shikijika, #586 Mebukijika, #599 Giaru, #612 Ononokus

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