History VisualNovel / HarvestDecember

* IntimateLotionApplication: During the trip to Rokushiki Island in August, Moyori asks Kouhei to rub suntan lotion on her back, and when he finishes that, she turns on her back and provocatively asks him to rub her front as well and the scene FadesToBlack with a message saying "The following has been censored for your protection" heavily implying a SexyDiscretionShot.

%% * LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: They just keep coming as the year progresses.

* ArcWords: "Reality is merciless..."

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: They just keep coming as the year progresses.

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!!''Harvest December'' includes examples of the following:

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[[folder:''Harvest December'']]
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The Towada family gives the initial impression that they influence people this way with townspeople being afraid that their entire livelihoods would be threatened if they crossed the family.
* BrickJoke: Why Masaki volunteers to clean the garage. See NoExceptYes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shiro's casual statement that she has mothered children along with [[spoiler:the idea that she could turn Masaki into a god.]]
* FuroScene: Starts with Masaki alone. Yuki tries to join in. It ends with everyone in the main group joining in the end, though Masaki is the only one actually naked.
* FridgeHorror: InUniverse example. After Yuki's father is happy that Masaki did not become another "victim," Masaki realizes that Yuki's parents are 34 while she's only 17 and does the math from there.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Mizuho's {{Angrish}}-filled rant that ends with her calling Shiro a, "Fidiot-ass-munching-pud-whacker!"
* IndyPloy: How Masaki [[spoiler:manages to win against Yuki in a sparring duel.]]
* NoExceptYes: Sanae and Mizuho are shocked that don't find any porn in Masaki's room. His internal thoughts state that of course he doesn't have any in his room because it's hidden behind the garage instead.
* NoodleIncident: The entire situation of putting Kouhei on a crabbing ship that gets attacked by pirates and he somehow still makes it back in time for the New Years party.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Why Mashiro has Masaki spar with Yuki. She wanted to see how he fought instead of seeing if he'd win.
* SchoolSwimsuit: Mizuho is briefly seen wearing one when she arrives during the FuroScene.
* ShotgunWedding: The fate of the men seduced by the Towada women for the past 100 years. Yuki's father is very happy that Masaki didn't fall into the same trap he did.
* TakeAThirdOption: The first chapter's resolution: [[spoiler:Freeze to death while stranded in a shrine vs. utterly humiliating the daughter of the most powerful family in town? Masaki would rather run the risk of climbing down the mountain in the middle of a blizzard with Yuki on his back!]]
* TakeOurWordForIt: The narration's description of "the amazingly beautiful and intelligent doctor with great legs," who insists on being called such near the end.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Masaki accidentally ends up with his hand on Yuki's breast after taking a tumble with her.
* WhamLine: Yuki loudly announcing to Masaki that she's ready to "make a Yayako" ([[spoiler:have a baby]]) with him after only knowing him for two months.
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[[folder:''Boundaries in January'']]
* BaitAndSwitch: The order of who threw out what during the rock-paper-scissors match.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Mizuho.
* FuroScene: A heartwarming one with Mizuho and Madoi.
* HeroicBSOD: Mizuho after [[spoiler:being forced apart from Madoi.]]
* HomeFieldAdvantage: The primary thing that allowed Shiro's VictoryByEndurance.
* InnocentInnuendo: Both Mizuho and Kouhei think Madoi's request to "wash his front" meant something other than rinsing some leftover shampoo out of the front of his hair when he and Mizuho are taking a bath together.
* KillOrBeKilled: Shiro's reasoning for why she [[spoiler:killed Madoi's parents when his father attempted to invade her land]].
* LoopholeAbuse: The resolution to the January story. [[spoiler:Mizuho cannot cross from Tagami to Sagashima to see Madoi, so Masaki takes her into Sagashima via a third prefecture.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mizuho has one near the end when she realizes [[spoiler:she was doing what she thought was best for Madoi but not actually what he wanted.]]
* OverusedRunningGag: Grandpa Tagami thinks Mizuho's constantly thanking him for his help at the end of the story is turning into this.
* PoorPredictableRock: Used during the chapter's rock-paper-scissors match.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Madoi's parents.]]
* VictoryByEndurance: How Shiro [[spoiler:killed Madoi's father. Since he was slowly being poisoned by being outside of his boundaries, Shiro just kept him chasing her until he was weak enough to finish off.]]
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[[folder:''Gifting February'']]
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Sanae. See also {{Deuteragonist}}.
* CannotSpitItOut: This is Sanae's dilemma for the February story.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Masaki does this to Sanae in an ExactWords Gambit and threatening to eat her chocolate to get her angry enough to overcome her hesitation and give the chocolate to Kouhei.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The only chapter that has first-person narration between two separate characters after the prologue, placing Masaki and Sanae in this role.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sakura and Moyori get rather drunk on sugar and quite heavily flirt with Masaki.
* ManipulativeEditing: Played with. The video Masaki shows his two juniors deliberately has the sound killed to allow him to claim it to be any situation he can think of.
* NoodleIncident: Sanae asks Masaki to think about his dating life back in Tokyo. Doing so causes him to cry for 10 minutes. [[spoiler:April's chapter reveals why he has a damn good reason to cry about it.]]
* StockholmSyndrome: Masaki is afraid he's succumbing to this as he's finding it harder to resist Yuki's insisting she feed him during lunch.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Masaki gives Moyori an epic one during February when she tries to intimidate him using her family name. It basically boils down to, "I may have to be afraid of your family's influence, but there's no reason to be afraid of ''you''."
* ValentinesDay: The central focus of the February chapter, of course.
* WhatTheHellHero: Masaki gives one to Sanae when he finds she hasn't done her part in their Valentine's Day plan.
* ZanyScheme: Masaki's plan to keep the two juniors who like Kouhei away from him on Valentine's Day so Sanae can give him chocolates first. And it works!
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[[folder:''Lovely March'']]
* BabysittingEpisode: The story focuses on Masaki and Yuki babysitting a neighbor's girl for a week.
* BaitAndSwitch: Why Masaki is in a bookstore during the prologue. He was looking up a magazine on child-rearing and everyone assumes he'd gotten Yuki pregnant.
* BridalCarry: After Moyori faints, Masaki tries carrying her to the infirmary this way. [[{{Yandere}} Yuki is]] [[GreenEyedMonster not pleased]].
* OhCrap: Masaki's face when Yuki gets angry that he has Moyori in the BridalCarry (to take her to the infirmary) mentioned above. Perfectly depicted in a CG.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Masaki switches to this after the BridalCarry above draws Yuki's wrath. Moyori wakes up during this, finds it degrading, and beats up on Masaki until he drops her, leading to a-
* PantyShot: Not shown to the reader, but Moyori's have a teddy bear on them.
* RealityEnsues: Yuki quickly learns just how difficult it is to care for a baby and it gives her a much-needed wake-up call on rushing in to have one of her own. [[spoiler:Doesn't stop her from wanting one eventually though.]]
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[[folder:''Typhoon in April'']]
* DeathGlare: Wonderfully illustrated in CG between Sanae and Moyori in this month's FuroScene.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Yuki and other girls repeatedly deliver bodily harm to Masaki without any consequences. But when Masaki slaps Ao's hand away to sever his previous ties with her, half of the school is out for his blood because he "attacked" her.
* FromBadToWorse: For Masaki as his LoveTriangle evolves into a LoveDodecahedron.
* FuroScene: Everyone visits a public bath and end up all in the women's side.
* TheGlomp: How Nuki greets Masaki when they're reunited at the start.
* NonindicativeName: The chapter title is not about a literal typhoon hitting Tagami, but rather Masaki's FromBadToWorse situation.
* OhCrap: Several of the CG images this chapter.
** When Masaki finds that Nuki had snuck into his bed overnight.
** Later, after finding both Shiro and Ao in bed with him.
** Both Masaki and Yuki after Ao's BiTheWay declaration.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Masaki is placed in the awkward position of engaging in a conversation with Mashiro while the latter is stark naked (and proud to show off her body).
* RealityEnsues: The stress of everything Masaki is going through gives him an ulcer.
* ShoutOut:
** In a room full of cigarette smoke, "Mami-chan complained, breathing as if she were [[Franchise/StarWars that guy wearing a skull helmet from the dark side.]]"
** Masaki watches his mom play a game where "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioKart a dinosaur-like creature on a cart sped away on a race course]]."
** Kouhei states that getting invited into the women's bath is harder to achieve than "[[Manga/DragonBall collecting seven balls with stars in them]]."
* ThatCameOutWrong: Masaki is briefly MistakenForGay after stating he refuses to enter the public bath without Kouhei present.
* WhamLine: Delivered to Masaki when he goes to seek Shiro's advice about Ao and the latter shows up.
-->'''Shiro:''' Ao?
-->'''Ao:''' [[spoiler:Mother?]]
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[[folder:''Combat in May'']]
* ChekhovsGun: This chapter isn't the first time Mayoi's inventions will come in handy.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Masaki is kidnapped and forced to dress as one to be given away as the prize for the boxing match's winner. It's also revealed the outfit comes from Mashiro's personal collection.
* {{Fanservice}}: Mizuho, Ao, and Sanae as Round Girls during the boxing match.
* LethalJokeWeapon: It turns out that the [[spoiler:rubber band gun Mayoi created really was capable of incapacitating Shiro!]]
* NoodleIncident: Mayoi learns it's very easy to blackmail Shirou simply by mentioning a past one between him and Kasumi.
* TemptingFate: Shiro claiming that she isn't afraid of getting hit by a car as it wouldn't hurt her... right before she gets hit by a car.
* RapeAsComedy: Both Mayoi and Ao are secretly given stimulants that put them in hormonal overdrive on separate occasions during May. Their target: Masaki of course.
* RealityEnsues: Shiro's TemptingFate and getting hit by a car are PlayedForLaughs, until the narrative describes the scene and sounds of the aftermath when she lands back on the ground.
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[[folder:''Bridal June'']]
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Kouhei.
* GrayRainOfDepression: After Kouhei's indecisiveness causes the blessing for him and Sanae from Shiro to fail.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Inverted non-sexual example. Shiro is wondering why she has to give out an extra blessing ''because'' it's Sanae and Kouhei.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Kouhei's dilemma when trying to figure out if he can return the feelings to any of the girls who like him, especially Sanae.
* LoveEpiphany: Kouhei after rejecting Masaki's TakeAThirdOption idea. Doesn't stop him from being afraid of it though.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kouhei's self-narration admits even he could figure out Sanae's feelings after Valentine's Day but, like her, has been afraid of ruining the group dynamics.
* TakeAThirdOption: Masaki's suggestion to Kouhei that he dump Sanae entirely. [[{{Understatement}} He doesn't like the idea.]]
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[[folder:''Theological July'']]
* BatmanInMyBasement: Masaki has Shiro live at his place during July while she's bereft of her powers.
* BigDamnHero: During the climax, it's [[spoiler:Madoi who utilizes godly authority to subjugate the minor gods and save Shiro from being killed.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: This happening to Shiro drives July's plot.
* ContinuityNod: It turns out that Mayoi's methods for being able to harm a god (tested in May) are why Shiro loses her powers.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Shiro didn't stand a chance against Shirou, but Shirou didn't stand a chance against the God of Turning with his powers fully awakened, either.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Shiro becomes more afraid than depressed after losing her powers, but this still applies to her.
* NoodleImplements: Mayoi's device used to monitor Shiro's power levels being made from an old breast enhancer.
* ShoutOut:
** Mami is complaining that the character in the game she's playing can't jump and needs to take lessons from "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros that plumber who grows big by eating mushrooms]]."
** The "Tagami God-Busters" group set up during this month is one to both ''Film/GhostBusters'' and SuperSentai.
* TookALevelInBadass: Holy ''shit'', [[spoiler:Madoi]]!
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Masaki's attitude regarding Shiro after she loses her powers.
* {{Youkai}}: In the form of minor gods that start appearing all over the place since Shiro can't keep them out of trouble.
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[[folder:''Festive August'']]
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The only chapter to take place away from Tagami and introduce a large set of one-shot characters, [[spoiler:along with the battle between two gods and their armies.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Due to Masaki performing the Rokushiki ritual together with Shiro and Yuki, the story ends with both of them pregnant via divine power.]]
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Masaki providing supporting fire from one of Mayoi's guns while Yuki battles Magari places them in this territory.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Mashiro to the boys when she gets them to think that she wants to peep on the girls too, only to knock them out cold and deliver them to the girls for punishment.
* BeachEpisode: August takes place on Rokushiki Island and the group indeed relaxes at the beach.
* CallBack: Shiro seeing suction cups attached to a Kagami crystal recalls bad memories of Mayoi's choice of equipment for experiments during July.
* CerberusSyndrome: Aside from the dark turn within this chapter that gets resolved internally, [[spoiler:this chapter itself is the last that has a happy ending until the series finale.]]
* ChekhovsLecture: The discussions on boundaries and what limits a god's power from January come back into play here.
* ChekhovsSkill:
** Nanaki's HealingHands are introduced early on, then [[spoiler:utilized heavily later to save her mother's life.]]
** Nuki's ability to spike volleyballs with deadly accuracy comes in very handy too.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Ichimonji fighting style is based entirely on willpower, allowing Naomi and Magari to perform completely inhuman feats.
* CurbStompBattle: Mashiro vs. Naomi. [[spoiler:Followed by Magari against Mashiro later on.]]
* EpicFail: Masaki, Kouhei, and Kiyoharu are caught and punished for peeping into the bath before they can actually even take a look.
* {{Fanservice}}: The CG images of the girls in their swimsuits, especially Nanaki and Yuki in Brazilian bikinis.
* MundaneUtility: The first thing the group has Shiro do after regaining her powers and godly strength is to fix a heavy door.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Mami gets this treatment when Masaki chooses the offensive and defensive teams, leaving her to patrol the shrine (and act as medic).
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: [[spoiler:All of the girls affected by Rokushiki's power are basically turned into living zombies.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Yuki sends a one-word text to Masaki rather than an email that's more like a formal letter has him worried.
* PowerLimiter: A Kagami crystal is used to prevent a god's power channeled into a human from going out of control.
* SchoolSwimsuit: Out of the girls shown in the [=CGs=], Nono is wearing a white one.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Masaki nearly packs up and leaves after getting teased a bit too much during a tense situation.
* ShoutOut: Masaki makes a direct reference to ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' during his internal thoughts.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Shiro declaring, "I'm gonna be fixed soon!"
* ThemeNaming: The six major families of Rokushiki Island contain the Japanese numbers 1-6 within their names.
* WhamLine: "[[spoiler:When we received power in the ritual, we received a child too.]]"
* WhatTheHellHero: Both Sakura and Moyori to Kouhei as his indecisiveness in continuing to be a super nice guy to all three of his potential girlfriends without choosing one is hurting them as much as it is him.
* YouMonster: Shouted directly at Yuki by Magari.
* ZombieApocalypse: An apt description of the battle that takes place on the island.
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[[folder:''Maternal September'']]
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Yukari Nakahira was created by Shiro's magic.]]
* BattleAura: A clear one for Yuki and Shiro in a CG image.
* BaitAndSwitch: Masaki is getting ''another'' girlfriend?! Oh, wait...
* ContinuityNod: To the BabysittingEpisode events of March.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Yukari disappears after leaving Tagami's boundaries with no one remembering her and Ao has her heart broken.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ao's being able to sense something familiar about Yukari.
* HereWeGoAgain: Yukari confesses to Masaki and asks to date him for just a month. He accepts.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Masaki after the reality of the HereWeGoAgain above hits him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Yuki and Shiro aren't killing Masaki due to his agreeing to date Yukari for a month has him very much on edge.
* PapaWolf: Yukari's father is described as "hiding something lethal behind his back" when being introduced to Masaki. He later beats Masaki unconscious with a golf club.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:So secret even the test giver wiped her own memories of the test!]]
* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse a lot of people describe Masaki and Yukari as this when they're together.
* TemptingFate: Masaki thinking he can fold and put away Yukari's lingering pair of panties before she returns to her room after wasting several moments deliberating/rationalizing the act with himself.
* WhatTheHellHero: Another one given to Kouhei. This time from Yukari.
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[[folder:''Disunion in October'']]
* BittersweetEnding: Despite being a BreatherEpisode, it ends with [[spoiler:Sanae believing Kouhei had chosen Moyori over her and Shiro realizing Masaki had chosen Yuki.]]
* BrainBleach: InUniverse after Masaki enters the maid cafe and is greeted by Mayoi, Mashiro, Mami, Manaka, and Kasumi. He immediately tries to flee and delete the image from his brain.
* BreatherEpisode: Full of far more lighthearted moments and comedy than the tense August and emotional September episodes.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: This exchange.
-->'''Sakura:''' Come to our shop. We're running a RussianRoulette Crepe Cafe!
-->'''Kouhei:''' Isn't that illegal?
-->'''Sakura:''' Not at all! We pride ourselves on our clean accounting!
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mikami's vision of [[spoiler:a streak of red on white is literally Sanae's blood spilling out onto snow when she's injured and crippled in November.]]
* {{Meido}}: The maid cafe.
* ShoutOut: To Tony the Tiger.
* WhamLine: For Sakura.
-->'''Sakura:''' So you'll always just see me as "Cute little Sakura from next door," right?
-->'''Kouhei:''' [[BluntYes Yes]].
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[[folder:''Parting November'']]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Shiro hits this point after revealing [[spoiler:that all of her previous husbands left her or died before their children were born.]]
* DownerEnding: September's was just sad. This month's is downright depressing.
* GetOut: Yumi takes her anger at [[spoiler:Sanae nearly losing her leg]] out on Kouhei and shouts this at him.
* LoveEpiphany: Masaki tells Mashiro that he had realized he loved Yuki after she passed his SecretTestOfCharacter.
* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Yuki believes Masaki has crossed this via his suggestion that [[spoiler:she and Shiro abort their babies.]]
* SanitySlippage: Masaki gives this impression after Shiro and Yuki leave him. Even Mashiro is spooked out by it.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Masaki gives one to Shiro and Yuki. [[spoiler:Shiro fails.]]
* WhamEpisode: Basically everything goes to hell for the entire main cast. [[spoiler:Only Mizuho isn't affected directly, setting her up for her role in the final chapter as a result.]]
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[[folder:''Perfect December'']]
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The sword Mayoi gives to Masaki before he enters Mikami's realm. [[spoiler:It cuts Shirou's head off in one slice and destroys a god's barrier afterwards.]]
* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse, several from Mizuho, all of which are {{Lampshaded}} by Kasumi.
* BecauseISaidSo: What Shiro resorts to after [[spoiler:Fuyu, her youngest daughter]], defeats her in a logical argument during TheStinger.
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: The wolves that patrol the town during this chapter are [[spoiler:pretty much security cameras so Shiro can keep an eye on things from Mikami's realm.]]
* BookEnds: The series began with Masaki's thoughts as he arrived in Tagami and his meeting with Shiro. The series ends with [[spoiler:Yuuki's thoughts as he arrives in Tagami and his meeting with Fuyu.]]
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:The doctor from the first chapter telling Masaki, "I know I told you we should meet again, but not in an ambulance!"]]
* CallBack: A subtle one but how [[spoiler:Masaki defeats Shirou mirrors how he defeated Yuki in the first chapter.]]
* CornerOfWoe: Masaki during his HeroicBSOD as he sulks in the corner of Kouhei's room, watching one of his videos, and comparing the model to Yuki at every opportunity.
* DarkestHour: Yuki and Shiro are gone, Sanae's leg is paralyzed, and the circle of friends has pretty much disbanded.
* DeathGlare: Ao has a very epic one in a CG after Masaki had asked her to help him with something: [[spoiler:taking her with him to buy an engagement ring for Yuki and using her finger to check the size.]]
* EurekaMoment: Mizuho after hitting a dead end on how she can help bring everyone back together.
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Mizuho does this to Masaki to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD by drafting him into his town patrol and keeping him too occupied to be depressed.
* HandWave: [[spoiler:Mayoi tells Masaki his sword will only work once but actually works twice, prompting Masaki to declare it, "True Japanese Quality."]]
* HeroicSecondWind: Masaki after [[spoiler:nearly passing out from the pain of losing his arm but seeing his final destination and objective is within reach.]]
* IMeantToDoThat: Yuki's excuse for making a knitting mistake.
* {{Irony}}: Had Masaki answered the wolf's question when asked, Yuki would have heard it.
* RealityEnsues: Masaki nearly passing out from the pain once [[spoiler:the adrenaline rush of defeating Shirou wears off and he's reminded that his right arm nearly got torn off. Happens a second time and he actually does pass out after managing a HeroicSecondWind and proposing to Yuki.]]
* RuleOfThree: Mizuho's New Years toast is interrupted three times. By the 3rd time, she's fully expecting it.
* ShownTheirWork: Why Masaki [[spoiler:sacrifices his right arm rather than his left, despite being right-handed. With the left arm closer to the heart and major arteries, the chances of bleeding to death would have been much higher.]]
* {{Squee}}: All of Shiro, Mikami, and Manaka every time they play back the recording of Masaki telling one of the wolves he won't answer whether or not he loves Yuki until he can say it where she can hear his answer.
* TheStinger: The BookEnds scene.
* TimeSkip: A small one to jump from New Years to Graduation Day, then about 15 years pass from the scene before the credits until TheStinger.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: [[spoiler:Masaki's child with Shiro is a girl, and a boy with Yuki.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: One last one to Kouhei from Moyori, [[spoiler:ending with her dumping him after she realizes he loves Sanae and not her.]]
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-->'''Kouhei:''' [[BrutalHonesty Yes]].

-->'''Kourhei:''' Isn't that illegal?

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