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Role:
Ryo's Friend
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 99 lbs
Blood Type: AB
Birth Date: 9th August
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Where: Dobuita
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is very close to Nozomi Harasaki and Noriko
Nakamura. They have known each other since
they were young. She first realized how
Nozomi felt toward Ryo when she was a
junior high school student. Moved by Nozomi's
pure, deep love for Ryo, she has been
supportive to her both openly and in secret.
She is angry and often unfriendly with
Ryo though, who takes an indecisive attitude
toward Nozomi (but we are not sure whether
he does this intentially or not). She
seems to be an arrogant, selfish person,
but in fact, she is quite insecure and
hates being alone. Acting like a big sister,
she always feels obligated to protect
Nozomi and Noriko who she feels are vulnerable.
However she sometimes makes careless mistakes,
and Nozomi and Noriko who are more firm
and reliable than they look, support her
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Role:
Neighbor
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 119 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 20th March
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Where: Residential District--Sakuragaoka
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all the upper and middle class families
living in Sakurgaoka, the Kondos are the
only family that doesn't own their own house.
Instead, they rent it on a monthly basis.
Her husband is a longshoreman who spends
an inordinate ammount of time and money
carousing, and only returns home a few times
a month. After paying the rent and food
expenses from her husband's meager salary,
Fusako has a very little left for spending
money. Their only son, Yohei, works all
day to supplement their income and Fusako
spends her time chitchatting with housewives
and shopkeepers. Her best friend is Ine
Hayata and at one time, she visited Ine-san
almost everyday. Ine-san felt hesitant about
seeing her so often, and has asked Fukuhara-san
to tell Fusako that she was out on occasion.
Fusako however, has almost no bad characteristics
and is a gentle, good-natured person. |
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Role:
Neighbor
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 106 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 22nd
July
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Residential District--Sakuragaoka
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husband, Takanobu Mishima, is the captain
of a tanker that is mainly involved with
trading in the Middle East, and he is generally
away from home for half of every year. Because
of his hard work, they are quite wealthy.
In fact, everybody in the neighborhood consiters
them to be the wealthiest family in Sakuragaoka.
Fusayo lives a life of leisure, without
a care about money. Socializing with the
neighbors in the small Sakuragaoka area
is a difficult thing for her as a woman
brought up by a wealthy family. When the
housewives start chitchatting at the vacant
lot in front of her house, she is obligated
to join them. She must share in all the
gossip with them, but despite her freindliness,
she actually doesn't like Sumitani-san and
Kondo-san. Being a tidy person, she hates
the cats that spoil their garden. When her
youngest daughter Megumi brings a kitten
home, Fusayo immediatly shouts at her to
"Get rid of it!" without listening
to her explanation. She eventually regrets
her behavior, and rescinds her order, after
Megumi and her older daughter, Mayumi, explain
the story. |
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Role:
Fifth Grade Elementary School Student
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Height: 4'8"
Weight: 93 lbs
Blood Type: March
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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energetic child, Hideki is a fifth grader
and the little brother of Eri Tajima. He
often says he wishes Nozomi was his sister
instead. He likes lunchtime and physical
education, but hates studying. Helped by
his sister, he tries to finish his homework,
but quickly gets bored of it. However, he
ends up finishing it tearfully, because
Eri pokes him relentlessly until he does.
His wildest dream is to become Prime Minister.
If he were, he'd reform the education system
by banning homework and all subjects exepct
physical education from schools. Yet, he
hasn't thought about the fact that were
he to become Prime Minister, he'd no longer
be at school! |
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Role:
Newspaper Deliverer
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 143 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 11th July
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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| Hiroshi
attends college by making use of a scholarship
from the newspaper publishing company. It
must be quite hard for him to deliver papers
at the fixed time in the morning and evening
everyday, but he has continued doing it
diligently for four years without missing
a day. He will likely contribute greatly
to the future of this country, but only
if his grades are good enough. |
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Role:
Searching for the "Yamamoto Family"
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 93 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 28th April
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Where: Residential District--Sakuragaoka
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| Kame
is an elderly lady whom Ryo meets in Sakuragaoka.
She lives in Chiba, but came to Yokosuka
to visit her friend Yamamoto-san when she
lost her way. While her eyesight is poor,
she is a very sweet woman and she always
talks quietly and politely in the manner
of a mild-mannered grandmother. She also
happens to be an acquaintance of Xia Xiu
Yu and drops by Dobuita once in a while
to visit her. |
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Role:
Fifth Grade Elementary School Student
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Height: 4'10"
Weight: 88 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 16th March
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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| Kaoru
enjoys her classes, which sounds nice, but
the fact is the only classes she enjoys
are karate, shaolin, and aikido. Recently
she started taking ballet lessons, too,
but quit when she noticed that the way she
moved her hands and toes looked too much
like kung fu. |
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Role:
Young Girl Who Draws On Roads
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Height: 3'8"
Weight: 49 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 23rd October
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Where: Residential District
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| Kayoko
is the younger sister of Naoyuki and Yasuo
Ito and a first grade elementary school
student. She is always following Yasuo around,
but he often tries to ignore her. She really
likes to draw pictures and often uses chalk
to draw on the road. If Yasuo isn't looking
after her, and her parents come home late,
she spends her time drawing while waiting
for them. She loves animals and has a special
talent easily making friends with cats and
dogs. |
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Role:
Third Grade Elementary School Student
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Height: 4'2"
Weight: 71 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 23rd February
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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is a bouncy child often playing around the
residential streets in the neighborhood
of Dobuita. Despite his sweet looks, he
is a real brat at home. He knows how to
get along in life--he is shrewd and good
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Role:
Office Worker
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 137 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 8th July
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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He
is the scout for a modeling agency. In
the industry, he is well known as Naked
Nishi-san among fellow agents. He is such
a go-getter that other agents can make
deals just by mentioning "Nishi-san"
to their counterparts. However, nobody
knows why his nickname is Naked Nishi-san.
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Role:
Leader of a Group of Braty Kids
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Height: 4'4"
Weight: 73 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 16th November
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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leader among the kids in the neighborhood,
Kota likes playing soccer and video games.
He loves talking about soccer with his
best friend Yasuo. Influenced by a popular
comic book, he wants to become an ace
striker in the All Japan League and enter
the World Cup. He is at his best when
it comes to physical education, but he
is very hard at studying and his grades
are in the lower half of his class. In
particular, he dislikes Japanese, and
Kanji dictation is his worst nightmare.
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Role:
Fifth Grade Elementary School Student
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 93 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 14th April
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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| Kotaro
is a baseball fan and often seems bored
because his father, who plays catch with
him, is now away on buisness and returns
only once a month. His mother constantly
nags at him to study harder. What Kotaro
hates the most is that people say he looks
exactly like his mother. He believes that
his mother talks too much, has a strange
face, and is not so pretty compared to his
friend's mother. He sometimes imagines that
he is adopted and that his real mother is
living in some distant place. Coming back
to reality, however, he realizes that his
dream can't be true because they reallt
do look so much alike, Dissapointed, he
keeps staring at himself in a mirror. |
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Role:
Naughty Boy
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Height: 4'1"
Weight: 84 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 9th March
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Where: New Yokosuka Harbor
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Kyosuke
was the boy whose plane hit Akio Enoki.
Being a spoiled child, he knows nothing
about manners. He actually lived outside
sakuragaoka but likes to venture there
and play. It seems he has dinner alone
all the time because his parents are working,
leaving him very isolated.
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Role:
Newly Single Architect
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 148 lbs
Blood Type: 0
Birth Date: 20th July
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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of the greatist architects of our time,
Manabu is the designer of a number of very
avant-garde buildings. At the request of
a friend, he is working now in Sakuragaoka.
He threw away a chance to work on a big
project because he couldn't say no to his
friend. His is single now--his wife left
him because he was too occupied with his
work. He had a cat, which helped him cope
with his loneliness, but she went missing
the day the snow turned to rain. In spite
of worrying about the whereabouts of his
cat, he continues to work hard for his friend. |
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Role:
Megumi's Sister, Ryo's Old Classmate
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 106 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 24th November
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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| Mayumi
went to the same school as Ryo from kindergarden
to junior high school. She has known Ryo
longer than Nozomi partly because their
houses are close. She didn't notice her
feelings for Ryo until she entered a highly
competitive girl's high school and was separated
from him. Rather passive by nature, she
feels nervous when in the company of both
Ryo and Nozomi, as shen knows how Nozomi
feels for Ryo. She tries to keep some distance
from Ryo, as she would rather stay friends
than confess her love to him. Anyway, she
is occupied with entrance exams at the moment.
She is dreaming of becoming a diplomat,
but to do so, she must study hard to enter
a university of foreign languages and learn
Chinese. She sometimes walks around Dobuita
and if she comes across Ryo, let alone if
he speaks to her, she is happy for the rest
of the day. |
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Role:
Mayumi's Younger Sister
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Height: 3'7"
Weight: 62 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 25th March
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Where: Residential District-Dobuita
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charming little girl is in the senior class
of Yokosuka-dai kindergarden. Because Megumi
has a sister more than 10 years older, she
is precocious. She is anxious to go to elementary
school and is always running around with
Mayumi's old school bag on her back. She
loves animals and wants to have a pet, but
she is not allowed to. She rescued a stray
kitten in Sakuragaoka but her mother won't
allow her to keep it at home so she takes
care of the kitten at a local shrine. Her
sociable character attracts many older friends,
Yamagishi-san is one of them. She often
visits him without telling her mother and
comes back after eating snacks. Ryo is also
a good friend of hers. When she saw Mayumi
and Ryo talking, she innocently asked if
they were getting married, and made them
embarrassed. Recently she came to understand
what "getting married" means.
When she was asked by Nozomi, "What
would you like to be when you grown up?"
she answered cheerfully, "I am going
to be married to Ryo." This answer
really surprised Nozomi. |
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Role:
Taxi Driver
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 155 lbs
Blood Type: AB
Birth Date: 9th July
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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is a seasoned taxi driver with 27 years
of experience. He resigned from a large
taxi company and became a private taxi driver,
so he must endure irregular hours and reduced
income in his exchange for his freedom from
authority. He and his wife, Taeko, are not
getting along. He walks around Dobuita or
takes a nap in the daytime because he doesn't
want to see her. At night, he goes out to
work. He lives a willful life in this way.
Their alienation bgan after their daughter
Yukie left home suddenly to live in Tokyo.
Since then, six months have passed and there
has been no word from her. Each blames the
other for this abandonment and they have
had repeated quarrels. It would appear their
marriage is about to break up, but nobody
in Sakuragaoka knows about this yet. |
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Role:
Free Battle Opponent
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 128 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 23rd June
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Where: Event Only
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sworn brother of Akio Enoki, Naomichi look
like a classic punk and cuts school quite
often. Despite his truancy, he is rather
bright and his grades are fairly good. He
always hands around with his classmate,
Takuya Maruyama, and often goes looking
for people to pick fights with. Despite
his mean exterior, he has a sensitive character.
He constantly worries about what he should
do after graduation. |
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Role:
Ryo's Classmate
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 135 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 14th May
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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is the older brother of Yasuo and Kayoko
Ito. There's a big difference between the
siblings' ages. He is a kind, gentle boy
who takes care of his brother and sister
while his parents are busy with their work.
However, he often has to leave his sister
with his younger brother because he is studying
for the college entrance exams. He is close
to Ryo and Ichiro who are in the same class.
Ryo and Ichiro were already friends when
Naoyuki's family moved to Sakuragaoka when
he was in second grade. At first, the classmates
bullied Naoyuki because he was the new guy,
so when Ryo helped him out they became friends.
He earned money doing a part-time job that
he worked at since he started high school,
and he recently bought a motorcycle, something
he'd ben dreaming of for years. He is so
exited that he can't stop talking about
the motorcycle to Ryo and Ichiro. He is
good at science and mathematics, and his
grades are among the highest in the class.
Above all, his physics grade is the top
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Role:
Neighbor
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 115 lbs
Blood Type: 0
Birth Date: 19th December
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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| Natsuki
has dreamed of being a housewife since she
was a child. After graduating from college,
she got a job for a construction company
for the short term, but ended up working
there for almost 10 years. When she was
nearly 30, just as she was starting to think
she'd never find someone worth marrying,
she accompanied her boss to a meeting one
day with Mikio Sumiya, an elite government
official of the Ministry of Construction.
She and Mikio fell in love and married after
a breif courtship; so at last, Natsuki is
fulfilling her dream. Her fellow workers
still talk about her story as a fairytale
ending. The couple bought a house in Sakuragaoka
when their first son Kotaro was born, 11
years ago. Mikio is frequently transferred
and is now in Hiroshima living alone. Sumitani
really likes chitchatting. One of her pastimes
is to gather information on show business
from TV programs and magazines and be the
first to tell friends about it. Furthermore,
she likes to gossip about her neighbors.
She is not satisfied unless she knows everything
that's happening in the community. She might
have useful information for Ryo, bu there
are times when she slanders people. She
may appear to be concerned about an incident,
but more likely she wants to know so she
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Role:
Owner of Candy Shop
Gender: Female
Age: 75
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 106 lbs
Blood Type: B
Birth Date: 24th November
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Where: Sakuragaoka--Abe Store
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| Setsu
resided in Manchuria with her husband Tomekichi,
who was a schoolteacher, during the Japanese
occupation of the prewar period. When they
tried to return to Japan during the war,
Tomekichi and Setsu were separated in the
confusion of the evacuation. Finally, setsu
arrived in Tokyo, but found her house had
been burnt down and she couldn't locate
her parents. So she headed for Yokosuka
where Tomekichi's parents lived. Although
their house remained standing, Tomekichi's
parents were missing. Setsu decided to settle
there in the event that her husband or his
parents might return. She opened a small
candy store in the entrance hall of the
house. She has been running this small shop
alone ever since. Everyday, for the past
40 years, she prepared a meal for the two
in hopes that her missing husband Tomekichi
might one day come home. Although she lives
alone, she enjoys the company of the children
coming to the shop for candy and snacks.
The past few years have seen her growing
increasingly more senile and she imagines
there is a connection between herself and
Ryo, like that of a mother and son. Much
to Ryo's chagrin, she doesn't acknowledge
the fact that he is grown and treats him
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Role:
Old Soldier
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 150 lbs
Blood Type: AB
Birth Date: 27th February
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Where: Residential District--Sakuragaoka
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| Shigeo
was born in Itabashi, Tokyo, and is well
versed in the traditional martial arts.
With a strong affection for the martial
arts from childhood, he trained until he
was drafted into the military shortly after
turning 30. He was sent with the Kanto army
to the front lines. Due to his knowledge
of communication techniques, developed while
working at a manufactuer of morse code generators,
he was used on various missions (including
decoding Chinese and Russian codes) as technical
officer. When the war was over, he married
and moved to Sakuragaoka at his wife's urging
because she loved the cherry trees there.
They even planted a cherry tree in their
home garden. When his wife died, he cut
it down, trying to break the link with his
past, but now he seems to regret doing so.
Ine-san has long been a close acquaintance
with Shigeo. This friendship has deepened
since his wife died. He now harbors feelings
of affection for Ine-san, but he avoids
showing her these feelings, instead often
treating Ine-san and Ryo with indifference.
Years ago, when Shigeo became aquainted
with Iwao, the master of Hazuki Dojo, he
restarted his training again. Iwao and Shigeo
developed a close friendship and always
drank sake together after their practices.
Shigeo stopped training again after he hurt
his back. He is very strict about manners
and behavior, even with the children gathering
around Abe Store. He has often scolded Ryo
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Role:
Post Office Worker
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 124 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 22nd October
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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Shinichi
is a 32 year old, high-spirited postman
who is exclusively in charge ofthe neighborhood
of Dobuita. He likes the color red and
had dreamed of becoming either a postman
or fireman since he was a child. According
to him, he chose the postal service because
he was strongly attracted to the outlined
postal logo on the red background.
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Role:
Office Worker
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 146 lbs
Blood Type: A
Birth Date: 22nd January
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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Suguru
got divorced 10 years ago after his wife
left him when she found out that he had
an affair. Fortunatly he can work without
concern now, because their daughter Minako,
takes care of the household and Yuji,
his good-tempered son doesn't need much
care. Since his love affair 10 years ago,
he has never had any luck with women,
let alone any chances of a second marriage.
He has started to collect brochures from
marriage counseling centers for middle-aged
and senior people, thinking ahead to his
future after Minako gets married and leaves
home.
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Role:
Housewives Group, Wife of Mitsugu Nomura
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 119 lbs
Blood Type: O
Birth Date: 23rd October
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Where: Residential District--Dobuita
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Taeko
is the wife of the private taxi driver,
Mitsugu Nomura, but they don't get along
well. Although she's decided not to get
divorced, she's given up doing housework.
Their house is an utter mess. The reason
for the Nomura's problems is Yukie, their
missing daughter. Yukie left home six
months ago, saying "I'm going to
Tokyo" and never returned. Their
marriage is on the verge of collapse,
and they are both tired of blaming each
other. The residents of Sakuragaoka haven't
noticed what has happened to the family.
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