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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The exact time frame the game is ''very'' vague. For starters, while the Canopy Kingdom is filled with many things that could be found in the 1940s, it also has access to some pretty advanced technology.


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* TheRoaring20s: While the [[AmbiguousTimePeriod exact time period the game takes place in is very vague]] it does have a lot references to the 1920s: Jazz music, Art-Deco-style buildings, detectives, just to name a few.

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* EvilVersusEvil: Many of the villains have been known to go up against each other in the series. With the most notable example being the Medic Mafia against the Skullgirl.



** Peacock: Lab 8

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** Peacock: Lab 88 and Hilgard's Castle



* NotSoDifferentRemark:
** The BigBad remarks that Ms. Fortune's wishes are similar; to destroy the mafia and all affiliated crime organizations as revenge for their friends.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark:
NotSoDifferentRemark: [[BigBad Marie]] usually makes these when she is fighting someone that she deems to be similar to her.
** The BigBad She remarks that Ms. Fortune's wishes are similar; similar to hers; to destroy the mafia and all affiliated crime organizations as revenge for their friends.



** Both she and Squigly have been killed by the Medicis and come back to life. If she loses to Squigly, she'll occasionally mutter "But... we're... the same..."

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** Both she and Squigly have been killed by the lost their lives and their families to Medicis and were able to come back to life.life thanks to the Skull Heart. If she loses to Squigly, she'll occasionally mutter "But... we're... the same..."



** Although, her character seems to have been reworked as Junko who makes a cameo appearance in the Glass Canopy.



* VillainProtagonist: Double, Eliza, and Black Dahila in their respective Story Modes. {{Downplayed}} by Cerebella since she's more of an AntiVillain. [[spoiler:Valentine subverts this due to secretly being a double agent.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Double, Eliza, and Black Dahila in their respective Story Modes. {{Downplayed}} by Cerebella since she's more of an AntiVillain. Robo-Fortune and Fukua also count, but their [[LooseCanon relevance in the series is questionable]]. [[spoiler:Valentine subverts this due to secretly being a double agent.agent, and Marie subverts it as well thanks to Peacock shattering the Skull Heart.]]



* WhamLine: In Eliza's Story Mode.

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* WhamLine: In Eliza's Story Mode.Mode, Double reveals something shocking about her.
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** Even the artstyle used years after Alex left the game's production team is shown to be much smoother than the base story mode artwork.
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* CorruptChurch: One of the story mode's paths suggests that the Trinity may be the source of the MineralMacGuffin's power. Even the cathedral architecture and sculptures suggest one of the characters as quite representative of the church's true nature.
* CosmicHorrorStory: As Double's ending reveals, [[spoiler:the world's controlled by the Trinity, a trio of goddesses who live in a completely separate plane of existence from the regular world and manipulate the characters and fate of the story with an arcade stick that lets them play the titular game itself, and that none of the current storylines are {{Canon}}.]] Furthermore, their end goal is to destroy the world and they're the ones who created the Skull Heart so they can turn the females into Skullgirls and have said Skullgirls destroy the world for them.

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* CorruptChurch: One Many of the story mode's paths suggests reveals that the Trinity may be are the source of the MineralMacGuffin's power. Even the cathedral architecture and sculptures suggest one of the characters as quite representative of the church's true nature.
* CosmicHorrorStory: As Double's ending reveals, [[spoiler:the world's controlled by the Trinity, a trio of goddesses who live in a completely separate plane of existence from the regular world and manipulate the characters and fate of the story with an arcade stick that lets them play the titular game itself, and that none of the current storylines are {{Canon}}.]] Furthermore, their end goal is to destroy the world and they're the ones who created the Skull Heart so they can turn the females into Skullgirls and have said Skullgirls destroy the world for them. [[spoiler:Marie's story mode also reveals that they are trying to escape from their prison in case their plan for the Skullgirl fails.]]



** The optional Real Soviet Announcer was originally voiced by Mike Z. Later versions of the game removed his version following all of the controversy surrounding him and replaced him with ''Creator/GaryShwartz'' who voiced Heavy Weapons Guy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''

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** The optional Real Soviet Announcer was originally voiced by Mike Z. Later versions of the game removed his version following all of the controversy surrounding him and replaced him with ''Creator/GaryShwartz'' Gary Schwartz who voiced Heavy Weapons Guy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
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** The optional Real Soviet Announcer is voiced by Mike Z.

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** The optional Real Soviet Announcer is was originally voiced by Mike Z.Z. Later versions of the game removed his version following all of the controversy surrounding him and replaced him with ''Creator/GaryShwartz'' who voiced Heavy Weapons Guy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
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A weekly Website/{{Webtoon}} [[Webcomic/{{Skullgirls}} series]] written by Mike Exner III and illustrated by Wiirdo and Leigha launched on November 19th, 2022.

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A weekly Website/{{Webtoon}} Platform/{{Webtoon}} [[Webcomic/{{Skullgirls}} series]] written by Mike Exner III and illustrated by Wiirdo and Leigha launched on November 19th, 2022.
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* EvilVersusOblivion: While Lab 0 and Brain Drain specifically are shown to be evil due to his many people they experimented on, they are still trying to save the world from the threat of the Skullgirl. [[spoiler:This also extends to The Trinity that created the Skull Heart in the first place as Brain Drain specifically creates the "Chrome Heart" in the post credits scene for Marie's ending specifically to help take them down.]]
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** [[spoiler:Marie's ending is actually a happy one as not only is she finally free from the Skull Heart's influence and reconciled with her friend Peacock, but she also finally avenged every previous Skullgirl that was used by the Trinity for their own plans. However, everyone that was killed during her attack on the Medici is gone like The Last Hope and Lab 8 and Double is still alive and on the run. The Post Credits scene them reveals that Brain Drain now knows what Theonite actually is thanks to Valentine's report and has created the "Chrome Heart" as a way to take down the Trinity.]]
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* TheStinger: Squigly's, Fukua's, Eliza's and Robo-Fortune's endings have an extra scene after the credits.

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* TheStinger: Squigly's, Fukua's, Eliza's Eliza's, Robo-Fortune's, Umbrella's, Black Dahlia's and Robo-Fortune's Marie's endings have an extra scene after the credits.credits. Special mention goes to Marie's post credits scene where [[spoiler:Valentine gives her report to Brain Drain about what Theonite actually is and that he has created the "Chrome Heart" in order to get rid of The Trinity once and for all.]]
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** Big Band is a {{Juggernaut}} style fighter who's SignatureAttack, "[[PunnyName Brass Knuckles]]", unleashes a devastating punch that powers through other attacks thanks to his super armor. He has another charge special called "Take the 'A' Train" which is a GrappleMove using the same windup animation as his punch, allowing for mix-ups. Both of this attacks can be used also as anti-air moves.

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** Big Band is a {{Juggernaut}} style [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]]-style fighter who's SignatureAttack, "[[PunnyName Brass Knuckles]]", unleashes a devastating punch that powers through other attacks thanks to his super armor. He has another charge special called "Take the 'A' Train" which is a GrappleMove using the same windup animation as his punch, allowing for mix-ups. Both of this attacks can be used also as anti-air moves.
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''[[http://skullgirls.com/ Skullgirls]]'' is a frenetic 2D FightingGame putting players in control of an (almost) all-female cast à la ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. The game combines {{Animesque}} character designs with a stylized [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]] film {{motif}}, employing "Dark Deco" stage backgrounds and a cinematic presentation. (The look and the name both derive from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.)

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''[[http://skullgirls.com/ Skullgirls]]'' is a frenetic 2D FightingGame putting players in control of an (almost) all-female cast à la ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. The game combines {{Animesque}} character designs with a stylized [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]] film {{motif}}, employing "Dark Deco" stage backgrounds and a cinematic presentation. (The look and the name both derive from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.)



In addition, after multiple appearances at various events, an official online North American [[UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity esports]] series, the [[https://www.skullgirlschampionship.com/ Skullgirls Championship Series]], was launched in Spring of 2021, with the first of three seasonal majors- or "Blockbusters", as they're referred to- happening in April.

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In addition, after multiple appearances at various events, an official online North American [[UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity [[MediaNotes/FightingGameCommunity esports]] series, the [[https://www.skullgirlschampionship.com/ Skullgirls Championship Series]], was launched in Spring of 2021, with the first of three seasonal majors- or "Blockbusters", as they're referred to- happening in April.
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* ObviousBeta: The pre-patch version of the game by Reverge Labs. The Xbox 360 version suffered from this longest due to Microsoft's ''very'' strict file size patching limits, but it was eventually patched months after the [=PlayStation=] 3 version, plus unless you didn't download the required patch, you're stuck with it until you do.
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Both the UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade carry the game in the US, Europe, and Australia, and the game's available to PC gamers through Steam. A version of the game with translated text was published by Cyber Front on the Japanese PSN in February 2013; despite Japan's general mild distaste for downloadable games, ''Skullgirls'' became a smash hit. (There are currently no plans for a Japanese XBLA version.) Due to legal issues surrounding the developers' rocky relationship with Konami (see below), the original PSN and XBLA releases of ''Skullgirls'' were delisted at the end of 2013; Lab Zero later republished the game on both services in Febuary 2014 on PSN and Steam, and in April 2014 on XBLA as ''Skullgirls Encore'' (due to specific platform differences, PSN's version of ''Encore'' comes as an entirely new standalone release, while XBLA's version patches the original ''Skullgirls'' release).

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Both the UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork Platform/PlaystationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade Platform/XboxLiveArcade carry the game in the US, Europe, and Australia, and the game's available to PC gamers through Steam. A version of the game with translated text was published by Cyber Front on the Japanese PSN in February 2013; despite Japan's general mild distaste for downloadable games, ''Skullgirls'' became a smash hit. (There are currently no plans for a Japanese XBLA version.) Due to legal issues surrounding the developers' rocky relationship with Konami (see below), the original PSN and XBLA releases of ''Skullgirls'' were delisted at the end of 2013; Lab Zero later republished the game on both services in Febuary 2014 on PSN and Steam, and in April 2014 on XBLA as ''Skullgirls Encore'' (due to specific platform differences, PSN's version of ''Encore'' comes as an entirely new standalone release, while XBLA's version patches the original ''Skullgirls'' release).



A port entitled ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' was released on July 7th, 2015 for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Playstation 4]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita Playstation Vita]]. ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' has exclusive content and provides, most significantly, full voice-acting in all the character story modes. Similarly, Creator/ArcSystemWorks published ''2nd Encore'' in Japan, complete with a full Japanese voice cast and in ''arcades'' no less. The additional gameplay features and voiced story cutscenes have been added to the Steam edition as DLC. In November 2016, a limited-edition physical copy of ''2nd Encore'' was available on Limited Run Games for [=PS4=] and Vita with the soundtrack and a book as bonuses, and were to be delivered in January 2017. They sold over 10,000 copies to get the money needed to buy the Japanese dub of the game from Creator/ArcSystemWorks for the English version of the game and will put them in the PC and [=PS4=] versions.

In 2018, ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' was confirmed for a release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, marking the franchise's very first appearance on a Creator/{{Nintendo}} system.

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A port entitled ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' was released on July 7th, 2015 for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 [[Platform/PlayStation4 Playstation 4]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita [[Platform/PlaystationVita Playstation Vita]]. ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' has exclusive content and provides, most significantly, full voice-acting in all the character story modes. Similarly, Creator/ArcSystemWorks published ''2nd Encore'' in Japan, complete with a full Japanese voice cast and in ''arcades'' no less. The additional gameplay features and voiced story cutscenes have been added to the Steam edition as DLC. In November 2016, a limited-edition physical copy of ''2nd Encore'' was available on Limited Run Games for [=PS4=] and Vita with the soundtrack and a book as bonuses, and were to be delivered in January 2017. They sold over 10,000 copies to get the money needed to buy the Japanese dub of the game from Creator/ArcSystemWorks for the English version of the game and will put them in the PC and [=PS4=] versions.

In 2018, ''Skullgirls: 2nd Encore'' was confirmed for a release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Platform/NintendoSwitch, marking the franchise's very first appearance on a Creator/{{Nintendo}} system.



* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: More common, among other bugs, in the Pre-Patch Version on the UsefulNotes/Xbox360. This was rectified after the patch.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: More common, among other bugs, in the Pre-Patch Version on the UsefulNotes/Xbox360.Platform/Xbox360. This was rectified after the patch.



* VideoGameDemake: [[http://skullgirls.com/2012/04/skullgals-coming-to-handheldgaming-systems-in-early-2013/ An April Fools joke from the official site]] shows the initial game redone in the style of [[UsefulNotes/NeoGeoPocket Neo Geo Pocket Color]] fighting games (most notably ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomMatchOfTheMillennium''), complete with 3-color super deformed character sprites, eye candy backgrounds and even mockups with the actual handheld console.

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* VideoGameDemake: [[http://skullgirls.com/2012/04/skullgals-coming-to-handheldgaming-systems-in-early-2013/ An April Fools joke from the official site]] shows the initial game redone in the style of [[UsefulNotes/NeoGeoPocket [[Platform/NeoGeoPocket Neo Geo Pocket Color]] fighting games (most notably ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomMatchOfTheMillennium''), complete with 3-color super deformed character sprites, eye candy backgrounds and even mockups with the actual handheld console.
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When the game's story begins, the now-ended war remains fresh in everyone's minds, and rumors say a new Skullgirl has risen…

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When the game's story begins, the now-ended war remains fresh in everyone's minds, and rumors say a new Skullgirl has risen…
risen…



* HomeStage: Several characters have stages with strong narrative and thematic ties to them. And some characters even share the same home stage!

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* HomeStage: Several characters have stages with strong narrative and thematic ties to them. A few have ''two'' stages. And some characters even share the same home stage!



** Cerebella: Medici Tower

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** Cerebella: Medici TowerTower and River King Casino
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* BackbenchhittingAttack:
** The Neuromancer variant of Painwheel has a signature ability of damaging her opponent's teammates with a percentage of her Blockbuster damage.
** The Trigger Happy variant of Black Dahlia signature abilities focus on her shots being able to damage her opponent's teammates and gaining Enrage buffs when said teammates take damage.
** The Bio-Exorcist variant of Squigly has an inverted example where her signature ability will drain a certain percentage of health from her teammates should she suffer a fatal hit while having at least one Dragon Charge.
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* HomeStage: Several characters have stages with strong narrative and thematic ties to them. And some characters even share the same homestage!
** Filia: Maplecrest.
** Cerebella: Medici Tower.
** Peacock: Lab 8.
** Parasoul: Glass Canopy.
** Ms. Fortune: Little Innsmouth.
** Painwheel: Maplecrest.
** Valentine: No Man's Land.
** Double: Grand Cathedral and Gehenna.
** Squigly: New Meridian Rooftops.
** Big Band: Under the Bridge.
** Fukua: Nightmare Crest.
** Eliza: Bath of Tefnut.
** Beowulf: NMO Arena.
** Annie: Sound Stage 15.
** Umbrella: Boardwalk.
** Black Dahlia: The Bunny Burrow.
** Marie: Final Atrium and Hilgard's Castle.

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* HomeStage: Several characters have stages with strong narrative and thematic ties to them. And some characters even share the same homestage!
home stage!
** Filia: Maplecrest.
Maplecrest
** Cerebella: Medici Tower.
Tower
** Peacock: Lab 8.
8
** Parasoul: Glass Canopy.
Canopy
** Ms. Fortune: Little Innsmouth.
Innsmouth
** Painwheel: Maplecrest.
Maplecrest
** Valentine: No Man's Land.
Land
** Double: Grand Cathedral and Gehenna.
Gehenna
** Squigly: New Meridian Rooftops.
Rooftops
** Big Band: Under the Bridge.
Bridge
** Fukua: Nightmare Crest.
Crest
** Eliza: Bath of Tefnut.
Tefnut
** Beowulf: NMO Arena.
Arena
** Annie: Sound Stage 15.
15
** Umbrella: Boardwalk.
Boardwalk
** Black Dahlia: The Bunny Burrow.
Burrow
** Marie: Final Atrium and Hilgard's Castle.Castle
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** Filia: Maplecrest
** Cerebella: Medici Tower
** Peacock: Lab 8
** Parasoul: Glass Canopy
** Ms. Fortune: Little Innsmouth
** Painwheel: Maplecrest
** Valentine: No Man's Land
** Double: Grand Cathedral and Gehenna
** Squigly: New Meridian Rooftops
** Big Band: Under the Bridge
** Fukua: Nightmare Crest
** Eliza: Bath of Tefnut
** Beowulf: NMO Arena
** Annie: Sound Stage 15
** Umbrella: Boardwalk
** Black Dahlia: The Bunny Burrow
** Marie: Final Atrium and Hilgard's Castle

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** Filia: Maplecrest
Maplecrest.
** Cerebella: Medici Tower
Tower.
** Peacock: Lab 8
8.
** Parasoul: Glass Canopy
Canopy.
** Ms. Fortune: Little Innsmouth
Innsmouth.
** Painwheel: Maplecrest
Maplecrest.
** Valentine: No Man's Land
Land.
** Double: Grand Cathedral and Gehenna
Gehenna.
** Squigly: New Meridian Rooftops
Rooftops.
** Big Band: Under the Bridge
Bridge.
** Fukua: Nightmare Crest
Crest.
** Eliza: Bath of Tefnut
Tefnut.
** Beowulf: NMO Arena
Arena.
** Annie: Sound Stage 15
15.
** Umbrella: Boardwalk
Boardwalk.
** Black Dahlia: The Bunny Burrow
Burrow.
** Marie: Final Atrium and Hilgard's CastleCastle.
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** Valentine: No Man's Land

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** ValleyGirl Painwheel

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** ValleyGirl PainwheelPainwheel.



** [[FaceHeelTurn Skullgirl]] Umbrella.
** [[GrannyClassic Good Granny]] Black Dahlia.



* HumanoidAbomination: Double and the Trinity.

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* HumanoidAbomination: Double Double, Eliza, the Skullgirls, and the Trinity.Trinity. They look human, but they are most cerainly ''not''.
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* AntagonistTitle: Even though there's only one.

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* AntagonistTitle: Even though there's only one. However, there have been many Skullgirls in the past. Marie is simply the latest one.
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** Beowulf, with his muscular physique and hunkish looks, provides some male fanservice for a change. [[note]]In fact, if you pay attention to a lower area it even looks like hints of jiggle physics on him as well. Although it may be unintended.[[/note]]

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** Beowulf, with his muscular physique and hunkish looks, provides some male fanservice for a change. [[note]]In fact, if you pay attention to a lower area it even looks like hints of jiggle physics on him as well. Although well, although it may be unintended.[[/note]]
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** Beowulf, with his muscular physique and hunkish looks, provides some male fanservice for a change.

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** Beowulf, with his muscular physique and hunkish looks, provides some male fanservice for a change. [[note]]In fact, if you pay attention to a lower area it even looks like hints of jiggle physics on him as well. Although it may be unintended.[[/note]]

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