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3'''This work covers the manga. For the anime, see ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.'''
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5Yusei Fudo is a powerful duelist living in Satellite. After having a friendly duel with his friend Sect Injuin, a mysterious being called The Skeleton Knight appears and kidnaps Sect forcing Yusei to duel the knight to save his friend. While heading to the hospital to help Sect who was injured in the duel, Yusei is attacked by Jack Atlas who forces him into a duel. Despite his best efforts, Yusei loses the duel and becomes frustrated due to his loss. Yeager appears and offers Yusei a chance to face Jack Atlas again by entering the D1 Grand Prix. Yusei wasn't sure about entering the tournament at first but he changed his mind after meeting Aki Izayoi. Yusei enters the D1 Grand Prix in hopes of getting another chance to duel Jack Atlas once more. However sinister things are happening behind the scenes...
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7Published in Shueisha's V-Jump in Japan and ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' in US before its cancellation, the manga is based off of the anime and although it features the same cast, the storyline is completely different.
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9The manga is written by Masahiro Hikokubo and supervised by Creator/KazukiTakahashi. It ran from August 21, 2009 to January 21, 2015, spanning a total of 66 chapters compiled into nine volumes.
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11!!Tropes:
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13* AbortedArc: The vs. Jack Rematch due to the tournament being interrupted. However the bonus chapters managed to fix that.
14* AdaptationalBadass:
15** In the anime Sherry was a BadassNormal but here she was made into a Psychic Duelist like Aki.
16** The twins were made into Riding Duelists with their own D-Wheel and were able to defeat five duelists within the [=D1GP=].
17** Yeager was made into a Riding Duelist as well and he defeated nearly everyone in the second round of the [=D1GP=].
18* AdaptationDyeJob:
19** On the cover of volume 3 as seen above, Kiryu's eyes are blue.
20** Sect and Godwin's eyes turn green under the influence of shadow miasma. The latter's hair turns black after absorbing the Ultimate God into himself.
21* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
22** While a calm person in the anime, Manga Yusei is a lot more emotional.
23** Aki, while still a Psychic Duelist, is a lot kinder.
24** Jack is more of a jerk as the King compared to the anime.
25** The twins are sadistic, Ruka being nearly emotionless. {{Subverted|Trope}} later on, as it's revealed to be an effect of the Shadow Miasma, and once Yusei beats them they become more akin to their anime selves.
26** Kiryu is TheStoic, though he becomes more twisted akin to his Dark Signer phase when using Shadow Miasma.
27* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the anime, Lotten was a selfish, sadistic, slave driver who would betray anyone for his own benefit. In the manga, he's simply a duelist from Satellite who eventually befriends Yusei.
28* AdaptedOut: Speed World, Speed World 2, and Speed Counters are completely absent. Instead, Turbo Duels follow normal dueling rules, though you can now win by either reaching a designated finish line first or stopping your opponent's duel runner.
29* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul
30** In the anime, Yusei, Jack, and Crow were childhood friends. In the manga, they meet each other for the first time.
31** Inversely, Aki and Sherry only met in Season 2 of the anime. In the manga, they are former classmates with a past rivalry.
32* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the anime, Psychic Duelists have the ability to inflict real damage during duels, leading to violent results and them being shunned. Here, they're duelists with literal psychic powers, being able to know cards that normally shouldn't be known (i.e. the cards in an opponent's hand, a card currently facedown, etc.), and are generally much more respected by the public, though as a side-effect, Aki describes her former classmates as arrogant jerks who only cared about their grades.
33* AdaptationalVillainy:
34** The twins Rua and Ruka first appeared as antagonists.
35** [[spoiler: The Crimson Dragon as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the true form of the Ultimate God.]]
36* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Through the spell card Gathering Light, Yusei special summons all of the Duel Dragons belonging to his friends and gains their Feel to attack the Ultimate God. The attack is even called "United Shooting Assault".]]
37* AlternateContinuity: Here are some notable details:
38** None of the main characters are Signers nor do they have the Dragon Birthmarks.
39** Yusei, Jack, and Crow aren't childhood friends.
40** While in the anime, Rua and Ruka are rich and have parents that are simply away on business trips all the time, here the twins are poor and have been abandoned by their parents.
41** Aki is a lot kinder from the start and her psychic power is different.
42* ArmorPiercingQuestion: PlayedForLaughs. After the duel between Aki and Sherry ends, Sherry raises a question that causes Aki to lose the strength in her legs.
43-->'''Sherry''': To think that you'd [[DrivesLikeCrazy ride with your eyes closed]]... when did you learn to do that?
44* BalloonBelly: Rua and Crow in an omake, as a result of them having an EatingContest.
45* {{BFS}}: Blackwing Tamer - Hawk Joe gets one through the effect of Delta Union.
46* BigBad: While all the signs point out the Skeleton Knight as this, in actuality it's really [[spoiler:Rex Goodwin.]]
47* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Duelists that are possessed by their Duel Dragons have these.
48* BodyHorror: Both Sect and Ruka's faces have cracks on them after using shadow miasma. Yusei even remarks that Sect looks like he's dying. Godwin has it worse [[spoiler: when the Ultimate God possess him, turning his hands into claws, veins appearing all over his face, and a third eye grows on his forehead.]]
49* TheCakeIsALie: So Yeager told you the tournament champion would be rewarded with lots of money, right? Too bad he'd rather [[SoulJar seal your soul in a card]] instead.
50* DarkerAndEdgier: While the anime had its fair share of dark moments, the manga features monsters being decapitated or ripped in half, characters spewing out blood when receiving real damage and two characters on page being stabbed to death.
51* DemonicPossession: Duelists that use shadow miasma can be controlled by their Duel Dragons.
52* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The names of Red Demon's evolved forms in the English Manga:
53** Red Dragon Red Dragon Abyss (Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss)
54** Red Dragon Red Dragon Burial (Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane)
55** Red Dragon King Red Dragon Calamity (Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity)
56* DesignatedGirlFight: The duel between Aki and Sherry. Considering that this is set up by [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rex]]]], however, the arrangement is intentional.
57* TheDragon:
58** Sect under the Skeleton Knight's control.
59** Yeager serves under [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rex]]]].
60* DrivesLikeCrazy: Late in the turbo duel between Aki and Sherry, Aki ''closes her eyes while still riding on her D-Wheel''. Aside from Yusei, who thinks she's truly enjoying her duel, everyone in-universe reacts with shock and horror (even Yeager looks worried). [[JustifiedTrope To be fair, however]]: 1.) She does this as a necessary measure to block Sherry's [[PsychicPower Hand Scan ability]], 2.) she KNOWS how dangerous such a stunt is, which is why she hesitates about doing so, even at the brink of defeat, 3.) it takes some encouragement from her friends and fellow classmates (instigated by Ran Kobayakawa, no less) to get her to really let go of her inhibition, and 4.) when asked by Sherry about where Aki learned to ride her D-Wheel so safely despite closing her eyes after Aki wins the duel between them, Aki is so shocked by the realization of what she had done that she loses the strength in her legs momentarily, before admitting to Sherry that it's a desperate measure that she can't believe she managed to pull off and that she can't be counted on to pull off again.
61* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Anyone infected with shadow miasma acts like this.
62* DubNameChange: In the English version, all the main characters keep their English names but the characters that appear in the manga do not.
63** Certain names that appear in the manga have been changed in the English version:
64** Feel > Sense
65** Dark Feel > Shadow Sense
66** Purgatory > Void
67** Card of Darkness/Dark Card > Shadow Card
68** The Wizard of the Forest > The Black Magician of the Forest
69*** InconsistentDub: Mostly regarding the monsters' names; not helped by the Duel Dragons having punny Japanese names.
70* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Rudger to Ish [[spoiler:after Rex stabs them both.]]
71* {{Expy}}:
72** Six of the Duel Dragons look exactly like the Signer Dragons and play a similar role.
73** The Aerial Fortress Seibal is similar to the Ark Cradle.
74** The first D-Wheel that Godwin uses in his duel against Jack looks the same as Jack's D-Wheel only darker in color.
75** The Ultimate God's true form [[spoiler: looks exactly like the Crimson Dragon.]]
76** [[spoiler: Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr]] looks like Shooting Star Dragon but with six wings and the way it is summoned is similar to Shooting Quasar Dragon.
77** The Priests of Light are the manga versions of the Signers.
78* EvilCounterpart: Underworld Dragon Dragonecro's monster effect allows it to create these.
79* FaceDeathWithDignity: Or Defeat with Dignity in this case. When the Skeleton Knight is about to lose his duel with Yusei he stops his horse and takes the attack head on.
80* FauxAffablyEvil: Rex Goodwin, as usual. While it's clear from the beginning, and even more so during the first stage of the D1 Grand Prix, that he has some sort of plan, the true depths he's willing to sink to beat Skeleton Knight are made quite clear with [[spoiler:his willingness to MindRape Ruka and use her as a pawn to bring out Yusei's full potential]].
81* {{Main/Foil}}: Sherry and Kiryu are both duelists Aki faces during the Grand Prix tournament, but they are different in some ways: [[WeUsedToBeFriends Sherry and Aki used to be friends]], which boils over during the tournament, making Sherry rather emotional towards Aki, whereas Kiryu has no history with Aki and is more [[TheStoic emotionless]] towards her. As for their strategies and monsters, Sherry and Kiryu both rely on getting their monsters out at the right conditions to optimize their potentials, but Sherry's monsters do best when her opponent's hand is empty, while Kiryu's show their true worth when their own player's hand is empty, as mentioned in the omake detailing their dueling style difference.
82* FullNameBasis:
83** Ran Kobayakawa refers to herself like this.
84** Kiryu addresses others this way as well, with Jack being the sole exception (their shared childhood history might be a factor).
85* FunWithAcronyms: V.S.F.L. (Virtual Solid Feel Lab). Changed to V.S.S.L. (Virtual Solid Sense Laboratory) in the English version.
86* {{God}}: The Ultimate God, as if it wasn't already obvious enough from the name. Godwin reveals that all Duel Monsters cards not just the Duel Dragons were created by the Ultimate God.
87* AGodAmI: Rex Goodwin, just like in the anime.
88* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler:Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon]]
89* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The Ultimate God]].
90* HappilyAdopted: The Godwin brothers to Ish.
91* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Only Sect and the Skeleton Knight wear helmets, a rather curious use of the trope considering the anime Averted this one.
92* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
93** The effect of Queen Angel of Roses, which destroys the monster with the lowest Attack points at the beginning of its turn, applies to itself as well. During the duel between Aki and Kiryu, it actually ends up destroying itself with said effect because of this, much to the shock and horror of Aki's classmates.
94** When Yusei summons Gravity Warrior late in his first duel against Leo, Leo actually has a Trap Card in his hand that can negate Gravity Warrior's effect, but he can't activate it due to his Spell & Trap zone being fully loaded with Effect Spell cards that he played earlier, thus ensuring his defeat at Yusei's hand, as Luna privately notes.
95--->'''Luna''': ''[thinking privately]'' Leo has Dark Bribe in his hand, but he has filled his Spell & Trap zone with Equip Spell cards, so he can't play it. Leo underestimated Yusei and went with his Equip Spell strategy... a tactical error.
96* InconsistentDub: Hoo boy. Even after TCG names are revealed, this doesn't mean that a card will stick to the name.
97* InformedAttribute: Crow claims to be a ChildHater, but he cares deeply for his brother (in fact, a major motivation in his participation in the Grand Prix tournament is to make his brother proud), and the only other children he meets but doesn't get along with are Rua and Ruka (when they are DrunkOnTheDarkSide, that is).
98* InTheHood: Ruka and one of the Priests of Light.
99* IsThatTheBestYouCanDo: Jack makes this kind of statement when he believes he has won the duel against his opponent. This trope gets combined with TemptingFate for him during his duel with Kiryu when he thinks he's won (to be fair, he just manages to wipe out Kiryu's Life Points to 0 at that point, which normally ends the duel... except, this time, Kiryu has a duel combo strategy that lets him continue to duel even with his Life Points reduced to 0).
100* ItsAllMyFault: Yeager's last appearance shows him blaming himself for failing to fulfill [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rex]]]]'s wish.
101* {{Jerkass}}:
102** Sect after becoming consumed by Shadow Miasma is this.
103** Due to how powerful he is Jack often mocks and belittles other duelists that are weaker than him.
104** Ruka as well as she often threatens to hurt Rua if he misuses her monsters.
105** Even Yusei himself was this prior to the story, initially only caring about facing strong opponents and ignoring others who he viewed as beneath him. He eventually changed his ways upon meeting Sect.
106* KilledOffscreen: Ish Kiq Godwin [[spoiler:at first. When revived as a revenant avatar for the Ultimate God, we ''do'' see her permanent death at Rex's hands]].
107* MirrorMatch: Crow fights a dark copy of himself, the only difference between the two being that his copy has a Duel Dragon.
108* MythologyGag: Mainly to the anime.
109** Yeager's D-Wheel, the Destiny Clown is the same one from the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers.
110** Sherry's psychic ability, "Hand Scan" functions the same way as [[Manga/YuGiOh Pegasus's Millenium Eye.]]
111** Two cards that are used by Yusei and Jack respectively in the bonus chapters are named after the MidSeasonUpgrade they received in the anime, [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Accel_Synchro_(card) Accel Synchro]] and [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Burning_Soul_(card) Burning Soul]].
112** The five Priests of Light wear the same cloaks the Dark Signers wore but white in color. Three of the priests share the post TimeSkip appearances of Rua, Ruka, and Aki.
113** In a flashback Rex Godwin and Ish Kiq Godwin are seen riding machines that look like the one Z-One is in.
114** Many cards used by Yusei and the others often display monsters that they used in the anime.
115** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Dragon has Jack's Signer mark on its chest.
116** Godwin gains the same facial markings as a Dark Signer when absorbing the Ultimate God into himself.
117** Kiryu while using Shadow Miasma acts a lot like his Dark Signer self.
118** In his Out-Shot Run with Ish, the monster Godwin uses: Celestial Dark Mage resembles Aporia.
119** When Yusei uses his Shining Armored Sense to fly, his D-Wheel gains wings. [[spoiler: In the bonus chapters, Jack's D-Wheel is shown with wings of his own.]]
120** Its shown that Turbo Duels used to be conducted with monsters summoned from Stone Tablets, just like the Ancient Ka Battles from the original manga (although now on horseback).
121** Godwin hosting a tournament to lure and awaken duelists with special abilities is just like what happened in the anime.
122** The complete Dragon Birthmark appears on blank Duel Dragon cards and in the Aerial Fortress Seibal as a wall carving.
123* NoblewomansLaugh: Ran Kobayakawa laughs this way.
124* NoNameGiven: As children, the Godwin brothers didn't know their own names. When Ish found and adopted them, she was the one who gave them their names.
125* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Crow defeating his dark copy. The second D1 Grand Prix as well which include such matches as Yusei vs. Kiryu and Aki vs Crow.
126* OhCrap:
127** Aki and her classmates have this reaction more than once in Aki's duel against Kiryu:
128*** When Kiryu reveals his Infernal Archer, summoned with 2,100 attack points when his hand is empty, can attack Aki directly (it certainly puts pressure on Aki, as this ability can result in a 2-turn KO).
129*** When [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Queen Angel of Roses destroys itself with its own ability]].
130*** Finally, when Aki reveals her face-down trap card in a attempt to stop Kiryu's attack with his Void Ogre Dragon, only for Kiryu to reveal that his Void Ogre Dragon can negate Aki's trap card ''and'' gain a boost of 500 in attack points in so doing, which will ensure Aki's defeat. Aki's combines this with a BigWhat in reaction.
131** Jack gets this combined with a BigWhat when Kiryu reveals his Void Ogre Dragon which has 3000 attack points can attack him directly.
132** Rua and Yusei when Ruka jumps off their still moving D-Wheel to grab her book.
133** Everyone when Godwin special summons three Duel Dragons through Ultimaya Tzolkin's effect.
134** Yusei when Godwin is able to attack with all three said Duel Dragons.
135* OneTurnKill:
136** Crow to Bolt Tanner in the duel between them.
137** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Bommer/[[DubNameChange Greiger]] tries to pull this on Yusei in their own respective duel, as Yusei manages to fight back.
138* ParentalAbandonment: According to Rua, he and Ruka are alone but it is left unclear if their parents have left them or are actually dead.
139* PimpedOutDress: Ran wears one when she joins her and Aki's classmates as spectators of the Grand Prix tournament. As the omake focusing on her explains, her reason for doing so instead of wearing her school uniform as her other classmates do is due to her continued rivalry (in her own mind, anyway) between herself and Aki:
140-->'''Ran''': If Aki isn't wearing her uniform while dueling... I shan't wear mine to watch!
141* {{Planimal}}: The monsters in Ran's deck are Insect-type with "orchid" in both name and design (there's an orchid on the monster's body).
142* PlayingWithFire: Bommer/[[DubNameChange Greiger]] duels with a Fire-type deck.
143* PsychicPower: Two of them.
144** [[MythologyGag Sherry's "Hand Scan" ability, which allows her to see the cards her opponent holds, if said opponent sees said cards as well.]]
145** Aki's "Foresee Draw" ability, which allows her to know which card she's about to draw the moment she touches it.
146* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Rex Godwin has lived for 5000 Years.
147* RuleOfCool: Presumably the only reason (and outright implied in Jack's case) that Riding Duelists wear ridiculously inappropriate riding gear and no helmets for the most part.
148* RedBaron:
149** King of Divine Punishment, Black Highlander. Save his Red Dragons, Jack's entire deck is a "King" deck. Jack himself is also called The King.
150** Kiryu is called the Handless Demon.
151** Aki is known as the Queen of Queens.
152** Sect Injuin after mastering his dark power calls himself Fly Lord.
153* ScarfOfAsskicking: Yusei wears one in Rides 9-12 during his duel with Bomber. He is also seen wearing it during the flashbacks of his TrainingFromHell.
154* SealedEvilInACan: The Duel Dragons are the can in this case as Godwin states that they were being used in rituals to seal away darkness.
155** The Ultimate God was sealed away in a statue 5000 years ago by the Priests of Light.
156* SeriousBusiness: The "Queen of Queens" title. Ran duels Aki with the intent of taking said title for herself. The fact that Aki didn't even ask for the title to be bestowed upon herself in the first place seemed to be of no concern for Ran.
157* SinisterScythe: Black Highlander wields one.
158* SoulJar: During the finals of the D1 Grand Prix, Yeager traps the souls of Duelists in cards.
159* SuperMode: Four of the Duel Dragons have them, they are:
160** [[spoiler:Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus]] for Beelze.
161** [[spoiler:Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon]] for Dragonecro.
162** [[spoiler:Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr and Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon]] for Stardust.
163** [[spoiler:Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon Abyss, Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon Belial, and Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon Calamity]] for Red Demon.
164* TakeAThirdOption: Before Yusei's duel against Hunter Pace, he messed with Yusei's duel runner to ensure that Yusei couldn't outpace him, and during said duel, he sets a monster that prevents Yusei's monsters from attacking it. How does Yusei win the duel? By making his monster attack Hunter Pace directly and boosting the Attack stat of his monster high enough to score a OneHitKO.
165* TemptingFate:
166** Jack has a tendency to ask the opponent he believes he has just defeated IsThatTheBestYouCanDo. It fails when he does it to Kiryu (to be fair, he just manages to wipe out Kiryu's Life Points to 0 at that point, which normally ends the duel... except, this time, Kiryu has a duel combo strategy that lets him continue to duel even with his Life Points reduced to 0).
167** During the MirrorMatch between Crow and his dark copy, Crow, having had to withstand his dueling strategies and moves being used against him throughout their duel, gets fed up at one point and tells his dark copy to "make your own move". Cue his dark copy Synchro-Summoning a Duel Dragon, which Crow lacks at the moment.
168* TheCameo:
169** Carly in Ride 9.
170** Kazama in Ride 18
171** Nicolas in Ride 25
172** [[spoiler:Z-One, Anime!Yusei, [[Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime Judai, Yami Yugi, and Paradox]] in Ride 66.]]
173* TheReveal:
174** The Skeleton Knight is actually [[spoiler:Rudger Godwin.]]
175** [[spoiler: The Ultimate God is the Crimson Dragon.]]
176** [[spoiler: Stardust Spark Dragon is a Synchro Tuner monster.]]
177* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]:
178** [[spoiler:When The Skeleton Knight dies his spirit as Rudger Godwin reunites with Ish.]]
179** [[spoiler:Rex joins them in the final chapter.]]
180* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In the first round of the Grand Prix, victory is granted to the duelist fulfilling one of the following 3 conditions onto his/her opponent: 1) damaging the opponent's duel runner during the duel so that it can't function, 2) reducing the opponent's Life Points to 0, or 3) finishing the required laps first. In Yusei's duels against Bommer/Greiger and Hunter Pace, Yusei fulfills ''two'' of the above conditions onto his opponent (Bommer/Greiger for the first two and Hunter Pace for the last two).
181* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: How Rudger Godwin survived being stabbed and returning as the Skeleton Knight is never explained.]]
182* UrbanLegend: The Skeleton Knight.
183** AllMythsAreTrue: Naturally, he's real.
184* VictoryIsBoring: When Kiryu considers his victory against his opponent imminent, he expresses utter disappointment.
185-->"You can't satisfy me."
186* VillainOverride: [[spoiler: The Ultimate God does this to Godwin once he starts losing.]]
187* WeUsedToBeFriends:
188** Aki and Sherry used to be schoolmates, until Aki left it due to being fed up by the mentality of other duelists in said school (where Sherry has remained right up to the time of the plot). Sherry took offense at it (she considers such an action "dereliction of her duty"), and the Grand Prix tournament marked the first time the two of them saw or spoke to one another again after Aki joined the school she's remained in as a student.
189** Jack and Kiryu were cordial when they were both residents in V.S.S.L. in their childhood days, but after Kiryu lost the duel between himself and Jack, he stole the Red Demon card, which was the prize for said duel. Jack had since then regarded Kiryu as a SoreLoser who betrayed his trust, until the two of them dueled again (this time during the Grand Prix tournament) and Jack found out at the end of their second duel ''why'' Kiryu committed the theft in the first place.
190* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Yeager is not seen at all at in the bonus chapters.
191* WouldHurtAChild: Godwin does this twice. In the past Godwin sees the kids that train in his facility as nothing more than guinea pigs and isn't concerned if they get hurt or killed while developing his sense generation device. In the present, Godwin talks the twins into dueling Yusei convincing Rua that its the only way to return Ruka back to her normal self when in actuality he's just using them to test the power of Yusei's Duel Dragon not caring if they get hurt in the process.
192* YouAreNotAlone: Yusei says this when facing Sect for the second time.
193-->'''Yusei Fudo:''' "All the duelists who fought beside me... They're the reason I've managed to keep dueling! I'm not alone now!!"

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