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Tear Jerker: Otogi Juushi Akazukin
Otogi Juushi Akazukin: Episode 31 hits us with a flashback to when three year old Akazukin's village is attacked. In the aftermath, Akazukin finds an injured wolf who would later become her closest friend. The villagers angrily urge her to drive him away, as it was his race, the Lycans who attacked the village. but with tears in her eyes, this three year old who just lost her parents, and supposedly her best friend, who is secretly the very wolf lying beside her. stands up for injured wolf, bringing tears to even his eyes.
