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  • The entirety of "A Place For Masaru".
    • Kirishima's devotion to her favorite dinosaur at the park, Masaru the once-famous Triceratops. She used to work with him at Japan's biggest dinosaur park until Masaru accidentally injured himself by tearing off one of his horns and his fame dwindled. When Masaru was sold to Enoshima Dinoland, Kirishima quit her job just to follow him there.
    • When she learns that Dinoland may end up selling Masaru as well, Kirishima teams up with Suzume to try and find a way to save him. The solution they come up with ends up being to set up Masaru's old horn as an interactive exhibit — the horn itself being hung up between two large posts with plaque asking people to try lifting it — alongside a large signboard covered with cutely illustrated factoids about him.
    • While the new exhibit is initially ignored, a Gyaru Girl and her boyfriend eventually stumble upon it and express interest, with both of them trying their hand at lifting the horn and the gyaru taking pictures of both the sign and Masaru himself, commenting on how cute he is. This gives the exhibit a bigger turnout and the photos ending up on social media gives Masaru a lot of publicity, giving Kirishima and Suzume hope that he will be able to stay.
    • A small example, but one of the photos of Masaru is him loafing on the ground. An in-universe Twitter user gushes that he looks like their cat.
  • "Smile, Momiji!". As the title states, Suzume manages to take a photo of Momiji the Stegosaurus showing the front of her face. Due to the shape of her snout and beak, the stegosaur looks like she has a smile on her face. Sure enough, the photo becomes very popular, and one little girl at the park exclaims that Momiji really is smiling.

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