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AS THE PRINCIPAL PICK THINGS UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF, TURN THINGS UP A NOTCH AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER WELL-DESERVED FIGHT. | HAD KNOWN THIS SINCE ISSUE 1 AFTER BREAKING THE STORY FOR THE FIRST 10 ISSUES. BUT SEEING AS THE PART THE CENTRAL MEMBERS OF THE KIRIJI PLAYED IN THIS TALE IS OVER FOR NOW, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT THE STORY THE OCCASION OF HIS POSSIBLE RETURN, THERE WOULD BE A TON TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THE SAFEST THING TO EXPLORE WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANANSI AND THAT WAS HOW THE PROLOGUE PAGES OF ISSUE 9 WERE FLESHED FROM JUST AN IDEA. | WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW WELL WE DID AVONOME AND BLACK GHANDI WAS HINTED BY WAY OF PROPHECY IN (OUR POETRY AND FAMOUS QUOTE PAGE OF ISSUE 6; EASTER EGGS? | THINK SO. THIS ISSUE IS FULL OF A COUPLE OF THEM, LIKE THE KURUKO NO BASKET REFERENCE. JUST READ THROUGH AND SEE HOW MANY YOU can spor THIS TALE WITH YOU AT THE READING END. 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