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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name_nonEN    = 吉田 秋生
| nonUS         = ja
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| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1956|8|12}}
| birth_place   = [[Shibuya]], [[Tokyo]], Japan
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| nationality   = Japanese
| area          = [[Manga artist]]
| alias         = 
| notable works = {{unbulleted list
| ''[[Banana Fish]]''
| ''[[Umimachi Diary]]''
}}
| awards        = [[#Awards|See below]]
| manga         = yes
| website       = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Akimi Yoshida'''|吉田 秋生|Yoshida Akimi|born August 12, 1956}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]].

== Career ==
She is a graduate of [[Musashino Art University]].<ref name="Musashino">{{cite web |script-title=ja:吉田秋生 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1869 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |access-date=March 3, 2019 |language=ja}}</ref> She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story {{Nihongo||ちょっと不思議な下宿人|Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin|"A Slightly Strange Neighbor"}}, published in ''[[Betsucomi|Bessatsu Shōjo Comic]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:吉田秋生 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%90%89%E7%94%B0%E7%A7%8B%E7%94%9F-654158 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |access-date=January 7, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Website for ''Banana Fish'' |url=https://www.viz.com/banana-fish |website=[[Viz Media]] |access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> Her following series were critical successes. Her series ''[[Sakura no Sono]]'' was adapted as a live-action film in 1992.{{Sfn|Spies|2003|p=25}}

Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series ''[[Banana Fish]]'', which she published between 1985 and 1994. The series was reprinted many times and received an [[anime]] adaptation produced by [[MAPPA (studio)|MAPPA]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=''Banana Fish'' Anime Reveals Cast, More Staff, 1st Promo Video, Modern-Day Setting |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-22/banana-fish-anime-reveals-cast-more-staff-1st-promo-video-modern-day-setting/.128049 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 10, 2019 |date=February 22, 2018}}</ref>

== Style ==
While publishing mainly in [[Shōjo manga|{{lang|ja-Latn|shōjo|nocat=y}} manga]] magazines, her drawing style has often been compared to the aesthetics of [[shōnen manga]]. Yoshida herself reacted to this in an interview with a magazine in 1982: "Being a secret shojo manga artist suits me just fine. Hidden in some little corner of the world, staying out of people's way, I can actually do some pretty outrageous things. Which is really great. [...] So, yeah, you men can just shut up. Girls, let's just have our own fun right here."{{Sfn|Spies|2003|pp=25-26}}

== Reception ==
She is a three time recipient of the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] – for ''[[Kisshō Tennyo]]'' in 1983 and for ''[[Yasha (manga)|Yasha]]'' in 2001, both in the {{lang|ja-Latn|shōjo|nocat=y}} manga category, and for ''[[Umimachi Diary]]'' in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2002, Yasha was among the jury-selected works at the [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manga Division |url=https://j-mediaarts.jp/en/division/manga/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL |language=ja}}</ref> In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival for ''Umimachi Diary'', which was later adapted into a feature film titled ''[[Our Little Sister]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schilling |first1=Mark |title=Hirokazu Koreeda on his new drama about women with 'shadows' |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/06/17/films/hirokazu-koreeda-new-drama-women-shadows/ |website=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2020 |date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, she was awarded the 6th [[Manga Taishō]], again for ''Umimachi Diary''.

Despite her work being solely published in shōjo manga magazines, she also has a broad readership among fans of [[shōnen manga]].{{Sfn|Spies|2003|p=25}}

=== Awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of Akimi Yoshida's awards and nominations
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominated work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1983
| data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 29th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]]
| [[Shōjo manga|{{lang|ja-Latn|Shōjo|nocat=y}}]]
| {{lang|ja-Latn|[[Kisshō Tennyo]]}} and {{lang|ja-Latn|Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni}}
| {{won}}
| Results announced in early 1984
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Shogakukan Award">{{cite web |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/kako/ |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
| data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 47th Shogakukan Manga Award
| {{lang|ja-Latn|Shōjo}}
| ''[[Yasha (manga)|Yasha]]''
| {{won}}
| Results announced in early 2002
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Shogakukan Award" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
| data-sort-value="Japan Media Arts Festival" | 6th [[Japan Media Arts Festival|Japan Media Arts Festival Awards]], Manga Division
| Jury Selections
| ''Yasha''
| {{longlisted}}
| Recommended by the jury
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=6th (2002) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Jury Selections |url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2002/manga/#selections |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Japan Media Arts Festival Archive |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 10th [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]]
| Grand Prize
| ''Eve no Nemuri''
| {{nom}}
| Came in seventh place in the initial vote
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第10回手塚治虫文化賞 |url=https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218191932/https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou06.html |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2007
| data-sort-value="Japan Media Arts Festival" | 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division
| Excellence Award<!-- Previously known as the Excellence Prize. -->
| ''[[Umimachi Diary]]''
| {{won}}
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=December 4, 2007 |title=''Coo'', ''Gurren-Lagann'', ''Kafka'' Win Media Arts Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-04/coo-gurren-lagann-kafka-win-media-arts-awards |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=11th (2007) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Excellence Prize: ''Umimachi Diary'' |url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2007/manga/000893/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314103639/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2007/manga/000893/ |archive-date=March 14, 2011 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Japan Media Arts Plaza |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2008
| data-sort-value="Manga Taishō" | 1st [[Manga Taishō]]
| {{sdash}}
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{nom}}
| Came in third place with 42 points
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=January 23, 2008 |title=12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=March 31, 2008 |title=Shinichi Ishizuka Wins First Ever Manga Taisho for ''Gaku'' |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-31/shinichi-ishizuka-wins-first-ever-manga-taisho-for-gaku |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Grand Prize
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{nom}}
| Came in second place in the initial vote
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=March 14, 2008 |title=12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-14/12th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第12回手塚治虫文化賞 |url=https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou08.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218193225/https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou08.html |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Grand Prize
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{nom}}
| Tied for first place in the initial vote
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=March 5, 2009 |title=13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-05/13th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第13回手塚治虫文化賞 選考結果 |url=https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou09.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218193230/https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou09.html |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Grand Prize
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{dropped|Nomination declined}}
| Tied for first place in the initial vote; Yoshida declined the nomination
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第15回手塚治虫文化賞 選考結果 |url=https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou11.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218192441/https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/senkou11.html |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| data-sort-value="Manga Taishō" | 6th Manga Taishō
| {{sdash}}
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{won}}
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=March 21, 2013 |title=Akimi Yoshida's ''Umimachi Diary'' Wins 6th Manga Taisho Award |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-21/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-wins-6th-manga-taisho-award |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 61st Shogakukan Manga Award
| General
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{won}}
| Results announced in January 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |date=January 21, 2016 |title=''Haikyu!!'', ''My Love Story!!'', ''Sunny'' Win Shogakukan Manga Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/haikyu-my-love-story-sunny-win-shogakukan-manga-awards/.97818 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2019
| data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Grand Prize
| ''Umimachi Diary''
| {{nom}}
| Came in second place in the initial vote
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |last2=Hodgkins |first2=Crystalyn |date=February 25, 2019 |title=23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-25/23rd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.143854 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 21, 2019 |script-title=ja:大賞に「その女、ジルバ」「水準高い」手塚治虫文化賞 |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM446G4PM44PTFC00S.html |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=[[The Asahi Shimbun|The Asahi Shimbun Digital]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|}

==Works==
===Series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Title
!Year
!Notes
!Refs
|-
|{{Nihongo|''[[California Story]]''|カリフォルニア物語|California Monogatari}}
|1978–1981
|Serialized in ''[[Bessatsu Shōjo Comic]]''<br />Published by [[Shogakukan]] in 8 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:カリフォルニア物語 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E-702600 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo||河よりも長くゆるやかに|Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni}}
|1983–1985
|Serialized in ''[[Petit Flower]]''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:河よりも長くゆるやかに |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B2%B3%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A%E3%82%82%E9%95%B7%E3%81%8F%E3%82%86%E3%82%8B%E3%82%84%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AB-702910 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo||吉祥天女|[[Kisshō Tennyo]]}}
|1983–1984
|Serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 4 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:吉祥天女 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%90%89%E7%A5%A5%E5%A4%A9%E5%A5%B3-703885 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo||櫻の園|[[Sakura no Sono]]}}
|1985–1986
|Serialized in ''[[LaLa]]''<br />Published by [[Hakusensha]] in 1 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:櫻の園 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AB%BB%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%92-710835 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo|''[[Banana Fish]]''|バナナフィッシュ}}
|1985–1994
|Serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 19 vol.
|''<ref>{{cite web |title=BANANA FISH |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/BANANA%20FISH-731314 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>''
|-
|{{Nihongo||ハナコ月記|Hanako Gekki}}
|1988–1994
|Published in 1 vol.
|<ref>{{cite book |date=December 30, 2017 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-167079-3 |edition=1st |location=Tokyo |page=150 |language=ja |script-title=ja:漫画家本Special 吉田秋生本 |trans-title=Manga Artist Book Special: Akimi Yoshida Book}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo|''[[Lovers' Kiss]]''|ラヴァーズ・キス}}
|1995–1996
|Serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:ラヴァーズ・キス |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9-746298 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo|''[[Yasha (manga)|Yasha]]''|YASHA―夜叉―}}
|1996–2002
|Serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' and ''[[Flowers (magazine)|Flowers]]''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 12 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |title=YASHA―夜叉― |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/YASHA%E2%80%95%E5%A4%9C%E5%8F%89%E2%80%95-743920 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo|''Eve no Nemuri''|イヴの眠り}}
|2003–2005
|Serialized in ''Flowers''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 5 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:イヴの眠り |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%81%AE%E7%9C%A0%E3%82%8A-695512 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=Kotobank |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]] |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo|''[[Umimachi Diary]]''|海街diary}}
|2006–2018
|Serialized in ''Flowers''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 9 vol.
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |date=May 28, 2018 |title=Akimi Yoshida's ''Umimachi Diary'' Manga Ends on June 28 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-28/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-manga-ends-on-june-28/.132090 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Nihongo||詩歌川百景|Utagawa Hyakkei}}
|2019–present
|Serialized in ''Flowers''<br />Published by Shogakukan in 3 vol. (as of March 2024)
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |date=June 27, 2019 |title=Akimi Yoshida Launches ''Utagawa Hyakkei'' Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-27/akimi-yoshida-launches-utagawa-hyakkei-manga/.148314 |access-date=January 7, 2020 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=『詩歌川百景』 吉田秋生 {{!}} 「月刊flowers」公式サイト｜小学館 |url=https://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/work/299/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Flowers}}</ref>
|}

===Short story collections===
* {{Nihongo||夢みる頃をすぎても|Yumemiru Koro wo Sugite mo}}, 1983

===Anime===
*{{Nihongo|''Bobby's Girl''|ボビーに首ったけ}}, 1985, character designer<ref name="ann1">{{cite web |last1=Sevakis |first1=Justin |title=Bobby's In Deep - Buried Treasure |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-05-17 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=4 October 2022 |date=17 May 2007 }}</ref>

===Art books===
* ''California Tuning'', 1982<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:吉田秋生～カリフォルニア・チューニング |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M305385 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |language=ja |access-date=January 7, 2020}}</ref>
* ''The Making of Bobby's Girl'', 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Making of Bobby's Girl'' |url=https://ndlonline.ndl.go.jp/#!/detail/R300000001-I000001741896-00 |website=NDL Online |publisher=[[National Diet Library]] |access-date=January 7, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref>
* ''Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish'', 1994 (1st ed.),<ref>{{cite web |title=ANGEL EYES |url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091996914 |website=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015144124/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091996914 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |language=ja |url-status=dead}}</ref> 2018 (reprint)<ref>{{cite web |title=ANGEL EYES 復刻版 |url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091990570 |website=[[Shogakukan|Shogakukan Comic]] |access-date=January 7, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref>
* ''Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha'', 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=DOUBLE HELIX |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M308369 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |language=ja |access-date=January 7, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Literature ==

* {{Cite book |last=Spies |first=Alwyn |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0091366/2 |title=Studying Shojo Manga. Global Education, Narratives of the Self and Pathologization of the Feminine |date=2003 |publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]}}

==External links==
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* [https://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/y_diary/ Official 40th anniversary blog] at ''[[Flowers (magazine)|Monthly Flowers]]'' {{in lang|ja}}
* {{anime News Network|people|6914}}

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