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Incredibly brief Tsurune meat-shopping scene aired exactly eight months before arson attack.
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“I want them to build a monument. Not in some other place, but in the same place where the studio was.”
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Kyoto neighborhood organization says it would “destroy the peaceful lifestyle” of local residents.
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