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SwipeMart made romantic dreams come true, and now there are hopes it’ll spread around the country.
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We set out to dispel rumours about the shrine’s mysterious power…but it ends up biting us in the butt.
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Hashtag goes viral online, with photos that cosplayers and those who love them can relate to.
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