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 born poor.
To a family
of travelling

1 remember us kids helped

moving him out.
from place
to place.

JØRG

Leaving
my dad and = My mom had
three kids. my little sister
Natsumi, and
then took off
somewhere.

Still, we
kept on
moving like
always.
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HARUHIKO! WE'LL HOW
TAKE THE MANY TIMES
HANDLE, HOLD I GOTTA
IT TIGHT! TELL YOU?
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CRYIN'! YOUR
BROTHER
NEVER CRIED.
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ON, HARUHIKO Б NOW LET'S
KITAWAKI WILL >=
BE JOINING US TOREND:
QUR NEW
IN FIFTH GRADE,
CLASS THREE.

OUR CLASS
NOW. OK?
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За HARUHIKO!
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GUYS LIVE IN
А TRUCK?!

YEAH. WE CAN'T
AFFORD AN APARTMENT
OR NOTHING. AND WE'D ВЕ
OUTTA THERE BEFORE
TOO LONG ANYWAYS.
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SO MANY
PUPPETS!

OH, THAT'S
JEAN PIERRE.
А MAGICIAN.
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show was over, matter if |
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to the next town. Be
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SHUT UP YOU DONT WAS
AND EAT Á HAVE ТО ae THAT YOUR
ALREADY! в BEd ae GIRLFRIEND
MISTY-EYED. pace
THERE?

ONE DAY WE'RE

ANT MOVING THE PUPPET:
PUPPETS
AROUND THE STAGE.
NO WAY TO BEFORE YOU KNOW
MAKE ANY IT, WE'RE MOVING ЕМ
FRIENDS. TO THE NEXT TOWN.
BEFORE YOU KNOW
IT, ALL OVER THE
 I GUESS
THATD
SOLVE
IT ALL.

AND REST А
WHILE, HUH.

HEY. DON'T
BREATHE А
WORD OF THIS
TO HIM, ALL

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 DON'T YOU
WORRY. AS
SOON AS I GET
BETTER,G WE'RE
GETTIN RIGHT

A PUPPET
EXPRESSES
ITS HEART AND
SOUL THROUGH
ITS ACTIONS.

AFTER ALL,
THEY'LL DO BEARING
WHATEVER EVERYTHING ТО HEART AND
THE AUDIENCE. SOUL IS
ТИЕ PUPPETS THAT?
ARE JUST THE OURS OF
TOOLS WE USE COURSE, THE
TO DO IT. PUPPETEERS.

THEY LIVE,
THEY DIE,
THAT'S ALL
DOWN TO
US. WHAT'S
INSIDE US.
 HARUHIKO?
WHAT'D YOU
HE SAID THAT THINK BACK
WE CONTROL THE
PUPPETS, THEY'LL
DO WHATEVER WE
SAY. THAT WHAT
YOU THINK, TOO?

I'VE BEEN АТ
I CAN'T SHAKE THIS SINCE I CAN
THE FEELING IT'S REMEMBER. BUT
THE OTHER WAY I AIN'T NEVER Have TO [5%
ROUND. THEY THOUGHT I WAS DISAGREE.
CONTROL US. CONTROLLING THE

DAD'S THE
ONE DOING
EVERYTHING
THEY WANT.
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THATS GOTTA
BE IT. HOW ELSE
COULD HE STAND
TO LIVE LIKE THIS?

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NATSUMI? WE'LL BE
4 BACK ON THE ROAD,
j AN A Ha SOON, OK? SOON
ЖАСЫ IN AS I GET BETTER.

And half a
year later,
Was gone.
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FAR IF IT'S Iwent to stay
ONLY YOU! with a cousin
after that.

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But as soon
as I gradvated
from junior high,
we moved into
a cheap place
together.
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OH MY GOD,
IT /S YOU! DON'T
YOU REMEMBER
МЕ? KINUKO
HIDAKA! WE
WERE IN THE
SAME CLASS FOR
A MONTH BACK
IN THE FIFTH

I HAD A SMALL WORLD,

FEELING WE
WOULD MEET

From that
day on, Kinuko
Hidaka and I HEY, I BET
became pretty FATE BROUGHT T'M LOOKING
US HERE
close. TODAY!
FOR WORK!

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BEEN LIVING IN
BUILT HIS THIS TOWN THE
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PRETTY WELL FOR
HIMSELF THESE
SEVEN YEARS.
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OF MONEY, AND PIERRE. HAHA!
AFTER THAT IT WAS
ALL LUCK. THERE
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TIMES TOO, OF

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 PUPPETEERS
IN MY EMPLOY.
THERE'S FOUR BEING
OR FIVE OF CONTROLLED?
50 SOMEONE
UP THERE IS
CONTROLLING.
YOU ... WHO?

NO WAY -
EVEN NOW,
CEILING OF FROM WAY
THE FIRST UP THERE?!
AND SECOND
FLOORS,
THERE'S А
SPACE FOR THE
PUPPETEERS.

BUT WHY ...

WHY WOULD
YOU DO THAT?
WHY NOT JUST DARK TO SEE
MOVE BY UP THERE, BUT
YOURSELF? THERE'S A WHOLE
LOT OF THEM,
HARD AT WORK.
SPOURK

DOESN'T
MY EVERY

HM, HM. DEAR

BROTHER, DO I
SEEM EVEN THE
SLIGHTEST BIT

THE PUPPETEERS
MAY THINK THEY MY FINGERS, MY
CONTROL THE ENTIRE BODY
PUPPET. NOT 16 COMPLETELY
50. ІТ IS THEY RELAXED. AND YET
WHO ARE BEING I MOVE EXACTLY
CONTROLLED. AS I WISH TO.

THE PUPPET
HAS ALWAYS
 LIKE T'VE
JUST COME

NOT WHAT ГМ AND I'VE NEVER WERENT

WORRIED ABOUT. EATEN LIKE THAT IN THOSE
МУ LIFE! IT MUSTA BALLERINAS
BEEN A DREAM. SO BEAUTIFUL!

HE TOLD
US TO COME
VISIT AGAIN, LET'S GO TO
RIGHT? COME YUKIHIKO'S AGAIN
ON, COME ON! NEXT SUNDAY!

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 After that,
Natsumi and I became
regular visitors over
at Yukihiko's house.

HEHEHE. LOOKS
LIKE AYLIO'S BECOME
RATHER ATTACHED
TO NATSUMI.
 AH! WHAT
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asrine сс
пе AND TM OH COME
ON, HARUHIKO.
YOU'RE
FLOATING ЖНа TO SPARE.
IT'S WHAT
SHE WANTS!
IN SPACE. I >

SUMIRE?
TAKE NATSUMI
AND GET HER
READY, WILL
YOU?
 DID You
SAY THAT YOU
GUYS WERE
LIKE THIS ALL

DO DETACH
YOURSELVES
AND GO OUT
ONCE IN A
WHILE ...

HAVENT NO, I'VE BEEN

NEEDED ТО HERE EVER SINCE
MOVE MY І BUILT THE PLACE
OWN BODY AND СОТ MY TEAM
THE WHOLE TOGETHER. AROUND
TIME. TWO YEARS NOW.

EVEN ASTRONAUTS
STUCK IN ZERO GRAVITY BUT ISN'T THAT
FOR A LONG TIME HAVE KIND OF ...
TO KEEP TRAINING DANGEROUS?
THEIR MUSCLES.

WHAT ІР ONE
DAY YOU CAN'T
EVEN STAND UP
ANYMORE, THEN
WHAT? YOUR
PUPPETEERS
AIN'T GONNA
BE AROUND
FOREVER!
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ISN'T
4 SHE JUST
а GORGEOUS!
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 LOVELY!
NATSUMI,
JUST LIKE
TIME, YOU'LL THAT YOU'RE
BE ABLE TO А WORLD
MOVE JUST CLASS
THE WAY YOU BALLERINA!
WANT TO.

GET THOSE
STRINGS OFF!
WE'RE GOING!

IT'S JUST SORRY,

WEIRD. AND ALL BUT I CAN'T SEE UNDERSTAND
OF YOU SHOULD THE FUN IN ALL EITHER. SHE
JUST STOP IT OF ... THIS. WAS HAVING
RIGHT NOW. » A GREAT TIME.
 TLL BE
RIGHT HERE,
JUST LIKE
THI IS.
 ANI
WHERE'S
NATSUMI?
DID SHE
GO SOME-

YOU FIND
SOMEONE
ELSE YOU

SHUT UP, YOU DID,

YOU GOT DIDN'T YOU! AND
ІТ ALL YOU TOLD ME YOU
ONLY HAD EYES
IGNORING
FOR ME, YOU ...
YOU LIAR!

WHY CAN'T

TOGETHER?!

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 TM JUST ... Г ALL RIGHT,
Ihad to sidestep TIRED. TIRED ALL RIGHT.
LOOK, TM NOT
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offymy rbrootbher.
There was no
way Iwas
gonna let her
meet him.

TMA
WORLD-CLASS
BALLERINA
AFTER ALL.
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HE'S
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HELL IS
YUKIHIKO
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