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HEAR me out guys.. What If Jujutsu Kaisen Had a Different Ending?

What If Jujutsu Kaisen Had a Different Ending?

JJK’s ending was brutal, but what if the story took a different route? Instead of Sukuna just being the ultimate villain, what if he slowly grew attached to Yuji’s body—not in a parasitic way, but as a true partnership? Over time, Sukuna would start seeing Yuji as more than just a vessel, and they would fight side by side, eventually teaming up with Gojo to take down Kenjaku and Sukuna’s own destructive past.

Sukuna Helps Yuji in Battle

In a desperate battle against a near-unstoppable enemy, Yuji is pushed to his limits. His body is battered, and he’s on the verge of collapse. Just as the final blow is about to land, Sukuna forcefully takes over, deflecting the attack with ease. Instead of mocking Yuji for his weakness, he simply says:

“Tch. You’re not done yet, brat. Get up.”

As Yuji struggles to rise, Sukuna smirks and adds:

“Tch. You're embarrassing me, brat. Let me show you how it’s done.”

For the first time, Sukuna doesn’t fight to dominate Yuji—he fights with him. They switch seamlessly, covering each other’s weaknesses and overwhelming their opponent with a perfect balance of brute force and technique. It’s no longer a struggle for control; it’s a true partnership.

Sukuna’s Redemption Arc

Instead of being purely evil until the end, Sukuna’s power would begin to fade the more he coexists with Yuji. At first, he doesn’t understand why—it frustrates him, but deep down, it’s because he’s no longer just a curse. He’s changing.

During a climactic battle, Sukuna and Yuji fight in perfect sync, switching at will. Sukuna isn't controlling Yuji—he’s working with him. For the first time, they aren’t just coexisting; they’re a real duo. Gojo, ever the skeptic, keeps an eye on Sukuna but eventually acknowledges that something has changed. Maybe after seeing Sukuna willingly protect Yuji or fight alongside him without ulterior motives, he mutters:

“Huh. Never thought I’d see the day the King of Curses plays the hero.”

Sukuna’s Farewell

Over time, Sukuna’s power continues to weaken until the inevitable happens—he has to go. In his final moments, Yuji, despite everything, doesn’t want him to disappear. But Sukuna, for once, isn’t angry or bitter. Instead, he smirks and says something like:

“Tch. Don’t look at me like that. I was never meant to stay.”

But before fading, he leaves Yuji with one last gift—some of his power, willingly given, not as a curse, but as a final acknowledgment that Yuji is strong enough on his own. His last words?

“You were strong without me. But take this… just in case you ever need to remind the world who you are.”

When he’s gone, Yuji expects to return to normal, but something remains—the markings on his face and body, a permanent reminder of what they had become. Not as Sukuna’s vessel, but as someone who stood beside him as an equal. Gojo notices and simply grins:

“Looks like the brat left his signature. How annoying.”

But deep down, he knows—it’s not just Sukuna’s strength that remains. It’s everything Yuji has become. He’s no longer a pawn of fate. No longer a curse’s cage. He is Yuji Itadori, the one who even changed the King of Curses.

This version of JJK would give Yuji actual closure, provide Sukuna with a meaningful arc, and reinforce the idea that fate doesn’t have to be set in stone. What do you guys think? Would this have been a more satisfying ending?

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2025/01/31
11:45 UTC

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yugioh vrains theory: what lightning was gonna use spectre for

Hello. I have a theory about season 2 yugioh vrains that explains what lightning (the main villain) was gonna use spectre for.

So a reminder, lightning is an ignis, an major plot device taking the form of a series super AI created using human conciousness and each bearing an attribute from the yugioh card game with the exception of the DIVINE attribute. The LIGHT ignis lighting is also the creator of the final boss of the season: bowman, who was an AI who is better than the ignis but needed the data of the other 5 ignis to be perfected. Also when he sepperated the group, instead of facing revolver/varis (the villain of season 1) first, he challenged his right-hand man, spectre, who's brainscan data was used to create the EARTH ignis, and upon winning, voiced he was planning on using him (important for later). During the final battle, Ai (the DARK ignis, and yami yugi/astral-esque character of the series) hacked into bowman and we saw the other five ignis, including the EARTH ignis (who named himself after his attribute). One problem, bowman never absorbed the ignis, as his data was taken by SOL tech (a major company in the show) and put in go onizuka/the gore's AI chip in a way that killed the AI. so what whas his data doing in there?

My theory is that lightning learned of earth's dissapearance and was from within mirror link vrains (a parallel version of the virtual world the show takes place in created by lightning) watching the second duel between playmaker and go onizuka/the gore to gather info, in which the latter revealed what happened above. Anyway, when playmaker defeated onizuka, and, lightning was planning on retrieving earth. But being cautious and manipulative, he let Ai go first, knowing that SOL tech had potentially put up a trap. When onizuka was forced to log out, he decided on a plan B: making a new version of the EARTH ignis. I hear you thinking: "How is he gonna do that? Especially in such a short time?". Remember, lightning created bowman, who is far more advanced than the ignis. not only that, but lightning is the fastest of the 6 ignis. So doing the ground work for this must have been easy. However, he needed something else to finish the project: human conciousness data. But he knew SOL tech (who practically owned the virtual world in the show as well as potentially the whole internet) where on maximum alert, and that revolver/varis was also there, tracking him like an hunting hound looking for a rabbit. so going to the server of a research lab or hospital was a no-go. Same goes for taking it from a random stranger. Thats is why he sepperated the group and went first, battling spectre as soon as the group arrived in his hideout. It was to aquire the data nescesarry to recreate the EARTH ignis and potentially buy some time to do it, and what better data to use than that of the person originally used to create the EARTH ignis. Once he he was finished, he hid the data in himself and once bowman absorbed him, so did the villain absorb the new EARTH ignis. thats what spectre's data was used for.

I hope you like my theory. please upvote and leave a comment.

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2025/01/28
14:31 UTC

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I got a theory there’s going to be a Soul Eater Remake after Fire Force finishes its story.

So as most of us know and kept up with the manga, the fire force universe is the cannon prequel to soul eater. Now they’re setting up to finish fire force in the anime since the work is all completed in the manga, they even showed the soul eater moon in the new teaser and at the end of season 2. My thought, after seeing and reading all of the content here is my full hypothesis as to what’s happening.

So they are really getting geared for finishing up the story in fire force, and doing so would bring the hype back to soul eater. Why? It’s because after they finish off fire fore because it’s the prequel to soul eater and the whole ending of FF is full of references, going from soul resonance, to creating death, and the sun and moon, with all the hype that would be brought from that, that’s why I think they’re going to remake soul eater. And instead of going off the plot train because you ran out of content to work off of, since soul eater’s manga is now finish that shouldn’t be a problem anymore. They have all the content, and if they were to ever confirm a remake of soul eater as a follow up after the end of fire force would be sick. Especially since they have all the base content on the manga for soul eater and can remake it properly instead of doing a Adlib of the plot. Tho tbh I really liked the anime and the manga even if they were kinda different, but a proper redo of the anime as a 1:1 ratio to the manga with just extra stuff.

And not only that it would be amazing to see other characters from fire force incorporated into the new version of soul eater, since shinra, is a healthy 49 when we get the little snip-its of soul, maka, and death the kid(who is modeled by death after shinra, that saved the world) not only that I’d say captain Obi is a type of immortal as he just popped his head back on, kinda more like a zombie as Sid is in soul eater and it would be awesome to see a cameo of them at least in the background like “ahh it’s okay, we’ll let the kids handle this” like they have dealt with some crazier shit, and could most definitely take care of the problem, but they are just letting the kids do that shit. It would also be really cool to see kids from the NOT class in the background casually and interacting with kids from the EAT class in some relaxing slice of life filler for when it just need a to be a little relaxing and to drag out the story when need be. ALSO something to fix the cannon between soul eater and soul eater not, by the time they are eat the the magic cat soul it’s just about the end of the year and a new school year would start. Death could give them pity and hold them back for a year, also death would just be a transfer student like normal, and black star would would be in his junior year while the three girls from the not class would be sophomores by the second or third episode where the new school year would begin

Not only that, Arthur was outside the bounds of the manipulation of shinra and didn’t get his powers taken by death like shinra. It would be awesome to have like a interaction with Excalibur when he gets picked up, but like Arthur shows up and just has tea with him while the student Meister is just dumbfounded. So canonically, Arthur is the only one who has pyrokenetic abilities still, which is badass. However the whole point of these characters is just callbacks to fire force and are just there, they wouldn’t actually interact with the plot of the story of soul eater and just be more like a really elusive benimaru as they show up time to time where fans lose their minds.

Also end note it’s hilarious to me that shinra bansho-man who was a god at the end of ff and literally refused to die, created death as a physical manifestation, which ended up killing him and undoing his transformation, and ending his mom’s, sho’s, and his soul resonance form (which was god/shinra bansho-man for those who don’t know) basically he was so strong he created something casually, that was so strong it killed him, which I find funny idk about y’all. 
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2025/01/25
17:47 UTC

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Aniverse

Hi i am creating this channel so that we can talk related to anime

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2025/01/12
14:32 UTC

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look boy form mha kinda looks like yuji itadori form jjk

you know that guy from mha called look boy is it just me but he kinda looks like yuji itadori from jjk

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2024/12/31
00:11 UTC

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potential flaw of the regen quirk from my hero academia

sorry for the format, im on my phone.

my theory is that the regeneration quirk has major flaw, which is that it will go out of control in zero gravity.

the evidence comes from a real life medical study i learned of thanks to a manga that uses real life medical studies. its called franken fran frantic, and its a sequel to the original franken fran manga. in chapter 63 of frantic, the main character is send to space to check up on a bilionaire at the ISS or a similair space station and found out that he had grown multiple functioning body parts all over his body, including 5 heads. this was due to him using a drug that gave him the same regenerative abilities as a flatworm that was shot in space in real life, with the animal suffering the same problem as the bilionaire. this was both due to the lack of a certain gene (cant remember the name of the gene or the type of worm).

i believe the nomus with the regen quirk and possibly AFO (or who else has the quirk) suffers the same flaw and that the quirk will go out of control in a zero G environment.

i hope this makes sense and if i missed something, please let me know. thanks for reading

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2024/12/30
13:33 UTC

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Naruto theory

I don't know if it's just because I'm silly, but i think that all the Naruto filler episoded in both Naruto Shippuden and the original series are just fantastical recreations of what the people of konoha think Narutos missions would look like through some sort of sitcom of television show.

If someones already done this...oopsie daisy.

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2024/12/11
05:35 UTC

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The One piece carboard box time travel theory

We know that joyboy looks like Luffy and that might be because when luffy found the one piece, the one piece and it sent the one piece gang to the past, so Luffy became joyboy's as at the time he finds the one piece, he would be 79 year old (because we know oda confirmed this in a recent sbs and also the fact gear 2 makes you olders). Other members of the one piece gang are also scattered in time but at different times and Zoro will become Mihawk, because they are both the strongest swordsmans, Nami will be Imu because Imu is rich and so is Nami, Robin will be nico Olvia, Sanji will be Zeff, Ussop becomes Roger, Frank will be Tom, Jibei will be Arlong's dad and Chopper will become Zunesha. All of this just makes sense.

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2024/12/10
11:21 UTC

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Imagine if touya from isekai smartphone had the personality of meliodas from nanatsu no taizai?

(by the time i wrote this i only watched the first season so im comparing to that) well first of all the show wouldn't be called isekai smartphone 'cause meliodas would prob bring more stuff

to the isekai smartphone world like a lot of dildos for reasons, second there are a lot of episodes i feel would be a little different, like the slime castle and beach episodes, altho i might be wrong because some would argue that he only like that to Elizabeth but lets say hes a perv to everyone so that would effect the show,

third, in the episode of the flowing island where that girl is with her panties i think he would just be weird and wouldn't be deemed worthy of becoming her master.

fourth and last i think he would've accept the proposals in the final episode and not stall linze elze yumina and yue's about getting married, he would've said yes the moment they would say that.

thats it if you agree its cool, if you don't tell me why in the comments

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2024/11/27
13:55 UTC

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Gon Freecss's mom would be perfect if she would be the Netero's geisha (read more).

I don't know how to call her so the pic, she doesn't have a name and she is the one who interrupt Ging asking about "are you sure you have enuff money? do you know how much we are?". It makes sense, they hate each other and they pretend to not know each other.

Obviously this is my imaginatio but I was thinking:

  • Gon's mom left him to Ging and she never had cared about;
  • she need to be part of that world;
  • being a geisha means being part of elite parties and cannot have kids or boyfriends;
  • probably she was a maiko;
  • Ging surely hates her;
  • since Ging is what we know and since she left his son alone surely they will be both "who care".

I know is impossible but it would be a perfect way to introduce Gon's mom.

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2024/11/21
22:45 UTC

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I ever wondered did Pain/Nagato knew Naruto was a Uzumaki and how he felt about?

I ever thought that he knew. Now I don't remember if he told him the full name but he knew he was the Nine tail and was known that Uzumaki where strong for this and probable he knew about Kushina, his parents were alive and he wasn't a todler (while Naruto was a newborn and Karin were both too young).

Both Nagato (Pain) and Itachi were able to understand and probably they clearly remember who is Kushina and the relationship between Leaf and Whirling village so probably he knew.

So, I ever wondering, since probably he knew from Itachi the Naruto's full name how he felt?

So, as logic, there's a high possibility that Nagato saw Naruto's Uzumaki side as traitors since he thought Leaf was one of the ones who killed his parents.

And even if he wasn't aware growing older surely he would find out it.

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2024/11/21
22:38 UTC

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Does Fubuki Shirou from the anime inazuma eleven suffer from dissociative identity disorder or is it juste a split personality?

Hello, excuse me for disturbing you but I was wondering if the character Fubuki Shirou/Shawn Frost in the anime Inazuma Eleven could suffer from dissociative identity disorder? He seems to have many symptoms related to this disorder such as the presence of an alter, the integration of his personalities, he has a feeling of confusion about his identity…, if some people know this anime I would be delighted to receive your answer (I am interested in the portrait that the media can establish of different mental illnesses). If I said something offensive I apologize.

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2024/11/10
20:13 UTC

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Analyzing AKIRA (small essay)

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2024/10/28
10:10 UTC

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What if there was a new villain that was so strong he/she can take on Zeno

All the universe's had to team up together to defeat him and Zeno had unlock his true form after being unconscious for a few hours and defeated him.

Whould you think it would be one of the best arcs

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2024/10/28
07:48 UTC

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After math of the fight with goddess vicus(got name wrong /don't care )

After heros return to their own world Tou-ka stayed behind married sears (high elf princess)and is working and learning under Erika,to find a way to travel between worlds at low cost (mostly like set teleportation gate first create on their after create one in earth ) ,tou-ka find reason elf Kingdom kick sears out because for her own protection, journey to the High elf Kingdom, return home sears is found to have got pregnant and after year later their child is born they celebrate in Erika place(by the way they built thier own house in her place/mostly live with neighbours like nyantan or nee-tan ,with her three sisters and nyaka,nyake Plays with her sister and friends with lis(little dark elf),after celebrating this in Erika place they go country at the end of the world -with entire group nyantan,three sisters,nyaka,Erika,Eve,lis Skipping journey(did happen but now I don't have Idea to write)and after celebrating in the country at the end of the world (By the way child is twin one boy , one girl ,boy with Sears yellow golden hair , girl with black hair like deep dark night you can probably imagine her personality is going to be like her father /same thing with how to train my dragon after math marriage and children) After that they go to greet and get the blessings of new divine that get her to replace Killed vicus and her name is Lokiella

She is recovering and getting her health back little by Little (she love her creation more like mother earth type god opposite of the previous foul godess and after she fix heaven or more set new rules with elder of divine so vicus case don't repeat after her descendence her first blessings goes to twin for the service their parents,tou-ka,and sears have provided during final battle with goddess)

After that I think I can write some big more let get to talk about more childrens

After their twins were about two year they find sears have to found got pregnant again so third sibling is also daughter with mix of Black and yellow golden hair )

I think let's add more 8 children to call

I think munin after final fight also married tou-ka and have three children all with mark by flame (cool tattoo at the back) But she is busy as diplomat of the country at the end of the world and busy with paper work and also after final fight mera give some of the land to country at the end of the world and they are busy buliding it and farming also Mera give the person to teach work and all with and munin is also the governor of the buliding town

Sun,27 oct, 2024 ,2:31 am currently (just for information I'm still writing)

And ya I forgot

Tou-ka is no longer completely human but for the service he provides to heavens and all gather up all their remaining power to turn him into demi god but for the desire to married sears his but only some what give him just more mana and lifespan (mind rejected and only get things tou-ka wants), basically semi immortal (can get killed,but if not in fight he can live as long as he likes)

High Elfs have like have even at mid age(25) they are 8000 years old ( got hint from Goblin Slayer)

So tou-ka and sears don't have to worried about get sapreated and even if they die they will retain their power and look and memories one of the things tou-ka ask to god's elder and all heroes dead or alive or get killed by vincus will retain their only memory after they die and already death will get all their memories

Also uncle and aunty is happy for sears and tou-ka too

Tou-ka become semi-human/semi-demi-god

And sears already top class genes and also have get her side perk from primal armort

Their children sets on a journey to find rara items like primal stone and and blue dragon stone and find new continent (the one widely beautiful emperor mentioned )

Also tou-ka have new job now his is hero advisor/trainer select by gods because they can't have him nothing to do and only enjoy his life with his wifes ,and sears have new job of protecting the man who have enter godhood, basically she does what she see always do protecting her husband

Tou-ka is also a hero but because of his extra hero class status and no growth limit ,god can have him as their massanger and have him save some other world and so does travelling with his wifes and childrens

Because of tou-ka semi-human/semi-demi-god status

His children with elf royalty (high elf) and kurosage (clan who is protector of the world if divine gets corrupt/previously but vicus got them killed with another country army do she can just say that was human war)

Becomes god child ,new race with can only achieve if person is human/god and god also not god but also human with child ,with royalties of each race can achieve

Only tou-ka or his is the first one to ever achieve this so tou-ka can expect his children to get pass him someday but that day is so far ahead

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2024/10/26
21:42 UTC

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Kakin Empire 3rd Prince, Zhang Lei's Nen Beast Power

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2024/10/22
12:23 UTC

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The true three ancient weapons (check the shared post for context)

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2024/10/15
11:29 UTC

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Killua’s DARK MATTER Nen ability | HUNTER X HUNTER Theory

Credit: KitePlanet ( YouTube )

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2024/09/09
19:54 UTC

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The author of “Hunter X Hunter” is the author of “Jujutsu Kaisen”

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2024/08/22
11:25 UTC

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Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan INSANE THEORY!?!1

Bashame Meme and Shikanoko Noko are actual DRU6 ADDICTS?! the w33ds they "eat" are actually MAR1HUANA!!!!!!!?? iis that could be whyu is BASHAME always looking so high!?!?! and thoughtless?? and shes always on gastro!?!?!?

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2024/08/20
22:48 UTC

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Sexo

Le digo hola y ella me dice good bye, le digo nena como tu ya no hay

pasen sus pasatiempos favoritos :P

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2024/08/19
18:02 UTC

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Theory on Saiki K

I wanted to voice my thoughts somewhere and see how people felt about it. I think that every character with an unnatural hair color has some sort of power. The 2 easiest ones are Teruhashi who has a power to make people love her and Hairo who has a pyrokinesis power. Then if you look at Nendo specifically Nendos dad its the only character that appears as a ghost without Saiki touching Reita. There are some more I wont go into depth here, but since Saiki used his power to change hair colors I think some of his power might have went inside them.

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2024/08/18
16:39 UTC

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Is this a morse cipher code in One Piece?

Can someone solve it?

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2024/08/11
17:07 UTC

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Is this a morse cipher code in One Piece?

Can someone solve it?

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2024/08/11
17:05 UTC

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Is this a morse cipher code in One Piece?

Can someone solve it?

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2024/08/11
17:05 UTC

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Whattsapp group

Hi I'm making some whattsapp gc with my friend based on our interest I have a anime /manga / cosplay one if anyone if intrestied under 20 age

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2024/07/11
09:52 UTC

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