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            },
            "notes": "TODO(verify): add the episode-level handoff within the first two light-novel boundaries."
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            "recap": false,
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                  }
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                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
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              "kind": "unverified",
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                {
                  "work": "anime",
                  "units": "s1e01..s1e20",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): add the episode-level handoff within the first two light-novel boundaries."
                },
                {
                  "work": "manga",
                  "units": "v08..v13",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): split the exact volume handoff across the Lawless City and Oriana material."
                }
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                  }
                }
              }
            }
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        }
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          "work": "anime",
          "kind": "season",
          "label": "Season 2",
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            "to": "2023-12-20"
          },
          "upcoming": false
        },
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          {
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            "lang": "ja",
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              "kind": "unverified",
              "entries": [
                {
                  "work": "anime",
                  "units": "s2e01..s2e12",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): confirm the exact handoff where season 2 enters the volume 4 material."
                }
              ],
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                  "unit": "v05c01",
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                    "arc": "arc-5",
                    "point": "start"
                  }
                },
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                  "available": true,
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                    "available": true,
                    "released": "2024-07-23",
                    "chapters": "Chapters 1–7"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
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            "status": "dataGap",
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              "kind": "unverified",
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                {
                  "work": "anime",
                  "units": "s2e01..s2e12",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): confirm the exact handoff where season 2 enters the volume 4 material."
                }
              ],
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                "status": "start",
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                  }
                },
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                    "id": "ln-ja",
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                    "available": true,
                    "released": "2022-12-28",
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                  }
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              }
            }
          },
          {
            "format": "manga",
            "lang": "ja",
            "status": "dataGap",
            "readFirst": [],
            "notes": [
              "manga v14..v19 is marked TODO(verify)."
            ],
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              "kind": "unverified",
              "entries": [
                {
                  "work": "anime",
                  "units": "s2e01..s2e12",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): confirm the exact handoff where season 2 enters the volume 4 material."
                }
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                "status": "notReached",
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                  "work": "manga",
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                    "point": "end"
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              }
            }
          },
          {
            "format": "manga",
            "lang": "en",
            "status": "dataGap",
            "readFirst": [],
            "notes": [
              "manga v14..v19 is marked TODO(verify)."
            ],
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              "kind": "unverified",
              "entries": [
                {
                  "work": "anime",
                  "units": "s2e01..s2e12",
                  "notes": "TODO(verify): confirm the exact handoff where season 2 enters the volume 4 material."
                }
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                "status": "notReached",
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              }
            }
          }
        ],
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          "point": "end"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "notes": "The spine follows the seven published light-novel volume boundaries. These are sourced boundaries rather than official arc names; the web novel, light novel, manga and anime do not have a verified chapter-level crosswalk here."
}