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    "en": "The Misfit of Demon King Academy",
    "ja": "魔王学院の不適合者 ～史上最強の魔王の始祖、転生して子孫たちの学校へ通う～"
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      "summary": "Anos returns after two thousand years and enrolls at the school founded to recognize him. His extraordinary abilities clash with its hierarchy."
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      "summary": "A new swordsman joins the academy as Anos prepares for a tournament. The competition draws him into a struggle over demon society."
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      "summary": "An exchange with the Hero Academy exposes hostility beneath the appearance of peace. Anos confronts the legacy of the old war."
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      "summary": "Anos investigates the spirit behind the false Demon King. A journey into the past reveals how that threat came to exist."
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      "summary": "Dragon sightings lead the academies underground. Anos encounters a contest in which gods choose representatives to fight for them."
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      "summary": "Changes in Sasha prompt an investigation beneath Delsgade. The group follows traces of the goddesses connected with the castle."
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      "summary": "The party enters the gods’ domain to recover the stolen castle. Their search uncovers a threat to the world itself."
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      "title": "Sacred Silverwater Sea",
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      "summary": "An attack by unknown visitors suggests a world beyond their own. Anos investigates the missing firedew and the visitors’ origins."
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      "summary": "Izabella’s illness draws the group into another world. Anos investigates the link between her condition and its mythical beasts."
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      "summary": "The academy’s new standing brings access to the alliance’s history. Anos seeks an old promise that might prevent another war."
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          "spoiler": false
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        }
      ],
      "summary": "Reports of forbidden magic draw attention to the Magic Bullet World. Its refusal to cooperate with an investigation threatens the alliance’s peace."
    },
    {
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      "index": 14,
      "title": "無神大陸編",
      "official": true,
      "spoiler": true,
      "segments": [],
      "summary": "The group travels across worlds while recovering memories of an earlier life. Encounters on the Godless Continent deepen the search."
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      "title": "深層十二界編",
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      "spoiler": true,
      "segments": [],
      "summary": "The threat of the Absolute Vortex sends the alliance into the deep worlds. Anos faces divided allies as time runs short."
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      "index": 16,
      "title": "転生世界編",
      "official": true,
      "spoiler": true,
      "segments": [],
      "summary": "The journey into the deepest worlds brings Anos into conflict with Amur. The final struggle connects their past to the world’s future."
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            "to": {
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            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
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              "arc": "arc-4",
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              "arc": "arc-4",
              "point": "end"
            },
            "notes": "Native section opens with プロローグ ～母なる大精霊～ (114). This is the next origin unit after Season 1; the print-act interior is not asserted."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            ],
            "unverified": false,
            "from": {
              "arc": "arc-5",
              "segment": "prologue",
              "point": "start"
            },
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              "arc": "arc-5",
              "segment": "prologue",
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
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              "point": "start"
            },
            "to": {
              "arc": "arc-5",
              "segment": "main",
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
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            "sources": [
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              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/276/"
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              "arc": "arc-6",
              "segment": "main",
              "point": "end"
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            "notes": "Main confrontation through 神の見た夢 (276); the finale also takes later epilogue material."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
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            "sources": [
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              "arc": "arc-6",
              "segment": "dragon",
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              "segment": "dragon",
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            "notes": "身中に潜む竜. The chapter contains the dragon attack and abduction omitted from the anime finale."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
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            ],
            "unverified": false,
            "from": {
              "arc": "arc-6",
              "segment": "epilogue",
              "point": "start"
            },
            "to": {
              "arc": "arc-6",
              "segment": "epilogue",
              "point": "end"
            },
            "notes": "エピローグ 天の隔たり. The finale borrows the reunion, but replaces the unresolved barrier ending. Read 277 before resuming this unit."
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            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            ],
            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
              "arc": "arc-7",
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            "to": {
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
          },
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
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              "point": "start"
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            "to": {
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
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              "point": "start"
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            "to": {
              "arc": "arc-11",
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
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              "point": "start"
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            "to": {
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              "point": "end"
            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
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              "point": "start"
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            "to": {
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            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "original": false,
            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
            "from": {
              "arc": "arc-14",
              "point": "start"
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            "to": {
              "arc": "arc-14",
              "point": "end"
            },
            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "high",
            "sources": [
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            "unverified": true,
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            "to": {
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            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "confidence": "high",
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            "unverified": true,
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            "to": {
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            "notes": "Native section boundary. TODO(verify): scene changes and internal print-act crosswalk."
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            "notes": "Published book boundary; corresponds to the named story section. TODO(verify): scene-level revision from the web version."
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          {
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              "https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/product/9781646090440",
              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/Manga_Volume_2",
              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/Manga_Volume_4"
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          {
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            "recap": false,
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              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/Demon_Sword_Tournament_Arc",
              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_15",
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              "https://maohgakuin.com/story/?id=13",
              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/189/",
              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/190/",
              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/The_Misfit_of_Demon_King_Academy_II_Episode_12"
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          {
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            "recap": false,
            "omits": [],
            "confidence": "medium",
            "sources": [
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              "https://maohgakuin.com/story/",
              "https://yenpress.com/titles/9781975391058-the-misfit-of-demon-king-academy-vol-5-light-novel",
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              "https://maou-gakuin.fandom.com/wiki/The_Misfit_of_Demon_King_Academy_II_Episode_24",
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              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/276/",
              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/277/",
              "https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1578dx/278/"
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