1. Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
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2. A Book about Life, Death, and Rebirth
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3. Hi, pardon me...
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4. Yes?
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5. Do you have the volume of Yokohama
*** SF that came out last week?
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6. Sure, let me check.
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7. Thank you.
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8. I really can't find it anywhere,
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9. even though it just came out.
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10. Search
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11. I never knew it was so popular.
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12. Yokohama
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13. I've been curious about it
ever since I saw it online.
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14. Maybe I'll buy it later.
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15. Local stock
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16. Sold out
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17. Oh, too bad.
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18. Let's see if I can put in an order.
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19. Stock at other stores
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20. All gone
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21. Wholesaler stock
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22. Not responding
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23. Publisher stock
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24. Empty
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25. S.O.L.
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26. You don't have it, do you?
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27. S-Sorry to keep you waiting.
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28. Unfortunately, we're out of stock,
and we aren't able to order more.
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29. I see.
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30. I understand.
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31. I'm so sorry!
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32. Excuse me, do you have Yokohama *** SF?
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33. It came out around last week.
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34. I'm sorry, we're out of stock.
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35. Not here, too!
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36. Do you have Yokohama *** SF?
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37. We don't.
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38. Heeunngh...
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39. Hi, do you have Yokohama *** S—
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40. No, we don't.
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41. Nooo!
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42. This is the first time everyone's
asked for the same book.
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43. To think we'd have sold out of
all copies on the first day...
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44. Careless mistake
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45. I haven't bought one for myself, either!
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46. Staff only
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47. Man, that book sold like crazy.
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48. I did make a follow-up order.
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49. In charge of novels and light novels
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50. It's popular, so I'm sure it'll get a reprint,
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51. but Kadokawa's relatively slow about those,
so who knows when we'll get them.
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52. Right...
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53. Too many manga!
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54. There's nowhere to put them!
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55. There's no place for the new books shelf.
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56. Help me, Fullface!
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57. Let me use your shelves!
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58. Our section isn't much better.
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59. I don't think I can.
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60. I just walked in on something terrifying.
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61. I can make it!
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62. I can make the train!
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63. If I haul ass,
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64. I can totally make it!
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65. Shit, yeah, I can—
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66. Nope!
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67. Look, he's been prepping too many shelves
for new books. He's lost his mind.
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68. By prepping too much?!
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69. I'm tired.
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70. I'm dying.
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71. Hey, can I hug you a little?
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72. I feel like I can sprint to the station
if I get re-energized with a hug.
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73. Pretty please?
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74. Just for a second.
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75. Hey, our shift's over.
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76. God damn!
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77. Later, guys!
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78. Kami-chan clocks out!!
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79. Is it just me, or are new books
not selling as well lately?
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80. We just end up returning
them after a month, right?
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81. Since we don't wanna
stock crap we don't need.
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82. But as soon we make the return, we get a ton
of sales, and we have to order in a hurry.
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83. We know how that feels.
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84. And don't you think the turnover is
insanely fast on the new books shelves?
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85. New books
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86. It's practically a tile puzzle.
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87. Seriously, I can't keep doing
this every single month.
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88. I told you, too many manga
is being published!
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89. I'm getting caught in the crossfire here!
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90. Bookseller/manga author
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91. Having too much stock presents a problem,
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92. so booksellers tend to get touchier
than usual about new releases.
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93. No, that's absolutely not gonna sell!
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94. The author's an unknown newbie, aren't they?
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95. It's your job to push them
harder as their publisher.
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96. And it doesn't look like there's
any hype online, either.
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97. No, we can't just add more stock!
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98. Was that from a publisher?
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99. Yeah.
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100. It's just not that easy to sell a book
that's had no previews or hype online.
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101. We can't just add more stock, huh?
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102. Unlike famous works, they won't
sell without any effort.
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103. Of course.
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104. But it'd be a different story if the
publisher were to push it aggressively.
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105. I'd be like, "Sure, we'll make
the effort to sell them!"
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106. She's so nice.
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107. I'm so moved.
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108. Speaking of which, Honda, you've
been doing that all day today.
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109. Are you done checking the flops?
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110. I'm still not done!
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111. stock
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112. There's nothing here!
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113. Lies!
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114. Every book is a new book at first.
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115. There's nothing here!
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116. But after that period, it doesn't sell as well.
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117. Lies!
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118. These books are called "deathbed books".
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119. Dammit, Skull-face Bookseller isn't selling!
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120. Dammit, Skull-face Bookseller
isn't selling!
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121. Deathbed books
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122. Bye!
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123. Bookstore
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124. Wholesaler
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125. Publisher
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126. They get returned to the publisher
through the wholesaler.
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127. Bye!
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128. I'm back.
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129. Foreign Comics
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130. Okay then, let's get started.
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131. Shove the books that won't fit
onto the lower shelves.
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132. It hurts!
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133. * Hallucination
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134. Stick me in more gently!
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135. No!
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136. I can't! My wrapping is coming apart!
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137. Shut up and get in!
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138. No! Stop! No!
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139. Don't forget...
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140. * Hallucination
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141. You shouldn't be so forceful.
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142. Deathbed books get sent back
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143. because they don't fit on the shelves.
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144. You're right.
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145. Who the hell are you talking to?
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146. I finally managed to figure
out the upper shelves.
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147. Koomote-san?!
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148. List
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149. I have to return our deathbed books too,
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150. but the books in my section move so slowly.
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151. She's the type who speaks
differently when emotional
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152. If we keep returning books at this rate,
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153. the whole publisher is going to go down.
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154. Will you choose this shelf, empty from having
had entire publishers' worth of books returned?
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155. Or this shelf, jam packed
because you kept everything?
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156. Section Chief Pestmask!
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157. Just kidding.
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158. Don't let it get to you too much.
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159. The deathbed books are just a rough guide.
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160. You can try returning them,
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161. and then re-stock them if we get inquiries.
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162. You're right.
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163. The reality is that if it isn't selling,
we aren't getting inquiries, either.
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164. I have to say goodbye.
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165. Yep, go for it!
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166. The difference in passion...
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167. It must be hard for Koomote-san.
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168. There's no telling when her
books will start selling again.
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169. Here we go!
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170. Poor Seller
Volume 2
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171. A series with only some
volumes on their deathbed!
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172. Not selling
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173. Not selling
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174. Selling
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175. Selling
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176. I see, this is tough.
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177. If we return these, some books in
the series are going to be missing.
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178. I wonder if I should not return them.
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179. Poor Seller
Volume 2
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180. Poor Seller
Volume 4
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181. Ah, what do I do?!
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182. It's a middle volume
and a final volume!
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183. It'll look absolutely awful if
we sell only the other ones!
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184. I wonder if someone will
suddenly buy this book.
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185. The books that are selling
won't fit on the shelves.
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186. I have to return the deathbed books, or
I'll take those non-consenting books and...
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187. No!
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188. Poor Seller
Volume 2
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189. It's okay...
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190. I'm just returning some other deathbed
books to free up some space.
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191. That'll at least get me out
of this tightly-packed problem.
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192. Delay the inevitable!!
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193. Book
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194. Book
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195. All that "deathbed" really means is that
they aren't selling at this particular store.
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196. Out-of-print
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197. These days, even out-of-print
books often rise from the dead.
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198. That's me, isn't it?!
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199. Revived book
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200. Such timeless books are
called "revived books."
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201. A non-fiction book on the deadly ebola virus
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202. became a top-seller when it
was released twenty years ago.
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203. Not found
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204. Eventually that book fell on its deathbed,
and was out of print for a long time.
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205. But with the 2014 ebola outbreak in
West Africa, it was quickly revived.
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206. It traveled through time to be
resuscitated as a new edition.
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207. That book further opened the floodgates to
a myriad of books on contagious diseases,
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208. and we even saw in-depth
special sections emerge.
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209. Contagious Diseases in Your Lives
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210. I never would have thought books
come back to life like this.
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211. I remember that.
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212. It's not something you see
a lot of in the comics section.
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213. I guess some nostalgic favorites
get revived sometimes.
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214. Even that's a rare occurrence, though.
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215. There was a book that a customer
asked about, and it was out of print.
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216. I'm sorry, this book is out of print.
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217. We do seem to have an e-book.
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218. Customer
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219. I said I want a book!
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220. You think I'd come all the way to
a bookstore just to buy a damn e-book?!
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221. I'm sorry!
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222. I've found there's a high chance that
I'll get yelled at for mentioning e-books,
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223. so I decided to never bring them up again.
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224. I should be careful, too.
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225. Honda-san.
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226. I bought the reprints.
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227. That's the book I missed, too!
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228. Yokohama *** SF!
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229. Congratulations.
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230. Come on, you said you missed
your chance to buy it, too.
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231. I kept a copy.
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232. Th-Th-Th...
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233. Thank you so much!!
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234. Life, death, and rebirth.
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235. Hi, new book here
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236. Huh? I'm not
selling well
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237. Looks like this is it
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238. Sent back...
Deathbed...
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239. Wait a sec,
sudden demand!
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240. Whoa, it's revived
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241. Book
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242. I think daily about the eternal
cycle of a book's rebirth.
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