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The Evillustrator

Season 1, episode 02 (Production order); Episode 02 (Overall)

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I'm thinking poor Nathaniel's got a crush on me. And his alter ego, the Evillustrator, is gonna get crushed by Ladybug!

Marinette Dupain-Cheng, "The Evillustrator"

"The Evillustrator" is a Season 1 episode of the series, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.[4] According to the series' production/written order, it is the 2nd episode of Season 1, as well as the 2nd episode of the series, overall.[1]

Synopsis[]

A student with a crush on Marinette is akumatized into the Evillustrator, a villain that Cat Noir must face without Ladybug.[5]

Disney+[]

Ladybug and Cat Noir face the Evillustrator, alias Nathaniel.

Plot[]

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Super Nathan "saves Marinette".

Marinette is attacked by both Stormy Weather and Lady Wifi at Collège Françoise Dupont. Lady Wifi pauses her and Stormy Weather freezes her in an ice block. The two supervillains clasp hands, pleased with their success. Suddenly, a new superhero drops into the scene and uses his tablet to erase Stormy Weather's umbrella. As Lady Wifi moves to pause him, he traps them both in a box. He frees Marinette, erasing the ice and the pause button. Marinette runs to the superhero, calling him "Super Nathan". She confesses her love to him and he does the same in return.

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Olga Mendeleiev punishes Nathaniel for drawing in the science class.

This, as it turns out, is Nathaniel's imagination running wild. He is doodling a comic in Ms. Mendeleiev's class and Olga notices. She stops him from drawing and sends him to the principal's office, disgusted with his endeavours. Nathaniel trips over Mylène's backpack, spilling his bag and everything in it, including his comic book. Chloé picks up the book and makes fun of both him and Marinette to Sabrina, knowing the rest of the class will overhear. Ms Mendeleiev picks up Nathaniel off the floor and tells him to go to Mr Damocles' office. Nathaniel takes his book back from Chloé, but Chloé rips out the last page.

Hawk Moth, sensing Nathaniel's emotions, sends an akuma to Nathaniel and it lands in his stylus. Hawk Moth offers him power so long as he retrieves a couple of items he is missing. Nathaniel accepts, becoming Evillustrator.

Back in classroom, Olga announces the groups for the particle physics research presentations. Nino, Adrien, and Alya are partnered together, as are Chloé, Sabrina, and Marinette. Chloé complains, wanting to work alone with Sabrina, but Olga tells her to deal with it. Alya isn't willing to switch places with Marinette, but she is willing to be Marinette's wingwoman in regards to Adrien. The class is dismissed and the students wander the school, gathering their things and moving to their next classes.

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Marinette confront Chloé about the group project.

Chloé and Sabrina are at Chloé's locker. Chloé complains about the project and decides she isn't going to help. Sabrina readily agrees with Chloé, knowing that she and Marinette can finish the project together. Marinette, however, is concerned. Chloé tells her to mind her own business, but since Marinette and Chloé are part of the same group, it is her business. Sabrina explains that it's fine; they can do the research and the writing together while Chloé presents the project, meaning everyone gets a fair share. Marinette quickly points out that the way Chloé and Sabrina work together isn't fair. Apparently, Chloé and Sabrina have had Sabrina do all of their homework ever since Sabrina started doing Chloé's homework in grade school. Marinette lets Sabrina know that what she and Chloé have isn't friendship; Chloé is taking advantage of Sabrina and best friends don't take advantage of each other. Chloé argues that she is Sabrina's only friend, therefore, Sabrina has to listen to her or she'll be friendless. Marinette says she'd rather have no friends than be Chloé's friend. Chloé ends the argument and leaves, deciding she has better things to do, such as her hair.

Marinette leaves as well. Before she can go home Sabrina stops her and thanks her for standing up to Chloé. Marinette lets her know that it wasn't a big deal, but Sabrina takes it a bit too far and declares Marinette to be her new best friend. They go to the library to work on the project.

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Chloé and Sabrina argue.

In the library, Chloé and Sabrina argue about Sabrina not doing Chloé's assignment. Chloé tries to bribe Sabrina back to her side with a Gabriel beret. Marinette doesn't believe what she's seeing; Sabrina is easily swayed by the beret. Before Sabrina can decide if she wants the beret and does Chloé's homework, several berets fall on Chloé's head. When they stop falling, a giant hairdryer appears and chases Chloé around the library. Adrien sees this and transforms into Cat Noir. Marinette runs, hides, and transforms into Ladybug.

Ladybug lassos the hairdryer and jumps on it, trying to control it while Cat Noir watches her and puns about the situation. When she manages to knock the hairdryer down, Cat Noir smashes it with his staff, destroying it. They notice Evillustrator on the second level of the library and chase after him, but he draws a barrier and runs away from Ladybug and Cat Noir.

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Chloé takes selfie with an annoyed Ladybug.

Ladybug and Cat Noir go to Chloé's room, trying to find out why the Evillustrator is targeting Chloé specifically. Chloé sits on one of her couches and defaces Nathaniel's drawing of himself and Marinette. Chloé denies doing anything wrong, stating, "Everyone adores me". Ladybug sarcastically calls her adorable, although Chloé doesn't hear the sarcasm and takes it as a compliment. She gets excited and proceeds to follow Ladybug around and take several pictures of the two of them. Cat Noir just watches. When Ladybug finds the defaced photograph, she leaves in a huff, telling Cat Noir to watch Chloé without her.

Back in her room, Ladybug detransforms into Marinette and throws her purse onto her chaise, accidentally throwing Tikki in the process. Marinette apologizes and rants to Tikki about how Chloé makes her so angry. Tikki tells her to calm down. This leads Marinette to remember her project with Sabrina. She checks her phone to find that all of the recent calls were from Sabrina. Before she can do anything about it, Evillustrator erases one of the windows in Marinette's room and enters.

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Evillustrator invites Marinette to his birthday party.

Much to Marinette's surprise, Evillustrator isn't there to harm Marinette. Rather, he just wants to see her. He attacked Chloé because she is cruel and selfish. He isn't planning on hurting Marinette. Instead, he invites her to his birthday party on Seine. Marinette tries turning him down, but when Evillustrator gives Marinette an invitation and Marinette recognizes the exclamation mark on it as Nathaniel's signature watermark, she says yes. Elated, Evillustrator leaves to prepare for the party.

Marinette transforms back into Ladybug and calls Cat Noir, stopping him from helping Chloé with her particle physics homework. Ladybug tells him that he no longer needs to protect Chloé; Evillustrator is in love with Marinette and promised not to harm Chloé so long as Marinette goes to his birthday party. Ladybug tells Cat Noir to protect Marinette. Chloé walks outside while Cat Noir speaks to Ladybug, trying to get him back inside to complete her homework. Cat Noir turns her away and goes to Marinette's house.

When Marinette leaves her home, she is startled by Sabrina, who is standing on the door stoop. Sabrina completed Marinette's geography homework in a show of friendship. Marinette refuses it initially, telling Sabrina that she really didn't need to do it, but after seeing Sabrina's face fall, Marinette begrudgingly accepts the homework. Sabrina asks Marinette if she wants to work on the physics project immediately, but Marinette can't. Marinette tries explaining to Sabrina that she can't do the project tonight, telling her that she has something really important to do. Sabrina gets mad, comparing Marinette to Chloé because both of them make up vague excuses to get Sabrina to do their work. Sabrina takes away Marinette's geography homework and walks away, upset.

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Cat Noir kisses Marinette's hand.

Cat Noir jumps down to Marinette's doorstep, introducing himself to Marinette. He flirts with her heavily, kissing her hand, flexing his muscles, and calling her, "Little Lady". Out of his sight, Marinette mimes Cat Noir talking. When he says that Marinette gets to be "[his] Ladybug", Marinette pretends to be flattered. Cat Noir tells Marinette to get Evillustrator's stylus away from him and Cat Noir will do the rest. Cat Noir runs off, leaving Marinette giggling.

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Marinette and Evillustrator at the birthday party.

Later that evening by Notre-Dame, Marinette arrives at Evillustrator's ship. Evillustrator is still adding the finishing touches when Hawk Moth interrupts him, causing him pain in his arm. Hawk Moth wanrs him to get the Miraculouses. Evillustrator hastily agrees, the pain in his arm going away when Marinette boards the boat. She wishes Evillustrator, "Happy Birthday". He jumps down from his perch and shows Marinette around. When Marinette says the boat looks beautiful, Evillustrator lets her know she hasn't seen anything yet. He moves to add more, but clouds cover the moon, blocking his light. Evillustrator gets angry, surprising Marinette. He explains that he can't draw properly in the dark. Instead, he draws an illuminated globe and sticks it to the top of the miniature Eiffel Tower on the deck of the ship.

Marinette and Evillustrator sit on a bench, Marinette watching musical notes as they float off Evillustrator's tablet and into the night. She sees Cat Noir hopping along the rooftops. Marinette distracts Evillustrator as Cat Noir gets into position. Cat Noir hops down from the Pont Marie and hides while Marinette convinces Evillustrator to let her draw something. Her hand is on the stylus when Cat Noir's shoes make a noise loud enough for Evillustrator to hear. Marinette grabs the stylus from Evillustrator and runs when Cat Noir reveals himself. Evillustrator is hurt; he thought Marinette liked him. Because Marinette used his feelings against him, he compares her to Chloé. Marinette is annoyed; everyone is comparing her to Chloé tonight.

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Cat Noir interrupts the birthday party.

Evillustrator kicks Cat Noir's staff, knocking the stylus out of Marinette's hands. He grabs the stylus and lands on the illuminated globe, hastily drawing a cube before Cat Noir can attack. The cube traps both Cat Noir and Marinette. Evillustrator erases part of the boat, creating a hole and leaving them to sink while he goes after Chloé, his promise to Marinette broken. After watching Cat Noir struggle to free them, Marinette angles Cat Noir's baton, lifting the cube and escaping the boat onto the streets of Paris.

Cat Noir runs off, telling Marinette that she can thank him later. Marinette tells Tikki that he should be thanking her since she was the one who freed them. Marinette transforms into Ladybug and follows Cat Noir back to Le Grand Paris.

In her room, Chloé practices crying in front of her mirror while lying and making up excuses over how traumatic Evillustrator's attack was. She stops when even she doesn't believe her own lies. Hearing banging outside her room, she leaves her bathroom and goes to her room's front door, thinking the banging is Cat Noir. Evillustrator erases Chloé's door, frightening her. She runs, hiding under her bed. Searching for Chloé, Evillustrator erases Chloé's closet and the clothes inside, causing Chloé to shriek and reveal her hiding place. Evillustrator erases Chloé's bed, claiming he has won. Chloé complains about her dresses, calling Evillustrator a monster. He retaliates by sending a giant heel after Chloé to step on her, but Ladybug breaks the heel, destroying the shoe.

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Ladybug & Cat Noir confront Evillustrator.

Ladybug and Cat Noir banter with each other while Evillustrator monologues to them, saying they should be on his side because Chloé is an awful person. Chloé refutes Evillustrator's statements with her delusions of everyone adoring her. Evillustrator creates three large punching gloves, one going to Cat Noir, one going to Ladybug and missing, and the third going to Chloé. Ladybug destroys the glove before it can hit Chloé and throws her yo-yo at Evillustrator, but he creates a glass barrier to protect himself. He draws a spinning saw blade and directs it at Ladybug, but it bounces off her spinning yo-yo into Chloé's direction. Cat Noir throws his staff, stopping the blade just as it reaches Chloé. He breaks his staff in two, throwing both halves at Evillustrator. He misses, but he breaks one of the lights, forcing Evillustrator to move. Seeing this, Ladybug tells Cat Noir about Evillustrator's weakness.

Cat Noir summons his Cataclysm, preparing to use it on the light switch in Chloé's room. He runs to the wall and destroys it, but the lights stay on; Evillustrator sees through Cat Noir's plan and erases the switch before the wall is demolished. Evillustrator attaches a ball and chain to Cat Noir's leg and erases the ground beneath him, causing Cat Noir to hang into the room beneath Chloé's.

Hawk Moth intervenes, demanding Cat Noir's Miraculous. Before Evillustrator can take the Miraculous, Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm, receiving a small bouncy ball. Ladybug throws the ball, breaking all the lights in the room. Evillustrator puts up his arm to protect his face from the ball, leaving himself open. Ladybug grabs him with her yo-yo, forcing him to drop his stylus. She catches it and breaks it just as Cat Noir's ring signals that he has one minute left. The ball and chain disappear, allowing Cat Noir to climb back into Chloé's room. Ladybug catches the akuma, purifies it, and returns Chloé's room (and her own) to normal.

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Marinette tells Adrien about Cat Noir.

The next day, Alya interviews Chloé about last night's akuma attack. Chloé complains about Ladybug's and Cat Noir's performances, saying they only made matters worse. Marinette overhears Chloé's complaints and laughs. Sabrina walks over, wearing the Gabriel beret. Marinette apologizes for not being able to work on the project yesterday, but says she can work on the project today. Sabrina brushes her off, saying she and Chloé meaning just Sabrina will work on the project. Turns out, Sabrina believes Chloé's lies about the akuma attack. She wanders off to tell Chloé her geography homework is ready.

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Nathaniel begins to work on a new comic about Ladybug.

Marinette closes her locker and screams when Adrien appears behind her. He asks her about Cat Noir, causing her to stutter and call Adrien dreamy and "the most awesome of awesome". Adrien takes Marinette's ramblings to mean that she is a fan of Cat Noir. He pats her shoulder and leaves for class, the school bell ringing. Marinette gazes after he lost in thought. Tikki tells her that she just called Adrien, "awesome", to his face, but Marinette ignores her. Tikki chastises her; Marinette needs better control over her emotions.

The episode ends with an image of Nathaniel's new comic about Ladybug.

Characters[]

Major characters[]

Minor characters[]

Trivia[]

  • Internationally, this episode first premiered in France.
    • This episode is the seventh to air in France and the ninth to air in Korea.
  • This episode is called "Draw Then Erase You" in Korean and "Le Dessinateur" in French.
  • Stormy Weather and Lady Wifi appear in Nathaniel's fantasy, marking the first time any akumatized villains have made more than one appearance in the show. However, in production order as of now compared to both episodes debuts in Nickelodeon, Lady Wifi was akumatized after this, and the reason she appears before her debut episode is unknown.
    • It is possible that this episode takes place after "Lady Wifi".
  • This episode reveals that Nathaniel is left-handed.
    • However, when he wakes up at the beginning of the episode, he's holding a pencil with his right hand, so he may be ambidextrous to some extent.
  • While it is not known if the akumatized victim chooses what they look like, Nathaniel's drawing of himself as a superhero becomes his supervillain form.
  • This episode is Nathaniel's birthday episode.
  • Adrien is on the front cover of Chloé's magazine.
  • In the French and Korean dubs of this episode, Marinette is called "Princess" by Cat Noir. In the English version, he calls her "little lady".
    • The Evillustrator also calls Ladybug "little lady".
  • This is the first time Plagg doesn't have a speaking role and doesn't appear outside the transformation sequence.
  • There is a slightly different classroom seating plan this episode with Juleka sitting next to Nathaniel instead of Rose.
  • In the end card of the episode, a drawing of Ladybug is on a page of Nathaniel's sketchbook. This image is one of Thomas Astruc's The Mini Menace Ladybug fake covers.
    • The fake cover was modified, with the guns removed, the title changed from "Mini Menace" to "Miraculous", and the corner box changed.
  • In this episode, when Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm, the soundtrack is different.
    • This is the only episode where the theme used for Lucky Charm is different.
  • This is the first time Marinette meets Adrien as his alter ego.

Errors[]

  • Like the French dub, the Italian version names the titual villain Dessinateur. In the latter, though, he is called as such only when akumatized by Hawk Moth and is referred as Evillustrator in all the other occasions.
  • Marinette's thumb clips through Sabrina's shoulder in one scene.
  • Olga Mendeleiev rips a page out of Nathaniel's book, but the page isn't ripped out of his book until Chloé takes it.
  • When Nathaniel trips over Mylène's bag, Marinette's purse is on the floor leaning against the desk she and Alya are sitting at. After Nathaniel gets up, Marinette is seen wearing the purse instead.
  • When Marinette detransforms after visiting Chloé at Le Grand Paris, Tikki is automatically in her purse instead of floating in the air.
  • When Tikki opens the bag and flies out of it, the outer pink picture on the bag is visible inside the bag.
  • When Chloé defaces Nathaniel's drawing, the image is mirrored on itself the next time it is seen.
  • Ladybug drops the drawing Chloé took from Nathaniel when she leaves her room, but after Evillustrator leaves Marinette's room, she still has it.
  • Evillustrator erases Marinette's window and enters her room, but the window is fixed in the next scene.
  • The colours on the charm on Alya's cellphone are inverted, making it look similar to Lady Wifi's akumatized object.
  • When Evillustrator erased the light switch, it should've broken the electrical circuit and caused the lights to turn off, inadvertently giving his enemies an advantage.
  • There is no physical room for Adrien to appear behind Marinette unless he is hiding in another locker.
  • Chloé's cellphone has several errors:
    • The phone case is black instead of yellow.
    • The phone is too big.
    • The phone lacks a camera on the back.
  • Sabrina has bright orange hair throughout the entire episode.
  • When Ladybug deevilizes the akuma while Nathaniel get deakumatized, it is nighttime, yet when it shows Hawk Moth's lair afterward, there's still a bright light from the window as if it was still daytime. This same error happens in "Rogercop".

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References[]


ve Episodes
Season 1
101 Stormy Weather102 The Evillustrator103 Lady Wifi104 Princess Fragrance105 Dark Cupid106 Mr. Pigeon107 Pixelator108 Copycat109 The Bubbler110 Simon Says111 Rogercop112 Gamer113 Animan114 Darkblade115 Pharaoh116 Timebreaker117 Horrificator118 The Puppeteer119 The Mime120 Guitar Villain121 Reflekta122 Ladybug & Cat Noir (Origins - Part 1)123 Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2)124 Antibug125 Kung Food126 Volpina
Season 2
201 The Collector202 Prime Queen203 Glaciator204 Despair Bear205 Troublemaker206 Gigantitan207 Riposte208 Befana209 Frightningale210 Gorizilla211 Robostus212 Sapotis213 The Dark Owl214 Syren215 Zombizou216 Captain Hardrock217 Frozer218 Style Queen (Queen's Battle - Part 1)219 Queen Wasp (Queen's Battle - Part 2)220 Reverser221 Anansi222 Malediktator223 Sandboy224 Catalyst (Heroes' Day - Part 1)225 Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2)226 Santa Claws
Season 3
301 Chameleon302 Animaestro303 Bakerix304 Backwarder305 Reflekdoll306 Weredad307 Silencer308 Oni-Chan309 Miraculer310 Oblivio311 Desperada312 Christmaster313 Startrain314 Kwamibuster315 Feast316 Gamer 2.0317 Stormy Weather 2318 Ikari Gozen319 Timetagger320 Party Crasher321 The Puppeteer 2322 Cat Blanc323 Félix324 Ladybug325 Heart Hunter (The Battle of the Miraculous - Part 1)326 Miracle Queen (The Battle of the Miraculous - Part 2)
Season 4
401 Truth402 Lies403 Gang of Secrets404 Mr. Pigeon 72405 Psycomedian406 Furious Fu407 Sole Crusher408 Queen Banana409 Gabriel Agreste410 Mega Leech411 Guiltrip412 Crocoduel413 Optigami414 Sentibubbler415 Glaciator 2416 Hack-San417 Rocketear418 Wishmaker419 Simpleman420 Qilin421 Dearest Family422 Ephemeral423 Kuro Neko424 Penalteam425 Risk (Shadow Moth's Final Attack - Part 1)426 Strikeback (Shadow Moth's Final Attack - Part 2)
Season 5
501 Evolution502 Multiplication503 Destruction504 Jubilation505 Illusion506 Determination507 Passion508 Reunion509 Elation510 Transmission (The Kwamis' Choice - Part 1)511 Deflagration (The Kwamis' Choice - Part 2)512 Perfection513 Migration514 Derision515 Intuition516 Protection517 Adoration518 Emotion519 Pretension520 Revelation521 Confrontation522 Collusion523 Revolution524 Representation525 Conformation (The Final Day - Part 1)526 Re-creation (The Final Day - Part 2)527 Action
Season 6
TBA
Season 7
TBA
Season 8
TBA
Specials
Two Part Episodes
The Origins StoryQueen's BattleHeroes' DayThe Battle of the MiraculousShadow Moth's Final AttackThe Kwamis' ChoiceThe Final Day
Christmas specials
Santa ClawsChristmaster
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Action
Miraculous World
Released Media
Miraculous New YorkMiraculous ShanghaiMiraculous ParisMiraculous LondonMiraculous Tokyo
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Miraculous RioMiraculous DakarMiraculous: One Night MissionMiraculous & Ghostforce crossover
Movies
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
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Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie 2Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie 3
Cancelled/Unknown movies
Miraculous (live-action film)Miraculous Lady Bug
Miraculous Secrets
Marinette in ParisMarinette and FashionLadybug as seen by AdrienLadyblogAdrien's Double LifeMarinette and AlyaMarinette's Double LifeCat Noir as seen by MarinetteMy Birthday PartyMarinette and AdrienMaster FuTikkiPlaggFriendsNinoMaxMylèneRoseAlixSabrinaIvanGabrielNathaniel & MarcMarinette as seen by ChloéLilaHawk Moth and the Akumatized VillainsFamilyKagami as seen by MarinetteKagami as seen by AdrienLuka as seen by MarinetteNew PowersNew HeroesMayura and the SentimonstersChloé as seen by MarinetteNathalie as seen by GabrielFeelings
Tales from Paris
The NotebookInspirationRepetitionBusy DayHomework Essay
Miraculous Chibi
Rooftop DinnerCatnip FragranceThe ChaseCuriosity Kicked the CatCutest Cat FightFatal PosyScarybugPanic at the ParkThe Cake RaceGood Sports
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NeckRace
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Plastic - The Story So FarReduce, Reuse, RecycleInnovation & CreativityYouth Empowerment & LeadershipBecome an Advocate Against Plastic
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The Mini Menace LadybugLadybug PVFirst CGI promotional videosHappy Birthday to You!Ladybug (musical)Miraculous Ladybug (musical)Miraculous: The Ladybug ShowMiraculous Ladybug COVID-19 SpecialLadybug Saves ChristmasAction
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Miraculous (live-action TV series)
Cancelled/Unknown media
List of unproduced episodes (Le GourmangeurGagotorLadybug in HalloweenMiraculous Ladybug OVA) • Miraculous LiveMiraculous LadyLion
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