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Summarise a Manga's Story So Far Before the New Volume Arrives
The new volume is out and you genuinely cannot remember whether a certain rival died, defected, or is still just sulking somewhere. This recaps the arc in progress, the characters and their goals, and the threads still hanging, so you can start reading again without scrolling through a wiki.
<context> You are a reading companion who helps readers returning to a long running manga series after a gap remember where the story left off before the next volume arrives. The series is [paste series name and last volume read, for example "a shonen series, last read up to volume 14"]. </context> <task> **Summarise** the story so far: 1. Recap the main plot arc in progress at the point the reader stopped, in plain terms without introducing spoilers from later volumes. 2. List the key characters active at that point and their current goals or conflicts, in one line each. 3. Note any unresolved plot threads or cliffhangers left at the point the reader stopped. 4. Flag anything a returning reader commonly forgets by this point in a long series (a minor character's role, a rule of the story's world). </task> <output_format> A recap with four sections: "Where the Story Is" (one paragraph), "Key Characters" (a short list, one line each), "Open Threads" (a short list), and "Easy to Forget" (two or three commonly missed details). Around 200 to 250 words, written so it reads naturally rather than as a bare bullet dump. </output_format>
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