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Closing off her emotions makes Lightning a great fighter, but at what personal cost? See them in Final Fantasy Series.

Anna Karenina doesn't want to be a respectable woman any more. She thinks respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. See them in Anna Karenina.

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