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Just a few more hours and the 18% photographic gray card I am holding up will blend perfectly with the sky above Takinogawa. There will be a sudden whoosh of air, a thunderclap, and I will just look like someone with their hand raised in the air as if to ask a question. People from the neighborhood will see me doing this and yell「がんばってください！」(“ganbatte kudasai!” – do your best). When this happens I will appreciate their friendly encouragement and I will certainly do my very best.