E168 - Mix it, Stretch it, Boil it Up! Burn Copper Pot, Burn!

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    I want to try and gather
    the unrestrained winds
[00:21] ---
    I’ll run toward the horizon,
    alongside the wave crests
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    I’ve made my decision,
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    even if there’s a long way to go
    on that road.
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    I’ll continue towards the future I’ve planned
[00:36] ---
    Time rushes us
    The heartbeat speeds up
[00:46] ---
    When I woke in the middle of a dream
    I kept searching for that same light
[00:56] ---
    Under the shining star-lit sky with
    countless constellations and shadows
[01:06] ---
    There was something beyond that…
    What were you gazing at?
[01:16] ---
    What were you gazing at?
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    It’s been a while since
    I’ve eaten Ichiraku ramen!
[01:47] ---
    Lately I’ve been away
    from home on missions.
[01:50] ---
    The bowl of ramen after
    a mission…
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    it spreads to every muscle of the body
    and becomes energy for tomorrow.
[01:57] ---
    If you eat ramen
    it drives fatigue away.
[02:00] ---
    Ramen!
[02:02] ---
    Ramen!
[02:04] ---
    Ramen!
[02:06] ---
    Ramen!
[02:14] ---
    Temporarily closed…?
[02:16] ---
    No, it can’t be…
[02:19] ---
    I endured all the tough missions,
    looking forward to Ichiraku ramen…
[02:26] ---
    I can smell ramen!
[02:28] ---
    What?
[02:32] ---
    You're right!
[02:33] ---
    Without a doubt…
    Ramen is being made in there!
[02:39] ---
    Ramen!
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    Mix it! Stretch it! Boil it up!
    Burn Copper Pot Burn!
[02:51] ---
    This smell…
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    It’s the smell of a soup
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    that’s never been on
    the Ichiraku menu before.
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    Then… It's temporarily closed
    to develop a new menu?
[03:05] ---
    Who’s there?!
[03:10] ---
    A large helping of miso char siu ramen!
    With an egg please.
[03:19] ---
    I see…
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    You were looking forward to
    my ramen that much.
[03:23] ---
    Sorry about that.
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    It’s okay to develop a new menu,
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    but I wish you’d do it
    after the shop is closed.
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    Since you came all this way.
    Give this a taste.
[03:40] ---
    Could this be…
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    Ichiraku’s new menu?!
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    Let’s eat!
[03:46] ---
    Wait a minute!
[03:48] ---
    There are rules when you’re eating
    a new ramen for the first time…
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    Rule ♪1!
[03:52] ---
    Before you do anything,
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    you must first have
    a sip to taste the soup.
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    – Delicious! – Delicious!
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    Next, you have to coat the noodles
    in soup and eat.
[04:07] ---
    Huh? It seems like something
    is missing…
[04:11] ---
    Let’s get to the point.
[04:13] ---
    The noodles are outdone
    by the soup!
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    This well-seasoned, rich soup
    greatly surpasses
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    any of Ichiraku’s previous soups!
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    But! The noodles are
    the same as always!
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    The balance is very bad.
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    I cannot give it a passing score!
[04:31] ---
    That’s what I thought…
[04:33] ---
    Oh… Don’t get so depressed…
[04:37] ---
    Ayame, water! Water please!
[04:41] ---
    Huh? Where’s Ayame?
[04:43] ---
    With ramen like this…
[04:46] ---
    I’ll never be able to get Ayame
    back from the Ryonin.
[04:53] ---
    Teuchi!
[04:59] ---
    He’s just overtired.
[05:01] ---
    I had him drink an energy drink,
    so after a little rest he'll recover.
[05:05] ---
    But… I think he should take a break
    from the shop for a while.
[05:11] ---
    He’s been using his arms
    too much…
[05:14] ---
    Look how swollen this is.
[05:16] ---
    Come to think of it,
    before he fell,
[05:18] ---
    he said something about Ryonin
    or whatever
[05:21] ---
    did something to Ayame, I think…
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    Ayame is his daughter, right?
[05:27] ---
    What’s Ryonin?
[05:29] ---
    I don’t know…
[05:30] ---
    Ryonin…
    He’s referring to the Ninja Chef.
[05:34] ---
    Ninja Chef?
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    Do you know about them, Choji?
[05:39] ---
    I’ve heard rumors about them…
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    One of the problems Shinobi’s confront
    on missions is the problem of meals!
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    Normally Food Pills were brought
    with them,
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    but the main role of those
    are to supply nutrients.
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    They have no taste.
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    If they could eat delicious food
    while on missions,
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    would the success rate
    of missions rise?
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    Based on that theory,
    was born…
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    The Ninja Chef… Ryonin!
[06:13] ---
    But what those Ninja Chef
    have to do with Ayame?
[06:18] ---
    They snatched her away…
[06:20] ---
    What?!
[06:21] ---
    What are you talking about?!
[06:23] ---
    Give us the details!
[06:25] ---
    It was two weeks ago…
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    Ichiraku Ramen
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    Welcome!
[06:37] ---
    The large serving,
    here’s your order!
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    A good job as always, Teuchi!
[06:46] ---
    Hakkaku!
[06:48] ---
    His name is Hakkaku,
[06:50] ---
    long ago we trained at
    the same ramen shop…
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    He told me he is a Ninja Chef,
    a Ryonin, these days.
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    Actually… I have a favor to ask you.
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    What is it? If it’s something I can do,
    I'll cooperate.
[07:05] ---
    The phantom recipe that
    I heard you developed…
[07:09] ---
    Please turn it over to me!
[07:12] ---
    Ph-Phantom recipe?
    What are you talking about?
[07:15] ---
    To a chef, a recipe is
    more precious than life!
[07:19] ---
    I understand why
    you want to hide it!
[07:21] ---
    But… please! Give it to me!
[07:25] ---
    I really had no clue.
[07:28] ---
    But Hakkaku didn’t believe me…
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    Ayame. Let’s get to work
    opening the shop…
[07:38] ---
    What the… What’s this tray?
[07:43] ---
    Ayame!
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    I have your daughter.
[07:47] ---
    If you want her back,
    hand over the “phantom recipe!”
[07:52] ---
    Damn that Hakkaku!
[07:55] ---
    Why didn’t you contact
    the Hokage right away!
[07:59] ---
    The Hokage could…
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    If I did that, I don’t know what
    would happen to Ayame.
[08:05] ---
    And he also wrote this
    in the letter…
[08:08] ---
    That if I can serve them
    something impressive,
[08:12] ---
    he’ll give up on the phantom recipe
    and return my daughter safe.
[08:16] ---
    But, you've got a way to win?
[08:19] ---
    I don’t know.
[08:20] ---
    But a chef’s challenged me
    to a cooking match.
[08:24] ---
    I have no choice but to do it.
[08:25] ---
    So that’s why you’re developing
    new ramen.
[08:30] ---
    I was able to make the soup
    exactly how I wanted to.
[08:33] ---
    But…I just can't get the firm noodles
    that go with the soup…
[08:39] ---
    I can’t get Ayame back like this!
[08:43] ---
    The cooking match is tomorrow…
    What am I going to do?
[08:53] ---
    I can’t imagine an Ichiraku
    without Ayame.
[08:59] ---
    Okay! Teuchi! We’ll help you.
[09:03] ---
    We’ll make the best ramen…
[09:05] ---
    And get Ayame back…
[09:07] ---
    From the Ryonin!
[09:13] ---
    You guys…
[09:18] ---
    I'll teach you the basics
    of making noodles.
[09:22] ---
    Quickly mix the ingredients evenly.
[09:25] ---
    If there are discrepancies,
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    there will be variations in
    the taste of the noodles.
[09:28] ---
    Next… Knead it.
[09:30] ---
    If you don’t put this properly
    the noodles won’t be firm.
[09:34] ---
    Are you okay?
[09:35] ---
    It's nothing. Don’t worry about me.
[09:41] ---
    And…stretch the noodles!
[09:47] ---
    It’s important for them to be
    of a uniform thickness!
[09:50] ---
    So there will be no differences
    after boiling…
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    Try it.
[10:01] ---
    It’s easy to say it…
[10:03] ---
    but to actually make the noodles
    is not so easy.
[10:07] ---
    It takes five years to become
    an accomplished chef in his own right.
[10:10] ---
    To do it by the match tomorrow
    is completely…
[10:14] ---
    When it comes down to it,
[10:15] ---
    I’ll have to give up this decrepit body
    of mine to them.
[10:20] ---
    Teuchi…
[10:21] ---
    You’re not thinking about
    when you lose, are you?
[10:25] ---
    Th-That’s…
[10:27] ---
    Because if we are doing this,
[10:30] ---
    we’re doing it with the intention
    of winning, believe it!
[10:32] ---
    I absolutely don't forgive people
    who hold a girl captive!
[10:36] ---
    Cooking comes from the heart.
[10:38] ---
    Technique and experience
    aren’t everything!
[10:42] ---
    No problem…
[10:44] ---
    We’ll show them the real strength
    of the Shinobi of Leaf Village!
[10:56] ---
    Sorry to make you wait, Hakkaku!
[11:02] ---
    The phantom recipe?
[11:05] ---
    You can’t tell by looking at me?
[11:08] ---
    I see. How foolish…
[11:11] ---
    Let me tell you,
[11:12] ---
    ramen like the stuff I ate at
    your shop the other day can't win.
[11:16] ---
    Is Ayame okay?
[11:18] ---
    Father!
[11:20] ---
    Ayame!
[11:23] ---
    The emotional reunion comes
    after the match.
[11:26] ---
    I have a favor to ask.
    Let me have some helpers.
[11:29] ---
    I don’t think those kids are up
    to the task, but…
[11:34] ---
    Well… That’s okay.
[11:36] ---
    Well, let’s start the cooking match!
[11:44] ---
    Let’s see if you can satisfy
    all of us Ninja Chef!
[11:48] ---
    There are so many of them…
[11:51] ---
    We don’t have time to stand around…
    Let’s begin!
[11:56] ---
    The preparation for the soup
    is done!
[11:57] ---
    I’ll prepare the ingredients
    for the rest!
[11:59] ---
    I’m leaving the noodles to you!
[12:01] ---
    – Okay! – Okay!
[12:02] ---
    Listen. Our noodles determine
    whether Ayame will return or not!
[12:08] ---
    We cannot fail!
[12:10] ---
    Seems like he’s done a good job
    with the soup…
[12:13] ---
    The delicious aroma is
    wafting over here.
[12:15] ---
    Indeed, it’s whetting my appetite.
[12:18] ---
    The noodles are the problem!
[12:19] ---
    Can those kids really make noodles that
    will go with that soup?
[12:24] ---
    First, mix the ingredients!
[12:27] ---
    They’re amateurs,
    I thought so!
[12:29] ---
    You can’t make decent noodles
    with that hand movement!
[12:33] ---
    We practiced making noodles
    all night!
[12:35] ---
    But, we didn’t make the noodles
    we wanted to by morning…
[12:39] ---
    Even so, we have to
    make perfect noodles!
[12:47] ---
    Hey hey. At least make us
    something edible!
[12:53] ---
    Quickly…
[12:54] ---
    Uniformly…
[12:55] ---
    Without discrepancies!
[12:57] ---
    Next, knead it!
[12:59] ---
    Hey, Sakura!
[13:01] ---
    Look, it’s Kakashi Sensei.
[13:03] ---
    Don’t play!
[13:07] ---
    Oh…
[13:08] ---
    Sakura…
[13:14] ---
    Oww! Sakura, you just can’t control
    your own crazy strength!
[13:19] ---
    It’s your fault for playing around
    at a time like this!
[13:26] ---
    This is…
[13:30] ---
    This is…
    the last of the ingredients.
[13:33] ---
    No problem. This time, let us
    show you we’ll succeed!
[13:39] ---
    Okay, I’m mixing.
[13:40] ---
    Wait Choji! Leave this to me!
[13:43] ---
    Naruto…
[13:44] ---
    Hey, Sakura…
[13:46] ---
    Huh?
[13:47] ---
    We are Shinobi, right?
[13:50] ---
    So then… Let’s show them
    the Ninja way to make noodles!
[13:56] ---
    Shadow Clone Jutsu!
[14:09] ---
    Rasengen! “Ichiraku” version!
[14:14] ---
    Wh-What?! Mixing ingredients
    with Chakra?!
[14:21] ---
    No, that way he’ll surely be able
    to mix the ingredients uniformly!
[14:27] ---
    And in micro units!
[14:35] ---
    Sakura!
[14:37] ---
    What?
[14:39] ---
    Pervy Sage.
[14:41] ---
    Naruto!
[14:43] ---
    Cha!
[14:51] ---
    Wh-What’s this crazy strength…?!
[14:54] ---
    If she does that,
    the noodles will become super firm!
[15:01] ---
    Okay, Sakura!
[15:03] ---
    Choji!
[15:04] ---
    I, too…am a Shinobi of Leaf Village!
[15:08] ---
    Partial Expansion Jutsu: Both Hands!
[15:16] ---
    What?!
[15:20] ---
    What outstanding noodles!
[15:23] ---
    If those noodles are added to
    Teuchi’s soup, this match would…
[15:30] ---
    W-We cannot lose!
[15:34] ---
    It’s for the future of the Ninja Chef!
[15:37] ---
    Now they just have to be boiled, Teuchi!
[15:40] ---
    Okay! Leave it to me!
[15:42] ---
    Wait a minute!
[15:46] ---
    When the ramen is done…
[15:48] ---
    Who will you serve it to first?
[15:51] ---
    Huh? Who…?
[15:53] ---
    Th-That’s right…
    That’s how it is!
[15:56] ---
    That’s how what is?
[15:58] ---
    Among the chefs…
[15:59] ---
    there’s a cardinal rule
    not to be forgotten.
[16:02] ---
    The first guest to arrive is
    the first guest served!
[16:06] ---
    No matter how delicious
    the food you make is…
[16:09] ---
    if you break this cardinal rule,
    you’re disqualified as a chef!
[16:14] ---
    True, if a guy who came later
    were eating before me,
[16:17] ---
    then it would seriously pisses me off.
[16:19] ---
    There are 100 Ninja Chefs here…
[16:22] ---
    They all showed up at about
    the same time!
[16:25] ---
    So you have to serve ramen
    to 100 people at the same time!
[16:30] ---
    You’re four people…
[16:31] ---
    Can you really serve at
    the same time?
[16:36] ---
    I said we’re Ninja, didn’t I?
[16:39] ---
    Shadow Clone Jutsu!
[16:44] ---
    What?!
[16:55] ---
    Now! Lift them!
[17:04] ---
    – Thanks for waiting. Here you go!
    – Thanks for waiting. Here you go!
[17:07] ---
    – Oh… – Oh…
[17:09] ---
    Th-The taste is the issue!
    lf you don’t satisfy us, you lose!
[17:25] ---
    Delicious!
[17:27] ---
    – Delicious! – Delicious!
[17:31] ---
    I’ve never had ramen this delicious.
[17:35] ---
    So then…
[17:36] ---
    We win!
[17:39] ---
    – We did it! – We did it!
[17:42] ---
    The truth is…
[17:43] ---
    We Ninja Chefs are at
    the end of our rope…
[17:47] ---
    End of your rope?
[17:48] ---
    What do you mean by that?
[17:51] ---
    We endeavored to make
    delicious meals to eat during missions…
[17:57] ---
    We thought to make delicious food,
    to fill your stomach…
[18:00] ---
    that can be eaten anywhere…
[18:04] ---
    But we pursued taste too far.
[18:07] ---
    It was too delicious, people were
    compelled to overeat.
[18:11] ---
    And as a result…
[18:17] ---
    Ninja gained weight,
    and it interfered with their missions.
[18:22] ---
    And some people are now saying,
[18:24] ---
    “we don’t need
    the Ninja Chefs anymore.”
[18:28] ---
    – Oh… – Oh…
[18:29] ---
    For us Ninja Chefs
    to continue,
[18:32] ---
    we had to get our hands on
    the “phantom” recipe out there
[18:35] ---
    in the cooking world!
[18:37] ---
    Recipe?
[18:39] ---
    If we use this recipe,
[18:40] ---
    we can improve the performance
    of Shinobi without causing a burden.
[18:44] ---
    There’s such recipe…?
[18:47] ---
    I hear, it’s called
    “the scum recipe.”
[18:49] ---
    – The scum recipe?!
    – The scum recipe?!
[18:51] ---
    We've gathered information
    from everywhere…
[18:54] ---
    As a result,
[18:55] ---
    we learned that the scum recipe
    was at "Ichiraku" which Teuchi run.
[19:00] ---
    – What?! – What?!
[19:02] ---
    I-I don’t know!
[19:03] ---
    There’s no reason something like that
    should be at my shop!
[19:05] ---
    There’s someone who heard it!
[19:09] ---
    I've got "the scum recipe"
    at my shop, so…
[19:12] ---
    Oh… Teuchi…?
[19:14] ---
    Oh. I might have that.
[19:16] ---
    Are you serious?!
[19:17] ---
    I thought so!
[19:19] ---
    To be precise…
    lt’s the “scum removal recipe.”
[19:25] ---
    – Scum removal?
    – Scum removal?
[19:26] ---
    The trick to making delicious soup…
[19:28] ---
    is how well you
    remove the scum.
[19:32] ---
    So I, too, studied a lot.
[19:33] ---
    Eventually, I worked out a recipe
    that can remove the scum effectively.
[19:39] ---
    Usually it's called
    “the scum recipe” for short…
[19:43] ---
    I never thought that
    this misunderstanding would arise.
[19:46] ---
    That’s a pretty big omission.
[19:49] ---
    Geez. That’s a stupid punch line…
[19:53] ---
    We won the cooking match,
[19:55] ---
    so keep your promise
    and return Ayame!
[19:58] ---
    That’s right! Where is she?!
[20:01] ---
    Father!
[20:03] ---
    Aya…me?
[20:12] ---
    Ayame…is that you?
[20:14] ---
    Can’t you tell by looking?
[20:16] ---
    B-But Ayame is like…
[20:22] ---
    The food they make is
    so delicious, I overeat…
[20:28] ---
    Did I gain that much weight?
[20:30] ---
    Ayame!
[20:36] ---
    Ichiraku’s new menu?
[20:38] ---
    The thing we made
    at the cooking challenge?
[20:41] ---
    No, a diet ramen
    that’s popular among girls.
[20:44] ---
    Diet Ramen?
[20:50] ---
    It’s super popular!
[20:55] ---
    Oh, come on in, Naruto.
[20:57] ---
    You’ve regained
    your former shape…
[21:00] ---
    It’s thanks to my father’s
    diet ramen!
[21:03] ---
    Huh? Where's your father?
[21:05] ---
    Well… While he was joining me
    in eating the diet ramen…
[21:09] ---
    Hey… Naruto.
[21:15] ---
    That’s a little too thin, believe it.
[21:31] ---
    The wind blows, Ah…
[21:34] ---
    The pain,
    The memories won’t disappear
[21:38] ---
    What should be brought along?
[21:41] ---
    Assemble them into a piece.
[21:44] ---
    There is no second chance, never
[21:47] ---
    How foolish it is to throw away
[21:50] ---
    Acting so innocently, Ah…
[21:54] ---
    The images.
[21:58] ---
    It probably will not end
[22:04] ---
    It probably will not end
[22:10] ---
    Burn that love-filled heart,
[22:13] ---
    Sail across a thousand dreams
[22:16] ---
    Running freely
[22:19] ---
    To take hold of the world in hand
[22:23] ---
    The clouds scatter
[22:26] ---
    The sun sets yet again
[22:29] ---
    The solo parade begins to move.
[22:36] ---
    Adventure, Lucky Day, Heart Beat, Rising,
[22:39] ---
    Decisive, Encounter, Life, Mutual Love
[22:50] ---
    Does anyone have anything
    to ask about this mission?
[22:53] ---
    I’ve got a question!
[22:53] ---
    Why should I have to go on
    a mission with this group?
[22:55] ---
    Okay, let’s move on.
    Everyone ready?
[22:57] ---
    Hey, I’ve got a question, believe it!
[23:00] ---
    As for the mission details,
[23:01] ---
    we’re to eliminate the Demon of the Ocean
    in the Land of Oceans.
[23:03] ---
    You guys are going to get
    fired up for me
[23:04] ---
    since you came to serve under me!
[23:05] ---
    Just a minute.
    Hey, listen to me!
[23:07] ---
    Now, let’s get going!
[23:08] ---
    Stop complaining and
    just come with me!
[23:11] ---
    Listen to me, I say.
    Listen! Listen! Listen!
[23:13] ---
    Next time:
    “Remembrance: The Lost Page”