Orphan concludes (for now) its Rumiko Takahashi festival with the third Rumic World OVA, 1987's *Warau Hyouteki* (*Laughing Target*). It's a supernatural suspense yarn, featuring the creepy childhood fiance from hell intruding into the placid lives of an ordinary high-school couple. Original Kotomi subs have been translation-checked and updated. New encode from a Japanese laserdisc. The source is a mess, so the encode is at 60fps, to minimize the visual artifacts. It mostly works, but not always. See [this blog entry](https://collectr.blogspot.com/2022/11/laughing-target.html) for more details.
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No English dub track at this time.
This release, and all Orphan releases, are available for direct download from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.
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