A translation of the Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger short story “One Day's Swan” (ワンデイズ・スワン), written by Dekaranger main writer Naruhisa Arakawa and originally published in the Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Complete Book (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー コンプリート・ブック) on May 11, 2005. You can buy the original book here. "Good morning, Murphy. Well, then, goodnight."It was a strange way to put it, but it was a relatively common
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