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 is the twenty-first chapter of Natsumi Mukai's +Anima manga.

Synopsis
Marca Brighton reaches the town of Radish, hoping to finally encounter her objective.

In the town, Cooro, Husky and Senri are waiting for Nana Alba who is changing into her new clothes. Husky is annoyed about her spending their money, however she had sold her old clothes and bought the new ones with that money. She also got a scarf for each of the boys.

Nearby the children overhear Marca talking to the locals. She is looking for +Anima, and is describing them to the locals; they aren't able to give her any useful information though. The children wonder whether Marca is a +Anima; Nana suggests they follow her but Husky isn't interested. Soon after, Marca falls over, knocking a merchants apples onto the ground; Cooro goes to help her up. The merchant forces her to buy the bruised apples, and Marca gives one to each of the children. She then asks them if they have ever seen a +Anima; while the others deny it, Cooro claims to have seen one a long time ago, momentarily leaving the others scared that Cooro would expose them. Nana asks why Marca is looking for +Anima, and she responds that she just loves them. Later, the children discuss whether it would have been okay to reveal their Animas to her, and decide against it. Cooro can't help shake the feeling that he has met Marca before.

As Marca is about to leave town, a young girl tells her about some animal-like people in a house nearby, so Marca goes to check it out. Cooro meets her near the house, and when she tells him about the +Anima inside he runs up to have a look. A wolf-like person inside notices they are there; Marca picks up a stick as a weapon, but another person grabs her from behind. While the two question what she is doing there, Marca notices that Cooro is gone. He soon flies down and kicks the two men, freeing Marca and knocking off their wolf headwear, revealing that they are not actually +Anima. Marca sees Cooro's wings and is surprised to learn that he is a +Anima. Cooro reveals that the two are wanted men, however they are not interested in him and care more about the good luck charm they just dropped down a cliff. Cooro goes to get it for them, but they refuse to take it from him, believing his black wings to be bad luck, so they leave. Cooro ties it to a tree so they can come back for it. Before flying back to his friends, Cooro asks Marca if they have met before, but she doesn't know.

Later, Marca writes in her journal that the two men were falsely accused, and have since been pardoned. She theorizes that Cooro's black wings instead bring good luck.