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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="80kg-100kg_Characters" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">&quot;Secret&quot; Identity</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">100kg-150kg Characters</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">170cm-179cm Characters</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">180cm-189cm Characters</c>
      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">190cm-199cm Characters</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">200cm-219cm Characters</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">200kg-300kg Characters</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">300kg-400kg Characters</c>
      <c size="7" pages="7" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">4th Wall Breaker</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">500kg-1000kg Characters</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
</api>