Practise: Sashimi Fish
Follow one digit only: where is a Fish corner missing, and which note disappears in that same box?
The prepared notes show an incomplete Fish. One base line has just one corner and a fin. Check their shared box; do not place a digit yet.
Example 1 of 4
Your turn first
Where can 6 no longer stay?
In the prepared 6-notes, first find the almost-complete Fish with one missing corner. Then find the fin in the same box. Only there can another 6-note disappear.
Remember
A Sashimi Fish is an incomplete Fish: one corner is missing while a fin sits in the same box. Therefore only the matching cross-line in that box is fixed, and only there can the digit be removed.
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