Back when
Early
Early adjective - Relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period.
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- Back when Carlisle Indian Industrial School had a football team in the early 20th century, they were notorious for exploiting the holes in the rulebook.
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Most of the team figures it out early, especially Shiro who knew her back when she was just Katie Holt.
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Happened quite a bit in the manga back when it was in its early days and the focus wasn't so much on card games, but more on Yami dealing out 'justice'.
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