Making her way through the crowded station, Kurumi looked around to make sure that no non-magical eyes were looking before she ran through the pillar and arrived at Platform 9 ¾ . After being greeted friends who she hadn’t seen all summer, Kurumi began to think that perhaps living in London after graduating wouldn’t be so bad. In Japan things were much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow without exchanging a word. Here they smile, slap each other on the back, and say, “I’ve missed you.”