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**Title:** (Not explicitly stated, but appears to be a satirical story about a "Beauty Tax")
**Summary:**
In a world where a "Beauty Tax" is enforced, a pretty girl named Ico is initially favored but later penalized with a 20% tax on her income due to her high beauty rating. As she navigates the system, she discovers the unfair advantages and disadvantages of being considered beautiful. After a series of events, including meeting a scammer who helps her temporarily evade taxes by looking unattractive, Ico is eventually caught and reflects on the superficiality of the beauty standards. Two years later, she has worked on her inner beauty and is no longer considered "beautiful" by the tax standards. In a twist, societal beauty standards have shifted to favor "ugly" women, who are now considered the most beautiful and exempt from the tax. The story concludes with Ico's personal growth and a commentary on the absurdity of external beauty standards.
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**Setting and Plot**
1. The story begins with a company manager yelling at employees for incorrect calculations.
2. A new law is announced, introducing a "beauty tax" for attractive individuals.
3. The prime minister justifies the law as a way to equalize privileges.
**Beauty Tax Mechanics**
4. Attractive girls must pay an additional tax on their beauty.
5. The beauty tax is applied to paychecks.
6. A scanning device is used to detect and calculate an individual's beauty level.
7. The tax rate is based on the calculated beauty level (e.g., 20% for the main character).
**Character Developments**
8. The main character, Icon (Ico), is initially happy with the attention from being a "20% girl".
9. Ico meets Rayco, who has a 25% tax rate, making her legally the prettiest.
10. Ico starts exercising to increase her beauty tax rate from 20% to 30%.
**Consequences and Twists**
11. A character, presumably a pretty girl, undergoes surgery to diminish her beauty due to high taxes.
12. The company fires beautiful employees to avoid paying higher taxes.
13. Products to make women look ugly are in high demand.
14. Ico inherits a large sum from her deceased mother, but it's subject to the beauty tax.
15. Ico meets Nomura, who suggests she dress to look bad to avoid taxes.
16. Ico is caught by the police for tax evasion after taking Nomura's advice.
17. Nomura is revealed to be a scammer, exploiting pretty girls to evade taxes.
**Conclusion**
18. Ico realizes the importance of inner beauty after meeting a woman in prison.
19. Two years later, Ico is shown to have worked on her inner self.
20. The beauty tax law is still in effect, but societal preferences may have shifted to favoring "ugly" women.