Puzzle Description:

Plankton and Karen, from Spongebob Squarepants

#1: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Sep 12, 2021 [HINT]

I'm wavering on moderate vs deep lookahead for the greens in the right. I found them very tricky. Everything else fell from line and color logic.

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about Karen.

I'm leaning toward moderate lookahead, because I used 2-way logic to place the green 5 in C32.

I used 'stair step logic' to start from P35

Bahahaha

I have no idea what this is. Especially the image on the right.

I'm not sure how you're supposed to place the greens in the box on the right. I tried 2 way logic with the 5, but it works for a long time from both extremes, to the point where it is no longer 2 way and is just guessing.
I've placed 2 greens and a number of dots but I'm stuck.

For the greens on the right:

R7: EL marks C29 and C33-35 white.

C32: If the 5 goes into R7-9, R8-9 C33 will need to be white. If it goes into R14-15, R13C33 will need to be green. Since the 5 will need to reach at least one of those rows, we can safely mark R8-9 C33 white.

C34: If the 2 is in R8-9, there is nowhere for the 2 in C35 to go, so these squares are white.

I'm having trouble seeing any conclusive moderate moves from here. I can see a move that seems to complete the puzzle, but I can't logic it out so I'm considering it a lucky guess until I find a path to get there. I'll come back later since fresh eyes often help.

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