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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_characters(self):
 """Fetches the MAL media characters page and sets the current media's character attributes. :rtype: :class:`.Media` :return: current media object. """

    characters_page = self.session.session.get(u'http://myanimelist.net/' + self.__class__.__name__.lower() + u'/' + str(self.id) + u'/' + utilities.urlencode(self.title) + u'/characters').text
    self.set(self.parse_characters(utilities.get_clean_dom(characters_page)))
    return self