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On the way back to the surface following their grueling battle on the 18th floor, Bell and the others stumble upon a hidden hot spring.
An ecchi OVA featuring a small amount of action that takes place shortly after the main series‘ 13th episode.
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Rokuro Enmadou and Benio Adashino are both exceptionally powerful exorcists with tragic pasts. Though Rokuro responded to the tragedy by swearing off exorcism, in Benio’s case it only motivated her to become more powerful. Now the two of them have been proclaimed the ‘Twin Star Exorcists’ and must work together to cleanse the world of evil spirits.
A battle shounen slightly darker than usual with a fairly even mix of comedy, drama, and action. The romance aspect, despite being introduced early, does not become a central focus until the 10th episode while the comedy eventually ends up taking a backseat to the action/drama.
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The Boy Detectives Club led by Kogorou Akechi accepts and solves jobs of all sorts, ranging from lost pets, to missing people, to rampaging robots. On one such job they meet a strange boy surrounded by what appears to be an invincible force field, who may be related to the connection between Akechi and master criminal The Fiend with Twenty Faces.
An action drama with a bit of comedy inspired by two novels from the late 1930’s. It features both episodic stories and an over-arching character-driven plotline.
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A couple years have passed since Sasuke left the village. Naruto and Sakura continue their search for him while Akatsuki persist on their quest to collect all of the Tailed Beasts, and all eventually get caught up in a catastrophe of world-ending scale.
Continuing from where the first series left off, this one ultimately isn’t much different besides having a fondness for flashbacks: It’s still a mix of comedy, action, and drama peppered with Anime-original filler content to extend the duration. The characters do behave less childishly though, and most of the canon content leans more toward the dramatic.
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Nanba, a secure prison island that no one has ever escaped from. Uno, Rock, Nico, & Jyugo, four prisoners who have escaped from every prison they’ve ever been sent to. Will they be able to escape from here as well, or will they instead become attached and decide to stay?
A gag comedy set in a pseudo-prison that acquires various battle shounen aspects as it progresses. It has a vibrant color palette and somewhat unique character design, with a reaction and situational-based style of humor.
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Four students enter a deserted mansion and find themselves locked inside with a large blue monster.
An absurdist comedy that plays common horror tropes/situations for laughs. Each episode has a random theme and features either some or all of the students getting killed/eaten, then everything gets reset the next episode.
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Tokio, a perennially late junior-high student, suddenly finds himself as the newest member of the Space-Time Administration Bureau after Calen makes a crash-landing in 2016 and picks him up on a whim. Their mission? To find the wacky ‘true history’ not recorded in history books.
This is the kind of show western morning/afternoon cartoons resemble, being episodic and featuring a light/silly form of comedy with a bit of mecha action.
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Having finally managed to form a vast continental alliance, Yuuri and his comrades storm the Black King’s castle to end things once and for all… and fail. With the alliance broken, Chronicle sundered, and Yuuri wounded, the diminished volunteer army returns home to regroup. On the way they come across a young boy named Aram who just might end up becoming the key to their victory.
A sequel to the earlier short OVA series, this does not require having seen that. These three movies (also adapted into a TV series) are mostly focused on action with a secondary focus on corruption-centric drama.
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Ami is a slightly clumsy college student without any hobbies, until one day she sees someone riding a folding bike. Despite having long had an interest in biking she never tried it herself due to a fear of falling, and the folding bike looks just compact enough to inspire her to try.
A slice of life cycling series with a noticeable ecchi streak and comedy based on awkward character behavior.
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Yona and the gang head to a hot spring, where some of Kija’s background is revealed after Jeha notices a scar on his back.
The first OVA is half standard hot springs fanservice episode and half serious flashback. It’s not directly connected to the second two.
After a drinking contest one night, Zeno finds himself dreaming of the past.
A two-episode flashback showing the beginnings of the Kouka kingdom and the details of Zeno’s history. There’s only a small amount of comic relief here with the rest consisting of reflective scenes and serious drama.
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