Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Back in elementary school Shouya Ishida led his class in bullying Shouko Nishimiya for being deaf, eventually going so far that he himself ended up ostracized. Now in high school, miserable and alone, he seeks her out again with the hope of making amends.
A harassment-themed school life drama with a few small romance elements.
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The girls working in Edo‘s red light district are expected to be able to like, or at least pretend to like, every type of man. For those who can’t manage it however there exists a certain incense which will cause anyone who breathes it in to instantly fall in love with the next person they see… a substance which is both easy to abuse and can lead to all manner of awkward situations.
A Gintama° side-story focused on romantic comedy and dirty jokes.
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Witness the daily routine of Kusuo Saiki, a psychic with godlike power who just wants to live a calm ordinary life. A desire constantly thwarted by the ensemble of hyperactive characters who seem drawn to him like a magnet.
A segmented semi-random absurdist gag comedy. Note that it includes a remade version of the earlier web special.
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Retsuko is a 25-year old accountant who constantly has to put up with all sorts of unreasonable and annoying behavior from her superiors and co-workers. She can never express her feelings directly however and so instead vents her frustrations through death metal fantasies and karaoke sessions.
A short-episode workplace comedy with a chibi artstyle.
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Before Chise came to live with Elias, she was passed from house to house and had no place where she could feel safe from the creatures that it seemed only she could see. Until one day when she meets Riichi Miura, the guardian of a forest library… but few things last forever.
A drama with a small number of horror elements. It’s an Anime-original flashback sidestory which occurs during the 13th episode of the related TV series.
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Though Sakura Mamiya has been able to see spirits since she was a child, it has never been of much use and she wishes it would fade away. In highschool however she meets Rinne Rokudou, who works to send lost/evil spirits on to their next reincarnation, and her ability allows her to help him complete his tasks.
A comedy with occasional action scenes, a love-polygon subplot, and an extremely strong poverty theme. The comedy style leans toward deadpan reaction humor and slapstick, with situational and parody elements also making an appearance.
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Taki Tachibana lives in Tokyo while Mitsuha Miyamizu lives in the countryside. Despite their distance the two will both occasionally awake from a dream to find that they have swapped bodies. What is the source of this phenomenon and how will they cope with having to live a stranger’s life?
An otherwise conventional romance with a bit of supernatural mystery and a prominent amnesia theme.
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Walking home from the store one night Koyomi Araragi finds a vampire on the verge of death, and against his better judgement he decides to sacrifice himself so that she can survive. He does not die however. Instead, she transforms him into a vampire and tasks him with recovering her lost limbs from the hunters who stole them.
A prequel to Bakemonogatari, this series of movies fully fleshes out the brief flashback you get there. Content composition is similar with the main difference being that a larger percentage is dedicated to action and horror.
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On an alternate plane there exists beings neither human nor god who control the forces of nature on Earth. As a right of passage, on their 16th birthday they travel there to spend a week experiencing the elements firsthand while avoiding the attention of humans. During this period a girl by the name of Chun accidentally causes the death of a human boy, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy the heavens.
A high-fantasy fairytale drama with a small number of action scenes mostly concentrated in the third quarter and a bit of romantic development.
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Alisha is a princess desperately trying to avoid war while searching for a ‘Shepard’ to save the land from an encroaching darkness. Sorey is the lone human in a village of seraphim, beings invisible to most humans, who loves exploring ancient ruins. A chance meeting between the two sets in motion events that just may change the world.
An action drama with comedic ‘next episode preview’ segments. While almost entirely an adaptation of the Zestiria video game, a couple episodes (5-6) adapt the beginning of Beseria. Note that the Doushi no Yoake special is included here in a slightly altered form.
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