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After rescuing the 168th empress of the Raalgon empire from a 2000-year time stasis, the laid-back garbage collector Banjou Tylor decides to accompany her on a journey to the center of the galaxy.
A somewhat random comedy that can be watched without having seen the parent series, as despite the various references it takes place thousands of years after it ended.
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One night D’Artagnyan stumbles upon Lucifer singing alone in the moonlight and becomes overcome by a feeling she can’t explain. At the urging of her friend she attends a concert held by Lucifer’s former bandmates, now a famous idol group, and it’s there she realizes that she wants to sing as well.
While most of the series is a lighthearted take on becoming an idol, episode 0 is nearly a pure drama. Also note that although this is a part of the Monster Strike franchise, watching it does not require having seen any of the related shows.
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After being exiled from her influential family to a remote island, Ilia Akagami decided that she would turn it into a luxurious retreat for geniuses of all sorts to visit. Sometimes they bring attendants with them, and this is the story of one such “+1”.
A dialog-centric and philosophically themed murder mystery with an allegorical visual style.
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A new shougun has been installed in Kyoto, and with Chidori’s assistance Nobunaga now turns his attention toward vanquishing the remaining feudal lords.
This features the same mix of comedy, historical information, and simple action sequences as the prequel. It’s a direct continuation that ends just before the Battle of Anegawa.
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It’s been a year since Aoba Suzukaze began working as a character designer for Eagle Jump, and now the time has come to begin work on the company’s next game.
A gamedev-themed workplace comedy with a character drama subtheme and a small amount of ecchi and yuri romance. Though a sequel to New Game! this does not require having seen that unless you want character introductions.
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At the urging of her aunt, Misaki Shirogane begins to gather suitable girls together to become local heroines in an effort to revitalize their declining town.
A drama with a super sentai theme that focuses on both community/government issues and character relationship troubles. It has periodic bursts of comedy in the form of hyperactive character behavior along with a tiny bit of yuri subtext.
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When someone wishes strongly enough to turn back time they may attract the attention of horologues, demonic creatures which drain the time from their victims to cause age regression and memory loss until there’s nothing left. Standing against these creatures are Kiri and Victor Putin, so-called Chronos Rulers with the ability to control time, who are hunting a specific horologue in order to reclaim Victor’s devoured memories.
A mixed-genre battle shounen with a lighthearted reaction-based comedy style.
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Haruto Tsukishiro awakes to find himself trapped in a dreamworld. There he meets a mysterious girl who calls him ‘brother’ and finds himself attacked by self-proclaimed witches, the dreamworld incarnation of girls who have rejected reality. Now in order to escape he must help these various girls either move past their trauma or fulfill their desires.
An explicit semi-episodic drama that deals with issues both large and small, ranging from lack of self-esteem to someone witnessing their family’s murder. It’s highly experimental and no two episodes look the same.
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Having been transformed into a cat by a netherworld princess, Nora Handa’s everyday life has just gotten a whole lot more complicated. Will he ever be able to return to his human form?
A completely random gag comedy, featuring characters from the visual novel of the same name, which includes a tiny bit of romance and drama along with two ecchi-centric episodes.
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Nina Drango has journeyed from her small village to the capitol to make money as a bounty hunter. There she finds that the recent surge in human prosperity has been built upon the backs of enslaved demons and becomes tangled up in Azazel’s plan to overthrow the king.
An action-drama with a sizable amount of comic relief in the form of exaggerated character behavior and a small romance subplot. Though this takes place 10 years after Genesis it has many re-occurring characters, so while it’s not necessary to watch that to understand events here it will help.
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