Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
From unexpected encounters at a cafe, to ringing in the new year, to difficulties at school, the everyday lives of Tooru, Run, Yuuko, and Nagi are never dull.
A small set of OVAs with the same variety of content found in the parent series. It would be a good idea to watch that first, both for the character introductions and because this references a few events there.
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Three years after a mysterious global event dubbed ‘The Reflection’, people with strange appearances and powers begin to appear one after another. Some of them wish to use their abilities for personal gain, some to enact sweeping change upon the world, and some to enforce the status quo. Their only commonality being that normal humans cannot stand against them.
A superhero/villain-themed action-drama with a visual style very similar to Flash animation.
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A reserved amateur music composer, Kai Ashimoto does not want people to know that he makes music. Still, after two of his classmates discover his hobby he reluctantly accepts the offer to watch their band practice on Mermaid Isle. It’s there that he first hears the voice of the mermaid Luu, who will soon change his life.
A music-themed, lighthearted and family-friendly coming of age story.
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Following a wedding afterparty, a young college student sets off on a journey across town to experience the joys of adulthood. Namely alcohol. Little does she know that another student from her school is chasing after her and running into ever more unfortunate encounters.
An absurdist romantic comedy with a first part focused on one night’s sequence of increasingly random and outlandish occurrences, and a second part that deals with the aftermath.
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Thirty years after a thermonuclear war devastated the Earth, a young girl named Haruka is awakened from cryogenic stasis. Accompanied by her 5 robotic companions, she searches the blasted landscape for signs of other surviving humans.
A mostly character-focused drama with intermittent action scenes and occasional spots of comic relief to lighten the mood. The first half bears a closer resemblance to a slice of life while the second is heavily narrative-driven.
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Long ago Yuuta ate the flesh of a mermaid, becoming one of the rare people to receive immortality from the act instead of an agonizing death. Now he wanders Japan seeking another mermaid in the hopes of finding a cure for the condition.
An episodic collection of dramatic short stories with bits of action and romance scattered throughout. Note that episodes 4-5 & 12-13 have earlier OVA adaptations available and that episodes 10-13 take place between episodes 6 & 7.
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Following the death of his father at the hands of an assassin, the young Tetsunosuke Ichimura vows to join the Shinsengumi in order to become strong enough to take revenge. After managing to join the group however he discovers that their job is far more difficult than he believed it to be.
A multi-genre series that mixes light-hearted everyday antics, deathly serious conspiracy-tinged drama, and the occasional graphic sword fight.
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The three realms (heavenly, human, and boundary) keep their balance by cycling souls from one to another, often by force, with the responsibility of transferral falling to the boundary realm’s Black & White Warriors. The youngest of these are Heng Wang and Liang Yan, a unique pair who have never completed an assignment and only seem to excel at being late.
An action-drama with an initially large streak of comic relief which almost entirely disappears by the halfway point.
In the years following a terrorist attack that leveled Sarajevo, developed nations the world over drastically increased their security measures while less fortunate countries began to turn into genocidal warzones. Into these areas the USA sends a team of emotionally deadened super-soldiers in search of the man responsible for the outbreaks of insanity.
A dialog-heavy thriller with a strong initial literary theme and bursts of explicit action.
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In a world where text-based communication has begun to dominate discourse, a virus has appeared that causes certain Kanji to run amok. To counter this threat the DEAVA organization has gathered up people with Verbalism abilities to pilot special mecha called Aquarions.
An action series with a large comedic streak and minor romance elements which becomes more of a multi-genre series in the second half. While the OVA that precedes the first episode is a crossover between Aquarion and Evol, the series proper has no connection to those shows beyond a few setting details.
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