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Though responsible beyond her years, living alone is difficult. So when Kasumi Haruno’s parents have to travel to Africa for their research she ends up staying with the Kasumi family, who were recommended by her father’s former teacher. The Kasumi’s are far from normal however, and in fact aren’t even human!
A slice of life comedy with periodic incursions of drama focused on family dynamics.
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Not far in the future the rules of baseball are overhauled to allow for the inclusion of robotic team members. Not all teams can afford such an expenditure however, and Shunpei Harumaki plays for one such low-ranked team. Their luck changes when, forced by unexpected circumstances to find an additional player at any cost, Shunpei manages to pick up a second-hand maid robot with a certain hidden function….
A sports comedy with a small bit of drama toward the end.
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Hijiri finally gets her motorcycle license, meaning Hayakawa will no longer have to chauffeur her around. He ends up so overcome with emotion on their last ride home together that he somehow manages to regain his youthful appearance… that of a young girl! How will Hijiri explain this to her friends?
A fantasy-tinged story with a bit of drama that takes place after the events of the main series.
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Not every day has to be a life or death experience, and in the downtime between world-shaking events the mages of the Fairy Tail guild often find themselves doing more mundane things such as cleaning a pool, training at the beach, or relaxing at a water park.
A collection of side-stories primarily focused on ecchi and comedy. Though most of them take place at various points during the parent series (1 & 3 are in the 69-97 range, 4 is post-123, 5 is between 170 & 171, and 7-9 are post-201), a couple (2 & 6) are stand-alone what-ifs.
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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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