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Cool and collected at work, Chisato Mizusawa becomes a completely different person when alcohol’s involved. It’s a side she keeps hidden from everyone except her husband, who makes a point of preparing a variety of cocktails for her enjoyment.
An episodic romance that shows how to make a different drink each episode, with comedy mostly centered on Chisato’s personality shift.
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Maika Sakuranomiya wants to get a part-time job in order to make enough money to study overseas, but she ends up constantly rejected by potential employers due to the terrifying expressions her face makes when she’s happy. It’s on the the heels of yet another of these rejections that the manager of a nearby maid cafe suddenly offers her a job… as a sadistic waitress.
A romantic comedy, mainly consisting of reaction-based humor with a bit of slapstick, featuring a small amount of ecchi.
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Unappreciated by his family, dismissed by everyone else due his geriatric appearance, and dying from cancer, Ichirou Inuyashiki has little to look forward to. That changes one night after he’s accidentally killed by a crashing alien ship and awakens to discover that his consciousness has been implanted into a combat android. Initially shocked by the situation, he soon resolves to use this new body to become the hero he’s always wished he could be… but he’s not the only one who has received these abilities, and Hiro Shishigami has no intention of using them to save strangers.
An action-drama with a few small bursts of situational comic relief and a minor romance subplot.
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Following the traumatic events of the last King`s Game Nobuaki Kanazawa moves far away into a new school. Initially terrified of making new friends, he slowly opens up at the urging of his outgoing classmate Natsuko Honda… only to suddenly get a text message heralding the start of a new King’s Game.
A school-life horror story that alternates between present and past events. It’s an Anime-original combination of two manga versions and can be watched as a stand-alone.
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To address the issue of modern youth becoming addicted to the Internet, an elite rehabilitation school was set up to integrate these kids back into society. Enrolled in the program by his mother without his knowledge, Hibiki discovers that the school is nothing more than a prison and soon finds himself teetering on the edge of complete despair.
A school life drama taking place in a prison-like setting with a comedy style that’s a bit of a mix between situational and reaction-based.
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Mass disappearances, outbreaks of violence, and people with mysteriously high physical ability are all on the rise. Ryou Asuka believes this to be the work of devils who have secretly infiltrated society, and to both prove it and eliminate the threat he decides to have his old friend Akira Fudou become host to one of the most powerful devils in existence.
A hyper-violent drama with a large quantity of sexual content and occasional early splashes of absurdist comic relief. It’s a completely new adaptation of the source material and does not require having seen anything else.
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Long ago the Demon King was sealed away and forgotten. Now he has returned, and the reluctant hero Nike sets out with the novice mage Kukuri on a quest to defeat him.
A fantasy RPG parody fond of random-style reaction comedy which features a secondary romance subplot and a bit of ecchi. Note that it’s a completely new adaptation of the source material and does not require having seen any of the earlier ones.
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Seemingly alone in a world industrialized to the point of ruin, Chito and Yuuri spend their days searching for both supplies and any signs of other surviving humans.
Semi-episodic slice of life segments of post-apocalyptic exploration peppered with bits of comedy, drama, philosophical musings, and mystery.
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Trying to judge the innumerable souls that enter the underworld while keeping all the related bureaucratic wheels in motion would be a tall order for anyone, even King Enma. Luckily he doesn’t have to, as his Chief of Staff is competent to a fault and will handle any complications that may arise with a cool and detached demeanor.
A mythology-heavy slice of life-ish reaction/situational comedy that leans toward weird, obscure, or dark topics. Note that it’s important to watch the OVAs between the first and second seasons in order to explain the existence of a couple new characters.
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Adrift in a seemingly endless sea of sand, the people of the ‘Mud Whale’ live and die on their ship-like island with no knowledge of how their existence began. The elders of the society know more than they let on however, and when a mysterious girl is found on a passing piece of land they begin to ask her questions related to the ‘mainland’. Overhearing this, the young archivist Chakuro realizes that she just might be the key to unlock the mystery surrounding his world.
A mystery-tinged drama focused on the trials and tribulations of a small isolated community. Though it becomes a war drama for a while, the majority of the focus is on social conflicts.
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