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Kiitarou finds himself forced to live in a neglected side building after being kicked out of the main house by his uncle. It turns out to be inhabited by a zashiki-warashi, and together they soon stumble across many other varieties of supernatural creatures.
A slice of life comedy fond of quick mood shifts from daily life scenes to gags. It mostly relies on slapstick, dipping occasionally into parody. There’s also a small love triangle.
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Sawako Machida loves books and trivia, wanting to be seen as a knowledgeable intellectual. The only problem is she can’t be bothered to actually read any books and so just makes things up as she goes along.
A fast-talking comedy heavy with literary references that are often explained with a large paragraph of text in the middle of the screen. The humor is centered on Sawako’s pretensions and the extreme passion the other students in the library have for literature.
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After Toyohisa Shimazu is critically wounded while holding the rearguard against the Eastern Army, he finds himself suddenly transported to a different world. There he meets others like himself, transplants from Earth called Drifters who have been recruited to fight a war against an implacable foe who wishes to eradicate all human life.
A mix of hyper-violent action scenes and picture-drama style comedy skits. While it involves characters from a wide variety of time periods, it mainly depicts warfare out of the medieval and Sengoku eras.
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Keijo is a professional sport similar to sumo wrestling played on floating platforms in which girls use their butts and breasts to knock their opponents either to the ground or into the water. Having just graduated high school, Nozomi Kaminashi seeks to rise to the top of the Keijo rankings for the large cash prizes.
This is a hybrid show. One part sports shounen and one part ecchi comedy it combines serious training, over-the-top attacks and abilities, and a ton of fanservice.
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Tamaki is overwhelmed on her first day of high school by the number and variety of available clubs to join. Not having any particular goal she wanders around and eventually stumbles on the SNS Club, which makes video games. After giving the idea some thought she decides to give it a try.
A schoolgirl slice of life comedy featuring a mix of reaction-based gags and everyday situations that’s a bit heavier on the latter.
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As a huge fujoshi, Kae loves nothing more than imagining romantic relationships between attractive boys. After receiving a massive shock one night while watching Anime, she holes up in her room for an entire week. The seclusion does wonders for her figure and she now find’s herself inundated with male attention… but she would prefer they direct it toward each other instead of her.
A romantic comedy with the twist being the girl would rather see the suitors paired up with each other. The romance is of the standard harem variety while the comedy is reaction-based and mostly centered on Kae’s otaku interests.
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The long reining national middle school ping-pong champions are dethroned in a surprise 1st-round upset by an unknown newcomer, who goes on to win the title. Inspired by this unexpected turn of events, the girls of Suzumegahara aim to accomplish that same feat with the help of a skilled transfer student.
A combination of sports shounen and moe schoolgirl comedy. It has the competitive spirit of the former with the visuals and yuri subtext of the latter.
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Having reached the final qualifier match for the Nationals, Karasuno must now push themselves beyond their limits in order to defeat Shiratorizawa.
Continuing from where the second season left off, this one covers the single titular game between the two teams. While it’s the same mix of comedy and hot-blooded sports action as always there’s not much point in jumping into the series here, so if you haven’t yet seen the prequel(s) you should do so before attempting to watch this.
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On Tsukushi’s first day of high school he’s invited to a pickup game of soccer. Despite being awful, his burning determination is ignited and he soon joins the school’s soccer team.
A sports shounen that plays things straight and earnest. It does contain comedic segments, but the comedy primarily arises from the contrast between Tsukushi’s appearance/personality/ability and everyone else’s.
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An ordinary high school boy finds himself awakening from a strange dream with an unexplained cut on his palm, while a second dream shortly after gifts him with a card that he swears to protect with his life. This card is able to summon a hero from the past to battle on his behalf in a death game to decide China’s fate.
The show starts out using a standard proxy-battle setup and features a pronounced manga-style texture filter; a visual choice that may make it difficult to watch. Each episode runs ~10 minutes and it ends as the story continues to evolve.
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