Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Three cities, three people: Ming Xiao walking the streets of Beijing, homesick for the countryside. A model on the verge of retirement living in Guangzhou, Lin Yi. And finally Mo Li, an architect working in Shanghai consumed by memories of a childhood friend.
A set of short stories with themes of current day dissatisfaction. The first focuses on food, the second on workplace drama, and the third on past childhood romance.
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Asuka Tsuchimiya and the other members of her school’s Radio Research Society gather one evening to perform a ritual rumored to open the door to a parallel dimension. Unsurprisingly the ritual fails. Or does it? Afterward a strange crystal is found, a crystal which seems to be broadcasting some sort of signal at a specific frequency. Inspired by the discovery they decide to try the ritual again using this new frequency… and suddenly find themselves transported to a world of ebony and gold.
A mix of schoolgirl comedy, sci-fi action, and character drama featuring a yuri-themed romantic subplot.
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Back in elementary school Shouya Ishida led his class in bullying Shouko Nishimiya for being deaf, eventually going so far that he himself ended up ostracized. Now in high school, miserable and alone, he seeks her out again with the hope of making amends.
A harassment-themed school life drama with a few small romance elements.
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Long-lived and perpetually youthful in appearance, the Iolph keep to themselves and tend to avoid contact with others. A practice which does not save them from the invasion of their homeland and the abduction of their people at the hands of an empire looking to fortify its bloodline. The orphan Maquia manages to escape the assault, and while wandering aimlessly happens to stumble upon a baby whose parents were killed by bandits. A baby she decides to attempt to raise as her own.
A character drama with minor slice of life elements, an action-focused subplot involving the empire, and a re-occurring thread of romance.
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Far in the future criminals facing a life in prison are given the chance to instead work for the Cyber Police as special agents of a sort. These are the stories of three such men tasked with stopping some of the most dangerous and violent offenders the city has ever seen.
A set of action-centric short stories featuring both thriller elements and small splashes of comic relief.
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Though James Blood rarely fails a mission for the SSC police force, he plays fast and loose with procedure and tends to cause more than his fair share of collateral damage in the process. Traits which result in constant lectures from others in the department. Traits which may be required in order to get to the heart of a conspiracy involving the creation of biotech soldiers.
A mix of conspiracy thriller and character drama featuring a large number of action scenes.
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Mizore Yoroizuka has quietly followed Nozomi Kasaki for years, never quite able to take that last step and fully express how she feels. It’s on one morning just like any other that Nozomi relates the story of ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’… hinting that it just may have some parallels to their relationship.
A stand-alone side story, taking place after the main Hibike! Euphonium series, focused on longing. It alternates between a conventional art style and one resembling a watercolor storybook for Liz’s segments.
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Following the shock of his mother’s sudden death, Satoru Fujinuma’s normally limited time jumping ability kicks in and sends him all the way back to elementary school. To a point just before an unsolved kidnapping incident resulted in the deaths of three students.
A character drama with thriller and mystery elements which happens to include a slight romance subplot.
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Following the end of World War II the secretive Longinus Dreizehn Orden disappeared without a trace following the completion of a grand ritual. Now in the modern day they have returned to usher in the world’s end and have focused their attention on Ren Fujii, a seemingly ordinary student with a connection to the magician who set everything in motion.
An action-drama with a significant amount of comic relief alongside a few ecchi harem aspects.
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