Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Shows that I have not watched to completion.
Sucked into an alternate dimension along with his cousin, Itsuki Yuge must now create Star Children with each of the Granvania kingdom’s various Star Maidens in order to battle the chaotic disruptions known as ‘Impurities’ and hopefully find a way home. A task accomplished by creating a special bond through physical contact.
A semi-episodic ecchi romantic comedy with a few action scenes.
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As the Taibai empire continues its hostile takeover of all nearby lands, only a small group of resistance fighters are willing to stand against its overwhelming military strength. While doing her best to avoid that conflict by performing as a traveling sword dancer with her sister Nei, In Fu stumbles across a magical artifact capable of summoning both a powerful mechanized spirit and mystic sword. A discovery which will inevitably draw them both to the front lines of the rebellion.
A warfare-focused action-drama taking place in the Xuan-Yuan Sword universe. It features both mecha and magical battles.
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A collection of stories drawn from the real-life events the author and protagonist experienced over his 10-year history of working in a bookstore.
A workplace comedy with occasional educational interludes.
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Tokyo’s “Himote House” is inhabited by the three Himote sisters along with two of the youngest’s former classmates, Minamo Arai and Tae Hongou. All five young women have relationship troubles… and all five also have supernatural abilities.
An absurdist, often dialog-driven, romance-themed daily life comedy. Note that each episode concludes with an ad libbed slumber party segment.
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Students from each of two feuding countries both attended the Dahlia Academy Boarding School. Yet despite their homelands’ hostilities, Romio Inuzuka of the Black Doggy dorm and Juliet Percia of the White Cats’ have fallen in love and must now do their best to hide their relationship from the other students at the school.
A reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet as a school-life romantic comedy with periodic bursts of drama. It features a large amount of slapstick humor alongside secondary action and ecchi elements.
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Although Lu-Ying is safe and the Red Flower Gang has been defeated, World War II is on the horizon and the Japanese army is making moves to wipe out gang activity by employing martial artists of their own. Worse, the German army is in Shanghai as well looking to secure the List of Hope which Guise had intended to use in the creation of a sanctuary city.
An action series threaded with various types of comic relief. Though a sequel to Souten no Ken, the storyline here is almost entirely self-contained with little relation to previous events.
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Though overshadowed by his younger sister Suzuka in practically every way, Yuu Nagami takes pride in his efforts to become an LN author despite constant rejections. Yet even that small niche is taken from him on the day Suzuka wins an award for writing a novel about a little sister with a brother complex. For various reasons she can’t take credit for the work herself though, and so she asks Yuu to pretend to be the author instead.
A heavy-ecchi harem comedy with a secondary focus on the LN publishing industry.
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With fire being a common hazard in Edo, residents often choose to rent furniture, clothing, or decorations instead of buying them outright. Okou and Seiji run one such lending shop which has developed a reputation for being uncommonly experienced with matters involving tsukumogami.
A partly episodic period drama with slight romance, mystery, and educational elements alongside a large amount of comic relief.
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Ai and Machi are both dancers, but Machi’s level of skill can only be described as extraordinary and it’s only after a chance encounter with a mysterious old man that Ai learns the truth: Machi’s abilities are granted by tortured beings called ‘Aguu’. The old man has dedicated his life to freeing the Aguu from their eternal torment, and he recruits Ai to help him in this task.
An action-drama with a large streak of comic relief.
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Following the malfunction of an experimental quantum reactor both living things and machines alike across the global began to undergo startling changes, ultimately resulting in humanity being pushed to the brink of extinction. For these past seven years Leon Lau has been researching ways to fight back against the onslaught of hyper-evolved creatures, and with the successful activation of a hyperdrive engine he may have finally found the answer.
A mixed-genre series weighted heavily toward action.
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