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Maze and the gang stumble upon a fairy and become enmeshed in the troubles surrounding the nearby country of Babylonia.
An alternate version side story not much different from the TV series featuring higher quality visuals. If you can ignore the minor (character design) and not so minor (Randi’s introduction, more nudity) differences it fits into the series well enough right around the 10th episode or so.
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Waking from a bad dream Maze find her room a mess and her memory in shambles. Worse, it seems she’s been transported to some sort of fantasy world. There she becomes entangled with a princess on the run and develops strange powers… not least being the uncontrollable ability to transform into a completely different person at night.
An action comedy whose comedy comes from silly faces and harem antics. Two things to be aware of are that the romantic attractions here are remarkably varied, with there being all sorts of pairings (though girl<->girl is the most prominent), and a little ways past the midpoint it begins to acquire a distinct focus on an incestuous relationship.
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Yona and the gang head to a hot spring, where some of Kija’s background is revealed after Jeha notices a scar on his back.
The first OVA is half standard hot springs fanservice episode and half serious flashback. It’s not directly connected to the second two.
After a drinking contest one night, Zeno finds himself dreaming of the past.
A two-episode flashback showing the beginnings of the Kouka kingdom and the details of Zeno’s history. There’s only a small amount of comic relief here with the rest consisting of reflective scenes and serious drama.
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One Monday morning the protagonist has a fateful encounter, ending up injured by a schoolgirl’s large breasts. The girl’s name is Ai and the two end up spending each Monday morning together on the train.
Shot from the perspective of an unnamed salaryman, the show consists of everyday segments of his life from week to week. Sometimes it features the train ride with Ai, sometimes it features his job, and sometimes it features places he goes to try to ease his job-related stress.
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One day while setting up a meeting for her boss, Tokine Amino finds herself transported to a strange alternate dimension. There she meets a floating mascot character who explains that she must solve a riddle in order to escape this closed space.
Part slice of life comedy and part quiz show. Instead of being episodic it takes a more narrative-driven approach, showing scenes from the protagonist’s daily life that suddenly get interrupted by a trip to the riddle dimension.
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The characters from the smartphone game of the same name try various methods to increase its popularity, attempts which result in failure more often than not.
Half gag comedy (with an ever-shifting style of humor; 4th-wall breaking, situational, reaction, parody, etc.) and half literal advertisement featuring a notable streak of ecchi.
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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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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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Tomoya Aki is a well known otaku blogger who covers Anime, LNs, and VNs. One day he’s struck by the sight of a girl on a hill and becomes obsessed with the idea of creating his own VN based on that experience. He lacks the skills to do it on his own though and so sets out to recruit two old acquaintances (a doujin artist and a novelist), running into the mystery girl from before in the process. Can the four of them work together to create a game?
A fully self-aware romantic comedy whose first episode, labeled “Episode 0”, takes place at the very end of the series. Unlike many harem comedies this one focuses primarily on reaction and dialog-based humor instead of ecchi comedy. It does still have a notable amount of ecchi however.
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On a world with no women, populated by clones, androids called Marionettes have been created to both fill that absence and act as soldiers. One night a masked man launches a military coup in the country of Romana, forcing the ruler’s son to flee the capitol city with the help of his two attendant Marionettes. He’s soon joined by a third, and the new quartet must find a way to return to the city in time to save his father from execution.
This OVA series is mostly a dark action/drama lightened with occasional splashes of comedy. Aside from the ecchi aspects, what most stands out about it is the character naming style.
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