Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Shows I’ve watched to the last episode.
Highschool student Tatara Fujita finds himself adrift in life, not knowing what he wants to do nor who he wants to be. This all changes one morning when he meets Kaname Sengoku and gets introduced to the world of competitive ballroom dancing.
A sparsely-animated sports shounen with several uncommon aspects, including the art style and a focus on both dancing and its female characters.
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Long controlled by an ancient group of monks known as the Unification League, Gesshou Haku has never had any freedom and is expected to marry a youkai to complete plans 500 years in the making. Not wanting any part of it he escapes their grasp… only to find himself tangled up with a young fox spirit’s assignment to re-unite two past lovers.
An action-comedy with various romantic subplots and a few bits of reincarnation-related drama. Note that it’s an alternate version of the ongoing Chinese web series Hu Yao Xiao Hong Niang (covering the first 48 episodes).
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Dissatisfied with her life and job, Moriko Morioka becomes a NEET and retreats into the world of the MMORPG Fruits de Mer. There she meets Yuuta Sakurai, a successful businessman who feels most comfortable interacting with people online, and the two strike up a friendship.
A romantic comedy focused on social awkwardness that splits its time between the real world and a virtual fantasy world.
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A collection of stand-alone short stories focused on the lives of adult women.
While all the episodes have slice of life elements, the first also has a bit of romance and drama. The second meanwhile features a strong cooking theme and is more focused on romance, the third is a comedy, and the fourth centers on family drama.
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Coinciding with the death of the previous chairman, girls have begun to go missing at the isolated St. Luminous High School. The new chairman, Kaihei Kijima, must now uncover the source of the mysterious disappearances.
A mystery series with a streak of romantic-comedy themed comic relief running through its first half.
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Having publicly revealed his ability to wield two elements Fan Mo wins the right to enter the Magic Spring. But dark forces are gathering in the shadows, and using their own version of the Spring’s water to create ever more violent magic creatures.
Unlike the first season, this places a much heavier emphasis on the action and replaces the character-relationship drama with a more large scale antagonist.
After taking a nap while wearing a mysterious amulet, Fan Mo awakens to discover the world has become infused with magic… and everyone behaves as though that has always been the case. It’s been 3 months since then and now to pull his family out of poverty he’s trying to qualify for the Magic High School entrance exam in order to become a great magician, but can he really excel in a subject he’s only just learned about?
An action series peppered with reaction-based comic relief and small bits of character drama.
Kajika has spent most of her life on an isolated Caribbean island to protect her from the enemies of her father, and just as she finally gets a taste of a normal life in Japan she’s suddenly called to her father’s estate in the USA. There he proposes a game; he will set up meetings with three men of his choosing for her to pick a husband from… but will not tell her which men he selected nor tell any of them that they were chosen.
A mix of dramatic romantic development and international political/corporate conspiracy, with a small amount of comic relief and a few action scenes scattered about.
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Otoku Juku, a fabled institution that accepts dropouts from across Japan in order to turn them into the manliest of men. Its methods are extreme however and it more closely resembles a prison than a school.
Starts out as a comedy with minor action elements that parodies manly men stereotypes, eventually fully transforming into a serious action-drama by the halfway point.
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It’s been 10 years since King Sazara began subjugating the people of Mozaika, even executing his loyal retainer U Dante when he spoke out against the sudden wave of tyranny. Now only the house of Azoron remains opposed to his conquest, while Dante’s son Taruma has set out on his own quest for vengeance.
A fantasy-world action-drama with a moderate number of sci-fi elements.
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