Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
The holiday season is here and Retsuko is becoming increasingly obsessed with Instagram. Worried about this development, Haida tries to work up the courage to ask her out to a Christmas party.
An extra episode of the 2018 Aggressive Retsuko series featuring the same variety of comedy. It can be watched as a stand-alone.
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What happens to a hero who’s outlived their usefulness? Unfortunately, in many cases they end up either abandoned or sentenced to death. The Hero Retirement Agency seeks to change that harsh reality by transporting them to Earth and teaching them how to live as normal people.
A character drama with a large amount of comic relief and minor ecchi aspects.
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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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The girls working in Edo‘s red light district are expected to be able to like, or at least pretend to like, every type of man. For those who can’t manage it however there exists a certain incense which will cause anyone who breathes it in to instantly fall in love with the next person they see… a substance which is both easy to abuse and can lead to all manner of awkward situations.
A Gintama° side-story focused on romantic comedy and dirty jokes.
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Disdainful of games due to a traumatic childhood, Kasumi Nomura is serious to a fault. Meanwhile Olivia, a native citizen who enjoys acting like a foreigner, and the slightly air-headed Honda Hanako are more hyperactive. Initially having little to do with each other, one thing leads to another and soon the three of them have formed a new ‘pastimers club’ where each day they engage in different sorts of pastimes.
A daily life gag comedy focused on extreme reaction humor.
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The creation of Tyrell Corporation’s Nexus-8 line of replicants, which lack the limited lifespan of the earlier series, causes a massive backlash among the populace. With numerous Humanity First movements springing up to hunt down and destroy replicants using the corporation’s public registration listing, some decide to fight back by forming a plan to wipe out all traces of the registration data with the help of a targeted nuclear strike.
An action-focused mini-sequel to the movie Blade Runner which helps set the stage for the movie Bladerunner 2049.
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Content with his normal everyday life, Tenchi Masaki receives a nasty shock one morning after accidentally awakening the infamous space pirate who had been sealed within the depths of his family’s shrine. It turns out he’s in fact alien royalty, and soon two princesses, an accident-prone galaxy police officer, and a mad scientist show up to complicate things even further. With the number of Tenchi’s houseguests now constantly on the rise it seems his life will never be normal again.
A slapstick-focused harem comedy featuring occasional nudity which periodically adopts space opera aspects. Note that the GXP series takes place around the same time as episode 21 and becomes heavily referenced from that point on.
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With Ialda Baoth having been forced to retreat life returns to normal for the members of UQ Holder. Or at least as normal as possible after Touta’s confession to Yuikihime, which prompts both Kirie and Karen to examine their own feelings toward him.
Taking place shortly after the TV series this set of episodes primarily focus on romance; the first being semi-dramatic with a bit of action while the other two are mostly comedic. There’s little reason to watch them as stand-alones.
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