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After suffering a leg injury Akira Tachibana was forced to give up running on the track team. Unsure about her future she decides to work part time at a family restaurant, where she begins to take an interest in the 45-year old manager.
An age-gap romance with a few love triangle elements and moderate amount of comic relief. It splits its time between workplace and school-life segments.
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Takagi constantly teases her classmate Nishikata with all sorts of different pranks throughout the day. Though he desperately tries to get back at her, his plans always manage to backfire in some manner. Will he ever be able to gain the upper hand?
A school-life romantic gag comedy focused on character reactions.
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Initially excited at transferring into a new school after her mother’s remarriage the outgoing Yuzu Aihara soon ends up frustrated by its conservative rules and especially the strict student council president Mei Aihara, who it turns out is her new step-sister. However Mei isn’t as cold as she appears and after some time together Yuzu begins to develop protective feelings toward her… and perhaps something more.
A school life yuri romance with a large amount of drama and moderate amount of comic relief in the form of flustered character reactions.
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Alone, possessed of a power she doesn’t understand, and lacking any hope for the future Chise Hatori does the only thing she believes she can; sells herself to the highest bidder at an underground auction house. The bidder in this case being Elias Ainsworth, a mysterious and reviled figure in the world of the Fae who wishes for Chise to become his apprentice… and eventually his bride.
A coming of age drama with secondary romance elements, a few bursts of action, and a moderate amount of character deformation-based comic relief.
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The time for the annual culture festival has arrived and Arata is talked into being in charge of the boys’ side while Chizuru volunteers to lead the girls’, offering a perfect opportunity for them to grow closer together.
A mix of comedy, drama, and romance. It’s a conclusion to the ReLIFE web series and should be watched after that.
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Masahiro Setagawa has never much liked fictional heroes since in his experience there’s never anyone around to help you when you really need it. A perception that begins to change after meeting the “Bear Killer” Kousuke Ooshiba, who after a chance encounter decides to take Masahiro in under his protection. Meanwhile, Masahiro’s friend Kensuke has to contend with the sudden reappearance of an old friend whom he parted with on bad terms.
A school-life yaoi romantic drama with a moderate amount of comic relief in the form of exaggerated facial expressions and character behavior.
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Watch the members of the idol group Lemon Angel as they act out a variety of scenarios both adolescent and adult.
A collection of mostly unrelated short stories primarily featuring sexual and/or romantic situations.
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Although Keisuke Saji constantly fantasies about women he hasn’t had any luck finding a girlfriend. Late one night he gets a call from ‘Alice’ who asks to meet up and exchange a gift for sexual services, and overjoyed he heads out to the location… only to discover the call was a prank. He notices that his classmate Akira Koizumi is there as well and soon realizes that she’s the one who made the prank call, resulting in Akira spontaneously deciding to take on the role of ‘Alice’ herself.
A heavy-fanservice romantic comedy with a small streak of personal drama and occasional topless scenes. The humor is a mix of slapstick and ecchi.
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The Kim Harrison novella Sideswiped, a work meant to introduce you to the world of Peri Reed, is pretty bad. Both in its technical aspects and in the near-total lack of relevance it has to the first main novel in the series.
Which would be The Drafter. After the terrible showing of the previous story (and preview first chapter) I waffled back and forth quite a bit over whether or not to give this a proper chance… and I should have went with my initial plan of ignoring it. While certainly better than Sideswiped it unfortunately has some major characterization and plot-related problems and isn’t very enjoyable in any respect. One interesting thing about it though is how, rather than an agency thriller, it comes off more like a gender equality allegory.
Switching authors now, Seanan McGuire‘s Once Broken Faith is the tenth October Daye novel and does something a bit refreshing. Rather than further escalate matters it decides to take a step horizontally and introduce a number of the other North American Fae rulers while wrapping up both the aftermath of having found the antidote and (with the help of a bonus short story) the Queen of Mists’ situation. It’s a solid balance of humor, action, drama, and world-building.
Though opposite in many ways both Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa were instantly attracted to one another. However even though everyone assumes they’re a couple their relationship is stalled at barely more than friends, as neither has the courage to reach out to the other. Will they be able to bridge the distance, or will that small 10-centimeter gap be enough to tear them apart?
A school life romantic drama. It’s a side story to Zutto Mae kara Suki Deshita and can be watched as a stand-alone, though it also provides an epilogue to that movie.
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