Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Mostly due to her habit of staying up all night to play video games, Chio Miyamo often finds herself rushing to school in the morning. Worse, some new obstacle or situation inevitably appears along the way that forces her into adopting tactics from those same games in order to get by.
An absurdist gag comedy focused on situational and reaction humor which features occasional bursts of concentrated ecchi.
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Witness the daily routine of Kusuo Saiki, a psychic with godlike power who just wants to live a calm ordinary life. A desire constantly thwarted by the ensemble of hyperactive characters who seem drawn to him like a magnet.
A segmented semi-random absurdist gag comedy. Note that it includes a remade version of the earlier web special.
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Abused both at school and at home, Aya Asagiri has nowhere to go, no one to turn to, and can’t bring herself to follow through on any suicide attempts. It’s in this despondent state she’s offered the chance to become a magical girl… all she has to do is pull the trigger on the magical ‘stick’ that’s been sent to her.
A graphic action-drama built around various forms of angst and despair.
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The previous members of the Earth Defense Club have long ago, or perhaps not so long ago, graduated from high school and the club is now populated by a new group of students much like the old ones. Also much like their predecessors, while relaxing at the bathhouse they’re suddenly visited by a talking animal who presses them into service as Magic Knights!
A series with a fondness for bathhouse scenes that’s part observational/philosophical comedy and part 4th wall-breaking magical girl parody. Thematically identical, plot-wise it’s completely independent from the first three works in the franchise.
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Graduation day is approaching and a conflict has arisen between Akoya and the Beppu brothers, both of whom want to give the underclassmen student address.
Part abstract bathhouse discussion, part dry observational comedy, and part magical girl parody. Note that about a third of it recaps the character introductions from the two previous seasons.
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Shy and a bit clumsy Yui Yamada feels most at ease tending the school’s flower garden, while in comparison Tomoka Kase is an outgoing and athletic member of the track team. Despite their differences the two girls hit it off one morning and it’s not long before their friendship blossoms into romance. This is the story of their springtime first love.
A school life yuri romance with a moderate amount of reaction-based comic relief. It’s a sequel to the Kimi no Hikari music video.
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Mitsuyoshi Tada has never had much interest in romance, preferring to focus on his photography, and so doesn’t think much of the foreign girl who transfers into his school and ends up staying at the apartment building next to his grandfather’s coffee shop. As the year goes on the two find themselves spending much of their time together… and his opinion slowly begins to change.
A school life comedy with secondary romance elements and a small dramatic streak.
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A century earlier Kouma Jinguuji’s sister disappeared in a flash of light, a light which additionally transported him and his colleague Tsubasa Hayakawa through time to the present day. Separated on arrival Kouma is taken in by the headmaster of the prestigious Koyomi Academy and quickly becomes the student council president, using his new position to seek out Hayakawa and hopefully unravel the mystery surrounding his sister’s disappearance.
A drama with slice of life elements, a moderate amount of comic relief, and infrequent action scenes.
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One night a strange egg-shaped object appears out of thin air to fall on top of Nitta, a member of the Yazuka involved with antiquities. Inside the egg is a young girl with incredibly powerful psychokinetic power who promptly begins extorting him for food, clothes, and a place stay.
A situational and reaction-based comedy which occasionally dips into action and drama. It has no relation to the 1993 OVA of the same name.
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Norimichi Shimada has a secret crush on Nazuna Oikawa which he can’t bring himself to admit. He doesn’t know about Nazuna’s troubled family situation however, and on the night of the fireworks festival is completely unprepared when she suddenly asks him to run away with her.
A school life romantic drama with light comic relief elements.
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