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Hijiri finally gets her motorcycle license, meaning Hayakawa will no longer have to chauffeur her around. He ends up so overcome with emotion on their last ride home together that he somehow manages to regain his youthful appearance… that of a young girl! How will Hijiri explain this to her friends?
A fantasy-tinged story with a bit of drama that takes place after the events of the main series.
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A reserved amateur music composer, Kai Ashimoto does not want people to know that he makes music. Still, after two of his classmates discover his hobby he reluctantly accepts the offer to watch their band practice on Mermaid Isle. It’s there that he first hears the voice of the mermaid Luu, who will soon change his life.
A music-themed, lighthearted and family-friendly coming of age story.
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Following a wedding afterparty, a young college student sets off on a journey across town to experience the joys of adulthood. Namely alcohol. Little does she know that another student from her school is chasing after her and running into ever more unfortunate encounters.
An absurdist romantic comedy with a first part focused on one night’s sequence of increasingly random and outlandish occurrences, and a second part that deals with the aftermath.
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Long ago Yuuta ate the flesh of a mermaid, becoming one of the rare people to receive immortality from the act instead of an agonizing death. Now he wanders Japan seeking another mermaid in the hopes of finding a cure for the condition.
An episodic collection of dramatic short stories with bits of action and romance scattered throughout. Note that episodes 4-5 & 12-13 have earlier OVA adaptations available and that episodes 10-13 take place between episodes 6 & 7.
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Following the death of his father at the hands of an assassin, the young Tetsunosuke Ichimura vows to join the Shinsengumi in order to become strong enough to take revenge. After managing to join the group however he discovers that their job is far more difficult than he believed it to be.
A multi-genre series that mixes light-hearted everyday antics, deathly serious conspiracy-tinged drama, and the occasional graphic sword fight.
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The three realms (heavenly, human, and boundary) keep their balance by cycling souls from one to another, often by force, with the responsibility of transferral falling to the boundary realm’s Black & White Warriors. The youngest of these are Heng Wang and Liang Yan, a unique pair who have never completed an assignment and only seem to excel at being late.
An action-drama with an initially large streak of comic relief which almost entirely disappears by the halfway point.
In a world where text-based communication has begun to dominate discourse, a virus has appeared that causes certain Kanji to run amok. To counter this threat the DEAVA organization has gathered up people with Verbalism abilities to pilot special mecha called Aquarions.
An action series with a large comedic streak and minor romance elements which becomes more of a multi-genre series in the second half. While the OVA that precedes the first episode is a crossover between Aquarion and Evol, the series proper has no connection to those shows beyond a few setting details.
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After the spirit seal ruptured and spilled ghosts and demons out into the living world, traveling exorcists like Jiuu Hua became necessary to maintain order. In her travels she comes across the spirit of a man who’s lost his memories, and offers to help him discover who he was if he’ll become her servant.
An action-drama with a large comedic streak and minor ecchi aspects.
Detecting an abnormality in the past which threatens to cause the extinction of the human race, the Chaldea organization puts into motion a plan to send Master/Servant pairs through time to ensure humanity’s survival. However, after an act of sabotage only a single unprepared reserve recruit manages to make it through the process.
An adaption of the related game‘s prologue that starts out closer to a daily life comedy and later turns into an action-drama. Though for the most part unrelated beyond terminology, much of the movie takes place in an alternate version of Fate/Stay Night‘s setting (only the servants remain, some of whom have switched roles).
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Following World War III the Japanese military began to shift its focus toward training magicians, and to facilitate this nine specialized schools were created with the focus of producing both new magical technology and soldiers. Two uncommonly talented siblings have just been accepted to the most prestigious of these schools… only to find themselves drawn into a variety of conspiracies hatched by foreign powers.
An exposition-heavy action drama with minor spots of ecchi which uses reaction humor for comic relief. While it does revolve around a school, the focus ends up more on the military and the two protagonists’ personal lives.
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