Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Shows I’ve watched to the last episode.
Xianming Lin is a crossdressing hitman working to pay off a large debt while Zenji Banba is a private detective with a secret identity. Two men who should be on opposite sides, instead through a twist of fate end up working together alongside a number of other colorful characters from Hakata‘s criminal underworld.
A mixed-genre series with a large amount of comic relief, some action and drama, and a re-occurring baseball subtheme.
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As the youngest shougi champion in history at the age of 16, Yaichi Kuzuryuu has already reached the pinnacle of his craft. With nothing left to strive for though he quickly falls into a slump, a slump only broken by the sudden appearance of Ai Hinatsuru. Just 9 years old, Ai made Yaichi promise to accept her as his disciple during the earlier championship match and her fresh approach to the game ends up being just the thing to revitalize his own playstyle.
A show that’s part serious sports series and part comedy, mostly of the misunderstanding-based and harem variety, which includes a small number of ecchi and romance aspects. Note that while there is a distinct focus on lolis there’s no romantic attention directed toward them.
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Finally getting some rest after enduring a 30-hour programming death march, Ichirou Suzuki suddenly awakens to find himself within the world of the game he was debugging. With no idea how he got there or how to get back to his reality, he sets out on a sightseeing journey to discover more about the world while picking up an assortment of traveling companions along the way.
A fantasy world mixed-genre series which briefly starts out as a drama and features a sizable harem. Elements of slice of life, action, comic relief, and ecchi are all present to some degree.
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Solving mysteries, fighting crime, and facing off against the ‘corrupt’ police officer Saitou, days in Ueno are never dull for Sacchan, Yui, and Kotoha, the three members of the Colors Defense Force.
A slice of life comedy centered on the everyday adventures of three elementary school girls.
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Traveling to neutral Selenfalen in place of her father to sign a peace treaty with the country of Milidonia, princess Ani of Inaco soon finds herself the target of the affections of a number of eccentric characters as she tries to better relations between the neighboring countries.
A parody of otome games which transforms into a political drama with a few action elements toward the end.
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Mari ‘Kimari’ Tamaki is in her second year of high school and wants to go on some sort of journey, Shirase Kobuchizawa is the daughter of a researcher who went missing in Antarctica and desperately wishes to travel there to search for her, Hinata Miyake is a highschool dropout studying for college entrance exams with time to kill, and Yuzuki Shiraishi is an actress who never had the time to make friends. Four girls with little in common who nevertheless embark together on a trip to the end of the world.
A series that’s part schoolgirl comedy and part inspirational adventure with a significant dramatic subtheme.
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After Juri Yukawa’s brother and nephew are suddenly kidnapped off the street, her grandfather casts a spell using an old stone sending her, himself, and her father into a realm of static time known as Stasis. Within this realm they can move freely while the rest of the world is completely frozen, but they’re not the only ones with this ability and they soon come into conflict with others intent on using the realm for far darker purposes.
A thriller with occasional action scenes and a small amount of comic relief.
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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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Before Chise came to live with Elias, she was passed from house to house and had no place where she could feel safe from the creatures that it seemed only she could see. Until one day when she meets Riichi Miura, the guardian of a forest library… but few things last forever.
A drama with a small number of horror elements. It’s an Anime-original flashback sidestory which occurs during the 13th episode of the related TV series.
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