Tag: Japan
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Summer Pockets
Hairi Takahara has just moved to the rural island of Torishirojima in the Seto Inland Sea, which has a population of about 2,000 people. Hairi grew up in an urban setting, but after an unpleasant incident, he uses the recent death of his grandmother as an excuse to come to the island to take care…
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OkiTsura
Upon moving from Tokyo to Okinawa, Teruaki “Teru” Nakamura falls for his lively classmate Hina Kyan, who works to help him feel included at his new high school. Due to her strong uchinaaguchi dialect, Teru often has a hard time following what Hina is saying. Even so, Hina continues to passionately explain aspects of Okinawan…
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Colorful
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is “lucky” and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who has just committed suicide by an overdose of his mother’s pills. Watched over by a neutral spirit in…
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Zatsu Tabi
Chika Suzugamori, a college-aged rookie manga artist, has been getting rejected every time she submits a new draft. On the verge of giving up, she suddenly gets the idea of going on a journey according to her own whims. A story of relaxation, adventure, friendships, and self-care that serves as a vehicle for showcasing many…
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Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
Since childhood, whenever office worker Kazuhiro Kitase slept, he would dream of a fantasy world. One day, he and his elf friend, Marie, lose an encounter with a dragon. Suddenly they wake up together in his apartment in Japan. Whenever Kazuhiro falls asleep or dies in the fantasy world, he and anyone he is touching…
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Densha Otoko
Densha Otoko (literally “Train Man”) is a multi-media narrative which started as a novel before becoming a TV drama, film, and manga series. Yamada Tsuyoshi, a shy otaku who regulars Akihabara, whose life changes after he rescues Saori, a sophisticated woman, from a drunk on a train. The high-class Saori gifts Yamada a set of…
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi are residents of the failing Abenobashi commercial district in the Abeno Ward of Osaka. After an accident, they find themselves transported to an alternate sword and sorcery world. Their attempt to get back to reality finds them traversing a series of nonsensical worlds as they chase a variety of “goblins”.…
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The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance
The Okhotsk Disappearance was graphic adventure visual novel game for the Famicom/NES created by Yuji Horii, the father of Dragon Quest, where you play as a police detective. One morning, a man’s body is found floating in the Tokyo bay. He’s estimated to be in his forties. But the incident doesn’t stop here. It moves…
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Too Many Losing Heroines
Self-proclaimed “background character” Kazuhiko Nukumizu accidentally witnesses Anna Yanami, a popular girl in his class, being rejected by her childhood friend. Nukumizu later continues getting roped in to helping “losing heroines” – mostly characters embodying archetypes of the childhood friend romance trope – into resolving their romantic conflicts. Nukumizu, Anna, Lemon, and friends are students…