Tag: Japan
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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Your Lie in April. Fourteen-year-old piano prodigy Kōsei Arima becomes famous after winning several music competitions. When his mother Saki dies, Kōsei has a breakdown while performing at a piano recital. Two years later, Kōsei has not touched the piano and views the world in monochrome. Kōsei is confronted by Kaori Miyazono, an audacious, free-spirited violinist whose playing…
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Summer Time Rendering
Following the death of his parents, Shinpei Ajiro grew up with the Kofune sisters Ushio and Mio before heading to Tokyo to live alone. Two years later, he returns to his hometown in Wakayama to attend Ushio’s funeral following news of her drowning. However, Shinpei becomes suspicious when he receives news of strangle marks around…
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March Comes In Like a Lion (3-Gatsu no Lion)
Rei Kiriyama, a 17-year-old depressed introvert and prodigious professional shogi player, leaves his home and moves into a lonesome and barebones Tokyo apartment. In Tokyo, Rei meets a trio of sisters living in a wagashi shop. Akari, the oldest, is determined to combat Rei’s loneliness and poorly sustained lifestyle with motherly hospitality. The sisters, coping…
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Non Non Biyori
Elementary school student Ichijou Hotaru has moved with her parents from Tokyo to rural Ashigaoka in the middle of the country. Now she must adapt to her new school, where there are a total of 5 students in the same class who range through elementary and middle school ages. Much emphasis is places on illustrating…
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Machikado Mazoku
The Demon Girl Next Door. One morning, fifteen-year-old Yuuko Yoshida wakes up to discover she has sprouted demon horns and a tail! Not only that, she learns from her mom that she has supernatural powers and an important mission—to restore her family’s glory by defeating the local magical girl. Machikado is set in the Sakuragaoka…
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Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
My Senpai is Annoying. The ridiculously short Futaba Igarashi finds it challenging to be acknowledged as a legitimate businesswoman due to her well-built work senpai, Harumi, constantly doting on her. Despite encountering embarrassment, Futaba begins to develop a closer bond with her outspoken colleague. Uzai Senpai started out as a web manga and got a…
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Steins;Gate
After discovering time travel, university student Okabe Rintaro and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil Organization and their diabolical plans. Steins;Gate is the second entry in the Science Adventure visual novel trilogy and has an anime adaptation, movie, and prequel series. Steins;Gate happens around several landmarks in Akihabara. Akihabara…
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Grand Blue
Grand Blue is a manga with one anime season which is about sea diving on paper, but really turns out to be a gag manga about drinking with your friends and being a a college guy. Iori Kitahara moves to Izu for his freshman year at university, and moves into a back room at Grand…
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My Dress-Up Darling
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru. After being mocked for the ‘girliness’ of his craft, Hina doll [雛人形] artisan apprentice Wakana Gojou passes his high school days alone, finding solace in the sewing room. Suddenly, he crosses paths with the bubbly gyaru Kitagawa Marin, who after seeing Gojo’s skill with the sewing machine, asks…