Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Original Title: 青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
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#1
Ride Your Wave
Synopsis:
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Hinako is so distraught that she can no longer even look at the ocean, but one day she sings a song…
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Plot:
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title written by female,
female writer,
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sea,
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#2
Your Name.
Synopsis:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
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#3
The Garden of Words
Synopsis:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
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#4
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Synopsis:
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Starring:
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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Plot:
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based on anime,
anime,
isekai,
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magic,
post-apocalyptic future,
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end of the world,
tragedy
...
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#5
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Synopsis:
Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what …
Starring:
Rina Sato,
Yoko Hikasa,
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Plot:
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teenager,
orphan,
family relationships,
girl,
adoption,
blood,
knight,
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warrior
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#6
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
Synopsis:
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Maaya Uchida,
Soichiro Hoshi
Plot:
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young love,
first kiss,
high school,
japan,
mother daughter relationship,
blackmail,
eye patch,
spring break,
train
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#7
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson
Synopsis:
It is not strange that the Demon Lord's forces fear the Crimson Demons, the clan from which Megumin and Yunyun originate. Even if the Demon Lord's generals attack their village, the Crimson Demons can just easily brush them off with their supreme mastery of advanced and overpowered magic. When Yunyun receives a seemingly serious letter regarding a potential disaster coming to her hometown, she i…
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Aki Toyosaki,
Sora Amamiya
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isekai,
magic,
supernatural,
parody,
parallel world,
fantasy world,
seinen,
ecchi
...
#8
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion
Synopsis:
In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from Orario, in the ruins of an ancient city, a new threat arises. To counter this threat, the goddess Artemis has come to Orario in search…
Starring:
Yoko Hikasa,
Saori Hayami,
Maaya Sakamoto
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#9
A Whisker Away
Synopsis:
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Kento. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Ke…
Starring:
Kensho Ono,
Daisuke Namikawa,
Mirai Shida
Plot:
love,
cat,
transformation,
school,
teenager,
mask,
classmate,
supernatural,
magic,
nickname
...
#10
Yes, No, or Maybe Half?
Synopsis:
Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. On the outside, he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed "The Prince," while on the inside he is constantly cursing at all of the incompetence around him. Of course, no one knows this secret of his. One day, Kei meets animation artist Tsuzuki Ushio for a…
Starring:
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Plot:
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lgbt,
based on light novel,
anime,
gay
...
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#11
Wolf Children
Synopsis:
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
Starring:
Megumi Hayashibara,
Haru Kuroki,
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#12
Weathering with You
Synopsis:
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina…
Starring:
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Ryohei Kimura,
Yuki Kaji
Plot:
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magic,
teenager,
anime,
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falling in love,
weather,
friend
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#13
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Synopsis:
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Starring:
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Yui Ishikawa,
Daisuke Namikawa
Plot:
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amputee,
hand amputee,
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hand prothese
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#14
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Synopsis:
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Starring:
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Natsumi Takamori
Plot:
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romance,
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school,
based on manga
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#15
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Synopsis:
Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. After inheriting charms left by Kakashi, Naruto fights through friends and foes to prevent his death while changing the minds of those who've inherited the will of fire.
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#16
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
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Megumi Hayashibara,
Yuki Kaji
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#17
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Synopsis:
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#18
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version
Synopsis:
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Starring:
Junko Iwao,
Sumire Uesaka,
Maaya Uchida
#19
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Synopsis:
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffer…
Starring:
Mahiro Takasugi,
Shin-ichiro Miki,
Atsuko Tanaka
Plot:
friendship,
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fireworks,
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high school,
teenage boy,
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bucket list,
philosophy
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#20
In This Corner of the World
Synopsis:
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raid…
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Megumi Han,
Yoshimasa Hosoya,
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