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Hakushaku to Yōsei is a series of light novels written by Mizue Tani and published in Japan by Shueisha. The story is serialized in Cobalt magazine and illustrated by Asako Takaboshi. Shueisha has commercially released two drama CDs and a manga adaptation has begun serialization in The Margaret since the September issue in 2008. An anime adaptation was broadcast from September to December 2008. A visual novel for the PlayStation 2 was released on April 30, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (2023)
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Endo and Kobayashi love to bicker about their latest video game fixation. They think they're simply providing color commentary, but one of the game's characters, Siegwald, can hear them talking about his fiancée, the villainess Lieselotte!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, tsundere
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The Duke of Death and His Maid (2021)
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Due to a childhood curse, anything that the Duke touches will die - which makes his flirty maid’s behavior all the more shocking! Can the Duke and his companions break the curse, or is he doomed to a life where love is forever out of his reach?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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White Album (2009)
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Touya Fujii is a twenty-year-old college student dating a rising singer named Yuki Morikawa. Along the way, they are faced with numerous challenges throughout the course of events at Fuji’s college. Be prepared for an exciting journey!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing
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Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010)
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Kou Ichinomiya has always lived according to the creed of his wealthy, successful family: never be in debt to anyone. But one day, under the Arakawa Bridge, his life is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. In order to pay her back, Kou promises to be her boyfriend; and thus begins his new life under the bridge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, seinen
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First Love Monster (2016)
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When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho's mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho's new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth-grader?!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, shoujo
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Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (2014)
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Shiraishi Urara is the top student in her school. One day, due to an accidental kiss, Urara finds herself in the body of the school delinquent, Yamada Ryuu! In trying to switch back to their own bodies, Urara and Ryuu discover that kissing causes them to switch bodies, which leads to their discovery that there are 7 witches in their school. They soon try to uncover the identities of the 7 witches.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country:
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, absurd, manga
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I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job (2013)
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I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job The story revolves around Raul, a boy who did not become a Hero, since the demon lord was already defeated just before his Hero exams. His dreams dashed, Raul spends his days working at a magic shop in the capital. One day, a part-time job seeker appears at the shop with an amazing résumé: Name: Fino Previous Occupation: Demon Lord Heir Motive: Because my father was defeated The work comedy revolves around this former Hero-in-training and the daughter of the demon lord.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Brothers Conflict (2013)
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Imagine being the only child your whole life, and then suddenly finding yourself gaining 13 step-brothers! Ema Hinata's lonely life takes a new and exciting turn when her single father Rintarou Hinata, a famous adventurer, falls in love and marries Miwa Asahina, an apparel maker. In order to give the newly-wed couple space, Ema starts living with her new step-brothers in a mansion called Sunrise Residence and for the first time, experiences being part of a lively and big family. She finally feels safe and content. Each brother has his own unique personality, and Ema soon realizes that it is not only family love that grows between them, but romance as well. Which brother will be the one to steal her heart in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, romantic, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Amnesia (2013)
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This story takes place in a fictional town, in a fictional country, in a fictional world. One morning, a young lady awakens to find that she has lost all her memories prior to that morning. Her life, her relationships, her very name—all gone. All that's left is a cell phone with numbers and names she doesn't recognize and Orion, a young boy that only she appears to be able to see. With Orion's guidance, she struggles to make sense of herself, a boyfriend she doesn't know and the thousand and one little things that make up a daily life. But with no memories left, the only alternative is to forge new ones, even if that means leaving old loves behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, offbeat, josei
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Tona-gura! (2006)
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Centers around four childhood friends and the romantic relationship between two of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Da Capo (2003)
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Junichi Asakura lives with his adoptive sister Nemu in the crescent-shaped island of Hatsune Jima, a place where cherry blossoms bloom throughout the year. In this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes. For example, Junichi has the power to see other people's dreams, and he was also taught by his grandmother to magically create sweets. One day, Junichi's cousin and childhood friend, Sakura Yoshino came back from America all of a sudden. To Junichi's surprise, she looks exactly the same as the girl that moved away six years ago, and hasn't aged one bit. And she came back to remind Junichi of their childhood promise... It is a bittersweet tale of magic, love, hidden desires, and unattainable dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 598 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, ecchi
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Dragonar Academy (2014)
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In a land of dragons, where citizens called breeders tame their dragon pals. Races of dragons are born from breeders who are given a Seikoku: a dragon star-shape brand. Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy—except for Ash Blake, a first-year student who is known by his classmates as the "problem child." His dragon has never appeared. Despite his unfashionably large star-shaped brand that marks him as a future dragon master, he has nothing to show for it. Until now, that is. One fateful day, while challenging a princess, Silvia Lautreamont, to a dragon race, Ash's dragon awakes in full glory, but appears different than any dragon ever seen before—in the form of a beautiful girl!—naming her Eco. What's more, Ash soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, the servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Allison & Lillia (2008)
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An anime series adapted from the light novel series Allison and Lillia and Treize by Keiichi Sigsawa.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Midori Days (2004)
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A high school boy who one day finds his right hand replaced with a girl named Midori and his attempts to return her to her real body.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen, enigmatic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, ecchi, sitcom, romantic comedy
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Rental Magica (2007)
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In a world where magical organizations - staffed by specialists wielding both Eastern and Western disciplines - vie for work, prestige and power. Destroying supernatural monsters... dispelling dark magic... It's all in a day's work for the mages of Astral.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, psychological horror, psychological
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Tokyo Ravens (2013)
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Tsuchimikado Harutora was born into a prestigious Onmyoji family, but he can't see "spirit energy". Therefore, he's been enjoying a peaceful daily life with his friends at an Onmyo branch school. One day, his childhood friend Tsuchimikado Natsume, heir to the head family, suddenly appears. Will this cause his destiny spring into motion!?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, manga, humorous, disturbing, semi serious
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Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)
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Takes place during the Hundred Years War in France. Maria, a powerful young witch who cannot tolerate war, uses her powers to intervene and keep the factions at bay. Assisted by her succubus and incubus familiars, they are mostly successful until the Archangel Michael takes notice and decides to put a stop to her interference. He tells Maria that her powers will be stripped away if she loses her virginity, and also forbids her from using magic publicly. To ensure this, he posts the angel Ezekiel to watch over her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, disturbing, seinen
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Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town? (2021)
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Lloyd is a novice adventurer whose dream is to discover “true strength” in the capital he’s always admired, despite growing up with neighbors who always considered him weak. The story starts with him departing from his hometown, which just so happens to be located right next to…one of the most dangerous dungeons in the world?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, light, shounen
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Kiss Him, Not Me (2016)
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Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, snarky junior Shinomiya and senior Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them with her constant BL-filled fujoshi mind?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, humorous, captivating, light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic comedy
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Mischievous Kiss (2008)
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When her newly-built home is razed to the ground by an earthquake, low-achieving, clumsy, and troublesome third-year high school student Kotoko Aihara is forced to share a roof with the school's—and possibly Japan's—smartest student, Naoki Irie. Kotoko is not actually a complete stranger to Irie-kun; unfortunately, a single love letter that she tried to give him in the past has already sealed her fate as far as he is concerned. Throw in some quirky friends and a meddlesome mother, and Kotoko might not even have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the older Irie boy's heart. Yet Kotoko remains optimistic that, because she now lives in his house, her unattainable crush on the genius since the beginning of high school has never been more within reach.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, emotional, atmospheric, humorous, captivating
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Oreshura (2013)
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A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who's just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Sket Dance (2011)
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Sket Dance is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, shounen
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
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Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, 2d animation
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The Titan's Bride (2020)
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One day, Koichi, a student about to graduate, is summoned to another world. It's a country of Titans where a much larger race lives. The Prince of the country, Caius, appears in front of him. He enthusiastically sees Koichi and proposes, "I want you to be my bride and carry my children!".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, manga, humorous, 2d animation
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The World is Still Beautiful (2014)
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In the Sun Kingdom, sunshine is part of its citizens' everyday lives, and rain is something that they have never even heard of. However, in a faraway land called the Rain Dukedom, the weather is reversed, and everybody has the power to create rain with their voices. Livius Ifrikia has conquered the entire world and expanded the Sun Kingdom's influence in the three short years since he was crowned king. Upon learning about the powers to create rain, Livius decides to marry Nike Remercier, one of the princesses of the Rain Dukedom. However, those outside the Sun Kingdom have spread a rumor that Livius is a cruel, ruthless, and tyrannical ruler, and as word reaches the princess, she begins to prepare herself for the worst. But when she finally meets her fiancé, Nike discovers that he is an entirely different person from what she originally expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, romantic, touching, captivating, stylized, humorous, super sentai
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My Love Story!! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takeo Godau is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They always go for his good-looking best friend, Makoto Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Rinko Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn! Takeo can hardly believe it when he crosses paths with Rinko again, and he finds himself falling in love with her... But with handsome Suna around, does Takeo even stand a chance?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, entertaining, humorous, manga, romantic, touching, feel good, captivating, romantic comedy
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Sekko Boys (2016)
Plot Summary:
Miki Ishimoto, a recent college graduate, is so excited to have landed her first job! Although she's inexperienced, she's to be the manager for a new boy band. Miki thinks life couldn't be going more smoothly, until she finds out that her new boy band members are all... Greco-Roman stone busts?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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Chocotto Sister (2006)
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Haruma Kawagoe is an only child. A long time ago, around Christmas, his mother miscarried the child that would have been his baby sister. That night, young Haruma knelt down and offered up an earnest prayer: "Please make my mother well again, and please give me a little sister." Years have passed, and Haruma has nearly forgotten about his prayer. But Santa did not... so one Christmas, when Haruma is least expecting it, he receives an unusual present — a sister named Choko.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Smile PreCure! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Glitter Force is a Japanese anime series and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure series. Produced by Toei Animation, the series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the head writer of Glass Fleet and Kamen Rider Kabuto. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on the character designs for Yes! PreCure 5. The series aired on TV Asahi's ANN network between February 5, 2012 and January 27, 2013, replacing Suite PreCure♪ in its initial timeslot, and is succeeded by Dokidoki! PreCure. A film was released in Japanese theatres on October 27, 2012. The series' main motif is fairy tales.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shoujo
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Cheat Pharmacist's Slow Life: Making a Drugstore in Another World (2021)
Plot Summary:
Reiji Kirio was a corporate wage slave, who did nothing but work all day, every day. On a typical day of walking to work with a hollow look on his face, he suddenly found himself in the forest of another world. "Oh, this must be one of those isekai reincarnations people keep talking about." The two skills he has are "Appraise" and "Drug Discovery." Those don't sound too impressive... well, whatever. Except these turn out to be particularly overpowered skills! And so, a story about following the slow life philosophy while running a drugstore in another world begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good