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Plot Summary:
Nisekoi follows high school students Raku Ichijo, the son of a leader in the yakuza faction Shuei-Gumi, and Chitoge Kirisaki, the daughter of a boss in a rival gang known as Beehive. They unexpectedly meet when Chitoge hops a wall and knees Raku in the face. After she runs off, Raku realizes he has lost his locket which was given to him by his childhood sweetheart with whom he made a secret promise. After discovering Chitoge is a new transfer student in his class, he forces her to help him look for the locket. During the search, they begin to dislike each other.[8] Upon returning home, Raku learns that the Shuei-Gumi and Beehive gangs have agreed to settle their feud by pairing their leaders' children. Raku learns that his girlfriend-to-be is none other than Chitoge. For the next three years, they must pretend to be in a relationship to maintain peace between the gangs. This turns out to be quite a challenging task, not only because of their hatred for one another, but also because Raku has a crush on another schoolmate, Kosaki Onodera, whom he secretly wishes was the girl who bears the key to his locket. Various developments complicate the situation, including Chitoge's over-protective bodyguard, a female hitman, a girl who claims to be Raku's fiancée, and the existence of multiple keys.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, sentimental, touching, anime, shounen, tsundere
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TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020)
Plot Summary:
First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world! From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has been destined for outer space...or so he believes. But while trying to join the space program, he is thrown for a loop when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa has plenty of chances to find out!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, touching, sentimental, poignant
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Recovery of an MMO Junkie (2017)
Plot Summary:
Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or "netoge." In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, romantic, touching, feel good, sweet, seinen, 2d animation, josei
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Love Tyrant (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who has their name written together will instantly fall in love if they kiss each other regardless of any circumstances. This magical and very familiar item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. She convinces Seiji to go kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out has even stronger feelings for him, bordering on obsessive and psychotic. Eventually Akane and Seiji come together but not before Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. What seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, touching, sweet, ecchi, feel good, sentimental, corny
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Scum's Wish (2017)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, yaoi, manga, shoujo, super sentai, yuri, ecchi
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Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (2023)
Plot Summary:
First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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Boarding School Juliet (2018)
Plot Summary:
Grigio Academy Boarding School. Students who attend this school in two countries and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are rival dormitory leaders, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates, or ruined things will happen to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, entertaining, light, touching, captivating, sincere, romantic comedy, shounen, humorous
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A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)
Plot Summary:
Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart and sensation left alone. When we reach that place, what will we think? Howling, 40 degree angle. Raging, 50 degree angle. Shouting, 60 degree angle. A wilderness beyond the heavy sea. The furthest south, far from civilization. At the top of the Earth. We will find lights through the girls' eyes to live tomorrow.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, sweet, captivating, tsundere, entertaining, uplifting, shounen, hentai
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Eromanga Sensei (2017)
Plot Summary:
This "sibling romantic comedy" revolves around Masamune Izumi, a light novel author in high school. Masamune's little sister is Sagiri, a shut-in girl who hasn't left her room for an entire year. She even forces her brother to make and bring her meals when she stomps the floor. Masamune wants his sister to leave her room, because the two of them are each other's only family. Masamune's novel illustrator, pen name "Eromanga," draws extremely perverted drawings, and is very reliable. Masamune had never met his illustrator, and figured he was just a disgusting, perverted otaku. However, the truth is revealed… that his "Eromanga-sensei" is his own younger sister! To add to the chaos that erupts between the siblings, a beautiful, female, best-selling shoujo manga creator becomes their rival!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Princess Lover! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Princess Lover! is a Japanese visual novel, and the first title developed by Ricotta. It was first released as an adult game for the PC on June 27, 2008 in both limited and regular editions, which was followed by an all-ages release for the PlayStation 2 on January 28, 2010. The gameplay in Princess Lover! follows a linear plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction, and its story focuses on the appeal of the four female main characters. Princess Lover! has received several transitions to other media. The game was first adapted into three light novels written by Utsusemi and illustrated by Hyūma Kitsuhi. It was then followed by two manga adaptations: the first, illustrated by Naoha Yuigi, began serialization in Media Factory's Media Factory Mobile! service on March 20, 2009; and the second, illustrated by Yū Midorigi, began its serialization in the manga magazine Comic Valkyrie on July 27, 2009. An anime adaptation produced by the animation studio GoHands also began its broadcast in Japan on July 5, 2009, and it was later followed by other networks in the same month. An Internet radio show has also been produced to promote the anime adaptation, and began its broadcast on July 3, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, romantic, touching, humorous, ecchi
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Domestic Girlfriend (2019)
Plot Summary:
Natsuo is a high school boy who is experiencing the crushing despair of unrequited love. To make matters worse, the person he is in love with is his teacher, Hina. In an attempt to lift his spirits, he attends a mixer where he meets a girl named Rui. The two sleep together, expecting never to see one another again, but fate has other plans. His life suddenly becomes more complicated when his father comes home and announces he has remarried a woman with two daughters whom Natsuo has met before: Hina and Rui!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, tense, sincere, yuri, hentai, humorous, sentimental, shounen, super sentai
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Senryu Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
At first glance Yukishiro Nanako seems like a normal high school girl, but she has a notable eccentricity: instead of speaking, she communicates only through written senryu poetry! This means she expresses herself only in 5-7-5 syllables. To most this might seem like an inconvenience, but for Nanako and her ex-delinquent bestie, Busujima Eiji, it adds to the experience of their high school lives as they run the Literature Club.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, light, touching, humorous, captivating, shoujo, absurd, shounen, super sentai
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Girlfriend, Girlfriend (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mukai Naoya has loved Saki Saki since grade school, and when she finally accepts his feelings, he's at his happiest. But one day, a cute girl named Minase Nagisa confesses to him! Not wishing to choose only one over another, Naoya chooses to go out with both of them!! What will be of this love triangle that challenges morality itself?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy, shounen, humorous, tsundere, 2d animation
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When Will Ayumu Make His Move? (2022)
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Ayumu just fell in love at first sight with Urushi and joined the illegitimate Shogi Club! But Ayumu has vowed not to confess his feelings until he can best Urushi, and he has a long way to go before he can stand up to her strategic brilliance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Horimiya (2021)
Plot Summary:
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they’ve never shown. Could this blossom into something new?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic comedy, shounen
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Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
Plot Summary:
In today’s Japan, "rental" services can deliver an afternoon with a "friend," a "parent," even a fake girlfriend! Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to "rent" an emotional connection… and his new "girlfriend," Mizuhara Chizuru, who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, touching, humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, adult anime, shounen
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Hatsukoi Limited. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ayumi and her friends are all just entering the eighth grade, as, one by one, they discover that love is infectious and you can catch it from anyone! Now Ayumi's torn between two brothers, Koyoi has an altogether different kind of brother issue and budding theatrical impresario Sumire seems ready to do anything to land her leading man. Then there's tom-boy Rika, aspiring artist Nao, Kei, who's very 'mature' for her age and older girl Misaki who really IS more mature.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, uplifting, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, stylized
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Toradora! (2008)
Plot Summary:
It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, making her onto his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuji and happens to be Minori’s best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, realistic, semi serious, tsundere, sincere, manga, adult anime, seinen, romantic comedy
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Place to Place (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tsumiki Miniwa, a small girl who packs a punch, is in love with her best friend, tall and easygoing Io Otonashi. The only problem is that she can't bring herself to come out and say it. And, despite the fact that he can otherwise read her like a book, Io doesn't seem to be able to pick up the obvious clues—even with all of their friends teasing that there's no one better suited for each other. Acchi Kocchi follows Tsumiki and her circle of friends as they go through their day-to-day lives. Between Mayoi the electronics nerd, Sakaki the good-natured prankster, and the nosebleed-prone Hime, Tsumiki's friends will never let her live down her crush. But only time will tell if Tsumiki will gain the courage to finally say how she truly feels.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, realistic, tsundere, iyashikei, semi serious, slapstick, humorous, cute, super sentai
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Maid Sama! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A-student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, touching, shoujo, romantic, feel good, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, stylized
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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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My First Girlfriend is a Gal (2017)
Plot Summary:
A new school term begins, as does the season of new encounters. As he surveys his class full of couples, Hashiba Jun'ichi's mind is filled with distress as he asks himself, "Why am I still a virgin?!" Having heard from his friends that the easiest way to fulfill his long-standing desire to graduate from the fellowship of virgins is to kowtow to a gal, Jun'ichi does exactly that and asks his classmate Yukana out. And unbelievably, she actually agrees to date him. What will become of Jun'ichi from now on?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, romantic, touching, teen sex comedy, captivating, melancholic, shoujo, shounen, manga
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hachiman Hikigaya is an antisocial high school student with no friends or girlfriend and as a result has a distorted view on life. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about their adolescent lives, he mutters, "They're a bunch of liars." When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, "Not working." A teacher gets Hachiman to join the volunteer "service club," which happens to have the school's prettiest girl - Yukino Yukinoshita.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, realistic, humorous, melancholic, uplifting, inspirational, romantic, ironic, depressing
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AHO-GIRL (2017)
Plot Summary:
She is Yoshiko Hanabatake, and she's an idiot through and through. She loves bananas, and she loves her childhood friend Akkun. That is all!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, entertaining, psychological, tense, shounen, humorous
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Mayo Chiki! (2011)
Plot Summary:
When you've got acute gynophobia, even a pretty girl can be like a malady, and as the sparring partner for his family of female wrestlers, Sakamachi Kinjiro has the worst case ever! Just one touch makes his nose bleed, so school's a bloody nightmare even before Kanade, the principal's twisted daughter, deduces both Kinjiro's "feminine issue" and that his name contains the sounds "Chi" and "Kin" back to back. But Chi-Kinjiro's female troubles don't totally redline until a wrong turn in the men's room exposes the secret Subaru, Kanade's manservant, has been hiding in the water closet. (Well, to be fair, SHE is still a servant.) If Subaru's cross reactions concerning her cross-dressing aren't enough of a drag, Kinjiro's girl problems also include a haunted martial artist (with ghosts), a cat-eared fetishist (meow!), and his own sister, who's interest in "wrestling" a certain incorrectly packaged butler may result in an unexpected ending!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi, light, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, touching
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Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ichiro Sato is about as average as a student can get… except for his above-average ability to land himself in totally awkward, intensely risqué situations with his no-nonsense teacher, Kana Kojima! Ichiro has his hands full dealing with these steamy shenanigans and unexpected encounters in the most unlikely places. At least it can’t get any worse, right?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: ecchi, anime, sex comedy, feel good, humorous, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, seinen
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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Plot Summary:
At the end of her first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Kou Tanaka. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him. After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, romantic, captivating, stylized, visually appealing, manga, super sentai
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Real Girl (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, romantic, light, humorous, shoujo, romantic comedy, super sentai, 2d animation
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The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro's handler. The story is about their daily lives as well as mental growth.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, entertaining, stylized, humorous, offbeat, realistic, light, ecchi, semi serious
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School Rumble (2004)
Plot Summary:
While there is a decided lack of rumble in School Rumble, there’s more hilarious humdingers than any single dinger can hum… Look that one up! And while there is a truck full of pigs, a giraffe, flying saucers and crazy dream sequences, none of that’s even close to what this show’s about. (Though I would probably watch that show, too!) Here’s what you need to know: Sophomore cutie Tenma is completely crushed on classmate Karasuma past the point of freakin’ out. Tough guy Harima, with his own delinquent style of freak, has a long-standing crush on Tenma… And Karasuma? Can you say clueless? He’s pretty much all about the curry. Mmm… Curry! With enough tangled triangles for an entire semester of geometry, just keep in mind… School Rumble – The absolutely funniest show you’ll ever see that’s not about anything that rumbles… Ever!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, inspirational, romantic, uplifting, humorous, shounen