Wataru Sajo has been deeply in love with his classmate Aika Natsukawa for years. He persistently pursued her with the hopes of mutual love until one day he realized that they just weren’t a good fit. Finally, her rejections stuck. After suddenly calling it quits on her after so long, Aika begins to wonder if […]
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Ten years ago, Raku Ichijou made a promise with a childhood friend to meet again and use the key she holds to open the locket he wears around his neck then be together forever. In the present day, this heir apparent to an intimidating yakuza family continues to wait for his friend’s return while trying
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As he was ugly, fat, and disappointing, Yuuya has been the constant target for bullies. Even his parents and siblings treated him like an outcast. However, Yuuya’s grandfather was the only source of affection in his life, but he eventually passed away. Being left his grandfather’s home, Yuuya discovers a strange door that opens to
As he is short, fat, and unattractive, Park Hyung Suk has been constantly bullied by his classmates and discriminated against based on his looks. In order to escape his bullies, he decides to transfer to a vocational preparatory school for a new start. However, after moving into an apartment by himself near his new school,
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You know what they say, all it takes is the attentions of one popular person to shine even the biggest turd into a diamond. It certainly isn’t a particularly relatable situation, but it is one of the finer forms of wish fulfillment that anime can indulge. While it isn’t always at the intervention of another,
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Any media, not just anime, tends to go a bit wonky when it comes to romance. While there are some grounded ones, the most interesting romances in anime are the dramatic ones. That being said, not every anime romance that tries to be interesting is very successful at it. There are a lot of ways
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After loving her for years, Naoya Mukai finally confesses his love to his childhood friend, Saki. However, just as he settles into dating her, a girl named Nagisa comes out of the woodwork and confesses her secret love for him. Instead of shooting her down, he is charmed by her feelings, and suggests to both
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Sueharu Maru, once a child actor and now just a normal high school boy, is considered lucky to have the constant company of his beautiful and popular childhood friend, Kuroha Shida. However, when Kuroha confesses to him, he immediately rejects her. He still has his sights set on his first love – school idol and
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While there are moments when it can go a little over the top, watching an anime character enact their most clever or brutal plan of revenge can be cathartic. It is a little drop of sweetness on the tongue that you may never be able to taste yourself because you are too polite, obedient, or
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You might be familiar with the cool kuudere or perhaps the ever-beloved yet difficult to love tsundere, but the practice of stuffing characters into a box and slapping a “-dere” label on their personality is a vast one. No well-written character is just one archetype, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of anime fans from
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