Upon moving with his family from Tokyo to Kitami City in Hokkaido, Tsubasa Shiki is captivated by the rural serenity of the Hokkaido winter. He was so captivated that he ended up getting out of his taxi way earlier than he needed to, leaving him to trek an unfamiliar city in the middle of winter. […]
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Ryuuto Kashima is a normal high school boy, ignored by most girls and with only a handful of close friends. One day, as a punishment from his friends, he is forced to ask out Runa Shirakawa, a gyaru and the most popular girl in his class. Much to his surprise, when he asks Runa out,
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Jirou Yakuin, third-year high school student and otaku, has had a crush on his childhood friend, Shiori. He hopes to be paired with her for their school’s upcoming marriage practical – an exam where two people are paired to live together in order to practice married life as they are observed and scored. For popular
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While romance can bloom from literally anywhere, romance anime only has a select number of set ups to make a compelling romantic story. One such set up is where the popular person goes against all odds and begins to take an interest in their local outcast. While it may seem a bit insulting that an
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Gyaru, or “Gal,” is a label for a fashionable girl in Japanese culture. It’s a style that describes Japanese women who tan themselves, wear flashy clothes, heavy makeup, long nails, and bleached hair. While certainly having its roots in Western influences in fashion and style, the gyaru started as a rebellious style that goes against
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After an encounter in the library where she teased him about his manga, Naoto Hachijouji is relentlessly teased by a younger first year girl named Nagatoro. She takes every opportunity to toy with him and leave him embarrassed, but over time, he has found a friendship was built between them. Not the first teasing anime,
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Tsusui Hikari is an otaku that mostly avoids social life. He only really has one friend at school and is otherwise mocked by his classmates. One day, he ends up having to clean the pool with Igarashi Iroha. She is blunt, truant, and a troublemaker, but she stands up for Hikari when people make fun
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It is the simplest of romance tropes, and one of the most classic. You take two people of opposite demeanor or circumstance and craft a love story from them. They grow to understand each other and the bonds of love form. It isn’t uncommon in anime and you will find that two opposites falling in
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Recently dumped by his girlfriend, college student Kazuya Kinoshita tries to fill the void with an app that lets him rent a girlfriend. While Chizuru seems like the perfect girlfriend, reading the reviews online, he finds out it is an act. He leaves her a bad review and this reveals her more sassy true self
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You know what can be so disappointing with romance anime? The relationship is built up for the ENTIRE series and you get that great kiss or declaration of love, then it just ends. It may not end for a few episodes afterward the new couple is made, but it is hardly enough time to see
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