As a lifelong otaku, 52-year-old salaryman Kenzaburou Tondabayashi is well-versed in reincarnation stories. As such, when he is hit by a truck and finds himself himself in a fantasy world, he is not too shocked. However, what does shock him is that he is somehow in his daughter’s favorite otome game as Grace Auvergne, the […]
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Since he was a child, Kazuhiro Kitase had been having dreams of going on adventures in another world. Strangely enough, he can always pick up the dream where he left off by sleeping again the next night. For years, he has been going on adventures with a beautiful elf named Mariabelle. When the pair of
Just before finally realizing his fondest dream of committing double suicide with the woman he loved, 20th-century author and gloomy legend of Japanese literature Osamu Dazai is hit by a truck and transported to another world. However, instead of a pleasant life full of hope and adventure, Dazai is most interested in finding a poetic
Existing since ancient times, ninjas have always worked in the shadows for Japan. After World War II, the allied command in Japan, recognizing the skill of ninjas, created an agency that tasked them to handle various domestic affairs. Given time, their responsibilities soon branched out to international issues as well. Now, there are estimated to
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
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
Comedy is usually a pretty essential part of isekai anime. After all, isekai is built on the now well-worn backs of escapism and wish fulfillment, and people love to laugh. So even the most hardcore and serious isekai anime takes little light-hearted time-outs to enjoy a few comedic shenanigans. That said, not all isekai anime
If isekai anime can be defined as taking a person from our modern world and sending them to another, usually fantasy, world, then reverse isekai is the opposite. You take fantasy creatures, heroes, or demon lords and you bring them to our mundane modern world full of convenient technology. However, the definition of reverse isekai
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After accidentally falling off a cliff, Mitsuha wakes up in a fantasy land. Upon saving a girl from a wolf attack, she discovers that she didn’t die in her previous life, but rather accidentally ripped away a piece of a God’s power that lets her transport herself between that world and modern Japan. With this
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There is magic in a good chunk of anime these days. While there is certainly some charm to enjoying fantasy anime set in a fantasy land filled with magic, sometimes you wonder what magic might be like if it were present in our world. Contemporary fantasy anime, or urban fantasy anime as it is sometimes
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