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Daily Lives of High School Boys

***Daily Lives of High School Boys*** (Japanese: 男子高校生の日常, Hepburn: *Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasunobu Yamauchi. The manga was serialized in *Gangan Online* and was released in seven manga volumes between May 21, 2009 and September 27, 2012. A twelve-episode anime series produced by Sunrise aired between January 9 and March 26, 2012. The anime was licensed by NIS America for release in North America and Hanabee Entertainment in Australia. A live-action film directed by Daigo Matsui was released by Showgate in Japan on October 12, 2013.

## Synopsis

Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake are students at the all-boys academy, Sanada North High School. This is a tale about just that—their daily lives as students. Winning the basketball tournament? Finding true love? You won't find any of that here. Whether it's sparking random arguments while hanging out with friends, meeting that one weird co-worker at a part-time job, or even letting imaginations run wild on a windy afternoon, we've all experienced the show's ordinary but true-to-life themes at one point or another.

## MAL Info:

Score:8.29

Ranked:#223

Popularity:#168

Studios:Sunrise

Source:Web manga

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:TV Tokyo, Square Enix, Trinity Sound, Happinet Pictures
Blast of Tempest

***Blast of Tempest*** (Japanese: 絶園のテンペスト, Hepburn: *Zetsuen no Tenpesuto*) is a Japanese manga series written by Kyō Shirodaira and Arihide Sano, and illustrated by Ren Saizaki. An anime adaptation by Bones aired on October 2012 to March 2013. It has been licensed by Aniplex of America in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia.

## Synopsis

One day, a sorceress princess was stuffed into a barrel and banished.

One day, a single girl was suddenly murdered, and the culprit still runs free.

And one day, a battle spanning time and space over magic and revenge began!

Sanity and madness, sense and intelligence, self-confidence and convictions.

The tragic tale of this irrational world starts now.

The Kusaribe family is a family of sorcerers under the protection of the "Tree of Origins". Their princess, Hakaze Kusaribe, was the greatest sorceress of their family. But Samon Kusaribe, a member of their family seeking to resurrect the "Tree of World's End", a tree that opposes the "Tree of Origins" and controls the power of destruction, stuffs her into a barrel, and banishes her to a deserted island. From the deserted island, she sends a message out to sea, which is picked up by Mahiro Fuwa, a young boy who's sworn vengeance upon the criminal who killed his little sister, Aika. Mahiro agrees to help Hakaze under the condition that she find Aika's killer with her magic. But once Mahiro's best friend and Aika's lover, Yoshino Takigawa is rescued from danger, he too gets dragged into this tale of revenge.

## MAL Info:

Score:8.01

Ranked:#521

Popularity:#233

Studios:Bones

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Aniplex, Dentsu, Square Enix, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Yahoo! Japan
Great Pretender

***Great Pretender*** (Japanese: グレートプリテンダー, Hepburn: *Gurēto Puritendā*) is an original Japanese crime comedy anime television series produced by Wit Studio, directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryōta Kosawa.

The series premiered on July 8, 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. The first case (Los Angeles Connection) received a June 2, 2020 release on Netflix in Japan ahead of its television debut.

The series' first three cases (Los Angeles Connection, Singapore Sky, and Snow of London) were released worldwide on Netflix on August 20, 2020.

## Synopsis

A series of unfortunate events has led Makoto "Edamame" Edamura to adopt the life of crime—pickpocketing and scamming others for a living. However, after swindling a seemingly clueless tourist, Makoto discovers that he was the one tricked and, to make matters worse, the police are now after him.

While making his escape, he runs into the tourist once again, who turns out to be a fellow con man named Laurent Thierry, and ends up following him to Los Angeles. In an attempt to defend his self-proclaimed title of "Japan's Greatest Swindler," Makoto challenges his rival to determine the better scammer. Accepting the competition, Laurent drops them off outside a huge mansion and claims that their target will be the biggest mafia boss on the West Coast.

Jumping from city to city, *Great Pretender* follows the endeavors of Makoto alongside the cunning Laurent and his colorful associates in the world of international high-stakes fraud. Soon, Makoto realizes that he got more than what he bargained for as his self-declared skills are continually put to the test.

## Mal Info

Score:8.36

Ranked:#172

Popularity:#1126

Studios:Wit Studio

Source:Original

Duration:23 min per ep

Rating:None

Producers:Production I.G, Fuji TV, BS Fuji, TOHO animation
I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying

***I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying*** (旦那が何を言っているかわからない件, *Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken*) is a Japanese 4-panel manga series by Coolkyousinnjya. The chapters are released online and then published in print by Ichijinsha. The first volume was released on December 29, 2011 and the fifth volume was released on August 4, 2015. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on October 4, 2014 and finished airing on December 25, 2014. A second season began airing on April 2, 2015 and finished airing on June 25, 2015.

## Synopsis

The anime follows the daily life of an earnest, hardworking office lady named Kaoru and her otaku husband, who is totally immersed in a certain huge net bulletin board system.

## MAL Info:

Score:(Season 1) 7.40; (Season 2) 7.41

Ranked:(Season 1) #1914; (Season 2) #1860

Popularity:(Season 1) #497; (Season 2) #911

Studios:Seven

Source:4-koma manga

Duration:3 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:DAX Production, Dream Creation
Season 10

Season 10 is the 10th edition of the Competitive gamemode from the game Cops n Robbers. It started on May 28 2021 and ended August 9 2021. This season was open from Friday 4:00am to Monday 4:00am. 5 maps during this season : Circle, Ship, Gate, Temple and Cavern. In total, 104 players achieved Master.

## Rewards

Gold : Avatar Frame

Platinum : Avatar Frame + Spider Bomb

Diamond : Avatar Frame + Spider Bomb + War Axe

Master : Avatar Frame + Spider Bomb + War Axe + Neon Gun

## Results

1. Setuna (Master 5850) 68% WR, 1.81 K/D
2. SAI (Master 5848) 76% WR, 2.25 K/D
3. Midari (Master 3194) 68% WR, 1.74 K/D
4. Dice (Master 3180) 66% WR, 1.83 K/D
5. Starr (Master 2525) 64% WR, 1.71 K/D
6. Stella (Master 2403) 82% WR, 2,42 K/D
7. Leo Lion (Master 2346) 72% WR, 1.9 K/D
8. (18418474) (Master 2138) 61% WR, 1.59 K/D
9. Nike (Master 1669) 68% WR, 1.98 K/D
10. Cyahhh (Master 1577) 69% WR, 1.89 K/D
Say I Love You

***Say I Love You.*** (Japanese: 好きっていいなよ。, Hepburn: *Suki-tte ii na yo.*) is a Japanese 2008 romance manga by Kanae Hazuki. An anime adaptation by Zexcs aired from October 6 to December 30, 2012. In North America, the manga is published by Kodansha USA and the anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks. A live action film was released on July 12, 2014.

## Synopsis

Mei Tachibana has spent her 16 years without a boyfriend or friends. One day, she injures the most popular boy in school, Yamato Kurosawa, due to a misunderstanding. For some reason though, it seems that he takes a liking to her and one-sidedly claims that they're friends. Furthermore, he not only protects Mei from a stalker, but does so with a kiss…?!!

## MAL Info:

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Run with the Wind

**Run with the Wind** is the anime adaptation of the Japanese novel by Shion Miura. It received a manga and a live-action film adaptation, and an anime television series by Production I.G that premiered on on October 3, 2018.

## Synopsis

Former ace runner of Sendai Josei High School, Kakeru Kurahara is chased away from a convenience store for shoplifting. Shaking off his pursuer, he runs into Haiji Kiyose, another student from his university. Haiji is impressed by Kakeru's agility and persuades him to live in Chikusei-sou, the run-down apartment where Haiji resides along with eight other students. Having lost his entire apartment deposit at a mahjong parlor, Kakeru accepts the offer reluctantly.

However, Haiji reveals a secret during Kakeru's welcoming party: the apartment is actually the dormitory of the Kansei University Track Club. He unveils his ultimate goal of participating in the Hakone Ekiden—one of the most prominent university marathon relay races in Japan. Unfortunately, all the residents apart from Haiji and Kakeru are complete running novices. Worse still, none of the inhabitants are even remotely interested in being involved with Haiji's ridiculous plan! With only months before the deadline, will the fourth-year student be able to convince them otherwise and realize his elusive dream of running in the Hakone Ekiden?

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## Music

"Catch up, latency" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN Opening Theme

"Kaze Tsuyoku, Kimi Atsuku. (風強く、君熱く。)" by Q-MHz feat. Mitsuhiro Hidaka a.k.a SKY-HI (Q-MHz feat.日高光啓 a.k.a.SKY-HI) Opening Theme

"Reset (リセット)" by Taichi Mukai (向井太一) Ending Theme

"Michi (道)" by Taichi Mukai Ending Theme

## Characters

* Kiyose Haiji (Main)
* Kurahara Kakeru (Main)
* Hirata Akihiro (Supporting)
* Iwakura Yukihiko (Supporting)
* Jou Tarou (Supporting)
* Jou Jirou (Supporting)
* Kamara Musa (Supporting)
* Kashiwazaki Akane (Supporting)
* Katsuta Hanako (Supporting)
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

***Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun*** (Japanese: 月刊少女野崎くん, Hepburn: *Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun*) is a Japanese four-panel romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Izumi Tsubaki. The chapters are serialized online in *Gangan Online*, and have been published in both physical and digital releases of Shoujo Romance Girly and *tankōbon* volumes by Square Enix. An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in July 2014.

## Synopsis

You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless. Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?

## MAL Info

Score:8.00

Ranked:#529

Popularity:#134

Studios:Doga Kobo

Source:4-koma manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers: TV Tokyo, Frontier Works, Media Factory, AT-X, Sony Music Communications
Light Novel

**Light Novel** is a Japanese style of young adult novel but it's mostly aimed for teens and preteens. The term Light novel is a Japanese term that was formed by the words of the english language. Light novels are illustrated with a manga art style and they sometimes it gets a adaption from both manga and anime. Majority of the novels are published in separate book volumes while some of them have their chapters serialized in anthology magazines before being collected in book form, similar to how manga is published.

## History

Popular literature has a long tradition in Japan. Even though cheap, pulp novels resembling light novels were present in Japan for years prior, the creation of Sonorama Bunko in 1975 is considered by some to be a symbolic beginning. Science fiction and horror writers like Hideyuki Kikuchi or Baku Yumemakura started their careers through such imprints. Kim Morrissy of Anime News Network reported that Keita Kamikita, the system operator of a science fiction and fantasy forum, is usually credited with coining the term "light novel" in 1990. After noticing that the science fiction and fantasy novels that had emerged in the 1980s were also attracting anime and manga fans because of their illustrations by famous manga artists, Kamikita avoided using terms like "young adult" because the novels did not appeal to one particular demographic.

The 1990s saw the smash-hit *Slayers* series which merged fantasy-RPG elements with comedy. Some years later MediaWorks founded a pop-lit imprint called Dengeki Bunko, which produces well-known light novel series to this day. The *Boogiepop series* was their first major hit which soon was animated and got many anime watchers interested in literature.

Dengeki Bunko writers continued to slowly gain attention until the small light novel world experienced a boom around 2006. After the huge success of the *Haruhi Suzumiya* series, the number of publishers and readers interested in light novels suddenly skyrocketed.

Light novels became an important part of the Japanese 2D culture in the late 2000s, with series such as *A Certain Magical Index* selling large amounts of copies with each volume release. The number of light novels series put out every year increases, usually illustrated by the most celebrated artists from pixiv and the most successful works are adapted into manga, anime, games and live action movies.

Since the mid-2000s, it has become increasing popular for publishers to contact authors of web fiction on their blog or website to publish their work in print form. The material is often heavily edited and may even feature an altered story, which might compel someone who had already read it online to buy the print release as well. The free novel publication website Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a popular source for such material. Popular works like *Sword Art Online*, *That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime*, *Overlord*, *Re:Zero* and *Konosuba* were originally popular web novels that got contacted by a publisher to distribute and publish those stories in print format.
Beyond the Boundary

***Beyond the Boundary*** (Japanese: 境界の彼方, Hepburn: *Kyōkai no Kanata*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation, aired in Japan between October and December 2013. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. A two-part anime film project premiered in March and April 2015.

## Synopsis

***Beyond the Boundary*** (Japanese: 境界の彼方, Hepburn: *Kyōkai no Kanata*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation, aired in Japan between October and December 2013. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. A two-part anime film project premiered in March and April 2015.
Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-

***Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation*** or ***A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet*** (櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている, *Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru*) is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Shiori Ōta, with illustrations by Tetsuo. Kadokawa Shoten has published nine volumes since 2013 under their Kadokawa Bunko label, with over 1 million copies in print. An anime television series adaptation by Troyca aired in Japan between October and December 2015. A live-action television series adaptation aired between April 23 and June 25, 2017 on Fuji TV.

## Synopsis

When Shoutarou Tatewaki first meets Sakurako Kujou, he knows his life will never be the same. Initially believing her to be responsible for a disappearance in the neighborhood, he later learns of her true talent: analyzing bone specimens. Sakurako has quite the collection of reconstructed animal bones, but she wishes she had more of the human variety, much to the chagrin of those around her.

Soon, Shoutarou begins accompanying the eccentric osteologist on the many different unsolved cases she comes across—usually in the form of decomposing bodies. But with so many incidents happening around them, could there be a larger mystery at work in their lives?

*Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru* is a story of two unlikely partners, each showing in their own way that bones can tell how one died, but only people can tell how they lived.

## MAL Info:

Score:7.43

Ranked:#1811

Popularity:#816

Studios:TROYCA

Source:Novel

Duration:23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers: Lantis, DAX Production
91 Days

***91 Days*** is a Japanese anime television series. Set during the Prohibition era, the series follows Angelo Lagusa and his quest to seek revenge against the Vanetti Family. The series aired from July 9, 2016 to October 1, 2016.

## Synopsis

The "classic mafia drama" takes place during the prohibition era. In the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.

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Rent-a-Girlfriend

***Rent-A-Girlfriend*** (Japanese: 彼女、お借りします, Hepburn: *Kanojo, Okarishimasu*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's *Weekly Shōnen Magazine* since July 2017, and has been compiled into seventeen volumes as of September 2020. The series is licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics, which released the first volume in English in June 2020.

An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment premiered in July 2020 on the MBS Super Animeism block.

## Synopsis

Dumped by his girlfriend, emotionally shattered college student Kazuya Kinoshita attempts to appease the void in his heart through a rental girlfriend from a mobile app. At first, Chizuru Mizuhara seems to be the perfect girl with everything he could possibly ask for: great looks and a cute, caring personality.

Upon seeing mixed opinions on her profile after their first date, and still tormented by his previous relationship, Kazuya believes that Chizuru is just playing around with the hearts of men and leaves her a negative rating. Angry at her client's disrespect towards her, Chizuru reveals her true nature: sassy and temperamental, the complete opposite of Kazuya's first impression. At that very moment, Kazuya receives news of his grandmother's collapse and is forced to bring Chizuru along with him to the hospital.

Although it turns out to be nothing serious, his grandmother is ecstatic that Kazuya has finally found a serious girlfriend, which had always been her wish. Unable to tell her the truth, Kazuya and Chizuru are forced into a fake relationship—acting as if they are truly lovers.

## Mal Info

Score:7.23

Ranked:#2603

Popularity:#568

Studios:TMS Enterainment

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min per ep

Rating:PG-13- Teens 13 or older

Producers:Mainichi Broadcasting System, Kodansha, DMM pictures
Myriad Colors Phantom World

***Myriad Colors Phantom World*** (無彩限のファントム・ワールド, *Musaigen no Fantomu Wārudo*) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Sōichirō Hatano and illustrated by Shirabi. An anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired between 7 January and 31 March 2016.

## Synopsis

The story takes place in the near future, in a world born of human imagination. What humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." The main character, Haruhiko Ichijo, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements," Izumi Reina, who has the ability "Phantom Eater," and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.

## MAL Info

Score:6.90

Ranked:#4000

Popularity:#323

Studios: Kyoto Animation

Source:Light novel

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Lantis, Pony Canyon, Asahi Broadcasting
Beelzebub

***Beelzebub*** (Japanese: べるぜバブ, Hepburn: *Beruzebabu*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryūhei Tamura. *Beelzebub* is the story about a first year student at a school for juvenile delinquents. It was first published in 2008 as a one-shot in Shueisha's *Weekly Shōnen Jump*, subsequently winning the fourth Gold Future Cup. The manga was then serialized in the same magazine, from February 2009 to February 2014, and then transferred to *Jump Next!!* as *Beelzebub Another*, where it ran from May 2014 to March 2015.

The Pierrot+ studio produced an original video animation (OVA) adaptation, which premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2010. This was followed by a 60-episode anime television series, which aired in Japan between January 2011 and March 2012.

## Synopsis

Ishiyama High is a school populated entirely by delinquents, where nonstop violence and lawlessness are the norm. However, there is one universally acknowledged rule—don't cross first year student Tatsumi Oga, Ishiyama's most vicious fighter.

One day, Oga is by a riverbed when he encounters a man floating down the river. After being retrieved by Oga, the man splits down the middle to reveal a baby, which crawls onto Oga's back and immediately forms an attachment to him. Though he doesn't know it yet, this baby is named Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, or "Baby Beel" for short—the son of the Demon Lord!

As if finding the future Lord of the Underworld isn't enough, Oga is also confronted by Hildegard, Beel's demon maid. Together they attempt to raise Baby Beel—although surrounded by juvenile delinquents and demonic powers, the two of them may be in for more of a challenge than they can imagine.

## MAL Info:

Score:624

Ranked:#624

Popularity:#260

Studios:Pierrot Plus

Source: Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Studio Pierrot, Dentsu, Yomiuri Telecasting, Shueisha
Ping Pong the Animation

***Ping Pong*** (Japanese: ピンポン, Hepburn: *Pin Pon*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto about table tennis. It was serialized in Shogakukan's *seinen* manga magazine *Big Comic Spirits* from 1996 to 1997 and collected in five *tankōbon* volumes.

## Ping Pong the Animation

### Current Anime Episodes #:

11

It was adapted into a 2002 live-action film. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tatsunoko Production and directed by Masaaki Yuasa was aired on Fuji TV's noitamina block between April and June 2014.

## Plot/Synapsis:

"The hero comes. The hero comes. The hero comes. Chant these words in your mind, and I'll surely come to you..." This mantra is what Makoto Tsukimoto repeats as a source of motivation when he fights through the stress of not only grueling ping pong matches, but also in situations of his life. Makoto doesn't fight alone; he and his friend, Yutaka Hoshino, nicknamed Smile and Peco respectively, are two boys who have grown up playing ping pong together nearly every day. Peco, brimming with confidence, aims to be the best table tennis player in the world; Smile, on the other hand, shows little ambition. Nevertheless, the two have always stuck together, with a bond built upon their mutual love for this sport.

Every year, students from all across Japan gather for the inter-high table tennis competition to achieve national and international stardom. Through intense training and competition, only the very best persevere.

From the avant-garde director of *Tatami Galaxy*, Masaaki Yuasa, *Ping Pong the Animation* serves a tale of ambition with its fair share of bumps along the way. Whatever the odds, Peco and Smile will face them together.

## MAL info:

**Producers:** Aniplex,  Dentsu,  Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings,  Science SARU

**Licensors:** Funimation

**Studios:** Tatsunoko Production

**Source:** Manga

**Duration:** 23 min. per ep.

**Rating:** PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

**Score:** 8.63

**Ranked:** #56

**Popularity:** #546

## Official sites:

https://myanimelist.net/anime/22135/Ping\_Pong\_the\_Animation?q=ping&cat=anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping\_Pong\_(manga)
Prison School

***Prison School*** (Japanese: , Hepburn: *Purizun Sukūru*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's *Weekly Young Magazine*from February 2011 to December 2017. Yen Presshas licensed the manga in North America. A 12-episode anime adaptation directed by Tsutomu Mizushima aired between July and September 2015,while a live-action drama television series aired from October to December 2015.

## Synopsis

Hachimitsu Private Academy was a revered and elite all-girls' boarding school on the outskirts of Tokyo...once upon a time. But with the new school year comes a revision to school policy: Boys are to be admitted into the student body for the first time ever. But on his first day at Hachimitsu, Kiyoshi Fujino discovers that he's one of only five boys enrolled at the school. Their numbers overwhelmed by the thousand girls in the student body, is it heaven or hell that awaits these five (un)fortunates?!.

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Durarara!!

***Durarara!!*** (Japanese: デュラララ!!), often shortened to ***DRRR!!***, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted into a Japanese anime series. *Durarara!!* tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet-based anonymous gang called the Dollars, and the chaos that unfolds around the most dangerous people in Ikebukuro. The series ran for thirteen volumes, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.

A manga adaptation by Akiyo Satorigi started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine *Monthly GFantasy* on April 18, 2009. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan in January 2010. In April 2014, a sequel series titled *Durarara!! SH* (デュラララ!! SH, *Durarara!! SH*) and set two years after the events of the original series started. Two games based on the series for the

## Synopsis

### Season 1:

In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless "Black Rider" who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.

Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro's most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.

### Season 2

“6 Months Later…We haven’t changed at all… or it seems….” Half a year after the turmoil that rocked the entire city of Ikebukuro— Peace has once again returned to the city and people are living each day normally. The high school students enjoy their days of youth as the strongest and most dangerous man of Ikebukuro works diligently. The informant plots a new scheme and the headless rider is pursued by the cops as she rides through the night…But soon this normal will be cut short by the abnormal. Slowly but surely, the unknown will seize the city and face an all new storm.
Karneval

***Karneval*** (カーニヴァル, *Kānivaru*) is a Japanese manga series by Tōya Mikanagi which originally started serialization in the monthly Josei Manga magazine *Monthly Comic Zero Sum* published by Ichijinsha on August 28, 2007. There are currently twenty-six volumes released in Japan. A 13-episode anime adaptation by Manglobe aired between April and June 2013.

## Synopsis

Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization—"Circus"!!

## MAL Info:

Score:7.16

Ranked:#2934

Popularity:#804

Studios:Manglobe

Source: Manga

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Bandai Visual, Lantis, Ichijinsha
Honey, Don't Run Away

One of the most popular love manwhas. It’s in the Favorites of every CEO-typed comic lovers!

Constraint and possession, a love story about rich families...

## Synopsis

“Be my woman, I can give to you everything you want, wealth, and social status.” When she meets he again who has disappeared for five years, he can’t recognize her and he even has a fiancee. The fate arranges them to badger with each other again, who is the one trapped by this misplaced love first, and how will a love with a ridiculous beginning end?!
Great Teacher Onizuka

***Great Teacher Onizuka*** (Japanese: グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ, Hepburn: *Gurēto Tīchā Onizuka*), officially abbreviated as ***GTO***, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's *Weekly Shōnen Magazine* from January 1997 to February 2002, with its chapters compiled into twenty-five *tankōbon* volumes. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. It is a continuation of Fujisawa's earlier manga series *Shonan Junai Gumi* and *Bad Company*, both of which focus on the life of Onizuka before becoming a teacher.

Due to the popularity of the manga, several adaptations of *GTO* were created, including a twelve-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998; a live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and released in December 1999; and a 43-episode anime television series produced by Pierrot, which aired in Japan on Fuji TV from June 1999 to September 2000. A second live-action series aired in Japan during 2012, and two more in 2014. A sequel manga series, titled *GTO: 14 Days in Shonan*, ran in *Weekly Shōnen Magazine* from June 2009 to September 2011. Another sequel titled, titled *GTO: Paradise Lost*, began in *Weekly Young Magazine* in April 2014.

Both the anime and manga were licensed in North America by Tokyopop. The anime series was re-licensed by Discotek Media in 2012.

The *Great Teacher Onizuka* manga had sold over 50 million copies as of November 2007. It won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award in the *shōnen* category.

## Synopsis

Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed.

However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinquents stand between Onizuka and his goal and they will use any means, however illegal or low, to drive the new teacher away. Perfect, because Onizuka's methods won't be found in any teaching manual; he cares about the difference between legal and illegal activities about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.

So get ready for math that doesn't add up, language you'd be slapped for using, and biology that would make a grown man blush... unless of course, you're the Great Teacher Onizuka.

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Hotarubi No Mori E

***Hotarubi no Mori e*** (Japanese: 蛍火の杜へ, lit. "Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light") is a one-shot *shōjo* manga written by Yuki Midorikawa. It was published in the July 2002 issue of *LaLa DX* in Japan, and in July 2003 it was reprinted in a *tankōbon* short story collection of the same name, which included four romantic one-shot stories written by Midorikawa. *Hotarubi no Mori e* is considered a starting point for Midorikawa's best-known work, *Natsume's Book of Friends*.

A 44-minute anime film with the same title was produced in 2011 at the anime studio Brain's Base and directed by Takahiro Omori. The film starred Japanese voice actors Ayane Sakura and Kōki Uchiyama, and its soundtrack included music by Makoto Yoshimori. The film maintained a strong following for months in Japan after its opening on September 17, 2011. The European premiere of *Hotarubi no Mori e* was on October 8, 2011 at the Scotland Loves Animation festival, where it won the Jury Prize. It was screened at the Leeds International Film Festival, Anime Contents Expo and Anime Expo convention, and also won the Animation Film Award at the 66th Annual Mainichi Film Awards.

The anime was released on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD in Japan on February 22, 2012. An additional story related to the original manga and anime film, titled *Hotarubi no Mori e Tokubetsuhen* (蛍火の杜へ 特別編), was released in a keepsake edition of the manga 12 days prior to the release of the anime. Both the keepsake edition manga and the limited edition BD ranked No. 13 on Japan's Oricon sales chart shortly after their release. Sakura reported experiencing a strong emotional reaction to the story while recording the voice of Hotaru, and Midorikawa acknowledged that the story had a positive impact on her career. Reviewers universally praised the anime film for its beauty, simplicity, and tenderness, likening it to the works of Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai. There were few criticisms, most commonly focusing on its short length.

## Synopsis

The story of Hotarubi no Mori e centers around Hotaru, a little girl who gets lost in an enchanted forest where apparitions reside. A young boy, Gin, appears before Hotaru, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear.

## MAL Info:

Score:8.40

Ranked:#154

Popularity:#197

Studios: Brain's Base

Source:Manga

Duration:45 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

Producers:Aniplex
Blood-C

***Blood-C*** (Japanese: ブラッド-C, Hepburn: *Buraddo-C*) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series co-produced by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. It is the second anime series in the *Blood* franchise following the 2005–2006 series *Blood+*. The original 12-episode series aired during 2011, with a movie *Blood-C: The Last Dark* releasing in Japanese theaters the following year. The anime was subsequently adapted into two manga, a 2011 novelization, a 2015 stage play set between the events of *Blood-C* and *The Last Dark*, and three live-action movies.

*Blood-C* was designed to share only thematic similarities with earlier *Blood* projects. CLAMP was brought on board to both design the characters and help create the scenario. It featured several new elements to the *Blood* franchise, such as being primarily set within a high school environment. The Elder Bairns were inspired by the Great Old Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, and modeled after traditional Japanese monsters. Its bloody violence, a stylistic choice following the series' themes, resulted in censorship in Japan and eventual blacklisting in China. The series has received mixed to positive reviews from journalists.

## Synopsis

Saya is a seemingly normal girl living with her father in a shrine. During the day she goes to school and spends time with her friends at a local cafe. But when night falls Saya is called upon to protect her village from strange monsters.

## MAL Info:

Score:6.58

Ranked:#5422

Popularity:#569

Studios:Production I.G

Source: Manga

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers: Aniplex, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Dwango
Scum's Wish

***Scum's Wish*** (Japanese: クズの本懐, Hepburn: *Kuzu no Honkai*) is a Japanese manga series by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Square Enix's *seinen* manga magazine *Big Gangan* from September 2012 to March 2017, and has been collected in eight *tankōbon* volumes. Both an anime television series adaptation by Lerche and live-action television series aired between January and March 2017 on Fuji TV.

## Synopsis

To the outside world, Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are the perfect couple. But in reality, they just share the same secret pain: they are both in love with other people they cannot be with.

Hanabi has loved her childhood friend and neighbor Narumi Kanai for as long as she can remember, so she is elated to discover that he is her new homeroom teacher. However, Narumi is soon noticed by the music teacher, Akane Minagawa, and a relationship begins to blossom between them, much to Hanabi's dismay.

Mugi was tutored by Akane in middle school, and has been in love with her since then. Through a chance meeting in the hallway, he encounters Hanabi. As these two lonely souls spend more time together, they decide to use each other as a substitute for the one they truly love, sharing physical intimacy with one another in order to stave off their loneliness.

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Score:7.36

Ranked:#2056

Popularity:#272

Studios:Lerche

Source:Manga

Duration:22 min. per ep.

Rating:R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Aniplex, Dentsu, Square Enix, Studio Hibari, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Kansai Telecasting
Cowboy Bebop

***Cowboy Bebop*** (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ, Hepburn: *Kaubōi Bibappu*) is a Japanese anime science-fiction television series animated by Sunrise featuring a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno. The twenty-six episodes ("sessions") of the series are set in the year 2071, and follow the lives of a bounty hunter crew traveling in their spaceship called the *Bebop*. Although it covers a wide range of genres throughout its run, *Cowboy Bebop* draws most heavily from science fiction, western and noir films, and its most recurring thematic focal points include adult existential ennui, loneliness and the difficulties of trying to escape one's past.

The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3 until June 26, 1998, broadcasting only twelve episodes and a special due to its controversial adult-themed content. The entire twenty-six episodes of the series were later broadcast on Wowow from October 24 until April 24, 1999. The anime was adapted into two manga series which were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's *Asuka Fantasy DX*. A film was later released to theaters worldwide.

The anime series was dubbed in the English language by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions, and was licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and is now licensed by Funimation. In Britain, it was licensed by Beez Entertainment and is currently licensed by Anime Limited. Madman Entertainment has licensed it for releases in Australia and New Zealand. In 2001, *Cowboy Bebop* became the first anime title to be broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States.

*Cowboy Bebop* became a critical and commercial success both in Japanese and international markets (most notably in the United States), garnered several major anime and science fiction awards upon its release, and received unanimous praise for its style, characters, story, voice acting, animation, and soundtrack. In the years since its release, critics have hailed *Cowboy Bebop* as a masterpiece and frequently cite it as one of the greatest anime titles of all time. Credited with helping to introduce anime to a new wave of Western viewers in the early 2000s, *Cowboy Bebop* has also been labelled a gateway series for the medium as a whole.

## Synopsis

nter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

## MAL Info

Score:8.79

Ranked:#25

Popularity:#38

Studios:Sunrise

Source:Original

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Bandai Visual
School-Live!

***School-Live!*** (Japanese: がっこうぐらし!, Hepburn: *Gakkō Gurashi!*, lit. "Living at School!") is a Japanese manga series written by Nitroplus' Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series began serialization on May 24, 2012 in the Houbunsha's *Manga Time Kirara Forward* magazine and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by Lerche aired between July and September 2015. A live-action film adaptation was released on January 25, 2019.

## Synopsis

Yuki Takeya loves her school so much that she does not want to ever leave! Megurigaoka High School is a unique and lively place where Yuki enjoys her carefree life as a third-year high school student and member of the School Living Club. The club, consisting of the president Yuuri Wakasa, the athletic Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the mature junior Miki Naoki, the supervising teacher Megumi Sakura, and the club dog Taroumaru, prides itself on making the most of life at school. However, this illusion of endless bliss is just a bubble waiting to be burst because Yuki is unable to perceive what is truly happening around her. In reality, all is not as it seems—the real purpose of the School Living Club is to escape from the shocking and disturbing truth: the girls are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and have barricaded themselves inside the school as the sole survivors.

Based on the manga by Kaihou Norimitsu, *Gakkougurashi!* follows a group of girls who are forced to adapt to a post-apocalyptic life all by themselves. They have no means of contact with the outside world and are surrounded by hostile undead waiting to devour them. The girls must not only contend with the challenge of survival; they must also strive to maintain a false appearance of normality in Yuki's presence.

## Mal Info

Score:7.64

Ranked:#1174

Popularity:#374

Studios:Lerche

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min, per ep

Rating:R- 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Sotsu, Nitroplus, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Full Metal Panic!

Season 3: 13

Season 4: 12

***Full Metal Panic!*** (Japanese: フルメタル·パニック!, Hepburn: *Furumetaru Panikku!*, often abbreviated to ***FMP!***) is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji.

Individual chapters are published on *Monthly Dragon Magazine*, followed by a paperback compilation released by Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. The novels are split between stories focusing on Sousuke's mission as a soldier of Mithril and comedic side stories centered on his life at Jindai High School.

The series has been adapted into different media; including four anime television series: *Full Metal Panic!* by Gonzo in 2002, *Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu* and *Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid* by Kyoto Animation in 2003 and 2005 respectively. An OVA was also released in 2006; and the newest television series, *Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory* by Xebec, premiered in April 2018. The series also had several different manga series.

Tokyopop licensed the novels for English-language publication in North America and released parts of the series, while ADV Films licensed and dubbed the first season and the spin-off. The second season was licensed by Kadokawa Pictures USA with ADV Films producing the dub yet again. Mandalay Pictures acquired the film rights to the series in 2009. At Anime USA 2009, Funimation announced that it had acquired the rights to the first and second series of *Full Metal Panic!* and both were re-released and remastered on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010. The series began airing in North America on November 22, 2010, on the Funimation Channel. The *Fumoffu* series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel on November 15, 2010.

A spin-off to the light-novel series called *Full Metal Panic! Another* was serialized between 2011 and 2016. *Another* received a manga adaptation split in two series, the second of which is still being published.

## Synopsis

Sousuke Sagara, a seventeen year old military specialist working for the secret organization MITHRIL, has been assigned to protect the latest "Whispered" candidate Kaname Chidori. To complete this task Sousuke will have to deal with enemies from his past as well as the occasional panty thief. Unfortunately for Sousuke, the toughest part of his mission isn't only protecting Miss Chidori but also getting used to living an average High School students life, no easy task for someone raised on the battlefield.

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Kiznavier

***Kiznaiver*** (キズナイーバー, *Kizunaībā*) is a 2016 Japanese anime television series produced by Trigger, Aniplex, and Crunchyroll and written by Mari Okada. The series features character designs by Shirow Miwa. It also features the directorial debut of Hiroshi Kobayashi, assistant director of the anime *Rage of Bahamut* and episode director for *Kill la Kill*. *Kiznaiver* follows seven high school students who are chosen to be a part of an experimental program promoting world peace which creates bonds between people by forcing them to share each other's pain. It is thematically similar to Trigger's previous works, which deal with problems attributed to character interaction. The series' title and premise are based upon the Japanese words for "wound/scar" (傷, *kizu*), and "bond/connection" (絆, *kizuna*).

## Synopsis

Katsuhira Agata is a quiet and reserved teenage boy whose sense of pain has all but vanished. His friend, Chidori Takashiro, can only faintly remember the days before Katsuhira had undergone this profound change. Now, his muffled and complacent demeanor make Katsuhira a constant target for bullies, who exploit him for egregious sums of money. But their fists only just manage to make him blink, as even emotions are far from his grasp.

However, one day Katsuhira, Chidori, and four other teenagers are abducted and forced to join the Kizuna System as official "Kiznaivers." Those taking part are connected through pain: if one member is injured, the others will feel an equal amount of agony. These individuals must become the lab rats and scapegoats of an incomplete system designed with world peace in mind. With their fates literally intertwined, the Kiznaivers must expose their true selves to each other, or risk failing much more than just the Kizuna System.

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Score:7.46

Ranked:#1687

Popularity:#205

Studios:Trigger

Source:Original

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13-Teens 13 or older

Producers:Aniplex, Movic, Ultra Super Pictures, Sammy, Asahi Broadcasting, BS11
SAIYUKI RELOAD BLAST

***Saiyuki*** (最遊記, *Saiyūki*) is a manga series by Kazuya Minekura which was serialized in *G-Fantasy* from 1997 to 2002. It spawned multiple manga sequels, anime adaptations, video games and other media. The story is loosely based on the 16th century Chinese novel *Journey to the West*.

## Synopsis

Humans and yokai, science and magic... all exist side-by-side on a peaceful continent free of all order and regulation, widely known as "Shangri-La." The balance there was shattered when the Minus Wave caused all the yokai on the continent to rampage, an event known as the "Calamity." Continuing their journey west to stop Gyumaoh's resurrection experiments, the root of all the evil on the continent, the Three Aspects are finally drawing closer to India. But the closer they get, the more pronounced the influence of the Calamity becomes, and the more intense their battles become.

## MAL Info:

Score:7.23

Ranked:#2642

Popularity:#2776

Studios: Platinum Vision

Source:Manga

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Studio Pierrot, Dentsu, Frontier Works, Lantis, Media Factory, AT-X, Ichijinsha