Tag: Kyoto
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Lucky☆Star
Lucky☆Star follows the daily lives of four cute high school girls—Konata Izumi, the lazy otaku; the Hiiragi twins, Tsukasa and Kagami; and the smart and well-mannered Miyuki Takara. As they go about their lives at school and beyond, they develop their eccentric and lively friendship and making humorous observations about the world around them. Be…
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Yubisaki to Renren
For university student Yuki Itose, born with congenital hearing loss, silence has been the norm. Her world is small and isolated; she commutes to campus, interacts with her best friend Rin Fujishiro, and communicates through writing and text messages—a lifestyle that offers little to no change. One day, during her commute, Yuki has an awkward…
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Violet Evergarden
The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as a weapon, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work…
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Fruits Basket
Tooru Honda has always been fascinated by the story of the Chinese zodiac that her beloved mother told her as a child. A sudden family tragedy leaves her all alone. She forced to live in a tent, but little does she know that her temporary home resides on the private property of the esteemed Souma…
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Masaki no Pan
Having lost his confidence as a breadsmith, Hoshino Masaki works for a bakery and boarding house in Otaru, Hokkaido. A story full of heart unfolds. As Masaki sees the smiles on the people eating his bread, he grows to maturity one step at a time as a baker and a person. Masaki no Pan picks…
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Chihayafuru
The young Chihaya Ayase once rescued her classmate Arata Wataya from his then-bully, Taichi Mashima, which became an inciting incident for her to pick up Arata’s sport, playing competitive Hyakunin Isshu Karuta, a Japanese card finding game based on the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry collection. The three separated in middle school, but in high school,…
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fifteen years after a global cataclysm called the Second Impact, teenager Shinji Ikari is summoned to Tokyo-3 by his father Gendo Ikari, the director of the special paramilitary force NERV. Humanity is facing an existential threat called the Angels, a race of colossal, powerful beings with impenetrable shields called AT Fields. NERV’s gigantic humanoid Evangelion…
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K-On!
K-ON!’s plot revolves around the Sakuragaoka High School Light Music Club, which was on the brink of being disbanded until Yui joined as its fourth member alongside Ritsu, Mio, and Tsumugi. Later, they form the band Ho-kago Tea Time with their fifth member, Azusa. Though they do often spend time writing and performing music, the…
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Monogatari Series
The Monogatari series is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin (stylized NISIOISIN) and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often…
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How many Dumbbells can you Lift?
Hibiki Sakura is a second-year high school girl who has a voracious appetite; this habit leads to her gaining weight. Once this is brought to her attention, she reluctantly thinks about joining the Silverman Gym. At the gym, Hibiki finds out that Akemi Soryuin, a schoolmate of hers, is also thinking about joining. Upon meeting…