Tag: Tokyo
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Gegege no Kitaro
GeGeGe no Kitaro focuses on the young Kitaro—the last survivor of the Ghost Tribe—and his adventures with other ghouls and strange creatures of Japanese mythology. Along with: the remains of his father, Medama-Oyaji, Nezumi-Otoko, Neko-Musume, and a host of other folkloric creatures, Kitarō strives to unite the worlds of humans and Yōkai. As a classic…
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Durarara!!
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. Mikado Ryuugamine has always longed for the excitement of…
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SSSS.GRIDMAN
Yuuta Hibiki is an amnesiac first-year high school student living in the fictional Tsutsuji-dai, based on Suginami Ward. He encounters the voice of the robot Hyper Agent Gridman in an old computer, who tells that the boy has a mission he must fulfill. Yūta sets out to find the meaning to those words and his…
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Sailor Moon
Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head. The cat, Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident. Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon,…
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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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BokuYaba (The Dangers in My Heart)
Kyotaro Ichikawa is an outsider second-year middle school student in a chunibyou phase who often reads a murder encyclopedia and anatomy textbooks. He fantasizes the beautiful class idol, Anna Yamada, as being his prime target. Often seeking solace in the library, Ichikawa frequently runs into Yamada. It is during these encounters that Ichikawa realizes his…
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War
In the senior high school division of the prestigious Shuchiin Academy, student council president Miyuki Shirogane and vice president Kaguya Shinomiya appear to be a perfect match. Kaguya is the daughter of a wealthy conglomerate family, and Miyuki is the top student at the school and well known across the prefecture. Although they like each…
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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…
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Ocean Waves
Kochi highschooler Taku Morisaki is going about his work when his friend Yutaka Matsuno calls and asks him to get to their school as soon as possible. Taku arrives, and Matsuno introduces him to the beautiful Tokyo transfer student Rikako Muto. After a chance encounter during their Hawaiian class trip, Taku suddenly finds himself more…