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And Yet the Town Moves (2010)
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Original name: それでも町は廻っている
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.
Style:
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Plot:
maid, slice of life, female protagonist, satire, lifestyle, city life, everyday life, small town, ghost, love triangle, alien, supernatural, coming of age, cafe, restaurant, high school, ghosts, aliens
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