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Toradora! (2008)
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Toradora! (2008)
Original name: とらドラ!
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, making her onto his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuji and happens to be Minori’s best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!
Style: anime, shoujo, realistic, semi serious, tsundere, sincere, manga, adult anime, seinen, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, high school, school, teenage love, love and romance, high school life, friends, teenage life, slice of life, looking for love, youth, unrequited love, love, schoolgirl, injustice, wooing, grownups, mature, coming of age, young adult, delinquent, best friend, couples, unlikely partners, high school friend ...
Place: japan, asia
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My Little Monster (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Mizutani Shizuku finds peace in her studies.  Working hard to stay at the top of the class, alone but focused.  When she is tasked with delivering class materials to Yoshida Haru, her world starts to rapidly expand.  With some new friends and ...
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Place: japan
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The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012)
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Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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Horimiya (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. ...
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Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Yuta has a problem. As one of the thousands of Japanese students afflicted with "chunibyo," a state where they're so desperate to stand out that they've literally convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden ...
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013)
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Duration: 24 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Boarding School Juliet (2018)
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Country: Japan
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Duration: 25 min.
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Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the ...
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