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Happy Sugar Life (2018)
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Original name: ハッピーシュガーライフ
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Satou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new life, and would do anything for love, even if it means threatening, confining, or killing someone.
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