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In Mob Psycho 100, Shigeo Kageyama, an eighth-grade boy known as Mob, has grappled with overwhelming psychic abilities since he was a child. To avoid the hazards these powers pose, he keeps them tightly suppressed, utilizing them solely to impress Tsubomi, a girl he admires, only for her to eventually lose interest. In search of meaning, Mob begins working for Arataka Reigen, a fraudulent psychic who capitalizes on Mob's talents for profit, turning routine exorcisms into a daily occurrence. However, the psychic energy Mob holds back threatens to explode destructively if his intense emotions or concealed power are unleashed, potentially transforming him forever. This looming danger of an eruption persists, making it appear nearly impossible to prevent.

In Mob Psycho 100 II, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama continues to mature, developing a sharper understanding of how his psychic powers impact those nearby. Partnering with his mentor Reigen Arataka, he tackles various supernatural occurrences, ranging from exorcisms to debunking local myths. However, Mob no longer follows Reigen without question; the struggles of possessing immense psychic strength have left a lasting mark. As they encounter increasingly perilous and unsettling threats, the atmosphere grows darker and more serious, reflecting the gravity of these new challenges.

In the realm of Ente Isla, the Demon Lord Satan commands a fearsome demon army, spreading terror and conquering lands until his campaign is shattered by the hero Emilia. Forced to flee through a dimensional rift, Satan arrives in modern-day Tokyo accompanied by his loyal general Alsiel. Though he intends to reconquer his homeland, he quickly discovers that his magical powers are nullified in this magic-less world. Assuming the human alias Sadao Maou, the former demon lord secures employment at MgRonald's fast-food restaurant to survive. As he navigates the corporate hierarchy and grapples with mundane struggles like part-time work, household chores, and financial instability, Satan realizes that ruling over Earth requires mastering these daily challenges just as much as reclaiming Ente Isla. "The Devil is a Part-Timer!" presents a comedic exploration of the difficulties of everyday life in the human world through these experiences.

In High School DxD, Issei Hyoudou leads the ordinary life of a perverted high school student, constantly dreaming of a harem and sneaking peeks at girls. His reality shatters when a beautiful girl asks him out, only to reveal herself as a fallen angel and slay him. Rias Gremory, a gorgeous senior and powerful devil, grants Issei a second chance by resurrecting him as her servant and recruiting him into the school's Occult Research Club. As Issei adapts to his new existence, he endures grueling training and battles to survive the treacherous realm of angels and devils. Alongside his new companions, every adventure blends humor with risqué moments, all while he conceals his dual life from his family and classmates in High School DxD.

Following a recent breakup, popular high schooler Momo Ayase demonstrates kindness by shielding her timid classmate Ken Takakura from bullies. Takakura mistakenly interprets this act as the beginning of a friendship based on a shared obsession with aliens and UFOs, whereas Momo is a staunch believer in the occult who firmly rejects the existence of extraterrestrials. This fundamental misunderstanding ignites a rivalry, with both determined to prove the other wrong. Despite their opposing worldviews, Momo and Takakura develop an unexpectedly profound bond through supernatural battles and bizarre encounters with urban legends and paranormal entities. As they each acquire extraordinary abilities, they begin to cover for one another's weaknesses, forcing them to question if their connection transcends a mere partnership of convenience.

In High School DxD New, Issei Hyoudou, the high school pervert dreaming of becoming the Harem King, is drawn into even more intense adventures. While the Occult Research Club carries on with its usual duties, Issei notices that their Knight, Yuuto Kiba, has become unusually distracted and less alert. Upon investigating, Issei discovers Kiba's dark and violent past connected to the mysterious Holy Swords. Having endured a brutal experiment, Kiba is now driven to exact revenge on those responsible. The return of a familiar enemy, coupled with the arrival of two new Holy Sword users, pulls Issei and his fellow Devils into yet another sinister scheme.

Following a worldwide disaster, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama returns to his daily routine, which involves navigating a difficult career survey at school. Simultaneously, he continues to assist his mentor Arataka Reigen and the newly arrived Katsuya Serizawa in resolving various paranormal issues for their clients. Through these endeavors, Mob strives to gain independence with both his psychic powers and his personal life while forging deeper connections with those around him. However, fresh challenges, spanning both the supernatural and the mundane, test Mob's emotional resilience, forcing him to confront the darker aspects of his reality. As he progresses on his path to maturity, Mob must navigate his internal conflicts and begin to shed the innocence he has clung to for so long.

Ryuu Yamada enters his second year at Suzaku High with hopes of leaving his delinquent past behind, yet he quickly reverts to skipping classes, fighting, and failing grades. Following another summons to the principal's office, he accidentally collides with Urara Shiraishi, an honor student, and a clumsy kiss results in their bodies temporarily swapping. As Ryuu and Urara navigate the complications and possibilities of this mysterious power, they are approached by Toranosuke Miyamura. As the sole member of the Supernatural Studies Club and a student council officer, Miyamura reveals he knows their secret and invites them to join. Together with Miyabi Itou, an eccentric student obsessed with the paranormal, they embark on a quest to uncover the legend of Suzaku High's Seven Witches: seven female students whose unique abilities activate through a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club launches its inaugural mission to locate all seven witches.

As summer break begins at Kuoh Academy, Issei Hyoudou, the Red Dragon Emperor, and the Occult Research Club members restart their operations. Following their clash with Issei's rival Vali and the Chaos Brigade, it becomes evident that Rias Gremory's peerage still lacks sufficient experience. To ready themselves for upcoming dangers, Rias and Azazel guide the group through rigorous training in the Underworld. Throughout this period, the team's bonds deepen, and Issei becomes increasingly entangled in intimate relationships with the club's female members. Simultaneously, their adversaries grow in both strength and quantity. The crisis escalates with the sudden appearance of Loki, the Evil God of Norse mythology, paving the way for dramatic showdowns and intense devil battles in High School DxD BorN!

Following his recovery from a vampire incident and various encounters with girls entangled in supernatural events, Koyomi Araragi faces a new bizarre predicament in Nisemonogatari. One morning, he awakens to find himself bound and kidnapped by his girlfriend, Hitagi Senjougahara. She has imprisoned him to shield him from Deishuu Kaiki, a con artist who previously defrauded Hitagi's family and has now drawn Koyomi's sister, Karen, into a dangerous conflict. Upon receiving a desperate call from Karen, however, Araragi breaks free to attempt her rescue. Concurrently, Koyomi's other sister, Tsukihi, grapples with her own troubles. As two enigmatic women enter their lives, Koyomi struggles to discern their true motives while bracing for startling revelations concerning his family that are poised to emerge.

In the anime Kamisama Kiss, high schooler Nanami Momozono endures a crisis when her father vanishes, leaving her penniless and evicted from her home. In her despair, she intervenes to save a man from a dog attack. Grateful, the man offers her his residence, which is revealed to be a dilapidated shrine. Upon arriving, Nanami meets two shrine spirits and a fox named Tomoe, who mistake her for Mikage, the shrine's land deity. With Mikage nowhere to be found, Tomoe assumes Nanami is a replacement sent to take over and leaves in a huff. Choosing this arrangement over homelessness, Nanami accepts her new role as a deity. To manage the shrine effectively, she needs Tomoe's help. Despite her initial clumsiness, Nanami succeeds in forming a contract with Tomoe following a string of mishaps. As they adjust to their roles as deity and familiar, new dangers arise, including a yokai seeking to devour Nanami and a snake yokai proposing marriage. Amidst these trials, Nanami starts to develop unexpected feelings for Tomoe, complicating their relationship.

As the Monogatari Series: Second Season unfolds, Koyomi Araragi continues to encounter bizarre events, supernatural beings, and divine figures alongside his close-knit group of friends: the hardworking Tsubasa Hanekawa, the doughnut-loving vampire Shinobu Oshino, the energetic troublemaker Suruga Kanbaru, the bite-prone spirit Mayoi Hachikuji, Koyomi's devoted admirer Nadeko Sengoku, and his enigmatic girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara. With a new school term beginning and graduation on the horizon, Koyomi must consider his future, the bonds he wishes to maintain, and which companions he will stand by. Yet, as peculiar incidents erupt, Koyomi suddenly disappears and a ferocious tiger-like entity emerges. With Hanekawa becoming its target, she quickly realizes she must learn to defend herself.

Seiya Kanie, a confident yet arrogant high school student, believes he is meeting the quiet and attractive Isuzu Sento for a date at Amagi Brilliant Park. His expectations are quickly dashed upon arriving to find the facility in disrepair and learning that Sento, alongside the park's owner Princess Latifa Fleuranza, intends for him to become its new manager. The situation is dire due to a land-use agreement: if Amagi fails to draw 500,000 visitors within three months, the park will be shut down and the land seized by a ruthless real estate firm for redevelopment. Seiya agrees to take on the challenge after discovering that Amagi is no ordinary amusement park; many of its employees are Maple Landers, mysterious magical beings living among humans who feed on the joy and fun generated by visitors. With the survival of both the park and a distant magical realm hanging in the balance, Seiya must leverage his abilities to revive Amagi and avert its destruction.

In The World God Only Knows, Keima Katsuragi, hailed as the "God of Conquest" within the sphere of dating sim games, thrives in a virtual landscape where charming any girl is merely another challenge to overcome. In the real world, however, Keima remains a dedicated otaku who prefers the predictable, controlled atmosphere of galge games. His excessive confidence prompts him to accept a mysterious wager designed to prove his mastery of dating simulations, only to discover that this agreement binds him to Elucia "Elsie" de Lute Ima, a mischievous demon dispatched from hell to capture rogue spirits that have slipped into the human realm. Keima soon learns that the sole method for capturing these spirits is to win the unpredictable hearts of real, living women. Compelled by a lethal collar enforced by Elsie, Keima must confront his greatest fear—actual relationships—and apply his formidable skills to woo various girls, subjecting his legendary reputation to its ultimate trial.

Since childhood, Chihiro Furuya has harbored an obsession with zombies, longing for one as a companion. After his cat Baabu is struck by a car, Chihiro attempts to craft a resurrection potion to restore it. While conducting his experiments, he encounters Rea Sanka, a girl from a wealthy family who vents her frustration with her controlling home life by shouting into an abandoned well. The two grow close, and Rea supports Chihiro's efforts, which eventually yield a successful potion brewed from the toxic hydrangeas in her family's garden. Unaware of the potion's true effects, Rea drinks it hoping to end her suffering, believing it will kill her. Instead, the potion's properties combine with a tragic accident, transforming Rea into a zombie. Chihiro assists her in adapting to this new existence. Although his dream of a zombie girlfriend appears to come true, life in Sankarea becomes increasingly strange as Chihiro grapples with Rea's new urges and the unforeseen consequences of her transformation.

While in his second year of high school, Ayumu Aikawa meets his demise while investigating a peculiar house. He awakens beside Eucliwood Hellscythe, an armored girl who reveals herself as a necromancer responsible for reviving him as a zombie. Armed with this new undead existence, Ayumu sets out to discover who was responsible for his death. During a search through a cemetery, he encounters Haruna, a boisterous and energetic girl dressed as a magical girl, battling a bear wielding a chainsaw. After she defeats the creature, Haruna attempts to wipe Ayumu's memory, but instead, he inadvertently drains her magical powers. Stripped of her abilities, Haruna forces Ayumu to assume her role of hunting Megalo, dangerous beings that threaten humans. The narrative unfolds through the chaotic and bizarre daily life of Ayumu, now a zombie, as he adapts to a world where the supernatural is a normal occurrence.

At Ishiyama High, a school dominated by delinquents where violence reigns supreme, there is one unbreakable rule: never provoke Tatsumi Oga, the most formidable first-year student. One day, Oga discovers a man floating in a river and pulls him out. To his shock, the man splits open to reveal Baby Beel, also known as Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, the son of the Demon Lord. Unaware of the truth, Oga becomes the caretaker for the young demon. Accompanying Baby Beel is his demonic maid, Hildegard. As they attempt to raise the infant, they face numerous difficulties, including the school's hostile atmosphere and the presence of supernatural powers. The task proves much harder than they expected.

In Kuroshitsuji II, the story focuses on Alois Trancy, the young master of the Trancy household. While Alois now lives in luxury, his history is marked by tragedy: he was once kidnapped and held prisoner before being rescued and returned home, only to witness the death of his beloved father soon after. His legitimacy as heir and the conditions of his return face suspicion from those who believe the Trancy estate conceals dark secrets. Central to these doubts is Claude Faustus, Alois's mysterious black-clad butler. As deception spreads throughout the mansion, the true nature of the bond between Claude and Alois emerges, and their alliance is tested to its limits when demonic forces endanger their world.

After pulling Rias Gremory from the Dimensional Gap, Issei Hyoudou, the Red Dragon Emperor and self-proclaimed Harem King, returns to his routine high school days with his Occult Research Club comrades: Yuuto Kiba, Asia Argento, Xenovia Quarta, and Irina Shidou. The club heads out on a school trip to Kyoto, only for their visit to a temple to be interrupted by an assault from local youkai. In the aftermath, they discover that the city's legendary nine-tailed fox guardian has been abducted, and the group is wrongly accused of the theft. Now, Issei and his friends must battle to vindicate themselves, salvage their excursion, and shield the city from looming catastrophe. Back in Tokyo, Rias remains with Akeno Himejima and Koneko Toujou, growing increasingly anxious about leaving the lecherous Issei unsupervised with the other female members. Underneath this worry, however, lies a more profound uncertainty: what are the genuine emotions Rias has been grappling with over the last several months?

During the exorcism at Jin "Jiji" Enjouji's home, the situation spirals into danger. Momo Ayase narrowly avoids abduction, while Ken "Okarun" Takakura and Jiji face an assault from the sinister Kitou family, the owners of the haunted property. Their meddling threatens the delicate balance of a legendary, mysterious town. As Momo, Okarun, and Jiji delve into a labyrinth of folklore and supernatural entities, they must leverage their unique powers to survive the dangers and reveal the secrets hidden within this strange settlement.

In Zombie Land Saga, Sakura Minamoto, a former aspiring idol, perishes in a car crash. A decade later, she awakens as a zombie in Saga Prefecture with no recollection of her previous life. While adapting to her undead state, she encounters Koutarou Tatsumi, who has resurrected seven zombie girls from various historical periods. Koutarou aims to revitalize Saga's economy by assembling them into an idol group. Serving as their stern manager, he organizes their schedules as they form the group Franchouchou. The series humorously follows Franchouchou's efforts to energize Saga Prefecture while concealing their true natures and piecing together their forgotten pasts.

In "Inu X Boku Secret Service," Ririchiyo Shirakiin is the sheltered daughter of a powerful family, long perceived as fragile and reliant on others. Eager to break free from this pampered life, she aims to achieve self-sufficiency, even though she struggles with social cues and possesses a sharp tongue. Acting on a suggestion from an old friend, Ririchiyo relocates to Maison de Ayakashi, a heavily secured apartment complex renowned for its eccentric inhabitants. Upon arrival, she learns that her new neighbors are all half-human, half-yokai hybrids, just like her. Adding to the complexity, she is assigned a Secret Service agent named Soushi Miketsukami. While Soushi is quiet and handsome, he is also fiercely protective and unsettlingly devoted. As Ririchiyo navigates her high school days alongside Soushi and her supernatural neighbors, she undertakes a challenging journey toward true independence.

In The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2, the former Demon Lord Satan, now known as Sadao Maou, remains in Tokyo following his defeat by the hero Emilia Justinia. He diligently works at a fast-food establishment to support his former lieutenants Alciel and Lucifer, all while striving to avoid clashes with Emilia in her human guise as Emi Yusa and the angels observing her. This tenuous peace is broken when a fierce dispute between Sadao and Emi tears open a dimensional rift, yielding a mysterious apple that houses a young girl named Alas Ramus, who insists they are her parents. Matters intensify with the arrival of Archangel Gabriel, who declares his intent to seize both Alas Ramus and Emi's sacred sword, threatening global annihilation if they resist. To safeguard those they cherish, the erstwhile adversaries must set aside their differences and unite.

In Owarimonogatari, a baffling transfer student named Ougi Oshino joins Naoetsu Private High School and becomes friends with Koyomi Araragi through their mutual acquaintance Kanbaru Suruga, who asks for guidance regarding a strange find. While exploring the school grounds, Ougi notices a classroom that has suddenly appeared in an area that was previously empty, an anomaly hinting at supernatural activity. Araragi and Ougi decide to probe this mystery. Trapped together within this enigmatic room, Araragi discovers that it holds memories of an incident he had previously wiped from his mind.