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In "Sankarea: Undying Love," Chihiro Furuya has an unusual fascination with the dead, especially female zombies. After his beloved cat Baabu dies accidentally, his obsession grows, and he begins experimenting with a potion meant to bring the dead back to life. Despite repeated failures, Chihiro nearly gives up on his goal to resurrect Baabu. Just before he abandons the effort, Chihiro meets Rea Sanka, a beautiful but deeply troubled girl, who inspires him to keep trying. By adding toxic hydrangea petals to his potion, Chihiro finally creates the elixir he has been seeking. Unbeknownst to him, Rea drinks the concoction, believing its poison will end her life. After a fatal accident, Rea dies, but the elixir works, bringing her back as a zombie. Freed from her oppressive past, Rea chooses to live with Chihiro, who now must use his knowledge of the undead to care for the teenage zombie girl.

Negi Springfield, a ten-year-old wizard who recently graduated from Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, has two primary objectives: locating his missing father, the legendary Thousand Master, and earning the title of Magister Magi, a wizard whose purpose is to aid the non-magical world. As his final assignment, he is sent to teach English at a Japanese middle school. Upon his arrival, Negi is surprised to discover that he is responsible for a homeroom class of thirty-one girls. One of his students, Asuna Kagurazaka, accidentally discovers his magical identity. With this secret now exposed, Negi must prevent it from spreading further while dealing with various magical threats emerging both inside and outside Mahora Academy, all while continuing his search for his father.

After finishing high school, Hideki Motosuwa moves to Tokyo to attend a cram school, hoping to get into his dream university. Working late nights at a bar leaves him disconnected from new technology, especially humanoid computers called Persocoms. Wanting one for himself, Hideki finds a discarded persocom in a pile of trash. When he turns it on, he discovers this persocom, who can only say "Chii," is unusual. He names her Chii and learns she can think and learn on her own, making her a rare Chobit. Hideki begins helping Chii adjust to human life while trying to solve the mystery of the Chobit series.

In the quiet town of Hiroshima, Haruto Kirishima enjoys a peaceful life until Yuzuki Eba, a mysterious girl from the city, suddenly moves in with him. Yuzuki, with her lively and unpredictable spirit, has left behind her bustling life in Tokyo to return to the tranquil countryside she remembers fondly from her youth, thrusting herself into Haruto’s world uninvited. Initially burdened by this unexpected living situation, Haruto finds himself navigating high school life with this clumsy, freeloading companion. However, as their relationship evolves, Haruto struggles between his growing feelings for Yuzuki and his secret crush on his classmate, Nanami Kanzaki. Despite the simplicity of rural living, Haruto faces complexities akin to those found in the dense cityscape. Through the lens of time’s unpredictable nature, "Kimi no Iru Machi" illustrates how a single day can unexpectedly unite strangers or just as quickly pull them apart. Included one-shot: Volume 6 - Yuna

Several months after the events of the first season, Youkai Academy has been rebuilt and a new semester begins. Tsukune and his companions return, having grown stronger. The true nature of Anti-Thesis is revealed, along with new enemies and a threat far more dangerous than anything they have faced before. Tsukune struggles with the monster awakening inside him. With guidance from Moka, Mizore, Kurumu, Ruby, and Yukari, he trains to control his vampire heritage and gain the power needed to protect those close to him. The second season explores more of the girls' backgrounds and their family connections. New trials await, along with new allies who will join their side. Together, they seek to uncover the secrets behind Moka's rosary and her bloodline.

A legend says that any couple who enters the University of Tokyo together will find eternal happiness. For Keitarou Urashima, getting in has been a struggle; after failing the entrance exam twice, he decides to stay at his grandmother's inn in Tokyo to prepare for a third attempt. When he arrives, he discovers his grandmother is not there and the inn has been turned into Hinata House, a women-only dormitory. His first visit is filled with misunderstandings, making the residents suspicious of him. His aunt Haruka Urashima, who runs the dorm, accidentally lets it slip that he is supposedly a Tokyo University student, which changes the girls' perception and allows him to stay. Carrying the weight of this lie, Keitarou begins to get to know his new neighbors: the cute but aggressive Naru Narusegawa, the clever and resourceful Mitsune Konno, the gentle Shinobu Maehara, the disciplined Motoko Aoyama, and the playful Kaolla Su. Keitarou's difficult journey toward getting into Tokyo U becomes his goal, driven by a childhood promise to the one girl who was ever kind to him, and the hope of meeting her again.

Soun Tendou runs the Tendou Martial Arts School with his three daughters, Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi. Their peaceful lives are disrupted when Soun reveals he has arranged for one of them to marry the son of another martial arts master to carry on the family legacy. The Tendou family is caught off guard when Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma, arrive at their doorstep. During his training in China with Genma, Ranma was involved in an accident that causes him to transform into a girl whenever he comes into contact with cold water, while Genma turns into a large panda. "Ranma ½" chronicles Ranma's efforts to adapt to this new life and his interactions with his intended fiancée, Akane, the youngest Tendou daughter. As they begin attending the same school, they face a variety of challenges and encounters with friends and competitors who all have differing views on their engagement.

In To Love Ru: Darkness, Rito Yuuki continues to struggle with his feelings for both his crush Haruna Sairenji and the alien princess Lala Satalin Deviluke. Lala's younger sister, Momo, develops a crush on Rito as well and decides to form a harem around him, hoping to secure her own position in his affections. Momo enrolls at Rito’s school and covertly assists his various potential love interests, even recruiting new candidates, including the newly arrived alien assassin known as Konjiki no Yami, or "Yami." Yami delays her next assignment due to Rito. However, Yami’s sister, Kurosaki Mea, intends to compel Yami to resume her duties as an assassin. To Love Ru: Darkness unfolds following the conclusion of To Love Ru, bringing in new female characters, new foes, and increasingly risqué scenarios.

Yamato Akitsuki, a bright and energetic boy, is excited to begin his high school life in Tokyo. Grateful for his aunt’s offer of a free room in her apartment building, he accepts without realizing it is an all-girls dormitory. His first day of school takes an interesting turn when Yamato notices a girl excelling at the high jump. Her skill and beauty captivate him, and he becomes determined to get to know her better. By chance, this girl, Suzuka Asahina, turns out to be his next-door neighbor. However, their interactions so far have caused Suzuka to form a negative impression of him. Despite these misunderstandings, Yamato decides to join the track team to try to make an impression on her. He soon finds himself developing into a promising sprinter in the 100-meter race. Balancing friendship and potential romance, Yamato dedicates himself to training, hoping to win Suzuka’s heart.

In the halls of her high school, Takane Takamine is revered as a goddess. As student council president, she captivates everyone with flawless grades, superb athletic talents, and striking beauty—including Koushi Shirota, a completely average student who has no friends and no real social life. But Koushi eventually uncovers the true secret behind Takamine's dazzling success: her underwear. Whenever she takes it off, she is able to erase any of her past actions. And now that Koushi is aware of this, Takamine has no plans to let him off the hook so easily…

In his pursuit of filmmaking, Junpei Manaka stumbles upon a striking moment in middle school when he catches a glimpse of strawberry-patterned underwear against the backdrop of a sunset. Believing the girl to be his classmate, Aya Toujou, he makes efforts to get closer to her to recreate that memorable skirt flip for artistic reasons. However, when he encounters her the following day, she appears entirely different from the memory he cherishes. Just as Junpei considers starting anew, he comes across the school idol, Tsukasa Nishino, who confidently reveals she is wearing strawberry-patterned panties that day. Convinced that Tsukasa is the girl he seeks, Junpei devises a plan to confess to her, aiming to become her boyfriend and eventually capture footage of her underwear.

Spring has arrived—the season of love—and Jun'ichi finds it harder than he thought to get a girlfriend. To change things, his friends force him to confess to the gyaru Yame Yukana. However, the outcome is not what he expected. A series of firsts begins!

In "Sora no Otoshimono," Tomoki Sakurai is troubled by a recurring dream in which an unknown angel vanishes into the sky, saying, "The sky has captured me." One day, the dream changes, and the angel descends, urgently seeking his help. While napping in class, his childhood friend Sohara Mitsuki wakes Tomoki and notices his tears. Worried, she encourages him to consult Eishirou Sugata, an older student obsessed with "The New Continent," a mysterious aerial phenomenon that has no explanation. As the anomaly is about to pass over their town, Sugata suggests meeting at midnight to explore Tomoki's dream and gather information about The New Continent. Even though his friends do not show up, Tomoki arrives alone and witnesses an angeloid falling from the sky, who attaches herself to him and declares him her master. Sohara then forces Tomoki to join the New Continent Discovery Club, which Sugata is the only other member of. Together, the three investigate the mysteries of The New Continent, the angeloids, and the girl from Tomoki's dreams, uncovering truths that may be more dangerous than anticipated.

In "Trinity Seven: The Seven Magicians," Arata Kasuga lives a normal life with his cousin Hijiri until she disappears because of a mysterious event known as the "Breakdown Phenomenon." Resolved to stop this phenomenon and be with Hijiri again, Arata enters Royal Biblia Academy. With help from seven girls who are each skilled in a distinct type of magic, Arata starts a journey where anything appears possible. This shounen series mixes romance, comedy, and serious magical adventures together.

In a slightly futuristic world, Earth is under attack by interdimensional aliens known as the Nova. The story centers on Kazuya Aoi, a Japanese boy who enrolls at a special academy designed to train genetically enhanced girls called Pandoras to fight these aliens, alongside their male partners, known as Limiters, who can use a unique ability called "freezing" to immobilize enemies. Kazuya meets Satellizer el Bridget, an older girl who is the most powerful Pandora in her class but has yet to choose a Limiter. Despite warnings from his friends, Kazuya decides to become her Limiter.

Yuu Hasunuma has never known a stable home since losing his parents. Most of his relatives have openly refused to take him in, so he has grown accustomed to being passed from one family to another. Eventually, he goes to live with his mother's cousin. While his uncle doesn't treat him as a burden, he sets one non-negotiable rule: Yuu must never enter the storehouse. But when his uncle is hospitalized, Yuu can no longer avoid going inside. What he discovers there both terrifies and astonishes him. A voluptuous woman with horns and hooves looms over him, offering to grant his deepest wish in exchange for what he values most. Having never experienced true familial love, Yuu wishes for a family—but what he receives far surpasses his expectations. His pact with a demon could land him in serious danger!

Lusty teenager Issei Hyoudou's life takes a sudden turn when a gorgeous girl named Yuuma Amano asks him out. However, her true nature as a fallen angel is revealed when she tries to kill him. His life is saved at the last moment by senior Rias Gremory, who reveals her own secret—that she is a devil. To protect Issei, she turns him into a devil under her command. With this new lease on life, Issei becomes involved in the supernatural world. He joins the school's Occult Research Club, where he meets other devils and learns to navigate a complex existence filled with both devils and fallen angels. In his quest for strength, Issei must discover his true priorities and realize that a devil's path is anything but straightforward.

Takuma was an ordinary gamer, but a twist of fate pulls him into another world—in the body of a demon lord! And nobody is more frightened by this than Takuma himself. He possesses great power, but he's completely out of his depth. So he decides to play the part of the monster he resembles, and accidentally acquires two gorgeous slaves: a curvaceous elf and a cat-eared girl. None of them wished for this situation, but they must learn to work together if they want to survive.

Ichitaka Seto is a 16-year-old high school student who has secretly been in love with Iori Yoshizuki, a classmate who gained popularity after being featured in a magazine. Despite his feelings, Ichitaka has not confessed due to a painful rejection in his past. His opportunity for a connection arises when he is paired with Iori for the Freshman Welcoming Ceremony. After some initial difficulties, Ichitaka and Iori build a good relationship. However, the situation changes dramatically when Ichitaka's childhood friend, Itsuki Akiba, unexpectedly arrives and moves in with him. This sudden development complicates the relationships among the three from the very beginning.

Witches suddenly declare war on humanity, unleashing chaos that devastates two-thirds of the planet. These witches summon entities known as "Supporters," which they use to assault human settlements, though their motives stay ambiguous. People born with the ability to fight the witches are banded together as Witch Hunters by the remaining population. Among these hunters, Tasha Godspell is notable, earning the nickname "The Marksman," and is accompanied by a Supporter resembling a "Jack-O-Lantern." Though Tasha fights against the witches, he finds it hard to truly despise them.

In "Half & Half," Shinichi Nagakawa and Yuuki Sanada die in a tragic accident but receive a miraculous second chance from God, who grants them seven additional days to live. However, this reprieve comes with a catch: only one of them will survive past these days. Furthermore, their existences become linked so that they share emotions and physical sensations, and they are forced to stay together for the entire period. The story follows what happens during their last week.

A young man returns a lost wallet and cellphone to an attractive woman, sparking what seems like a destined connection between two strangers. While this scenario may sound ordinary, it grows more intriguing when the woman is revealed to be his upcoming homeroom teacher, and both possess a warped sense of morality. Complicating matters, the young man takes a small amount of money from the wallet before returning it—yet this situation would not be complete without the woman's rigid method of teaching a moral lesson to one of her students.

In Dance in the Vampire Bund, the vampire race has remained concealed from humanity for centuries. Yet Mina Tepes, the ancient covenant's princess and ruler of all vampires, seeks to alter this. Leveraging the immense wealth of the Tepes bloodline, she has eliminated Japan's national debt, securing the establishment of a "special district" on an offshore island as a sanctuary for vampires across the globe. As the crucial press conference to reveal vampires to the world draws near, numerous terrorist groups and rival vampire factions conspire to assassinate Mina Tepes before she can deliver her revolutionary announcement.

Born into a family infamous for its womanizing men, Akemitsu Akagami has been ostracized since childhood, unfairly branded as a skirt-chaser like the rest of his lineage. Hating the Akagami name, he swears to erase its shame by living a celibate life. However, fate has other plans when Akemitsu experiences love at first sight on his way home from work one day. Overwhelmed by his spiraling emotions, he takes drastic action—becoming a monk to suppress his worldly desires. Seeking to leave his past behind, Akemitsu heads to the nearest temple for Buddhist training. But fate tempts him once more: the girl he fell madly for greets him at the door, living in the very temple where he hopes to train.