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Kanjou Knockout

Also known as Emotional Knockout.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Kaya grows tired of holding her own feelings back, living life constantly accommodating others. One day, by chance, she becomes friends with her classmate, Ichikawa—a girl who is as straightforward with her feelings as it gets. Things get shaken up when she has Kaya tag along for a round of boxing...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Boxing , School , Shounen

Netsuen

Also known as Stage Fever.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

It’s the last summer of high school for drama club best friends Yuki and Natsu. While everything’s going well for Natsu, Yuki instead finds herself caught in mental turmoil... See the portrayal of one youthful summer in this fiery theater tale!



Tags: Shounen , Female Protagonist , Acting , Yuri , School , Primarily Teen Cast

Choujikokouteijin

Also known as Super Self-Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Arisa Kumagai, age 27. Works earnestly at her new job as an interior design salesperson. Lives in an apartment overflowing with self-improvement books. Meets unpleasant rumors from her coworkers and superiors with a smile. Arisa tries, and she tries, and she tries. But what comes after that…?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shounen , Work

Utsusemi no Katakage

Also known as Half-Shadow of an Empty Shell.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Shiori is a high school girl who's lost her best friend. On a hot summer day like any other, she heads to the station on her way to school, and it's there she finds a girl crying alone. Curious, she decides to speak to her... A miraculous story set on a summer day.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Shounen , Natural Disaster , Time Skip , Trains