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Zero no Tsukaima

Also known as The Familiar of Zero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The continent of Halkeginia is tumultuous--a place where the various kingdoms, princedoms, dukedoms, and fiefdoms strive against each other to expand their domains. They nobility scheme and plot among themselves to gain influence to their lieges or to even foreign lieges. In the middle of Halkeginia is the small but important kingdom of Tristein. The most notable fact about this kingdom is the Tristein Academy of Magic where nobility from all over the world come to study magic so they can become magi. Although friendships will form across national boundaries at this school, will they survive the politics and games of the world at large once they leave?

Louise is a student at Tristein Magical Academy. She is known to be quite a screw up when it comes to her magic. One day, a ceremony takes place where each student is to call forth a being or entity that will become his or her familiar. For Louise, her familiar comes in the form of a boy named Hiraga Saito. Somehow, he managed to get transported from his world into hers, and shortly after became her familiar.

Tags: Tsundere , Isekai , War , School , Magic , Male Protagonist , Elf , Female Harem

Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Kanda Sorata is a second year high school art student who was recently kicked out of the school's dorm because he was found keeping a cat in his room. Sorata begins to live in the apartment house "Sakurasou", infamous for its eccentric residents. Here, Sorata is asked to take care of one of his classmates, Shiina Mashiro. Although she is a brilliant, world-class painter, she is extremely clumsy and lacking in common sense. And thus begins the story of the master and his pet.

Tags: Coming of Age , Drawing , Kuudere , Female Harem , Boarding School

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

Also known as My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Hikigaya Hachiman is a high school boy with twisted character. He prefers to go against the trend and refuses to make friends with anybody. In order to get Hachiman back the right track, his school teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka forces him to enter 'Public Service Club'. There he meets other problematic students.

Includes volumes 6.5, 7.5, 10.5, and 14.5.

Tags: School Club , School , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Satire , Rehabilitation , Love Triangle , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Harem , Meta

Shakugan no Shana

Also known as Shakugan no Shana.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Invaders from the Crimson Realm have descended upon Earth looking for something called the Power of Existence. Whoever possesses this power will control the very fabric of existence. To the rescue comes an otherworldly young girl with fire in her eyes. She may be cute and petite, but she's endowed with enough preternatural strength to save the entire universe. Plus, she's got a really big sword!



Tags: School , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Shounen , Demons , Female Harem , Kuudere , Magic , Maids , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , Tsundere

Golden Time

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Tada Banri, a newly admitted student at a private law school in Tokyo, found himself completely lost after the opening ceremony, trying to find his way to the freshman orientation. At that moment, he ran into another lost freshman from the same school, Yanagisawa Mitsuo, and they hit it off at once. Somehow arriving at their intended goal just on time, there appeared in front of the two a beautiful girl holding a bouquet of roses. The girl then whacked Mitsuo across the face with the bouquet and handed the flowers over to him. “Freshman, congratulations”, was all she said, and then she left. The stylish, well dressed, perfect woman that had swung at Mitsuo was his childhood friend, Kaga Kouko. As children they had promised to marry each other one day, fulfilling their dreams. In order to escape from her, Mitsuo had gone out secretly and taken the examination for this well known private college, but now she showed up in the freshman orientation hall. She too had taken the law school entrance examination, catching up with him there.

Tags: Seinen

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.

Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?



Tags: Love Triangle , Female Harem , School , School Club , Seinen , Chuunibyou , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Yuuta Togashi suffered from chuunibyou while he was in middle school. When he graduated, he put that dark history behind him and forgot about it... or he was supposed to. High school was smooth sailing and full of enjoyment - until the unavoidable, sad event occurs. The event that locks Yuuta into a contract with Rikka Takanashi and disrupts his desperately ordinary life.

Note: Chapter count includes three extras.

Tags: Chuunibyou , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist

GOSICK

Also known as Gosick.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

The year is 1924, the place, Sauville, a small European country neatly tucked beside the Alps...

Kazuya Kujo has been studying abroad at the prestigious Saint Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. Most Kazuya ignores -- but the story of the "Queen Berry", a mysterious ghost ship, really gets to him. Of course, his brainy friend Victorique is much more intrigued by true stories, and she uses her unrivaled logic to solve mysteries even the town's famous detective can't. Ironically, it's Victorique's inquisitive nature that leads the duo to board a ship that matches the "Queen Berry"'s description to a tee, a ship that might just hold the key to solving a sinister mystery...

Kazuki Sakuraba's modern twist on Holmes and Watson-- pairing Victorique, a brittle young girl with doll-like looks with her eager-to-please sidekick Kazuya-- make this international bestseller a must-read murder mystery.



Tags: Historical , Tragedy , Cult , School , Heterosexual , Shounen

Tonari no Seki ni Natta Bishoujo ga Horesaseyou to Karakatte Kuru ga Itsunomanika Kaeriuchi ni Shite Ita

Also known as Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

By some unsavory stroke of luck, Yuuki Narito found himself sitting next to none other than the mischievous Yui Takatsuki. This girl had built herself a reputation of stringing guys along only to reject them when they finally dared to confess their feelings for her. This, in turn, earned her a certain nickname: “The Seatmate Killer.”

It was only a matter of time before Yuuki fell victim to the overly friendly Yui, but little did she know that he was as clueless as they come! The tables have suddenly been turned, and the hunter will soon become the prey.

“Damn it! You think that poker face of yours is gonna get to me?! I’ll make you regret this, you’ll see!”

This rom-com is off to a bumpy start as a now-determined Yui takes it upon herself to get her revenge!



Tags: School , Heterosexual

Dousei kara Hajimaru Otaku Kanojo no Tsukurikata

Also known as Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend: Roomies and Romance.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

If I’m going to find a girlfriend, she has to be an otaku. She’ll be beautiful, innocent, with long black hair, and she’ll like all the stuff that I like! Kokoro Nishina, the girl I’m living with, is the exact opposite of that. So why did I promise that I’d turn that flashy, extroverted gyaru into the ideal otaku girlfriend?! Sadly, I know just how it feels to need a little self-improvement to find the perfect date... and there’s no way a girl like that will tell her friends that she’s actually a closet fujoshi. But I’ll teach her—then maybe she can teach me too! With my expertise, she’ll definitely become an otaku’s dream girl!



Tags: Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Cosplay