My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected

My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected (Japanese: やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。, Hepburn: Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatteiru), often called Oregairu (俺ガイル) or Hamachi (はまち), and also known as My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, is a Japanese book series written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by Ponkan 8. The story follows Hachiman Hikigaya, a teen who believes the worst will happen, doesn’t like to talk about feelings, and sees things in a practical way. He is forced by his teacher to join the school’s service club and work with two girls who also have personal challenges.

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Violet Evergarden

Violet Evergarden (Japanese: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Hepburn: Vaioretto Evāgāden) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. Kyoto Animation published the series under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint from December 2015 to March 2020. The story follows Violet Evergarden, a former child soldier who becomes an Auto Memory Doll, a person who writes letters to help people connect with one another.

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Subaru Natsuki

Subaru Natsuki (Japanese: ナツキ・スバル, Hepburn: Natsuki Subaru) is a character from Re:Zero, a series of light novels written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shin’ichirō Ōtsuka. Subaru is a young man who lives mostly at home and avoids social interactions. One day, while walking home from a convenience store, he is suddenly sent to a different world.

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Asuna (Sword Art Online)

Asuna Yuuki is a character from the Sword Art Online series of light novels written by Reki Kawahara. She is often called simply Asuna, which is the name she uses in the video game that the novels are based on. In the story, Asuna is the love interest of Kirito.

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Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- , Hepburn: Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-) is a Japanese manga series written and drawn by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, during the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan. It follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu period, known as Hitokiri Battosai.

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Revolutionary Girl Utena

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a Japanese anime television series created by Be-Papas, a production group formed by director Kunihiko Ikuhara and members Chiho Saito, Shinya Hasegawa, Yōji Enokido, and Yūichirō Oguro. The series was produced by J.C.Staff and originally aired on TV Tokyo from April to December 1997. Revolutionary Girl Utena follows Utena Tenjou, a teenage girl who becomes involved in a sword fighting competition to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious girl known as the “Rose Bride,” who has the “power to revolutionize the world.” Kunihiko Ikuhara previously worked as a director on the anime adaptation of Sailor Moon at Toei Animation in the 1990s.

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Glass Mask

Glass Mask (Japanese: ガラスの仮面, Hepburn: Garasu no Kamen) is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by Suzue Miuchi. The story was first published in the magazine Hana to Yume starting in January 1976. It has been collected into 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012.

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Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら) is a Japanese manga series written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi. It was published in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from August 1978 to January 1987. The series has 366 chapters, which were collected into 34 book volumes.

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Maison Ikkoku

Maison Ikkoku (Japanese: めぞん一刻, Hepburn: Mezon Ikkoku; “Ikkoku House”) is a Japanese manga series written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi. It was published in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits magazine, a publication for older teens, from November 1980 to April 1987. The chapters were later collected into 15 book volumes.

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Ranma ½

Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ , Hepburn: Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi; pronounced Ranma One-Half in English) is a Japanese manga series written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi. It was published in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1987 to March 1996. The chapters were collected into 38 book volumes by Shogakukan.

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