Naniwa-zu ni
Sakuya kono hana
Fuyu-gomori
Ima wo haru-be to
Sakuya kono hana

The coming of Spring will always remind me of Chihayafuru. What titles have bloomed and worthy of picking up this season? Read on to find out. Read the rest of this entry →

Title: Sakamichi no Apollon
Genre: Slice of Life
Rating: 8.5/10

Summary: The coming-of-age story of “love, friendship, and music” follows a naive boy and a scruffy boy in a provincial town in Nagasaki Prefecture in the late 1960s. In the early summer of 1966, Kaoru transfers to the local high school from Yokosuka. Thanks to his family’s nearly constant cycle of moving from town to town, Kaoru has only known school as a difficult place for readjusting every time. However, on his first day at this new school, he meets a boy and begins a new direction in life.

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Title: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II
Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Rating: 8.0/10

Summary: Season two of Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

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Title: Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心)
Genre: Historical, Action, Romance, Drama
Rating: 9.2/10

Summary:
Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past … Based on popular manga series “Rurouni Kenshin” written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro – published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999.

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Title: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT
Genre: Harem, Slice-of-life, high school, Romance
Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Summary:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT picked up from where the original series left off. The season continues with the slice-of-life story of Kodaka Hasegawa and his group of ‘friendless’ acquaintances in the neighbor club as they get themselves into funny situations in their bid to make friends. As Kodaka and his friends seek friendship, romantic relationships blossom between Kodaka and his female friends.

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