Samurai Girls
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked w…
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Series Like Ben To
If you liked Ben To, this Cinento mix gives you more titles with a similar feeling, rhythm, tension, comfort level, and after-watch taste. Start with 16 picks, then load more when you want a wider path.
Series Like Ben To
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus
This romantic comedy is about Takeru Ohyama, a typical perverted teenage boy. His new school doesn't require entrance exams, and it just turned co-ed! Unfortunately, his dreams of …
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Absolute Duo
This is the story of Tooru Kokonoe who has enrolled at Kouryou Academy, a school which trains students in wielding Blaze, soul powered weapons to prepare them for the Dorn Agency's…
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Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends
Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly …
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Sekirei
Struggling yet brilliant, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exams for the second time, resulting in him being regarded as worthless by those around him. Ho…
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Two kids whose families own businesses in a shopping arcade that's scheduled to shut down are thrown into a series of dimensions, each one a parody of some form of anime or video g…
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Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia
Hida Kizuna possesses the HHG (Heart Hybrid Gear) ability, but it is not strong enough to make him particularly important. His older sister calls him to transfer to a strategic def…
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Lucky Star
Having fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-lo…
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Myriad Colors Phantom World
In the near future, in a world born of human imagination, what humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year …
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in…
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REBORN!
Tsuna, a timid junior high student, is a failure at school, sports, and social life. But everything around Tsuna has been completely changed when a baby called Reborn, who claims t…
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Angel's 3Piece!
A shut-in ever since he had a traumatic experience, Nukui Hibiki's biggest hobby has been using vocalization software to create and uploading songs online. One day, he receives an …
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2.5 Dimensional Seduction
When cosplayer Ririsa joins Okumura's manga club, the line between 2D and 3D blurs when she asks him to be her photographer.…
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Armed Girl's Machiavellism
The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to schoo…
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MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES
This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoy…
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Kill la Kill
Honnouji Academy is forcefully ruled by the iron-fisted control of its student council and its president, Satsuki Kiryuin. Transfer student, Ryuko Matoi, arrives on campus carrying…
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Ladies versus Butlers!
Raised by his uncle after his parents’ deaths, Akiharu enrolls at a mostly female academy that specializes in training maids and butlers for high society placements.…
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The surreal adventures of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock and Meatwad, and their human nextdoor neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski.…
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Baki Hanma
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.…
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The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
After inheriting his late grandmother’s failing café, Hayato sees it as a bother and plans to sell it for a quick buck. Until he discovers five beautiful girls staying there! When …
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Wise Man's Grandchild
A young man is reborn in another world where he is adopted as a baby by the hero Merlin Wolford and named Shin. By his 15th birthday, Shin has accumulated all kinds of power by stu…
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Hundred
"Hundred"—that is the only weapon that can oppose the mysterious life form "Savage" from visiting the earth. The protagonist, Kisaragi Hayato, aims to become a Martial Arts Master …
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A Couple of Cuckoos
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he acciden…
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The God of High School
Jin Mori has proclaimed himself the strongest high schooler. His life changes when he's invited to participate in "God of High School," a tournament to determine the strongest high…
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Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!
When superstar adventurer Dennis gets booted from the world’s strongest party, he teams up with runaway Atelier to serve up his true passion—delicious cuisine. But this not-so-aver…
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So, I Can't Play H!
Ryousuke Kaga, a helplessly romantic teenager, was walking in the rain when he sees a beautiful girl with red eyes drenched in the rain. Everyone was avoiding her, but Ryousuke was…
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Dragonar Academy
In a land of dragons, where citizens called breeders tame their dragon pals, races of dragons are born from breeders who are given a Seikoku: a dragon star-shape brand. Learning to…
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The Eminence in Shadow
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more …
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The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
High school student Hiiragi Seiichi is bullied by his classmates for being a "loser." One day, his entire school is suddenly transported to a video game-like world of swords and so…
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Infinite Stratos
Girls from all over the world gather at IS Academy to learn how to become IS pilots. However, since Ichika can somehow pilot the IS even though he is male, he was forced to attend …
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The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Foiled by a hero when he’s inches away from conquering the world, the devil finds himself in modern-day Tokyo. With no real-world skills to speak of, the devil is forced to make en…
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CLASSROOM FOR HEROES
Rosewood Academy isn’t for your average student. This prestigious school specializes in training future heroes destined to protect humanity. Among them is Earnest Flaming, a young …
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Orient
During the Warring States era, the feuding generals were suddenly struck down one after another by the demonic Kishin. In the 150 years since, groups of individuals have continued …
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The Asterisk War
Invertia was a meteor storm that caused an unprecedented disaster during the 20th century. Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world were destroyed. However, wit…
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Viral Hit
Scrawny high school student Hobin Yu is probably the last guy you'd expect to star in a NewTube channel that revolves around fighting. But after following some advice from a myster…
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D-Frag!
Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-…
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Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout
Childhood friends Tachibana Hinata and Jinguji Tsukasa were living the everyday life of office workers. Then, on the way home from a mixer, they were sent flying into another world…
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Seton Academy: Join the Pack!
Seton Academy, a school where animals of all species gather to live and learn together. A sacred garden of learning, where students hone their primal instincts and the laws are of …
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Bogus Skill «Fruitmaster» ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~
In a world where Skill Fruits grant powers, aspiring adventurer Light is stuck with the useless «Fruitmaster» skill. Eating another one results in death, so no do-overs. Meanwhile,…
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Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time
Upon winning a fighting tournament and being crowned the world’s strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves…
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