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Land of the Lustrous/ Houseki no Kuni (Genre: Action, Fantasy, Seinen)

In the far future, a new form of life called Gems are born. Twenty-eight gems must fight against the Moon People who would take the gems into their world and turn them into decorations. Each gem has a role of either a fighter or medic except for Phosphophyllite. Phosphophyllite is instead assigned to edit a natural history magazine. Yet with Phosphophyllite’s rebellious behavior, Phosphophyllite will join the fight against the Moon People with the other gems.

Danganronpa (Genre: Mystery, Psychological, School)

Hope’s Peak Academy is an elite high school known for having the most talented students. Each student is given a title that reflects on their most brilliant trait or skill upon entering the school. Out of the 15 students admitted into the school, that year was Makoto Naegi, who got in by sheer luck, and thus became the “Super High School-Level Luck.” Initially, all 15 of them are happy to be studying at this prestigious school, but that happiness did not last long. A bear named Monokuma claimed to be the principal and traps them inside the school. Declaring that they must kill each other to get out of the school rose panic. The murderer must not be discovered else they will be executed. The remaining will continue this absurd game until one of them remains. Only hope can get them out of this dreadful despair.

Magi series (Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Shounen, Comedy)

Around the world are structures of labyrinths hiding great treasures in them. These are called “Dungeons,” created by a class of rare magicians called Magi. Djinns are supernatural beings that rule the labyrinths and can grant the conqueror a tremendous amount of power as well as choosing possible king candidates to rule over the world. Aladdin, a young and kind Magi, has been living in isolation. Not wanting to live this life forever, he steps out to explore the wonders of the world accompanied by Ugo, a Djinn, that Aladdin can summon through his flute. Through the event of the destruction of a local merchant cart, Aladdin befriends Alibaba Saluja. Having no choice but to pay the damage, Alibaba suggests conquering the nearest dungeon, an epic adventure that could change their lives.

ReLIFE (Genre: Slice of Life, Romance, School)

27-year-old Arata Kaizaki struggles to find a stable job as he jumps from one job to another after quitting his first company. Then his life took a turn when he met Ryou Yoake, a member of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered Arata a change to have a better life with a mysterious pill. Not only that, if Arata accepts, he will be guaranteed a job afterward. Needing a job to support his life, Arata accepted and took the pill. The next day, he awakens and discovers that he reverted to his 17-year-old self. Arata later learns that he became a subject of an experiment and must attend high school as a transfer school for one year. At first, Arata believes it will be easy because of his experience being a high schooler before but his low test scores, out of shape body, and the inability to keep up with school policies that have been made the last ten years proved him wrong. Moreover, Ryou has been assigned to observe him which often annoys Arata. ReLife takes on Arata’s struggle living in high school life while he learns more about his classmates.

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