Tags: existential-crisis
Koshotengai no Hashihime
undefinedJinbochou, TokyoJune 1922, Taisho EraThe Rainy SeasonTamamori came to Tokyo with his sights set on getting accepted to the Imperial University. However, he doesn't pass the entrance exam, and is so undisciplined and wrapped up in endless fantasies that he's kicked out of his boarding house after only two years. Through a stroke of luck, Tamamori begins to live and work at Umebachidou, a used book store. There, he enjoys whiling away his time as a "student preparing for entrance exams" and taking advantage of friends who are also from his hometown. But one right after the other, mysterious deaths befall those friends and, realizing he's been repeating the same rainy three days over and over again, Tamamori finds himself racing throughout Jinbochou to save them.In this pop-occult mystery that surrounds the deaths of his friends... What is real, and what is a hallucination?
Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi.
undefinedLife is like a staircase. You just gotta keep climbing. Otherwise, if you start to overthink it, you'll have trouble taking the next step.Shinichi wants nothing more than to lead a quiet life. Though he was once close friends with Miyuki, the most popular girl in school, his desire for normalcy now keeps them from being anything more than classmates.Everything changes, however, one day on the roof, when the class oddball, Aoi, suddenly tries to kiss him. Miyuki appears just in time to stop her, but afterward, Shinichi feels the urge to bring some light to this friendless girl's eyes. He enlists Miyuki's aid, and thus, a trio is born.The days pass, and little by little, Aoi learns what it means to be friends. But at the same time, long-dormant feelings awaken in Miyuki's heart. As the distance between her and Shinichi shrinks, the hard-earned bonds the three share begin to fray.Miyuki or Aoi－when the time comes, which will Shinichi choose?
Trinoline
undefinedOne hot, midsummer's day, Shun Nanami's sister drowned to death. It's a memory he will never forget, which has become lodged forevermore in his heart. He decides from then on to live in her stead, to make up for the life she never got to lead.Time passes, his agonizing childhood behind him, and he currently spends his days attending school like always. Then, another sultry summer comes around, reminding him ever-so-slightly of his sister once again...Just then, he hears a piano's melody far off in the distance--a tune she always adored. He follows this music to its source, only to find his sister standing there."Please take care of me from now on, Onii-chan."His little sister passed away long ago, but now, an android who looks exactly like her has appeared before him, "TRINO."