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Chobits

Hideki Motosuwa is a poor college student who has just moved to Tokyo. He dreams of having a job, a girlfriend, and his own persocom, the latest in humanoid computer technology. One night, his luck changes when he finds Chi, an adorable but seemingly broken persocom, abandoned in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected. She can only say "Chii" and gets him into embarrassing situations. But Chi is no ordinary persocom: she can think and learn on her own, and there is much more to her than meets the eye. As Hideki teaches Chi how to live an ordinary life, he begins to uncover the truth behind her origins and the mysterious cho

Franken Fran

In a remote corner of Japan stands a gothic mansion that once belonged to Dr. Naomitsu Madaraki, a surgeon famous for his gruesome work. When the doctor disappears, his artificial daughter Fran takes over the practice. With stitches across her face and bolts in her head, she is as skilled with a scalpel as her father ever was. Assisted by her violent younger sister Veronica, the human-cat hybrid Okita, and other macabre creations, Fran receives clients with unusual requests. She can remove tumors, transplant heads, reshape bodies, and even bring back the dead. For Fran, every life must be saved no matter the cost, and she follows that principle to its most extreme consequences. Her methods

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Kyon is a cynical high school student who has long stopped believing in the supernatural. That changes when he meets Haruhi Suzumiya, a classmate who openly declares she has no interest in ordinary humans and only wants to find aliens, time travelers, and espers. Intrigued despite himself, Kyon starts talking to her, and his casual remark about the lack of interesting clubs inspires Haruhi to create one of her own. Thus the SOS Brigade is born, and Kyon is dragged in as its first member. Haruhi soon recruits the silent bookworm Yuki Nagato, the shy Mikuru Asahina, and the perpetually smiling transfer student Itsuki Koizumi. Together they take over the Literary Club's room and follow their w

Paradise Lost

Himoto Sora arrives at Utopia Gakuen as a transfer student, carrying a strong sense of justice and the dream of becoming a knight. It does not take her long to discover that the school hides a virtual reality game played by the male students, who deploy girls as weapons in battles for status and treat them as commodities. When Sora sees one of these girls being abused, she steps in without hesitation. The intervention goes wrong, and some sort of error throws her into the game itself, making her the first female participant it has ever had. The game is run by male students who treat girls as commodities, and Sora now moves through it as the only female player, an anomaly in a system that w

Franken Fran Frantic

Fran Madaraki is an immortal surgeon created by the mysterious Dr. Madaraki, who vanished after his experiments. Alongside her 'sisters'—Gavrill, who can transform into a monstrous wolf, and the weapon-filled Veronica who acts as her bodyguard—Fran operates in a world where bizarre medical cases are the norm. Her solutions, grounded in extreme science, often spiral into unforeseen chaos, blurring the line between miracle and catastrophe. From transporting organs with a living monster to confronting gruesome bodily horrors, each case challenges the very ethics of life and creation.

Garden

Garden is a collection of short stories by Usamaru Furuya, originally published in various independent magazines. The title references Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, with the opening story serving as a direct homage to the painting's surreal and intricate vision. The anthology spans a diverse range of genres, from absurd comedies and psychological explorations to dark fantasy and outright horror. Each self-contained tale presents its own unique world and characters, united by Furuya's distinctive artistic style and thematic preoccupations. Readers are taken on a journey through bizarre scenarios and unsettling realities, exploring the boundaries of huma