Salad Days

A Silent Voice

Shouya Ishida is an elementary school student who, along with his friends, constantly torments Shouko Nishimiya, a deaf girl who transfers into his class. Despite her efforts to connect with her classmates, the bullying escalates until Shouko is forced to leave the school. When the adults finally intervene, the entire class denies any involvement and Shouya alone takes the blame. Years later, Shouya is a high school student haunted by his past. Ostracized by his former friends and unable to form new relationships, he has become withdrawn and isolated. When he meets Shouko again, he decides to confront his guilt and seek redemption, hoping to make amends for the cruelty he once inflicted on

Bloom Into You

Yuu Koito has always loved romance manga and love songs, waiting for the day a confession makes her heart race. When a classmate from junior high confesses to her, she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, she enters high school convinced she is unable to fall in love. There she meets Touko Nanami, the student council president, who turns down a suitor with calm confidence. Yuu asks her for advice, but soon Touko herself confesses to Yuu. Touko's words stir something in Yuu, and the two begin to grow closer as they try to understand what love means to each of them.

Ao Haru Ride

Futaba Yoshioka enters high school determined to reinvent herself. In middle school, her popularity with boys made her female classmates jealous and left her isolated, so now she acts deliberately unfeminine and distant to avoid standing out. Her plan seems to work until she runs into Kou Mabuchi, the boy she secretly loved back then. Kou disappeared suddenly during middle school, and his return stirs up feelings Futaba thought she had buried. But the gentle, kind boy she remembers is gone. In his place is a cold and pessimistic young man who admits he once felt the same way about her, yet insists they can never go back to how things were. As they navigate an awkward new dynamic, Futaba tr

Nana

Nana Komatsu is a cheerful but naive twenty-year-old who has spent years chasing one failed romance after another. Hoping to start fresh, she boards a train to Tokyo to be with her current boyfriend and build a more stable life. On that same train is Nana Osaki, a determined punk vocalist from a small city. After ending a relationship with her band's bassist to pursue music, she heads to Tokyo with one goal: to make it as a professional singer. The two women, who share a name but little else, meet by chance during the journey. When they later cross paths again while apartment hunting, they decide to become roommates. From that shared home, their unlikely friendship grows as they navigate l

Blue Box

Taiki Inomata is a junior high student at Eimei Academy, a school known for its strong sports program. He is a member of the badminton team and arrives early every morning to practice in the gym. No matter how early he gets there, he is always second. The person already training is Chinatsu Kano, a first-year high school student and the rising star of the girls' basketball team. Taiki has a crush on her, but the gap between them feels enormous. One day, an unexpected turn of events brings Chinatsu to live at Taiki's house. Suddenly, the girl he admires from afar is sharing his daily life. Determined to become someone worthy of her, Taiki sets his sights on reaching the Nationals in badminto

ReLIFE

Arata Kaizaki is 27 years old and stuck. After leaving his first company, he has failed every job interview and survives on a part-time job. One night, Ryou Yoake from the ReLife Research Institute makes him an unusual offer: a pill that will make him look 17 again and a place in a one-year experiment. As part of the experiment, Arata must return to high school as a third-year student. If he completes the year, the institute will help him re-enter the workforce. With few options left, he accepts. Now he has to navigate classes, friendships, and teenage social life while keeping his real age a secret. His adult perspective helps him understand others, but it also makes fitting in more compl