one pieces

One Piece (Japanese: ワンピース? Hepburn: Wan Pīsu) is a Japanese manga series written and
illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19, 1997, with the chapters collected into 85 tankōbon volumes to date. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as "One Piece" in order to become the next Pirate King.

The manga has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, one OVA and eleven television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game and numerous video games. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment. The anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004, before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007.

One Piece has received praise for its art, characterization and humor. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan. The official website for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga announced that the manga has set a Guinness World Record for "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author". As of June 2017, the manga has sold over 416 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history.

Overview

Premise

The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, a young man inspired by his childhood idol-powerful pirate "Red Haired" Shanks, who sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the One Piece and proclaim himself the King of the Pirates. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わら海賊団篇? Mugiwara Kaizoku-dan), Luffy rescues and befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the One Piece. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a navigator and thief; Usopp, a sniper and a liar; and Vinsmoke Sanji, a womanizing chef. They acquire a ship named the Going Merry and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. As Luffy and his crew set out on their adventures, others join the crew later in the series, including the doctor and anthropomorphized reindeer Tony Tony Chopper, an archaeologist formerly employed Baroque Works agent Nico Robin, a cyborg shipwright Franky, and musician skeleton Brook.

Chobits

Chobits (ちょびっツ? Chobittsu) is a Japanese manga created by the Japanese manga collective
Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from the 43rd issue for 2000 to the 48th issue for 2002 and collected in eight bound volumes. Chobits was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS and Animax from April to September 2002. In addition, it has spawned two video games as well as various merchandise such as figurines, collectable cards, calendars, and artbooks.

The series tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, who finds an abandoned persocom (パソコン? PasoKon), or personal computer (パーソナルコンピュータ pāsonaru konpyūta) with human form, which he names "Chi" after the only word it initially can speak. As the series progresses, they explore the mysteries of Chi's origin together and questions about the relationship between human beings and computers. The manga is set in the same universe as Angelic Layer, taking place a few years after the events of that story, and like Angelic Layer, it explores the relationship between humans and electronic devices shaped like human beings. Chobits branches off as a crossover into many other stories in different ways, such as Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic and Kobato.

Plot

The series centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a held-back student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom (パソコン?): an android used as a personal computer, which is expensive. On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with floor-length hair lying against a pile of trash bags, and he carries her home, not noticing that a disk fell on the ground. Upon turning her on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word the persocom seems capable of saying is "chi" (ちぃ? Chii), thus he names her that. Hideki assumes that there must be something wrong with her, and so the following morning he has his neighbor Hiromu Shinbo analyze her with his mobile persocom Sumomo. After Sumomo crashes during the attempt they conclude that she must be custom-built.

Shinbo introduces Hideki to Minoru Kokubunji, a twelve-year-old prodigy who specializes in the field of custom-built persocoms. Minoru's persocoms, including Yuzuki, a fairly exceptional custom-built persocom, are not able to analyze Chi either, and thus they conclude that she may be one of the Chobits, a legendary series of persocoms rumoured to have free will and emotions. Although this is a possibility, Minoru is confident that it is only rumour. Yuzuki also adds that she does not resemble any persocom model in any available database and so she must be custom made after all.

A major part of the plot involves Hideki attempting to teach Chi words, concepts, and appropriate behaviours, in between his crammed schedule of school and work. At the same time, Chi seems to be developing feelings for Hideki, at an emotional depth she is not supposed to possess, and Hideki struggles with his feelings for her. The need to figure out more about Chi and her mysterious functions and past becomes a pull for the characters in the series.

Hideki's feelings intensify for Chi regardless of her being a persocom and despite his friends' painful experiences involving other persocoms. Chi becomes aware of her purpose through a picture book series called A City with No People which she finds in a bookstore. The books speak about many different things involving human and persocom relationships: persocoms and their convenience as friends and lovers, how there are things that they cannot do and questioning whether a relationship between a persocom and a human is really one-sided. It also speaks about the Chobits series; that they are different from other persocoms, and what they are incapable of doing unlike other persocoms. These picture books awaken Chi's other self, her sibling Freya who is aware of their past and helps Chi realize what she must do when she decides who her "person just for me" is. Together, Chi and Hideki explore the relationship between human beings and persocoms, as well as their friends' and their own.

Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass (Japanese: サイコパス? Hepburn: Saiko Pasu) is an anime television series that was
produced by Production I.G, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi. The series was aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 2012 and March 2013. The story takes place in an authoritarian future dystopia, where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the mental states of every passing citizen. Collected data on both present mentality and aggregated personality data is used to gauge the probability of that citizen committing a crime, the rating referred to as that citizen's Psycho-Pass. Authorities are alerted whenever excessive ratings are detected, and officers of the Public Safety Bureau are dispatched with weapons called "Dominators", energy pistols that modulate their power in response to the target's Psycho Pass. The story follows Shinya Kogami and Akane Tsunemori among other members of Unit One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division.

Psycho-Pass originated from Production I.G.'s interest in making a successor to Mamoru Oshii's achievements. The series was inspired by several live-action films. Chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro aimed to explore psychological themes in society's youth using dystopian storylines. Multiple books and movies influenced Psycho-Pass with the most notable being the 1982 American science fiction film Blade Runner.

The series was licensed by Funimation in North America. A second season began airing in October 2014, with an animated film released in January 2015. A manga adaptation has been in serialization in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine and several novels, including an adaptation and prequels to the original story, have been published. An episodic video game adaptation called Chimi Chara Psycho-Pass was developed by Nitroplus Staffers in collaboration with Production I.G. New novels and another manga were serialized in 2014.

The first anime, Psycho-Pass, was received generally positive in both Japan and the west with critics praising the characters' roles and interactions set in the dystopia. The animation has also been praised despite issues in latter episodes which required to be fixed in the DVD volumes of the series. On the other hand, the second series, Psycho-Pass 2, received mixed critical response stemming from its heavy use of gore as well as the new villain.

Plot

Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic era in Japan where the Sibyl System (シビュラシステム? Shibyura Shisutemu), a powerful network of psychometric scanners, actively measures the minds and mentalities of civilised populations using a "cymatic scan" of the brain. The resulting assessment is called a Psycho-Pass (サイコパス? Saikopasu). When the calculated likelihood of an individual committing a crime, measured by the Crime Coefficient (犯罪係数? Hanzaikeisū) index, exceeds an accepted threshold, he or she is pursued, apprehended, and killed if necessary by police forces. Elite officers labelled "Enforcers" are equipped with large handguns called "Dominators"—special weapons that only activate when aimed at suspects with higher-than-acceptable Crime Coefficients. Enforcers are themselves selected for innately high Crime Coefficients, marking them as "latent criminals"; they are overseen by police Inspectors, who have the jurisdiction to shoot them with their Dominators should they pose a danger to the public.

Hell Gril

Hell Girl (Japanese: 地獄少女? Hepburn: Jigoku Shōjo), also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from
Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of the mysterious title character and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.

It premiered across Japan on numerous television stations, including Animax, Tokyo MX, MBS and others, between October 4, 2005 and April 4, 2006. Following the success of the first season, the series was followed soon after into a second, "Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori" (地獄少女 二籠?), which premiered October 7, 2006 across Japan on Animax.[citation needed] A live-action television series adaptation started airing in Japan on Nippon Television from November 4, 2006.[citation needed] A third season of the anime, further continuing the series, was first announced on the mobile version of the series official website "Jigoku Tsūshin". The official title of the third season was announced to be "Jigoku Shōjo Mitsuganae" (地獄少女 三鼎?). and began airing on Japanese TV October 4, 2008.

A fourth television series, titled "Jigoku Shōjo: Yoi no Togi" was announced on February 25, 2017 and is scheduled to air from July 14, 2017. The fourth anime installment will feature 6 new episodes, and 6 'reminiscence' episodes.

Plot

Each episode typically follows the format of a self-contained short story where a person has been suffering torment from an acquaintance to the point that he or she accesses the Hell Correspondence website and submits a request to get rid of the person. Ai Enma, the Hell Girl, appears, and presents a doll with a red string on its neck that can send the named antagonist to Hell. When the string is pulled, Enma and her companions then torment the antagonist, offering a last chance to repent (which is usually refused), and ferries them to Hell. The price of the contract is that the person making the request will also have to go to Hell after his or her life is over.

Starting with the eighth episode, Hajime Shibata, a former journalist who has resorted to taking scandal photos to blackmail people, begins investigating the rumors surrounding the Hell Correspondence website, and discovers that people are literally being dragged to Hell. His daughter, Tsugumi, is somehow able to see Enma. As the series progresses, they become conflicted on whether they should intervene to save the people involved. In the second season, a mysterious young girl from Hell, named Kikuri, is introduced. Kikuri is able to travel freely between Earth and the Twilight realm where Enma resides. Later, the plot centers around Takuma Kurebayashi, a boy who is blamed by his townsfolk for causing disappearances around the town that are, in reality, caused by the townsfolk using the "Hell Correspondence" website. In the third season, Kikuri returns to recruit Enma's assistants along with a yōkai named Yamawaro, who accepts an old offer from Enma to become her fourth assistant. The story follows Enma's mysterious possession of a young schoolgirl, Yuzuki Mikage.

Plastic Memories

Plastic Memories (プラスティック・メモリーズ? Purasutikku Memorīzu), abbreviated as Pla-
Memo (プラメモ? Puramemo), is a Japanese anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara. The story was conceived by Naotaka Hayashi, who also wrote the screenplay, with original character designs by Okiura. The series aired in Japan between April 5 and June 28, 2015.

Plot

Plastic Memories takes place in a city in the near future, in which humans live alongside androids that look exactly like humans and have human emotion and memory. SAI Corp, the leading android production company, has introduced the Giftia, an advanced android model with the most human-like qualities of any model. The lifespan of a Giftia is 81,920 hours (roughly nine years and four months), and if they pass their expiration date, it causes personality disintegration, memory loss, and outbreaks of violence. As a result, the Terminal Services are established with the duty of retrieving Giftias who are close to the end of their lifespans from their owners, and erasing the Giftias' memories. To perform this job, the Terminal Service employees work in teams consisting of a human (called a "spotter") and a Giftia (called a "marksman"). The story follows the work and life of such a team in SAI Corp's Terminal Service One office, the human protagonist Tsukasa Mizugaki and a Giftia named Isla, who is near the end of her own lifespan.

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱ワールドブレイク?
Seiken Tsukai no Wārudo Bureiku, lit. Holy Swordsman's World Break) is a Japanese light novel series written by Akamitsu Awamura and illustrated by Refeia. SB Creative has published twelve volumes since November 2012 under their GA Bunko imprint. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between January 11 and March 29, 2015. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from June 2014. A game adaptation by the Japanese company ASOBIMO has also been released.

Plot

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman takes place at a school named Akane Academy, where students with special powers and known as Saviors are trained to defend against monsters called Metaphysicals, which brutally and indiscriminately attack humans. Saviors, divided into Shirogane (White Iron) and Kuroma (Black Magic), are the reincarnations of talented individuals who possess awakened memories of their past lives. Shirogane manifest weapons and martial techniques while Kuroma manifest magic for defense purposes.

The story follows main protagonist, Moroha Haimura, who is unique in that he has awakened memories of two past lives: Flaga, a swordmaster and prince of a small country, and Shu Saura, a magician and King of the Netherworld. This gives Moroha the abilities of both a Shirogane and Kuroma. At the Academy he meets Satsuki, a boisterous girl who is very boastful and brash and who was Sarasha, Flaga's sister, in her past life; and Shizuno, a calm and levelheaded girl, who was Shu Saura's queen. With his unique abilities he joins the Striker Unit, Akane Academy's team of elite Saviors.

Moroha's plans for a peaceful school life go up in flames when Satsuki and Shizuno begin to vie for his attention and matters only get worse when Metaphysicals start appearing.

Sankarea

Sankarea: Undying Love  is a romantic comedy manga, written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori,
about a deceased girl who becomes a zombie. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine between December 2009 and September 2014 and compiled in eleven tankōbon volumes. The series has been licensed and is published in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan from April 5 to June 28, 2012. A novel adaptation by Ryō Suzukaze was published by Kodansha in July 2012.

Plot

Chihiro Furuya is a male high school student with a keen interest in zombies, collecting zombie-related videogames, film and manga, and even to the point of desiring to "kiss a zombie girl". Following the death of his pet cat, Babu, he attempts to revive it using an old manuscript, which describes the process of creating a potion for resurrection. At this time, he encounters a girl named Rea Sanka, who has run away from home. In an attempt to commit suicide, she drinks a sample of the "resurrection" potion which is created from the poisonous Hydrangea macrophylla flower, although this fails to kill her. Following an argument with her father, she falls from a cliff by accident and dies. However, as a result of the potion, she becomes a zombie who eats hydrangea leaves to survive. The story follows the life of Chihiro and his new 'zombie girlfriend'.

Characters

Main characters

Rea Sanka (散華 礼弥 Sanka Rea)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)
Rea is the heroine title character of the story who steals and drinks a zombie potion made by Chihiro in an attempt to commit suicide because of years of abuse by her father. Although he hadn't had sex with her (although it might have been leading up to that) he had touched her in a manner that made her uncomfortable, took nude pictures of her on her birthday "to note her growth", had her watched and photographed constantly, fired any maid who acted 'inappropriately' (like letting Rea play with a stray cat), and he forced the family of the one friend she had confided in about his behavior to move away. The potion wasn't enough to kill her, but she was resurrected as a zombie after her father accidentally knocked her off a cliff (the fall would not have killed her, except that she encountered a tree stump on the way down which tore into her stomach). As a zombie, she lives together with Chihiro in order to know how it feels to become free from her father's control. In chapter 12, she calls Mero "Mero-chan", similar to how Mrs. Furuya was remembered by Mero. Rea likes Chihiro and feels that she is interfering in Chihiro and Ranko's relationship, although Ranko later encourages her to try harder, which she does, albeit with embarrassment. She seems to understand Bābu and is the only zombie that Jogorō and Darin have seen able to defy her instincts at the 2nd stage of zombification, possibly due to her having drunk the potion before dying (which Darin suggests no other zombie has done). She's also physically strong, since her body is no longer restrained by her brain as a result of her death. (There are several 'governors' in the brain and body which limits action to prevent moving faster and stronger than the flesh can endure. So, while Rea could punch a hole in a steel door, the action would severely damage her arm.) In the arc in which they visit "Zoma" she suffers from memory loss due to the removal of her brain cells. Although she can only remember very few of her buried, yet etched memories, her memories of Chihiro remain vague and unclear. She gains her memories back when she eats Chihiro's heart.

Chihiro Furuya (降谷 千紘 Furuya Chihiro)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English)
Chihiro is the protagonist of the story who has a zombie obsession/fetish. He finds an old manuscript and follows the directions to make a "resurrection" potion to bring his dead cat back to life as a zombie. He performs his research into zombies in the old abandoned building and he sometimes sees Rea at the well near the building, lamenting her life. He promises Rea that he'll take responsibility if she becomes a zombie. After Rea moves into his residence, he conducts research on preserving Rea's body in a tent in his own room. He wants his first kiss to be given by a female zombie, which later he experiences firsthand when Rea kisses him. He also experiences becoming a half-zombie, after he is stabbed by Dan'ichirō with a fencing sword. In the Anime this was due to Rea licking clean a wound that he acquired after she saved him from being hit by a car (although the effects were only temporary). In the Manga she had bitten his lip when she 'kissed' him. Chihiro enjoys seeing Rea dressed as a Bunny Girl or a Nurse. Despite the fact that he's not interested in living girls, he fell in love with Rea when she was still alive, which he confesses to her while Rea is trying to devour him, which brings her to her senses. He tries to approach her afterwards but has difficulties given the incident and Rea's own embarrassment. In the Manga it's hinted that his interest in zombies may be due to his mother having been turned into a zombie. She had apparently died in a car accident and was brought back for a short period (by Jogorō) before becoming permanently dead. In the end of the manga, Chihiro's heart was eaten by Rea, but he was given an artificial heart to survive.

Ranko Saōji (左王子 蘭子 Saōji Ranko)
Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)
Ranko is the first cousin of Chihiro. Often called Wanko by Chihiro, at times she says that Chihiro should use "-san" after her name. Ranko has liked Chihiro for some time (Since he saved her from a dog when she was about 6 years old. But, unknown to her, he was only trying to protect the DVD with which she was shielding herself) and develops a rivalry with Rea although she also likes to tease them. She eventually confesses to Chihiro, but realizes before he can answer that he loves Rea. She has accepted that her love is unrequited for now, but hasn't given up and occasionally does something reckless such as ingesting a bottle of Resurrection Pills to turn herself into a zombie. Fortunately this failed since Darin was too lazy to change the bottle label and she merely passed out from a minor allergic reaction.

Mero Furuya (降谷 萌路 Furuya Mero)
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)
Mero is the younger sister of Chihiro. She's named after George Romero. Unlike Chihiro, she is obsessed with ghosts. She doesn't remember much about her mother except for the fact that her hands were wrapped in bandages. In some of her memories of her mother, she remembered her mother asking about her fever, stating that she had forgotten that she can't tell temperature. She sees her mother's image in Rea, subconsciously calling her mother.

Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle

Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (最弱無敗の神装機竜 バハムート Saijaku Muhai no Bahamūto, lit. "Undefeated Weakest Bahamut") is a Japanese light novel series, written by Senri Akatsuki and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. SB Creative has published seven volumes since August 12, 2013 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation written by Itsuki Watanabe, with art by Fumi Tadauri, began serialization in Square Enix and GA Bunko's online magazine Gangan GA from 2014. It has been collected in a single tankōbon volume.

An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired from January 11, 2016 to March 28, 2016.

Plot

Five years ago, a revolt has overthrown the Arcadia empire. The empire's former prince, Lux Arcadia, accidentally trespasses in a female-only bathing area, and witnesses the new kingdom's princess Lisesharte Atismata naked and her secret. After a duel with Lisesharte, Lux attends the female-only academy where they train students to become royal Drag-Knights.

Characters

Lux Arcadia (ルクス・アーカディア Rukusu Ākadia)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura
The protagonist, and the seventh crown Prince of the Arcadia Empire that was destroyed in a revolt five years prior to the start of the series and Nicknamed "The Weakest Undefeated Drag-Knight" due to having never lost a fight. He is later revealed to be the dangerous and mysterious "Black Hero" who destroyed 1200 drag-rides of the empire during the coup d'etat and single-handedly ended the war in the process. He wields a Wyvern Drag-Ride and the Divine Drag-Ride "Bahamut". His mother died in a carriage accident when he was young, and the people refused to help him out of resentment towards the Royal family, with only Philuffy showing him kindness. He failed to reason with his father the emperor about the people's suffering, and his older brother Fugil convinced him of doing the coup to protect Philuffy, only for his brother to betray him by killing the emperor and the royal court, leaving him and Airi to pay for the debt towards the old kingdom. He is also engaged to Krulcifer.

Lisesharte Atismata (リーズシャルテ・アティスマータ Rīzusharute Atisumāta)
Voiced by: Lynn
One of the four heroines, called "Lisha" for short. Nicknamed "The Scarlet War Princess" and wields the Divine Drag-Ride "Tiamat". She is the princess of the Kingdom of Atismata. She duels Lux over his freedom after an incident in the academy's bath and after he saves her life during an attack from an insurgent group, she falls in love with him; she blushes anytime she's around him and gets jealous when other girls get close to him. She is the first person in the series, besides Airi and Fugil, to learn that Lux is the legendary "Black Hero". She bears the crest of the former imperial family below her navel, something she can't allow anyone to see. She implies early on that the real reason she challenged him to a duel when they first met was because he may have seen the crest. Her father, Count Atismata, was the instigator of the coup and abandoned her at a young age but died during the war along with her sister while her mother died from an illness leaving her orphaned. As a result, her aunt became the current queen of the New Kingdom and adopted Lisha thus making her the princess. However, because of her tragic past and the circumstances by which she gained her position, she does not know how to behave like a princess and even dislikes her position until she met Lux.

Krulcifer Einfolk (クルルシファー・エインフォルク Kururushifā Einforuku)
Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii
One of the four heroines. The adopted daughter of the Einfolk House from the northern religious country of Ymir. She wields the Divine Drag-Ride "Fafnir". She's the last survivor of the people from the Ruins, so various nobles of numerous kingdoms are after her because she can unlock the ruins and its lost technology. She was to be married to Kreutzer Balzeride, but after Lux defeats Balzeride in a duel, she falls in love with him, while her adoptive family sees Lux as a good match. Highly intelligent and clever, she likes teasing Lux and even kissed him twice in front of Lisha upon the announcement of their engagement.

Philuffy Aingram (フィルフィ・アイングラム Firufi Ainguramu)
Voiced by: Yurika Kubo
One of the four heroines. Lux's childhood friend who looks frail, has a notably large bust, and wears a constantly sleepy expression on her face. She wields the Divine Drag-Ride "Typhon". She comes from the powerful and influential Aingram merchant house and took Lux and Airi in after their mother's death. It is revealed that Philuffy was a victim of human experimentation using poisons and weapons by military authorities by the old Arcadia Empire who ignored her sister Relie's pleas for her release. It was this incident that made Lux decide to join Fugil's coup d'etat and pilot the "Bahamut" though he has since forgotten the incident after several years. As a result of the experiments, she is slowly mutating into an Abyss which Hayes uses to make Lux unlock the deepest area of the ruins but he eventually thwarts her.

Celistia Ralgris (セリスティア・ラルグリス Serisutia Rarugurisu)
Voiced by: Risa Taneda
One of the four heroines. She's a young woman of the Duke House, one of the four Great Nobles is infamous for being a man-hater. She wields the Drag-Ride "Lindworm" and is considered to be the strongest and most influential in the academy. She later confessed to a cross-dressing Lux that she actually doesn't hate men; she simply doesn't know how to interact with men her age. She was tutored by Lux's maternal grandfather and felt guilty that he was imprisoned for trying to reform the Empire's policies, dying in prison. After Lux saves her from the Ragnarok and confesses the truth, he comments that he doesn't blame her, while revealing the truth about the cross dressing. She forgives Lux for the deceit, while also falling in love with him.

Yoruka Kirihime (切姫 夜架 Kirihime Yoruka)
Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami
Formerly Lux's father's personal assassin, she now pledges her loyalty to Lux due to her promise made with the royal family. Nicknamed the "Empire's Assassin Blade", she calls Lux, 'Master'. She wields the Drag-Ride "Yato no Kami". Upon realizing that Lux has no desire to reform the Arcadia Empire, she turns on him and they later battle in one of the ruins but Lux defeats her by distracting her for a split second. She rejoins him afterwards, and becomes the fifth heroine.

Airi Arcadia (アイリ・アーカディア Airi Ākadia)
Voiced by: Ari Ozawa
Lux's sister. She seems to love him more than a sister normally should, but she's not afraid to berate him. She also dislikes it when Lux puts himself in harms way or if he is constantly pushing himself for her or someone else. She also tells anyone within hearing range about her brother's abilities (usually Noct) whenever he's in an important combat. She does her part to help pay for their family's debt to the New Kingdom by working as a researcher and scholar of the ruins within the academy.

Relie Aingram (レリィ・アイングラム Reryi Ainguramu)
Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
Relie is the principal of Royal Officer Academy and Philuffy's older sister. She likes teasing Lux and supports him entering into a relationship with Philuffy. After Philuffy was subjected to human experiments by the Empire, Relie, who is aware of what her sister is becoming, made it her job to find a cure for her in the ruins and is not above using the students for this purpose.

Shalice Baltshift (シャリス・バルトシフト Sharisu Barutoshifuto)
Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama
The leader of Triad, a group made up of her childhood friends. She is a third year, is the oldest of the Triad, and is Celes' roommate. She pilots a Wyvern.

Tillfur Lilimit (ティルファー・リルミット Tirufā Rirumitto)
Voiced by: Shiori Izawa
One of the members of the Triad with a bubbly and energetic personality. She is a second year and is classmates with Lux, Lisha, and Philuffy. She pilots a Wyrm.

Noct Leaflet (ノクト・リーフレット Nokuto Rīfuretto)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi
One of the members of the Triad who pilots a Drake. She is Airi's roommate and best friend. She often begins her sentences with "Yes" or "No". She also takes an interest in Lux because of his seemly blatant disinterest in her.

Fugil Arcadia (フギル・アーカディア Fugiru Ākadia)
Voiced by: Ryota Osaka
Lux and Airi's older half brother, former First Prince of the Arcadia Empire and the original pilot of Bahamut. During the coup, he killed his father the emperor and the entire imperial court, while Lux was busy fighting the 1200 drag knight bodyguards outside. It is shown that everything he does is for his own amusement.

Kreutzer Balzeride (バルゼリッド・クロイツァー Baruzeriddo Kuroitsā)
Voiced by: Junji Majima
A noble of the Four Great Nobles. His Divine Drag Ride is "Aži Dahāka", which allows him to steal the armaments, abilities and energy of other Drag Rides when it comes into physical contact with it. He looks down on the girls of the academy and sees Krulcifer as nothing more than a tool to unlock the ruins, but the arranged marriage is cancelled after Lux defeats him in a duel with the condition being Krulcifer's engagement. He is later imprisoned when Lux and the others expose his treachery of hiring a private army in an attempt to kill Lux and threaten Krulcifer into silence. He is later killed by Hayes in prison for his failure.

Hayes (ヘイズ Heizu)
A strategist of the Heiburg Republic and one of the series' main antagonists. She is also a black marketer who provides arms to aristocrats all over the world so she could watch them fall into political chaos from within. It is later revealed that she was the Second Princess of the Old Empire and one of the few Arcadia House's survivors alongside Lux, Airi, and Fugil. She wields the Divine Drag-Ride "Nidhogg."

La Krushe (ラ・クルシェ Ra Kurushe)
Voiced by: Maria Naganawa
An human like shaped robot created by the ancient ruins in order to serve them. It is later revealed that she went against her creators and that she′s now helping Hayes, leading our heroes into a trap.

Place to Place

Place to Place (あっちこっち Atchi Kotchi, or Acchi Kocchi) is a Japanese yonkoma manga series
by Ishiki which began serialisation in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine from 2006. An anime adaptation by AIC aired on TBS between April and June 2012.

Plot

The serious-minded Io and the pure-hearted Tsumiki feel they never want to be parted, but haven't become a couple yet. More than friends but less than lovers, they develop an awkward quasi-romance.

Characters

Main characters
Tsumiki Miniwa (御庭 つみき Miniwa Tsumiki)
Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo
The main female protagonist. Tsumiki is a somewhat petite girl who is dainty in stature and is hopelessly in love with Io. She has a tsundere attitude: sharp and sarcastic on the outside while loving on the inside. Whenever Io gives Tsumiki a pat on the head or Tsumiki sees something she likes, she grows cat ears. Tsumiki is unusually strong for her size and when she is about to use an immense amount of strength she emits a purple aura (for comical effect). She is also very skilled at arcade games.
Io Otonashi (音無 伊御 Otonashi Io)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
The main male protagonist. Dense, yet kind at heart, he is oblivious to Tsumiki's crush on him, but she is the girl closest to him regardless and he may have feelings for her. Io is known to tease Tsumiki on occasion. He is usually seen spinning a pen with his hand, often fast enough to surprise Mayoi. At times he unknowingly acts like a casanova. He is also quite strong, though this is not shown as often as with Tsumiki. For some reason, cats are immediately drawn to him (whether or not this is a nod to Tsumiki's crush on him is unknown). He's also a part time worker at Hatch Potch.

Mayoi Katase (片瀬 真宵 Katase Mayoi)
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame
Along with Sakaki, she makes up the prankster duo in the friendship circle. Very savvy with electronics and almost never seen without her lab coat, Mayoi loves to tease Tsumiki about her crush on Io, which often brings her severe repercussions from Tsumiki herself. It is implied early on, that she may be a masochist. She tends to end her sentences with "nyan".

Sakaki Inui (戌井 榊 Inui Sakaki)
Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma
Io's best friend and partner-in-crime. Together with Mayoi, he makes up the prankster duo in the friendship circle. His sister owns a patisserie where he, Hime and Io also work.

Hime Haruno (春野 姫 Haruno Hime)
Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara
The clumsy and air-headed member of the group. She has a very sweet and innocent personality. She also gets easily frightened compared to the other female characters. She gets nosebleeds whenever she becomes excited or upset. She's also a part time worker at Hatch Potch.

Absolute Duo

Absolute Duo (Japanese: アブソリュート・デュオ Hepburn: Abusoryūto Duo) is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published
eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by 8-Bit aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015.

Plot

Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle each other with weapons known as Blaze (焔牙/ブレイズ Bureizu) as training to become future peacekeepers. The students must pass a battle during the qualification ceremony of the freshmen day in order to be enrolled in the academy. Although most students manifest their Blazes as melee weapons, Tor's ability manifests as a shield, making him an Irregular (イレギュラー iregyurā). The school uses a special Duo system in which students are assigned partners. Tor is paired with Julie Sigtuna, a silver-haired girl from Scandinavia, and must share a room with her. Both Julie and Tor are revealed to be an avenger, while Julie herself is an El-Awaken and possesses unlimited power. They both also have tragic pasts because their loved ones, Tor's sister and Julie's father, were killed by an enemy. Tor previously befriended with Imari Nagakura who failed the qualification and is enrolled in the Koryo branch academy on a vacation island and later paired with Miwa to form a duo.

Tor also begins to later get along with other known classmates such as Tomoe Tachibana, Miyabi Hotaka, Aoi Torasaki, and Tatu who also passed the qualification ceremony, principal Sakuya Tsukumo, and an energetic teacher, Rito Tsukimi. One day, a blonde haired beauty named Lilith Bristol heard of Tor's ability, and transferred from the English Branch Academy in order to pair up with Tor to form a duo without attending classes. She declares her love with Tor but she is rejected. Lilith becomes angry and one day she trespasses a training lesson and challenge the students there. Nevertheless, Lilith still not give up and try to win Tor's heart. Tor spends his school life with all his classmates and teachers, such as attending lessons, having tea with Lilith and strolling out in shopping malls once in a while.

Tor's school life used to be all-normal until one day Equipment Smith and K interrupts the normal school lives of the Koryo Academy students because they have the same goal that is, to build a strong force that conquers the world with their co-produced Units. Equipment Smith is revealed to have deep vengeance towards Sakuya's family for exceeding his research and Lilith's family for abandoned him to search for another career. When the academy held a summer trip at the island where located one of Koryo academy's branch school, they sent rebellious forces to attack the students and kidnapped Miyabi, who feels depressed because she is weak to help her friends and wish for greater power. Days later, the forces infiltrated the school compound led by K, Equipment Smith and followed by Miyabi, who is made their slave because of her wish. Tor and his friends united their power defeated K, Tomoe put Miyabi back to normal and all K's force units are defeated by all the academy's students. Equipment Smith is then slain by K in an act of rage. The same night, K continued attacking the school the second time all by himself but was later defeated again by Tor and Julie, thus apprehended.

Akame Ga Kill

Akame ga Kill! (Japanese: アカメが斬る! Hepburn: Akame ga Kiru!, literally meaning "Akame
Slashes!") is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Joker in March 2010. The story focuses on Tatsumi who is a young villager that travels to the Capital to raise money for his home only to discover a strong corruption in the area. The assassin group known as Night Raid recruits the young man to help them in their fight against the Empire to end its corruption. The series is known for its graphic content.

The series was licensed by Yen Press in June 2014. A prequel manga focused on Akame's backstory, Akame ga Kill! Zero, began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan in October 2013. An anime television series adaptation of the main series premiered in Japan in July 2014. This is the second work in the Japanese game developer MinatoSoft's Takahiro IV Project.

Plot
See also: List of Akame ga Kill! characters
Tatsumi is a fighter who, accompanied by his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to make money to assist his poverty-stricken village. After being separated from his friends in a bandit attack, Tatsumi unsuccessfully attempts to enlist in the army and is swindled out of his money in the Capital. He is taken in by a noble family, but when an assassin group called Night Raid attacks, he learns that his noble hosts actually intended to torture and kill him as they had done with his friends.

As a result, he joins Night Raid, which consists of the swordswoman Akame, the beastly fighter Leone, the sniper girl Mine, the scissor-wielding Sheele, the string manipulator Lubbock, the armored warrior Bulat, and their leader Najenda, a former general of the imperial army. Night Raid is also part of the revolutionary forces assembled to overthrow the prime minister Honest who manipulates the young emperor for his personal gain despite the rest of the nation falling to poverty and strife.

The members of Night Raid carry Teigu (帝具, anime: Imperial Arms), unique weaponry created 900 years ago out of extremely rare materials as well as legendary animals called Danger Beasts (危険種kikenshu). The power of the Teigu is so overwhelming that it is said that when two Teigu users fight each other, one of them is bound to die.

Although Night Raid successfully assassinate some of Honest's cohorts, they lose Sheele and Bulat in fights against capital garrison member Seryu and a group called the Three Beasts. After this Tatsumi is given Bulat's Teigu, Incursio. Honest and the emperor recruit Esdeath, a sadistic and powerful fighter from the North, to lead a group of Teigu-using warriors called the Jaegers. Night Raid, along with new recruits Susanoo (a humanoid Teigu owned by Najenda) and Chelsea, fight the Jaegers.

When the revolution gains momentum, Honest forms a new secret police force, the Wild Hunt, led by his own son, Syura. However, the Wild Hunt heavily abuses its authority by killing innocent civilians for their own plans, antagonizing both the Jaegars and Night Raid. After a battle between Wild Hunt and the Jaegers, with casualties from both sides, Esdeath blackmails Honest into dissolving the rest of Wild Hunt. Syura is killed by Lubbock after he captures both him and Tatsumi. Lubbock is killed while attempting to escape, and Tatsumi is sentenced to death despite Esdeath's attempts to convince him to join her. The remaining members of Night Raid attack the execution site to rescue Tatsumi while being pursued by the imperial general Budo, before Mine kills him at the cost of her Teigu, causing her to fall into a comatose state.

Due to the stress he experienced while escaping the execution site, Tatsumi goes through a grand transformation, which will cost him his life in the future. The Teigu he inherited from the late Bulat, Incrusio, has begun to consume him, and the doctor has predicted he has a few more times left where he can don Incrusio. As this occurs, Night Raid confronts the last members of Wild Hunt and finish them off, with Akame taking out big generals on the Empire's side. She leaves a message to a member of the Jaegers, Wave, to inform another member, Kurome (revealed to be her younger sister) that they are going to keep their promise. Wave tries to stop Kurome from going but she goes to fight anyway. Wave tries to stop the fight, but winds up fighting Tatsumi, and destroys Kurome's Teigu. With this, Wave and Kurome decide to run away and start a new life together.

After hearing the news of the remaining Jaegers deaths, Esdeath resumes her duties as general to hold off the Revolutionary Army when they begin a siege on the capital to remove Honest from power. As a last resort, Honest convinces the emperor himself to join the fight with his own Teigu. As this is happening, the remaining members of Night Raid perform their last tasks by assassinating the last government members pulling the strings behind the stage. They successfully do so with only Honest and Esdeath as their remaining targets.

To confront the emperor's Teigu, Tatsumi uses his last transformation and begins to change into a Danger Beast. Before his transformation is complete, he manages to beat the emperor with the help of Wave, and asks for Akame to kill him before he loses control and kills everyone. She does so and afterwards confronts Esdeath while Leone confronts Honest. In the end, Akame manages to defeat Esdeath, to which Esdeath, acknowledging her loss, commits suicide, regretting that she couldn't get Tatsumi to look at her. Tatsumi is revealed to be alive due to Akame killing the spirit of the Danger Beast, saving his soul instead, while Leone is mortally wounded by Honest, but fuses with the remains of her Teigu to give her enough time to defeat and capture him, thus ending the Revolutionary War.

For his crimes against the people, Honest is brutally executed slowly and painfully via dismemberment. The Emperor is publicly beheaded, but not before realizing his errors and accepts his punishment willingly. Tatsumi, forever trapped in his dragon form returns to Mine's side and Mine, who got pregnant from him before her coma recovers, and then they settle down to raise their child in Tatsumi's home village. Kurome and Wave end up together as well, and Najenda joins the effort to rebuild the empire with Akame, still working as an assassin to defend the restoring nation from its new enemies. She then heads out to another foreign land at the story's epilogue.

The Testment of Devil Sister

The Testament of Sister New Devil (Japanese: 新妹魔王の契約者 テスタメント Hepburn:
Shinmai Maō no Tesutamento) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tetsuto Uesu and illustrated by Nekosuke Ōkuma. Ten volumes have been published by Kadokawa Shoten since 2012 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine since May 2013. A second manga adaptation has been serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal Arashi magazine since February 2014. An anime adaptation started airing in January 2015. After it concluded in March, a 13th OVA episode came out in June. A second season premiered in October 2015 with a second OVA to follow in January 2016.

Plot

Basara Tōjō is a high school student studying at Hijirigasaka Academy when his father Jin suddenly gets "remarried" and asks Basara if he wants to have sisters. Basara meets his two cute stepsisters, Mio Naruse and Maria Naruse. After his father departs overseas, Basara quickly finds that the two sisters are actually part of a demon clan, and he is meant to be with the hero clan. Mio, a Demon princess, forcibly attempts to make a master and servant contract with Basara, but Maria has it end up being the opposite. Basara is then always getting into ecchi scenarios, more the while, to protect Mio from being pursued by other demons who are after her heritage passed down by the former Demon Lord Wilbert.

Characters

Basara Tōjō (東城 刃更 Tōjō Basara)
Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura
Basara Tojo is a Year 1 high school student at Hijirigasaka Academy and the main male protagonist of the story. As a member of a hero clan, he grows up in a hidden rural village. Basara wields the formerly cursed sword Brynhildr. Basara is the only son of Jin Tōjō, formerly acknowledged to be the 'Strongest Hero' in the village. As Jin's son, great things are expected of Basara and he is unusually strong even as a youth. Basara possesses the skill 'Banishing Shift', which nullifies any skill directed against him. Five years earlier, when Jin is on a trip, the seal of the S-Ranked 'Evil Spirit' is broken. Many people, including his friends and family, are killed by the spirit. When he sees the Evil Spirit trying to harm his childhood friend, Yuki, his Banishing Shift goes out of control, causing a great crater to form, obliterating the bodies of those slain except Yuki, and also cleansing the area of the evil spirit. Yuki is spared and the cursed sword Brynhildr is cleansed. Because of this, he is confined in the village and when Basara's father returns he insists that Basara be released. Basara is released, but only on the condition that Jin lose his title as a hero. Jin chooses the release of his son and they move to the city.
In the present, Basara's father tells him that he is remarrying and that Basara is going to have two younger step-sisters, Mio and Maria. The four of them move into a new house (since the girls' mother is away overseas) and Jin is soon called away on business. The girls take advantage and try to force Basara to leave the house using magic. However, this backfires and Basara tells them to leave. He then contacts his father who reveals the girls' true nature to Basara and why he took them in. Having decided to protect them as their older brother, and in spite of their deception, Basara goes after the girls and saves Mio's life.
Maria has Basara and Mio perform a master-slave magical contract that allows them to know each other's location. But, Maria unexpectedly makes Basara the master and Mio the slave, not the other way around and because Maria used Succubus magic to form the contract, the penalty for a disloyal servant is a strong aphrodisiac effect that can only be relieved by the touch of the master, leading to a strong orgasmic release. He has also entered a pact with Yuki in order to boost their fighting strength.

Mio Naruse (成瀬 澪 Naruse Mio)
Voiced by: Ayaka Asai
Mio, the main female protagonist and titular character, is a Demon princess and heir of the former Demon Lord, Wilbert, as well as niece to the current Moderate Faction leader, Ramsus. She grows up in the care of some of Wilbert's followers ignorant of her heritage. Mio becomes aware of her heritage and inherits her true father's abilities after his death only six months before meeting the Tōjō family. She and Maria are hiding from the current Demon Lord Leoheart's minions who want to kill her for the powers that she inherited. This is the reason why Jin Tōjō takes Mio and her succubus retainer, Maria, in to protect them and prevent the current Demon Lord from becoming stronger. Mio is not pleased with the results of Maria's bonding spell, but she eventually develops feelings for Basara. However, whenever he walks in on her naked, accidentally, she constantly says she will kill him a hundred times, with her usually hitting him with her magic. When she needs to be submitted due to the aphrodisiac effects of the pact, her most sensitive area is her breasts.

Maria Naruse (成瀬 万理亜 Naruse Maria)
Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara
Maria is a succubus and is Mio's follower and guardian. Maria loves Mio like a sister and is willing to give her own life to protect her. However, true to her succubus nature, Maria likes to tease and trick Basara whenever she can, but she genuinely likes him and considers him to be her older brother, although she seems to enjoy getting him in perverted situations, all that leave him uncomfortable, as she is also responsible for Basara's and Mio's alone moments, involving the two in uncomfortable positions or moments, that may get both naked. Her tricks often gets her in trouble and results in Mio punishing her. It is later revealed that she has a much more adult form that is an extreme opposite of her loli form, being an incredibly seductive adult.

Yuki Nonaka (野中 柚希 Nonaka Yūki)
Voiced by: Sarah Emi Bridcutt
Yuki is a member of the Hero Tribe and Basara Tōjō's childhood friend who speaks in the Kansai dialect. A rather calm and serious person who only shows her more affectionate side to Basara as she has had a crush on him since they were children. She is one of the observers watching Mio Naruse and is the Class Representative of Basara and Mio's class in Hijirigasaka Academy. Unlike nearly all of the other people in the Hero Tribe, she does not resent Basara regarding the incident five years ago. She holds Basara as the most important thing in her life despite stating that she is look out for everyone else because she knows that his people have turned on him, not the other way around. Yuki is the sister of Kurumi Nonaka and wields the Spirit Sword, Sakuya. She is the second person to make a Master-Servant contract with Basara (something she agreed to with no hesitation) and even formed in the same manner as Mio where the aphrodisiac effects took effect and she needed to be submitted (if anything she almost tries to disobey Basara so that she has to submit). It is seen and confirmed by Maria that Yuki's most sensitive spot is her buttocks.

Kurumi Nonaka (野中 胡桃 Nonaka Kurumi)
Voiced by: Iori Nomizu
Yuki's younger sister and also a member of the Hero Tribe. Kurumi has a hostile attitude towards Basara, but after being saved by Basara during their fight she realizes what Yuki knew all along and he continues to blame himself for not being able to control his ability which causes the accident 5 years before Mio meets Basara and develops a crush on him as well. She specializes in summoning spirits. Kurumi's most sensitive spot is her underarms. She later joins Basara's group as the fourth female.

Jin Tōjō (東城 迅 Tōjō Jin)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Jin is Basara's father and a member of the Hero Tribe. He knows of and sympathizes with Mio's situation and that is why he decides to protect her. As a foreign correspondent Jin is largely absent from the Tōjō home. His strength is so famous that it kept the Demon Lord Wilbert at bay.

Yahiro Takigawa (Lars) (滝川 八尋 (ラース) Takigawa Yahiro (Rāsu))
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
A masked Demon sent to spy on Mio who disguises himself as her and Basara's classmate, but after being defeated and nearly killed, he befriends Basara and they form an uneasy alliance. He's capable of creating dolls to take his place and fights using barriers. Mio's foster parents were his caretakers in the orphanage he grew up in, so he agreed to help Basara on the condition he could kill Zolgia himself, to fulfill his wish and avenge his caretaker.

Takashi Hayase (早瀬 高志 Hayase Takashi)
Voiced by: Go Inoue
A member of the Hero Tribe who wields the cursed spear, Byakko. He is Basara's childhood friend, but resents him after the incident 5 years before Basara meets Mio and believes that not only Basara has forgotten the incident, but any who side with a demon needs to be killed.

Chisato Hasegawa (長谷川 千里 Hasegawa Chisato)
Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa
The school nurse at Hijiriga Saka Academy. She is aware of the supernatural things happening around the students and tends to give Basara advice. A wise and caring person, it is revealed that she was Basara's mother's best friend and close enough to be sisters in all but blood. After Basara's mother dies, Hasegawa dedicates her life to protecting Basara. It is also revealed is that she is not human but in fact an Angel, hinting that Basara's mother was one as well therefore making him a Nephilim. She sometimes takes the initiative in trying to seduce Basara.

Zest (ゼスト Zesuto)
Voiced by: Seiko Yoshida
Another demon, made by Zolgia to be his right-hand, sent to keep an eye on Mio alongside Lars, and is originally envious of the pacts that Basara has with Maria, Mio and Yuki, since they care for each other.
She later joins Basara's group as the fifth female and third demon girl following Zolgia's defeat and her defection to the Moderate faction. After spending time with Maria's mother, Sheera, Basara discovers that her bust had become considerably larger. She and Basara are convinced by Sheera to make a third Master-Servant pact, to not only increase their strength but also to protect Zest who would be in danger should the tension between the demon factions increase. Although Zest was able make a proper Master-Servant pact with Basara, unlike Mio and Yuki, the aphrodisiac effects of the curse still activate due to Zest's own doubts of her worthiness of being Basara's servant. Contrast to her serious nature in battle she is actually meek and timid outside, she would sometimes dress as a maid for Basara and adds "-sama" honorific to his name.

Kyōichi Shiba (芝恭一 Shiba Kyōichi)
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
A member of the Hero Tribe who is released from prison to accompany Takashi and Kurumi as a spectator. While very powerful, he respects Basara's ability and desire to protect Mio, Maria, and Yuki. Basara states that he is so powerful that if he is a genius then Shiba is over-talented.

Zolgia (ゾルギア Zorugia)
Voiced by: Hiroto Kazuki
The Demon who kills Mio's adoptive parents and Zest's former master, who plans to turn non Leohart and obtain the Demon King's powers for himself by kidnapping Mio without Leohart's knowledge. After he is defeated, Lars captures and kills him.

Leohart (レオハート Reohāto)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu
The current Demon Lord and younger brother of the demon Riara.

Mamoru Sakasaki / Ornis (坂崎 守 / オルニス Sakazaki Mamoru / Orunisu)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
A teacher at Hijirigasaka Academy. Initially assumed to be a human, it is revealed that he is actually a god like Hasegawa. He is intent on killing Basara who he believes reached beyond his stature and earned Hasegawa's affection. He is believes that killing him will bring Hasegawa back to heaven. He tries to use Kurumi as hostage to prevent Basara from attacking and then succeeds in cutting off Basara's sword arm. However this causes the sword to react and release the spirit of Brynhildr, One of the most powerful Valkyries. In this form Basara's arm grows back, his hair on the right-side of his head turns white with a greenish tinge and his right eye glows. He moves so fast that Sakasaki cannot even see him and he cuts of the top of his foot using Banishing Shift which he could earlier only use as a counter, not as an attack. Basara attempts to kill Sakasaki but Hasegawa intervenes. She then revels that she always knew that Ornis has replaced the real Sakasaki. Using her full power, Hasegawa kills Ornis has Basara take the credit for killing the god.

Aikatsu Stars

Aikatsu Stars! (アイカツスターズ！ Aikatsu Sutāzu!) is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which was launched in May 2016. It is the successor to the Aikatsu! series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2016.

Summary

The series features a new protagonist named Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsuboshi Gakuen (Four Star Academy). This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4. In the second season "Hoshi no Tsubasa" (Star Wings), Venus Ark, a new rival school to the protagonist Yume Nijino's Yotsuboshi Gakuen that uses a ship as its schoolhouse, will appear. And new idols from the school, the "perfect idol" Elza Forte and Kirara Hanazono join the story that will feature the highest class dress type "Star Premium Rare Coord".

Shimoneta

Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (下ネタという概念が
存在しない退屈な世界 Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai), officially abbreviated as Shimoseka (下セカ) in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Hirotaka Akagi and illustrated by Eito Shimotsuki. Shogakukan has published nine volumes since July 2012 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation titled Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Man**-hen (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 マン●篇?) with art by N' Yuzuki began serialization in Mag Garden's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade from May 2014. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July 2015 to September 2015. Shimoneta (下ネタ?) is a Japanese word for "vulgar slang" or "dirty joke", "blue joke", "erotic topic".

Plot

In a dystopian future, the Japanese government is cracking down on any perceived immoral activity from using risqué language to distributing lewd materials in the country, to the point where all citizens are forced to wear high-tech devices called Peace Makers (PM) at all times that analyse every spoken word and hand motions for any action that could break the law. A new high school student named Tanukichi Okuma enters the country's leading elite "public morals school" to reunite with his crush and student council President, Anna Nishikinomiya. However, Tanukichi quickly finds himself entwined with the perverted terrorist "Blue Snow" ("Tundra's Blue" in some translations) when she kidnaps and forces him to join her organisation, "SOX," in creating and spreading pornographic material across the city as a form of protest against the regulations.

Characters

SOX

Tanukichi Okuma (奥間 狸吉 Okuma Tanukichi)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English)
The protagonist of the story, Anna's childhood friend, and the son of an infamous dirty-joke terrorist named Zenjuro who was arrested by moral authorities years ago after trying to spread condoms around the Diet building in defiance of the moral laws. Tanukichi graduated from a public intermediate school with the "lowest morals score" according to his classmates. He finds himself constantly torn between keeping the secret of Ayame's alter-ego as a lewd terrorist and turning her in to the authorities to win Anna's favour. He is understood to have a knowledge of all things considered sexual and/or vulgar, obtained from and encouraged by his father during childhood. It is also implied that due to his upbringing, he finds the lewd activities to be quite stimulating to some extent, though he denies it. Over time, he starts to develop romantic feelings for Ayame despite not approving of her habit of saying innuendos constantly.

Ayame Kajou (華城 綾女?\ Kajō Ayame) / Blue Snow (雪原の青? Setsugen no Ao, lit. "Blue of the Snowfield")
Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)
The vice-president of the Student Council and daughter of a disgraced former Diet member who unsuccessfully fought against the public morality laws. Ayame secretly acts outside of school as the perverted terrorist "Blue Snow," wearing panties over her face, spreading semi-pornographic leaflets, and shouting dirty jokes in defiance of the Japanese moral authorities. After kidnapping Tanukichi, she decides to form the group SOX with him and expand her activities to include the school and beyond. Her father taught her a code she can use on her mobile phone that disables the collars and PMs she wears for 3 minutes per day allowing her to freely say or do any lewd things during the time. Later on, it is shown that she might have developed romantic feelings for Tanukichi as she starts to act shy when the two of them are alone.

Otome Saotome (早乙女 乙女 Saotome Otome)
Voiced by: Satomi Arai (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
An artistic prodigy whose paintings have won awards and are even displayed throughout the school, though she seems bored by the attention. After inadvertently discovering Tanukichi changing out of a Blue Snow costume, she blackmails him into being her "pet" for a while, and later joins SOX in order to learn how to draw explicit artwork after being educated on the subject by Ayame. Because the PMs she wears detects any lewd movement her hands make, she instead taught herself to draw by holding tools with her mouth to avoid her PM's sensors. She has an unrequited crush on Anna.

Kosuri Onigashira (鬼頭 鼓修理 Onigashira Kosuri)
Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Lara Woodhull (English)
The daughter of Keisuke and a fangirl of SOX who carries multiple weapons (such as air guns and electric stuns) with her and uses tactics she learned from romantic and shoujo manga to manipulate people, even her allies. Ayame lets her join in partly because her hairstyle looks similar to the tip of a penis. At first, she became upset that SOX was not being aggressive enough with their tactics, and momentarily defected to Takuma's organization under the presumption that he was more dramatic with his approach against the Japanese authorities. She went back to SOX after finding out it was nothing more than an elaborate cover for him to pursue his fetish. She is currently pretending to be Tanukichi's sister while hiding out at his apartment.

Hyouka Fuwa (不破 氷菓 Fuwa Hyōka)
Voiced by: Saori Gotō (Japanese); Mikaela Krantz (English)
A budding scientist and classmate of Tanukichi who is obsessed with solving the mystery behind how babies are truly conceived, as the Japanese moral authorities have censored everything pertaining to sex education beyond vague generalities. She even went so far as to constantly visit gynecology clinics and hospitals in order to learn more until she was banned from visiting them. Often collects insects to study their reproductive habits. She has a very sharp sense of observation, able to deduce Kosuri's manipulative tactics, tell a fake gun from a real one, and convincing Oboro that her yaoi comics have an educational value through Oboro's restrictive mannerisms. She believes Tanukichi may hold the answers to her questions due to his knowledge of sexual terms and pesters him constantly to reveal what he knows about pregnancy to her. Though not officially a member of SOX, she helps them out from time to time because she is aware (to some degree) of the identities of its members.

High School DxD

High School DxD (Japanese: ハイスクールD×D Hepburn: Haisukūru Dī Dī, alternatively written as Highschool DxD) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The story centers on Issei Hyodo, a perverted high school student from Kuoh Academy who is killed by his first date, revealed to be a fallen angel, but is later revived as a devil by Rias Gremory to serve her and her devil family. Issei's deepening relationship with Rias proves dangerous to the angels, the fallen angels, and the devils.

High School DxD began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Magazine in its September 2008 issue. The first volume was released on September 20, 2008. A total of twenty two volumes is available in Japan as of September 2016 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Hiroji Mishima began serialization in the July 2010 issue of Dragon Magazine and later in the March 2011 issue of Monthly Dragon Age with twenty two volumes currently available as of September 2016.

An anime adaptation by TNK aired on AT-X and other networks from January 6, 2012 to March 23, 2012. The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation, in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment, and in Australia by Madman Entertainment. A second season called High School DxD New (ハイスクールD×D NEW Haisukūru Dī Dī Nyū) aired from July 7, 2013, to September 22, 2013. A third season called High School DxD BorN (ハイスクールD×D BorN Haisukūru Dī Dī Bōn) aired from April 4, 2015 to June 20, 2015. A fourth season is set to be broadcast in 2017.

Plot

Kuoh Academy (駒王学園 Kuō Gakuen, alt. Kuou Academy) is a former all-girls school that has recently turned co-ed, but it has a secret. Unknown to normal humans, angels (天使 Tenshi), fallen angels (堕天使 Datenshi) and devils (悪魔 Akuma) comprise part of the student population. One of these students, Issei Hyodo, is a lecherous second-year human student who lives a peaceful life. After an ordinary school day, Issei is suddenly asked out on a date by a girl named Yuma Amano. After their date, Yuma brings Issei to a local park and makes a startling request. She reveals herself as Raynare, a fallen angel, and she tries to kill him. Using her summoning card, Rias Gremory, a buxom third-year student at Kuoh Academy, revives him. Issei wakes up the next morning, thinking that the events that occurred were all just a dream. Immediately after being attacked by another fallen angel and waking up, he notices Rias naked in his room. Rias reveals to Issei her true identity as a devil and says that as a result of his death at the hands of Yuma, she has reincarnated him as a devil, becoming his new master in the process.

The Irregular Magic at Highschool

The Irregular at Magic High School, known in Japanese as Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei (魔法科高校の劣等生, lit. "The Poor Performing Student of a Magic High School"), is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, an internet web novel website, between October 2008 and March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his work in a light novel format beginning July 2011. In 2013, each story arc received a manga adaptation with varying manga artists and publishers. That same year, an anime adaptation by Madhouse was announced and was broadcast between April and September 2014. The Irregular at Magic High School franchise had been localized for English by two companies: The light novels and one of the manga adaptations are licensed by Yen Press while Aniplex of America licensed the anime series. The anime series was simulcasted on four networks, and was later made available on Netflix.

The story takes place in an alternate history where magic exists and is polished through modern technology. It follows Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, siblings who enroll into First High magic high school. While keeping their connections to the infamous Yotsuba clan secret, they attempt to live their daily life in peace where Tatsuya is shunned for his apparent ineptness and Miyuki is validated for her magical abilities.

The series has been well received. The light novels appeared on Sugoi Japan's 2015 polls and since 2011, is one of the top selling series in Japan with 5.3 million copies sold as of 2014. In addition, its manga and anime adaptations also appeared on top selling charts. English reviewers had mixed to negative reception towards the anime adaptation. The complex technicality of magic within the series was received warmly but the exposition was criticized for being heavy, unclear, and poorly executed.

Plot

The series is set in a world with an alternate history, where magic exists and has been polished through modern technology. However, the ability to use magic is determined by genetics, limiting the amount of magicians in existence. Following the Third World War, the world's superpowers shifted to these four nations: The United States of North America (USNA), New Soviet Union, the Great Asian Alliance, and Japan. In Japan, the magic community is informally governed by the ten master clans in lieu of the government. Due to the limited amount of magicians, they are treated as commodity and are forced to enter magic related schools and professions. Nine magic high schools exist in Japan; they each specialize in different aspects of magic and are simply referred to by their numbers.

The story follows Tatsuya Shiba, a bodyguard to his sister Miyuki Shiba who is also a candidate to succeed the master clan, Yotsuba. They enroll into First High School which segregates its students based on their magical abilities. Miyuki is enlisted as a first course student and is viewed as one of the best students, while Tatsuya is in the second course and considered to be magically inept. However, Tatsuya's technical knowledge, combat abilities, and unique magic techniques causes people to view him as an irregular to the school's standardized rankings.

Characters

Main characters

Tatsuya Shiba (司波 達也 Shiba Tatsuya) and Miyuki Shiba (司波 深雪 Shiba Miyuki)

Tatsuya and Miyuki are siblings of the same year and children to Tatsurou Shiba and the late Miya Yotsuba; their parents had a loveless forced marriage, and when their mother died, their father married his mistress, Sayuri Furuha, leaving the siblings to live by themselves. Maya Yotsuba, their aunt and the leader of the Yotsuba, was the reason Tatsuya was born with the unique magic to decompose, reconstruct, and detonate matter. Out of fear, the Yotsuba rallied for Tatsuya's death, forcing Miya and Maya to take measures to ensure his survival: the first was Miyuki's creation, a powerful magician who will act as a seal to Tatsuya's power; the second is to magically dull Tatsuya's emotions except for his familial love towards Miyuki; and the third was to assign Tatsuya to be Miyuki's bodyguard in order to develop his sense of loyalty towards her. During a family vacation in Okinawa, Tatsuya wards off an invasion by the Great Asian Alliance and joins the 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion which is headed by major Kazama Harunobu. At some point during his life, Tatsuya developed an interest in engineering magical technology and commercialized revolutionary technology through his family's company, Four Leaves Technology, under the identity Taurus Silver. He is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura.

Miyuki is considered one of the strongest magicians in the world and is a candidate to succeed the Yotsuba. Her specialty is freezing magic, and her unique magic allows her to freeze a person's consciousness. In addition, half of her magic casting abilities is used to seal Tatsuya's powers. Before the family vacation in Okinawa, Miyuki treated Tatsuya coldly akin to how the other Yotsuba clan members did. She begins to warm up to him and when Tatsuya saves her life, devotes her existence to him. It evolves to the point she disdains the touch of other males and expresses jealousy towards females around Tatsuya.LN 11.15 Genetically different from Tatsuya, despite being born from the same parents, Miyuki professes her love to him following their engagement under Maya's orders.  She is voiced by Saori Hayami.

In the polls by Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, both Tatsuya and Miyuki ranked as one of the most popular light novel characters. Outside of the franchise, Tatsuya and Miyuki also appear in Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax.

Kamisama Kiss

Kamisama Kiss (Japanese: 神様はじめました
Hepburn: Kamisama Hajimemashita, lit. "I Became a God" or "God Began") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Julietta Suzuki and serialized by Hakusensha in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume. The series is licensed for regional release in North America by Viz Media as part of their Shojo Beat imprint. An anime adaptation has been produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Akitaro Daichi and began airing in October 2012. It has been streamed by Funimation Entertainment in North America. A second season was announced and premiered during January 2015.

Plot 

Nanami Momozono dreams of living an average school life just like any other high school girl does. Instead, she must cope up with the fact that her father, who is a constant gambler, has accumulated a bunch of gambling debts on her. As she can't afford to pay the rent, she gets kicked out of her apartment and is now homeless. Despite this unfortunate turn of events, she still maintains a kind heart.

While sitting on a park bench collecting her thoughts, Nanami meets a strange man hanging from a tree because he is being chased by a dog. After saving him from the dog, she learns that the man's name is Mikage. Upon learning about Nanami's current situation, in a perfect example of how good deeds are rewarded, he gives her his home as a token of his gratitude. She accepts the offer because she is homeless. When Nanami arrives at Mikage's home, she is shocked to see that it is not a normal home but a shrine for worship. After being greeted by both Onikiri and Kotetsu who are the keepers of the shrine, she meets Tomoe, Mikage's familiar, and she learns that Mikage used to be the Earth Deity of the shrine and has bestowed upon her his mark so that she may be the new deity. At first Nanami is reluctant, but as she lives with Tomoe, Onikiri and Kotetsu she begins to understand and works hard in her new position as the Earth Deity. As the story progresses Nanami finds herself falling in love with Tomoe, but he rejects her because the love between a human and a yokai is taboo. Despite saying that, Tomoe finds himself falling in love with her too.

Characters

Main characters

Nanami Momozono (桃園奈々生 Momozono Nanami)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)
A teenage girl whose father ran out on her because of his gambling debts, and she was often mocked for her poverty by her classmates. She becomes the local land god after Mikage transfers his position over to her. Nanami begins with very little spiritual power, but she works hard at balancing her godly duties with her schoolwork and eventually becomes adept at purifying Tomoe within their present era, successfully nullifying his curse and becoming engaged to him after five hundred years of waiting. In the arc where Tomoe is turned into a fox, she tries to stop Akura-Ou from getting his yokai body back and to save Okuninushi so she can ask him to turn Tomoe into a human. However, Nanami does not have time because she has only six months to because of the life span taken from her by Akura-Ou earlier in the arc. In the second season, Nanami becomes an expert at using her only godly weapon, white talismans, with which she can do many things as long as they do not exceed her in strength. She also uses a "shikigami" called Mamoru in the second season of the anime. His base form is that of a small monkey that can fit in the palm of her hand, but he can take the shape of a young boy. With him she is able to create barriers against evil that can do various things, ranging from purification to the banishing of yokai.
It is later shown at the end of the manga that, after a 10 year time skip, she is married to Tomoe, who is now a human. She is shown to have worked as a kindergarten teacher during the interim, but is retiring due to the advancement of her pregnancy (it is suggested at the end of both the manga and anime that the child is a baby boy). She and Tomoe are then shown to revisit Mikage shrine after having fulfilled/completed the journey of becoming an adult.

Tomoe (巴衛)
Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
A fox yokai who serves as the familiar of the land god Mikage. When Nanami becomes the new land god, she makes a contract with Tomoe to turn him into her familiar, much to his displeasure. He is very hostile and condescending to Nanami at the start of the series, but this changes as the series progresses.
He has a very cynical and often mocking demeanor, partly because he is distrustful of others, but he can be very charming when the occasion demands it. He is also extremely powerful, and is apparently able to disable other familiars, independent demons and, as a yokai, even some deities without much effort. However, his power is restricted by Nanami's words, which means that if she orders him to do something, he must comply. He can transform himself and others with enchanted leaves, but his real power lies in the use of his Fox-Fire, which can hunt down any foe relentlessly and even manipulate other flames. Tomoe worries a great deal about Nanami and is very aware of how delicate she is as a human, threatening anyone who harms or speaks ill of her. Further within the manga, Nanami takes a journey to the past in order to save her beloved Tomoe from a deadly curse bestowed upon him after he formed a contract with a fallen god in order to live as a human. It is strongly emphasized that he was once in love with a human woman who was very sick named Yukiji. However, it is later revealed that the woman he fell in love with was really Nanami herself when time-traveling. The misconception arises from Nanami's decision to conceal herself from Tomoe (by asking everyone to keep her real name a secret) when she rescues an injured Tomoe from being killed by the villagers. Because she takes care of him in the real Yukiji's house, when Tomoe asks for the name of the woman caring for him, he is only told that he is in the house of Yukiji.
It is often implied that he loves Nanami, such as through his random acts of kindness for her and refusing to kill in front of her. He often gets very jealous of other boys who hang around her. He is also very loyal to Nanami, as shown by him kissing her to seal their contract again after it had been broken. It is later revealed that he is just as in love with Nanami as she is in love with him, but Nanami is unaware of this fact because of Tomoe's rejection of her earlier in the first series. After Nanami goes back in time to save him, he accepts his feelings for her and they renew their engagement that they made 500 years earlier. Soon after, Tomoe meets an old shrine maiden that he once met as a child and it frightens him how fast humans can grow old and die. He wants to become human so that he can grow old with Nanami. He takes a potion from Kurama, which he mistakenly believes will turn him human, but it is actually the Potion of Origin, which turns him into a fox. Nanami prepares to stop Akura-Ou from regaining his body and to save the god Okuninushi so she can ask him to turn Tomoe human. Later Nanami receives a flower bud which will bloom when Tomoe learns how to feel affection for humans. If he were to eat the bloomed flower, he would then return to his normal form.
It is later shown at the end of the manga, that a 10-year time period has lapsed, and that he is married to Nanami. He becomes human after their marriage ceremony happens by going to Okuninushi and doing some bidding. He is shown working at a company which he enjoys working at. Nanami gives birth to a baby boy they both created. It is later shown that they return to Mikage shrine after Nanami has completed her journal to become a full adult.

Mikage (ミカゲ)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English)
A mysterious man who was once the land god of the shrine, and who left twenty years ago for unspecified reasons. He met a newly homeless Nanami and bestowed the land god mark on her, saying that she was better suited to be the god than him. He has light hair and glasses and wears a trench coat and hat. Throughout the manga he is portrayed as someone shrouded in mystery on what his true motives really are, but it is hinted that his plan has been to show Tomoe that humans and yokai can fall in love and that Nanami may be the one who can reach Tomoe. Yet, it is not clear if this is his only reason for the circumstances and events he set in motion. Although he did not appear much in the beginning of the manga, he has since recently returned back to his shrine, but he accepts Nanami as the land god and not him.

Kurama (鞍馬)
Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese); Sean O'Connor (English)
A wildly popular idol with the gimmick of being a "fallen angel" with goth makeup and a bad boy attitude. He is a crow tengu from the Kurama mountain, who initially wished to become the land god by eating Nanami's heart. After being thwarted by Tomoe and subsequently saved by Nanami, he gives up on this scheme and regards her as a friend, even allowing her to stay at his apartment when she temporarily loses her godhood. He has a lingering dislike for Tomoe, and the two are prone to insulting each other whenever they meet. He left Kurama mountain seventeen years ago and has been living in the human world since then. He is also shown to have a more human-like attitude compared to Tomoe and Mizuki. He also has feelings for Nanami and always tries to flirt with her, but he seems to have accepted her relationship with Tomoe. His real name is Shinjūrō (真寿郎).

Mizuki (瑞希)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Micah Solusod (English)
A lonely snake familiar of the abandoned and submerged Yonomori shrine. When Nanami saves his life from her cruel classmates by releasing him out a window, he falls in love with her. He abducts her soon after, intending to marry her. In spite of this, Nanami takes pity on him and promises to visit after Tomoe rescues her. He hates Tomoe, evident to his constant mocking and bantering. He even goes as far as to manipulate Nanami various times through the act of "helping" to try and deter her feelings towards Tomoe, though she is unaware. He later becomes Nanami's familiar to save her from a sea demon after she inadvertently sacrifices herself to save Tomoe. He has the power to make wonderful sake. He also says that he can be himself whenever he is with Nanami.

Onikiri (鬼切) and Kotetsu (虎徹)
Voiced by: Natsuyo Atarashi (first season), Naoko Matsui (second season) (Onikiri) and Chika Ōkubo (Kotetsu) (Japanese); Jad Saxton (Onikiri) and Josh Grelle (Kotetsu) (English)
The two bald, childlike yokai attendants at Nanami's shrine who wear masks. Just like Tomoe, they are able to shapeshift. They are extremely fond of Nanami, Tomoe, Mizuki and Mikage. It is implied that there is an unpleasant sight underneath their masks.