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10 School-Live Poses As A Cutesy Slice-Of-Life Series

Audiences are introduced to School-Live through the perspective of its protagonist, Yuki Takeya, who seems like an average high school girl living her school life. In truth, Yuki is living through a zombie outbreak in a post-apocalyptic landscape that was once her school.

9 Spice & Wolf Is Impressively Thorough In Its Economics

From the outset, Spice & Wolf seems as if it'd turn into a romance drama since Kraft Lawrence and Holo grow increasingly close through their journey. But while there's the occasional obvious flirting here and there, Spice & Wolf spends most of its time on the detailed economics and world-building of its fictional locations.

8 Higurashi: When They Cry Turned Out Surprisingly Gory

On the surface, Higurashi: When They Cry resembles a school comedy anime with a protagonist who's presumably destined to have a harem. In reality, Higurashi is an intense, gory thriller anime that revolves around a murder mystery and the supernatural.

7 Death Parade Hides An Important Message In Its Edgy Premise

The opening song and animation for Death Parade is perhaps the most misleading part of it, but even the edgy Death Games that take center stage distract from the real message of the show. Underneath the gratuitous violence, Death Parade is primarily about connections between others and the fleeting nature of life.

6 School Days Had An Ending No One Was Expecting

Another anime that poses as a typical school romance drama, School Days takes several turns in its narrative that audiences weren't expecting. Starting as a love triangle between Makoto Itou, Kotonoha Katsura, and Sekai Saionji, the anime soon displays Makoto engaging in reckless infidelity with several girls at school.

5 Golden Time Spiced Up The Cliched Love Triangle Trope

Appearing to be a run-of-the-mill romance drama, Golden Time employed a cliched narrative in a novel way and presented a somewhat surprising ending. Banri Tada suffers from amnesia due to a previous accident and is essentially starting over his life with no memories of his past.

3 Fruits Basket Turned Out To Be A Compelling Character Drama

High school romance dramas and comedies are overwhelmingly popular tropes, so it's not surprising that they're used to draw in audiences. Fruits Basket is another series dressed up as a school romance but goes much further into its large cast of characters than would be expected.

Why does Ninny say "Niiha Chan"?

When Ninny reminds her that she asked not to be called "Ninii-chan" because she is Noel's senpai, Noel tells her to call her by her first name , leading Ninny to say "Niiha-chan" is cuter and that Noel is a boy's name, which Noel counters by stating that it is a girl's name in Japan.

What does Noel say about Balgo?

Kicking Balgo away, Noel notes that he is now able to finish his sentences even after being kicked by her and throws a pipe at him, which he frantically dodges, before brushing off his claim that it could have hit someone by stating that if he could dodge it, even an elderly man could.

What does Billy Banx Jr. do to Cinderella?

Upon looking behind her, Noel sees that Cinderella has stopped moving and is looking intently, and from Wing Bind headquarters, Billy Banx Jr. fires a narrow, powerful beam of energy from the tip of his left index finger that pierces Cinderella's skull and destroys her Crown Artery, killing her, which bemuses him.

What does Ninny do to Osushi?

Suddenly, as Ninny kicks him away to protect Osushi and Balgo tearfully complies by taking out the Pipe, a sword blade made of energy sprouts from the end of the pipe, stunning him, Noel, and Ninny while Osushi begins to lick his neck.

Why does Noel warn the Bud Buck to not use magic?

Blue Spark, only for the Bud Buck to begin using its magic, which Noel warns it against doing because this will cause flowers to bloom on its antlers. Suddenly, a massive, wombat-head Dragon bursts through the treetops near the Bud Buck, prompting Noel to instead fire Magic #31.

Who is the dragonclad in Witches Blow a New Pipe?

WITCHES BLOW A NEW PIPE. One month after Balgo Parks became a Dragonclad, Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole deal with an incident involving him and Osushi in Reverse London . The cover spread of 01. WITCHES BLOW A NEW PIPE.

Who accosted Noel Niihashi?

As Noel Niihashi walks down the streets of London in her school uniform while musing on how uniforms tell others who she is, she comes across Osushi sitting on the ground and prepares to give him a dog treat, only to be accosted by Balgo Parks, who wishes to see her panties as usual.