In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.
Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn't as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she'll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi's dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.
No es fácil para Futaba Igarashi que la perciban como una verdadera vendedora cuando su senpai, Harumi, la trata como a una niña.
Hashiba Kyouya es un desarrollador de 28 años. Con su empresa quebrada y él, en consecuencia, perdiendo su empleo, regresa a su ciudad natal. Al observar el éxito de los creadores de su época, se arrepiente de las decisiones de su vida mientras yacía angustiado en su cama. Sin embargo, cuando Kyouya se despierta al día siguiente, descubre que ha viajado diez años hacia el pasado, antes de ingresar a la universidad. ¿Podrá finalmente hacer la cosas bien? Esta es una historia sobre una persona que fracasó en sus sueños, pero que ha conseguido una segunda oportunidad.
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Hinako is the executive assistant to the CEO of Relation Gate, a startup company growing at breakneck speed.
Apt to listen to his gut feelings, her boss bombards her day in and day out with tall orders he concocts on a whim.
Life is far from chill for Hinako, who hasn't had a boyfriend in six years.
She barely even has time to sit and think carefully about her future. Each long workday ends with the same toxic thought, "I find no meaning doing this!" as she clutches a beer and lets out a huge sigh.
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