2008/Dark/Supernatural/Modern Titles

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Dark: (Style) Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for this category.

Supernatural: (Story/Location) Titles of this category are relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe (especially God, or a god, demigod, spirit or devil), departing from what is usual or normal (especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature or attributed to an invisible agent, like a ghost or spirit). Contains subcategories of more specific types: "Angels", "Deities", "Shinigami", and "Vampires".

Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

Title Rating Synopsis
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H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Rent A boy, Hirose Takuma, was traumatized by the death of his mother during his childhood. To rehabilitate, he transfers to the school in his mother's hometown, where he meets three girls:
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xxxHOLiC Kei
Rent

Continuing after the original series xxxHOLiC, Watanuki continues to work at Yuuko-san's shop. For this new series, Watanuki meets more interesting people and creatures including the Dream Buyer (who buys and sells dreams in the form of a balloon), Kohane-chan (a young girl who can see spirits), Doumeki's deceased grandfather, and more. Also, old favorite characters return such as Ame-Warashi and Zashiki-Warashi. Further, the secret of Himawari-chan is revealed as to why Yuuko-san tells Watanuki that Himawari-chan is not his goddess of good luck.

xxxHOLiC◆継 Rent See xxxHOLiC Kei
Genre
Drama(2) Mystery(1) Romance(1) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(1) Surreal(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Coming of Age(1) Depression(1) High School(1) Magic(1)
Occult(1) Psychics(1) Sequel(1) Slice of Life(2)
Spiritual(1) Video-game inspired(1)
Type
TV(2)
Release Year

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