This is a sub-genre of the romantic-comedy genre. To qualify, you have to have a single, dateless, nice guy who suddenly finds himself surrounded by a bunch of hot girls/women who are interested or attracted to him to varying degrees. The male lead may also live with many of these girls.
The nature of a story line are often defined by both the age and issues that the main character has to confront. A student in college would approach a situation very differently than someone in middle-school. This tag is intended suggest that the story is more mature (or perhaps less hormonally driven and spastic) in its nature. Aa! Megami-sama! OVA and Ai Yori Aoshi are both very good examples as to the fun adventures of a college-aged students.
This is a term coined to identify things like jiggling breasts, cleavage shots, panty shots, bra shots, closeup shots of women's breast, legs, butt, etc., and mild nudity all for the purposes of "servicing" the audience and having no relevance to the plot or characters of a series. The term has a second meaning covering things like massive action sequences, explosions, fights, etc., but it mostly refers to the first meaning.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Ai Yori Aoshi |
Buy | Kaoru Hanabishi just wanted to help. Aoi Sakuraba just wanted to find her first love. They never realized they were looking for each other. Ever since their arranged marriage 18 years ago, Aoi had been in love with Kaoru, but she traveled to Tokyo to meet him when she learned the marriage had been called off. While Kaoru is impressed by Aoi's loyalty, innocence and beauty, to accept her affection, he might have to return to the Hanabishi Clan and the emotional and physical pain he suffered during his childhood... Their self-control and their love will be put to the test when she moves in and he tries to stay a gentleman! |
 Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ |
Rent |
This is the sequel to Ai Yori Aoshi based on the manga of the same name ("Enishi" means "Destiny"). It has been two years since Aoi met Kaoru at the train station. Since he and the other girls moved into Aoi's family's summer home, not much has changed. Kaoru has finished university and is now writing his thesis for a doctor's degree and even part-time working at the university institute. Kaoru and Aoi are still secretly seeing each other while the other girls (minus Miyabi) all have crushes on Kaoru. |
| AYA | Buy | See Ai Yori Aoshi |
| B | ||
| Bluer Than Indigo | Buy | See Ai Yori Aoshi |
| Bluer than Indigo: Destiny | Rent | See Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ |
| 藍より青し | Buy | See Ai Yori Aoshi |
| 藍より青し～縁～ | Rent | See Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ |
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