Josei Titles

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Josei: (Target Group) (↗josei (女性) = "woman"; opposite of "Seinen") Josei manga is a term that refers to the target demographic of manga created mostly by women for late teenage and adult female audiences. The stories tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan. Though there are some that cover high school, most cover the lives of adult women. The style also tends to be a more restrained, realistic version of Shoujo manga, keeping some of the wispy features and getting rid of the very large sparkly eyes. There are exceptions in the style described above, but what defines Josei is some degree of stylistic continuity of comics within this particular demographic. The same is true with different demographics that have different stylistic tendencies. See also: ↗Wikipedia:Josei.

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Nodame Cantabile OVA
Rent MATSUDA Yuki is a self-obsessed aspiring Japanese conductor who is struggling to gain recognition on the world stage. In Paris, he is the conductor of the Recyl orchestra, and in Japan, he leads the Rising Star orchestra. But these successes are not enough to make him happy, Matsuda wants more! More recognition! More popularity! More girls! And then one evening, he manages to pull Chiaki into his little world and proceeds to torment him mercilessly.

Nodame Cantabile: Finale
Rent The final chapter in the Nodame Story.
Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter Rent See Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen

Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
Rent Nodame and Chiaki travel to Paris to further their developments in music with each one facing their own challenges involving music, their neighbors, the culture, and even romance.
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Ocean Waves Rent See Umi ga Kikoeru

Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Rent Narumi, a female office worker who hides her fujoshi lifestyle, and Hirotaka, a handsome and capable company man who is secretly a game otaku. The two seem perfect for each other, but love is difficult for a nerd.
Otona Joshi no Anime Time: Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze Rent See Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze
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Paradise Kiss
Buy Yukari Hayasaka is a high school student in her final year undergoing the stress of applying for university exams and the pressures put on her by her mother to succeed as a student. One day, Yukari is brought into the world of fashion modeling by George Koizumi and several of his friends at the Yazawa Gakuen design school. The group known as Paradise Kiss need Yukari’s help to model their clothing designs for their school’s upcoming fashion competition. Yukari agrees to help the group out as she starts to realize her potential in the world of fashion modeling and falls for George as the days count down towards the Yazawa competition.
ParaKiss Buy See Paradise Kiss
Princess Jellyfish Buy See Kuragehime
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She and her Cat Watch See Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko
She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points Watch See Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko
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The Garden of Words
Buy A high school student named Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, has skipped school and has hidden himself away in a Japanese style garden to practice sketching shoes. While there he chances to meet a mysterious older woman named Yukino. Then without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again in their private place, but only on rainy days. The time they spend together only deepens their relationship and they begin to open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
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Umi ga Kikoeru
Rent Taku Morisaki is a 2nd year high school student in Koshi. His grades are failing and he is working part time at a restaurant to help pay for his school trip to Hawaii. The reason for his poor grades is in his last year of junior high his school decided that since the academic average is below the public high school, all of the jr high students shall be penalized and no one will be able to visit Kanto. Him and another student Yutaka Matsuno protested this breach of policy but the teachers just blew them off as stupid students who know why they weren't going to go (BTW Taku and Yutaka were top students on the council). Taku fell down to #93 while Yutaka stayed a top student. One day a new transferee showed up, Rikako Mutou. Beautiful, smart, and talented, Rikako was the envy of the girls and admired by the guys, in fact, Yutaka told Taku that he is going to 'go' for her. But Taku also has feelings for this girl and has to supress them because of his best friend.

Usagi Drop
Buy When 30-year-old Daikichi returns home for his grandfather's funeral he meets an unfamiliar child in the garden. His mother explains that Rin is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter by an unknown mother. The girl is an embarrassment to all his relatives and nobody wants to take her in because of the scandal. Annoyed by their attitude, Daikichi decides to take care of Rin himself, even though he is single and has no experience raising a child.
Genre
Comedy(15) Drama(12) Romance(15) Romantic Comedy(1)
Setting
Modern(19)
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(2) Classic(1)
Characters and Their Abilities
Animals(1)
Story Elements and Location
College(3) Coming of Age(2) Elementary School(1) Family Affairs(1)
Friendship(4) High School(2) Music(6) Music Oriented(1)
Otaku Theme(1) Slice of Life(4) Soul Mates(1) Yaoi(1)
Keywords
Anime-Manga Bundle(1) Live Action(2) noitaminA(8) Sequel(3)
Potentially Objectionable
Type
Movie(2) OVA(3) Short(1) TV(13)
TV Special(1)
Release Year
2018(1) 2014(1) 2013(1) 2011(2) 2010(2) 2009(1) 2008(2) 2007(3)
2006(3) 2005(2) 1999(1) 1993(1)
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