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A Girl & Her Guard Dog (2023)

  • Animation
  • Drama
  • 24 min episodes
  • 1 seasons
  • TV-14 age guide
  • ★ 4.9/10 from 27 ratings

Isaku just wants to live a normal life. But as the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, that’s a pretty tall order. For years, it’s been difficult for Isaku to make friends and find love. So, she decides to enroll in a high school far from her hometown in hopes of a fresh start. But her plans take an unexpected turn when a worried member of the yakuza, Keiya, enrolls in the same school to protect her.

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  1. 01

    I Want to End This Love Game

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    2026 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Childhood friends Yukiya and Miku share everything…except their feelings. Ever since sixth grade, they've played a "love game": they take turns saying "I love you" and whoever gets flustered first loses. Now in high school, their hearts are closer than ever—but will they finally find the courage to confess?

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: anime
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Just Because!

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    2017 · 23 min · Animation · Drama

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    At the end of the second semester of third year of high school, four students are prepared for graduation and feel the ending to their high school life. But that changes a little with the arrival of a transfer student.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and japanese high school
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  3. 03

    Fuuka

    Strong story similarity

    2017 · 24 min · Animation · Drama

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    Yuu Haruna, a loner and an avid Twitter user, has just transferred to a new school in Tokyo. He ends up befriending a unique high school girl named Fuuka Akitsuki, despite some initial conflict, and the two wind up forming a band together with their classmates. Their relationship becomes strained however when Koyuki Hinashi, Yuu's childhood friend who has become a popular idol, contacts Yuu on Twitter and attempts to rekindle long lost feelings.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
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  4. 04

    Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

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    2021 · 24 min · Animation · Drama

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    On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put the runaway out on the streets, Yoshida allows her to stay at his place... And so began the awkward, irritable, and slightly heartwarming relationship between a runaway high school girl and a salaryman living together.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: anime and romance
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  5. 05

    Magical Girl Site

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 23 min · Animation · Drama · Mystery

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    Aya Asagiri is a middle school girl who has problems both at school with bullying and at home from physical abuse by her brother. While browsing online, a website pops up on her computer featuring a creepy looking person. This person appears to take pity on her, and announces that she has granted Asagiri magical powers.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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  6. 06

    Citrus

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama

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    Yuzu, a high school gyaru who hasn't experienced her first love yet, transfers to an all-girls school after her mother remarries. She's beyond upset that she can't land a boyfriend at her new school. Then, on her first day, she meets the beautiful black-haired student council president Mei in the worst way possible. What's more, she later finds out that Mei is her new step-sister, and they'll be living under the same roof! And so the love affair between two polar opposite high school girls who find themselves drawn to one another begins!

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    Love and Lies

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    2017 · 24 min · Animation · Drama

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    In a futuristic society, Japan has implemented a complex system referred to as "The Red Threads of Science" to encourage successful marriages and combat increasingly low birthrates. Based on a compatibility calculation, young people at the age of 16 are assigned marriage partners by the government, with severe repercussions awaiting those who disobey the arrangement. For Yukari Nejima, a teen that considers himself average in every way, this system might be his best shot at living a fulfilling life. However, spurred by his infatuation for his classmate and long-time crush, Misaki Takasaki, Yukari defies the system and confesses his love. After some initial reluctance, Misaki reciprocates his feelings in a moment of passion. Unfortunately, before the two can further their relationship, Yukari receives his marriage notice. He is then thrown into a confusing web of love and lies when his less-than-thrilled assigned partner, Ririna Sanada, becomes fascinated with his illicit romance.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  8. 08

    My Hero Academia

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 24 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
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  9. 09

    You and I Are Polar Opposites

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Suzuki's a high school girl in love, but the guy she's fallen for is nothing like her! While she's cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn't seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don't attract?

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  10. 10

    Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto

    Shared cast

    2016 · 25 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Sakamoto is not a normal high schooler. He’s smart, he’s dashing, he’s popular with girls. Much to the dislike of the male population of his school, who tries every trick in the book to mess Sakamoto up. But in the end, Sakamoto comes out of every trap with style and makes himself look cooler. Does he do this for popularity? Is this just who he is? No one really knows, but haven’t you heard? He’s Sakamoto!

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • a principal cast member
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