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The Kamogawa Food Detectives

Hisashi Kashiwai

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen

Yuta Takahashi

5.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent

Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish: And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature

Rani Shah

3.0

inspiring lighthearted

Into the Uncut Grass

Trevor Noah

3.25

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Rosarita

Anita Desai

3.0

sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Dante

Sadie Kincaid

2.5

dark

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My Powerful Hair

Carole Lindstrom

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry

Summer's Magic

Kaitlin B. Curtice

5.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

À La Folie

Nova Kane

3.75

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Stalked to the Altar

Selena Michaels

4.0

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder