Coming of Age/Romance/Surreal Titles

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Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).

Romance: (Genre) Self-explanatory. If the title has a romance story to it, it would qualify.

Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" qualify for this category.

Title Rating Synopsis
D
Double Wish Watch See W - Wish
E

ef - a tale of memories
Rent The story revolves around 2 sisters, Kei and Chihiro Shinou. Kei spends her mornings helping her 'Oni-chan' Hiro Hirono get up in the morning. But Hiro has started to see another girl named Miyako Miyamura who is a bit of a troubled student and Kei feels that she is a bad influence on him. But lately Kei has noticed someone following her around. Chihiro just stays at the train station and reads. One day a boy Renji stops by and starts talking to her. Chihiro likes this boy but she has a problem: About ten years ago she got into an accident and now cannot remember the previous day. Her only link to the past is a hand written diary that one of her previous selves has written.
L

Loveless (TV)
Buy Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organization known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death.
W

W - Wish
Watch Junna is very close to and supportive of his twin sister Senna. The tragedy that took away their parents, also took away Junna's memory of the past, but they both make the best while still living together in their family's house and attending the same elite high school. But time moves on, no matter how hard one tries to forget. At school, Junna meets and becomes friends with the quiet and reserved Kishida Toma, and urges her to participate in the high schools cherry blossom festival. And then Junna meets a childhood friend whom he knew from before the accident, and he remembers something from his forgotten past her name, Haruhi. And with Haruhi clinging to Junna's arm, calling him her onii-chan, will he remember his promise to Senna to spend the festival day together? And slowly the memories of the past return, but what hidden truths might be reveled.
W Wish Watch See W - Wish
W: Wish Watch See W - Wish
ラブレス (Japanese) Buy See Loveless (TV)
Genre
Action(2) Drama(3) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(2)
Demographic
Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(1) Kawaii(1)
Keywords
Bishounen(1) Dark(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(1) Fan Service(1)
Fighting(1) Harem(1) High School(2) Magic(1)
Shounen Ai(1) Slice of Life(1) Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(2)
Video-game inspired(1) Yaoi(1) Yuri(1)
Type
TV(3)
Release Year
2007(1) 2005(1) 2004(1)

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