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Stela

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dark shoujo

when nights start drawing in, I feel like watching horror and melancholic stuff
1 7 Seeds

7 Seeds

I found the series easy to follow; I'm aware other people had a different experience. the anime starts when Natsu wakes up. she knows nothing, therefore we know nothing. we figure things out gradually as she does. it is meant to start out confusingly.

considering how many characters they had to introduce and endear us to, they did an alright job. there's lots of shoujo drama which is what you'd expect from a classic shoujo survival manga. did Netflix mishandle it by making it uglier than sin and giving it half the episodes it needed *cough* Devilman Crybaby *cough* - ABSOLUTELY

2 7 Seeds 2nd Season

7 Seeds 2nd Season

3 About the Girl

About the Girl

4 Aguu: Tensai Ningyou

Aguu: Tensai Ningyou

this is trashy and I love it. the designs look like a teen's doodles from the early 00s but I like how the colour palette switches at night-time/ when magic happens; it's rudimentary but effective. the female characters are the best part, however. this is shoujo x 100

5 Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror

Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror

6 Mononoke

Mononoke

7 Ayatsuri Sakon

Ayatsuri Sakon

'please, stop your murdering'. dialogue gold.

this is in the aesthetic-vacuum art style of every early digital anime. I like how they show the level of dedication and artistry it takes to be a skilled ventriloquist. also the comical disregard for police procedure. 

this anime espouses archaic views about women, which is typical of many anime and indeed Japanese society, so I'm not going to pick a fight with this particular title. I just feel disheartened whenever I am exposed to it

8 Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation

9 Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire

10 Blood+

Blood+

this has a bit of everything: action, drama, horror and practically watches itself despite being 50 eps long. it's well paced, with breathers after the suspenseful conclusion of each arc

11 Bride of Deimos

Bride of Deimos

directed by Rintarou. noice

12 Castlevania

Castlevania

13 Castlevania Season 2

Castlevania Season 2

mmm bishounen tears

14 Castlevania Season 3

Castlevania Season 3

15 Castlevania Season 4

Castlevania Season 4

16 Comedy

Comedy

17 Dojoji

Dojoji

18 Domain of Murder

Domain of Murder

19 Don't Cry

Don't Cry

the plot is not original but it's pretty tight for 12mins

20 Eight Clouds Rising

Eight Clouds Rising

alright as a background anime

21 Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

22 Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunt

there are things I don't like about it - like all the screaming - but it's an easy watch because it flows very well, with beautiful Mushishi-like music. 

it's regretable to find the 'hahaha time for women also passes' anime cliche here - when a woman appears, the other characters point out her age/looks and laugh - like, that's it, that's the punchline: U USED TO BE TEENAGE GIRL BUT NOW U NOT, Y U STILL CONFIDENT AND IN PUBLIC - I've recently seen this in Great Pretender as well. absolute hilarity every time. keep beating that dead horse, writers

23 Hakaba Kitarou

Hakaba Kitarou

the characters from Gegege no Kitarou but they are mean, cruel and live in penury

24 Heaven Official's Blessing

Heaven Official's Blessing

I like the action, the adventure, the horror, the stories and the characters. even though they obviously have a gay romance, it is portrayed so that there's plausible 'no homo' deniability, so that's a sad world we live in. all of the above comments apply to Mo Dao Zu Shi as well

25 Heaven Official's Blessing Special

Heaven Official's Blessing Special

26 High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi

High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi

I found only the 1st episode subbed in Russian, the rest is raw :(

27 In/Spectre

In/Spectre

28 Kagewani

Kagewani

29 Kagewani: Shou

Kagewani: Shou

30 Laughing Target

Laughing Target

31 Mermaid Forest

Mermaid Forest

32 Mermaid's Scar

Mermaid's Scar

33 Mermaid Forest TV

Mermaid Forest TV

34 Metamorphose

Metamorphose

35 Mo Dao Zu Shi

Mo Dao Zu Shi

oh my stars, this has a live-action series on Netflix called The Untaimed. it has a bit of daytime-drama quality about it because half the budget went on hair pieces

36 Mo Dao Zu Shi 2

Mo Dao Zu Shi 2

37 Mo Dao Zu Shi 3

Mo Dao Zu Shi 3

38 Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume's Book of Friends

39 Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2

40 Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3

41 Noblesse: Pamyeol-ui Sijak

Noblesse: Pamyeol-ui Sijak

the 1st half is terribly cheesy, the action kicks off in the 2nd half and that's the good part

42 Noblesse: Awakening

Noblesse: Awakening

the series follows directly from this OVA so it helps to watch this first if you're not familiar with the webtoon

43 Notes on Monstropedia

Notes on Monstropedia

not a shoujo but ideal for when you can only spare 5mins to watch something cute n creepy

44 Pet Shop of Horrors

Pet Shop of Horrors

45 Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

46 Rootless Heart

Rootless Heart

yey my favourite, stop motion and horror

47 Shadow of the Cherry Blossoms

Shadow of the Cherry Blossoms

48 Shuangsheng Ling Tan

Shuangsheng Ling Tan

49 Sukeban Deka

Sukeban Deka

this is not subtle film making but the characters are great, especially badass main girl, even 3rd wheel Sampei - he's a boy in a 90s OVA so he's contractually obligated to harass the girl - but the friendship between the 3 leads was genuinely touching and the best interaction in the OVAs. I wish they made yuri like this. and I didn't expect a damning indictment of the Japanese penal system in my yoyo wielder highschool anime

50 The Girl From the Other Side: Siuil, a Run OVA

The Girl From the Other Side: Siuil, a Run OVA

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