Weekly recommendations may include any platform, media, genre, age, and so on. I’ll be recommending work from any year, old or new. Why? Because you just need something to get into every now and then.
The Saint’s Power is Omnipotent
- Anime
- Fantasy, Romance, Slice-of-life
Sei Takanashi and another girl are transported to Salutania, a kingdom in another world. The kingdom of Salutania has been plagued with a miasma that creates monsters, and only the saint is able to cleanse the land of it. She overhears that the Grand Magus summoned two saints, but the prince assumes the other girl is the saint and ignores Sei. She is left to her own devices in this unknown world and decides to join the Medicinal Flora Research Institute, but as time passes and she begins to show extraordinary abilities, she and the others begin to wonder if Sei might the the true saint. For more information, check out the anime’s myanimelist page.
Aoharu X Machine Gun
- Manga
- Action, Comedy
Hotaru Tachibana is the student council president and a girl who is often mistaken for a boy. When a host defrauds a friend, Hotaru confronts the man who happens to be her next-door neighbor, Masamune Matsuoka. To solve the problem, he proposes a “survival game,” a war game with fake guns. She eventually loses and is forced to join Masamune’s team, “Toy Gun Gun.” Over time, she develops a genuine affection for the game and shares the team’s dream of becoming the best team in Japan. However, Masasume’s team is male-only. Can she help her teammates become champions while also hiding her identity? Will she be kicked off the team if her true gender is revealed?
Unicornus Knights
- Board Game
- Adventure, Dice
A cooperative board game in which you play as generals tasked with assisting the princess of the kingdom in reaching the capital and reclaiming it back after the Empire attacked. You must clear a way by fighting foes on the board who are blocking the path and prevent her from being eliminated. You play on a modular board and use dice rolls during combat. The game requires strategy as you must get the princess to the capital within a set number of rounds while events can make each turn more difficult.
Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
- TV Show
- Action, Adventure, Superhero, Magical Girl, Romance
Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste use miraculous to transform into the superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir. They team up to protect the people of Paris from Hawk Moth, who wants to steal their miraculous by using akumas that turn people into supervillains when they feel emotional distress. While they may be friends, Marinette has feelings for Adrien, and Adrien is in love with Ladybug, both of whom are oblivious to each other’s secret identities.
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