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DRAMAtical Murder

2014, TV, 12 eps, 55%, NAZ

Recommended by 6 Ai no Kusabi (2012) fans on AniList. The same kind of story: post-apocalyptic android melancholy.

The story takes place many years in the future where the game "Rhyme," a virtual fighting game, is incredibly popular and people possess "AllMates," convenient AI computers. Aoba leads an ordinary life, working at a junk shop and living with his grandmother on the island of…

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About Ai no Kusabi (2012)

2012, OVA, 4 eps, 58%, AIC

The story is set in the future on the planet named Amoi which is controlled by a supercomputer named Jupiter. Among the mostly male human population, the light-haired elite class is allowed to temporarily keep the dark-haired "mongrels" as pets. One elite member, Iason, encounters a mongrel named Riki in the slums and decides to take him in. However, Iason keeps Riki longer than it is socially approved, and rumors abound about their possible relationship.

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