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Kotaro Lives Alone

Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi

2022, ONA, 10 eps, 81%, LIDENFILMS

Recommended by 5 Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei fans on AniList.

A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.

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About Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei

2017, TV short, 10 eps, 60%, Signal.MD

The full colored 4-koma web manga follows a nine-year old girl who lives alone in Enoshima in the 1980s.

One of eight series streamed through the smartphone app Tate Anime.

(Source: MAL News)

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