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SINGLES

1993, OVA, 1 ep, 51%, MADHOUSE

Recommended by 6 POPS fans on AniList. The same kind of story: shoujo love-triangle dramas.

Saki secretly loves her sister's boyfriend, Kaname. When she starts college, she decides to begin a new chapter of her life, forgetting Kaname and searching for a new love.

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About POPS

1993, OVA, 1 ep, 44%, MADHOUSE

Kusuko has a secret crush on the resident class playboy, Mishima. However, with the constant rotation of ever-changing girls on his arm, she keeps a safe distance. Mishima takes her standoffish attitude for coldness and confronts her about it. However, they manage to overcome the misunderstandings and even begin dating. The more she gets to know him, the harder she finds herself falling, but one day, she overhears him talking to another girl on the phone...

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