Anime like Shouwa Monogatari

Name: Shouwa Monogatari
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011
Rating: 5.7

Also known as Showa Monogatari TV. Picked from what people who loved Shouwa Monogatari went on to love and from what they share with it, like Family Life. Show

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Blue Literature Series

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Anthology series adapting six modern classics of Japanese literature: No Longer Human ( Ningen Shikkaku ) by Dazai Osamu — A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life…

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