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Tanjou: Debut

1994, OVA, 2 eps, 51%

Recommended by 3 Graduation fans on AniList.

Aki Itou is a normal highschool girl doing normal things: reading books, feeding stray cats, eating at restaurants with her friend Kumi, dreaming of being an adult, and admiring the boy she likes. However, reality is not always kind to girls with dreams, as she finds out.

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About Graduation

1995, OVA, 2 eps, 56%, Animate Film

Regardless of how students handle the many academic challenges facing them, they all know that there will come a day when they will leave all the hurdles of scholastic achievement behind and tackle the triumphs and sorrows of true adulthood. One thing that many young people don`t realize is that this often means leaving behind the friends that have been with them through their youth.

(Source: AnimeNfo)

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