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While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?

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The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu is 94 years old and holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing, exuding a sense of modernity. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince, and effectively the fall of the regime. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered from an early age at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.

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Note: The show streamed the episodes on Hulu a week earlier than TV. The regular TV broadcast started on April 7, 2021.

After one last tournament and an embarrassing loss in the final round, Michi decides to call it quits on the sport of judo. Between high school social activities and entrance exams, she’ll have no time to compete in the martial art she loves most, but putting aside old hobbies is a normal part of growing up. Still, the love of judo lingers—and it comes back full force when she meets her new classmate Towa, the girl who bested Michi in her final match! Towa wants to form a judo club at their school, but she’ll need new to get it up and running. United by their love of judo, they’ll throw in their ions into the ring together and score ippon again!

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An XFLAG and Tatsunoko Production collaboration, which they describe as "battle entertainment for girls".

The anime features Akubi from Tatsunoko's Hakushon Daimaou TV anime and Pandora from XFLAG's Monster Strike smartphone game, which also has its own web anime adaptation.Akubi appears in the original Hakushon Daimaou anime from 1969 as the daughter of the titular genie Hakushon. This October marks the 50th anniversary of the franchise. Pandora is a "girl of wishes" from the Monster Strike smartphone game, who has appeared in the anime adaptation as a mischief maker.

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"Turkey" is a bowling term for scoring three consecutive strikes.

Mai, a second-year student and captain of the Ikkokukan High School Bowling Club, is a genius who can't seem to win a match. Whenever she scores a Turkey, she mysteriously follows it up with an unyielding split—the Snake Eyes.

One day, Rina, the club’s only first-year member, confronts her "You’re doing it on purpose, aren’t you?"

"You’re running away from winning. But I want to win. If you have no intention of winning, I’ll quit."

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