Magic/Depression Titles

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Magic: (Story/Location) Titles which don't fall into the "Fantasy" category but still feature magic.

Depression: (Story/Location) Titles that contain characters who suffer from depression would fall into this category if this is of significant importance for the storyline.

Title Rating Synopsis
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Air TV
Buy

Kunisaki Yukito is a traveler, ever seeking the 'girl in the sky' from a legend passed down in his family. His journey takes him to a small seaside town, where he meets Misuzu, a girl who seems eager to become his friend. A story spanning a thousand years begins to unfold against the background of their peculiar relationship.

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H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Rent A boy, Hirose Takuma, was traumatized by the death of his mother during his childhood. To rehabilitate, he transfers to the school in his mother's hometown, where he meets three girls:
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Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
Buy In a society very much like the one we have today, there are certain people born with the ability to apply magic, and a world-wide administration limiting and organizing the use of magic. During her summer holidays 17 years old Kikuchi Yume travels to Tokyo as to complete her apprenticeship to become an official mage, for which she'll live as a guest in the house of her instructor, a very handsome but lonely man. Together with her fellow apprentice Angela she'll find out what it means to be a mage, and what magic can and can't do to the life of those who apply it or ask for its application.
Mai HiME Buy See Mai-HiME

Mai-HiME
Buy Tokiha Mai and her frail younger brother Takumi receive a scholarship on the prestigious Fuuka Gakuen. On the ferry to the school, they find a girl floating in the water, holding a huge black sword. After rescuing her, the boat is attacked by another girl with a dog/artillery mecha thing. She warns Mai not to go to the school and to hand over the girl they found. After a big fight (sinking the ferry) Mai, the girl and her sword suddenly appear at Fuuka academy. It might have something to do with the red birth mark both girls seem to have. Is Mai a HiME? (HiME stands for "Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment")
My HiME Buy See Mai-HiME
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sola (TV)
Rent Sola's story revolves around Yorito Morimiya, the main protagonist, who is a young boy attending high school. He loves taking pictures of the sky at any time of day and any time of the year. One day, Yorito decides to take a picture of the sunrise overlooking the bay, but is deterred when he meets a strange girl trying to force a vending machine that stole her money to give her what she tried to buy — a can of tomato juice. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine while attempting to strike up conversation with her, despite it being four in the morning. Yorito tells her why he is here, but by the time he has forced the can out of the machine, the girl has mysteriously vanished.
Someday's Dreamer Buy See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
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Things Precious to A Mage Buy See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
そら (Japanese) Rent See sola (TV)
舞-HiME Buy See Mai-HiME
魔法遣いに大切なこと Buy See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
Genre
Action(2) Comedy(1) Drama(4) Romance(3)
Tragedy(4)
Setting
Fantasy(2) Modern(4)
Demographic
Shoujo(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Surreal(1)
Keywords
Bishounen(1) Coming of Age(2) Dark(3) Dating Sim Spinoff(1)
Fighting(1) High School(2) Mecha(1) Middle School(1)
Samurai(1) Shoujo Ai(1) Slice of Life(1) Supernatural(4)
Swordplay(2) Video-game inspired(1) Violent(1) War(1)
Type
TV(5)
Release Year
2008(1) 2007(1) 2005(2) 2004(1) 2002(1)

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