The series is set in modern hari Ikebukuro, Japan. The story starts when Mikado Ryūgamine, a young boy who longs for the exciting life of the big city, moves to Ikebukuro at the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi Kida, who he hasn't seen since he was young, to attend Raira Academy with him. After first meeting Masaomi at the train station, they both set out at night to the streets of Ikebukuro. Masaomi warns him about people he doesn't want to menyeberang, salib in the city: like a violent and superhumanly strong man, Shizuo Heiwajima, an information broker, Izaya Orihara, and a mysterious gang...

Rin-ne revolves around Sakura Mamiya, a high school girl who became able to see ghosts after she was "spirited away" for a week when she was a child, though she does not remember the details of the experience. Once in high school, Sakura wishes to be rid of her extrasensory perception, which is an annoyance to her. She meets a shinigami of sorts named Rinne Rokudo, a classmate of hers who was absent for the first bulan atau so of school. His job is to guide spirits, whose regrets bind them to Earth, to the wheel of reincarnation so that they may be reborn. The wheel appears as a large red, spoked...

The story takes place in Maison Ikkoku, a worn and aging boarding house where Yusaku Godai, a 20 tahun old college applicant lives. Though honest and good natured, he is weak willed and often taken advantage of oleh the offbeat and mischievous tenants who live with him. As he is about to pindah out, he is stopped at the door oleh the young and beautiful Kyoko Otanashi, who announces she will be taking over as manager. Godai immediately falls in cinta with her and decides to stay.

Later, Godai and the other tenants find out that despite her young age, Kyoko is a widow who had married her high school...

Spice and Wolf's story revolves around Kraft Lawrence, a 25-year-old traveling merchant who peddles various goods from town to town to make a living in a stylized historical setting with European influences.[6] His main goal in life is to gather enough money to start his own shop, and he already has been traveling for seven years while gaining experience in the trade. One night when stopped at the town of Pasloe, he finds in his wagon a pagan wolf-deity girl named Holo who is over 600 years old. She appears to be a 15-year-old girl, except for a wolf's tail and ears. She introduces herself...

Yagami Light is an intelligent young adult who resents crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers the Death Note, a notebook that contains five written instructions:

The human whose name is written in this note will die.
This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in their mind when menulis his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
If the cause of death is written within 40 detik of menulis the subject's name, it will happen.
If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will...