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''Strange+'' is a comedy manga series with an anime adaptation that started airing in January 2014.

The plot (such as it is) goes that Kou is searching for his older brother Takumi and finds him working for a detective agency. Kou gets dragged by Takumi into the business and, together with Masamune and Miwa, take whatever jobs come their way, not all of which have necessarily to do with detective work, but all have the commonality of being incredibly bizarre.

The anime adaptation foregoes Kou and Takumi's backstory entirely and drops the viewer into the dynamic of the already established team. Episodes are about four minutes long.

A second season premiered in July 2014.

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!! ''Strange+'' contains examples of:

* AlmostKiss: Kou and Kiyoko in episode 11.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Masamune is implied to like yaoi.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Miwa beats up Baron Eros for ignoring her. Similarly, Takumi doesn't tolerate the Baron trying to harass other people than him.
* AssKicksYou: Butts made of plastic being used as weapons is a RunningGag.
* AssShove: Dr. Ozu gets a bamboo shoot sprouting from the earth up his ass in episode 10.
* BadLuckCharm: Episode 10 is about the detectives being hired to guard one of these. Pain and hilarity ensue.
* BigLittleBrother: Kou is significantly taller than his older brother.
* BodyguardCrush: Kou and Kiyoko.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Many times, as expected of a GagSeries.
* TheChewToy: Rusty Nail gets painfully humiliated whenever she runs into the detectives.
* DontTryThisAtHome: Takumi claims his body survived getting splashed with acid because he had eaten natto before and it made his body alkaline. Masamune holds up a card quoting the trope.
* EroticEating: Kou eating ice cream in the OP card of episode 9.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Episode 1. This includes Rusty Nail who's just been blown up and the guy who just lost his two billion yen house in the explosion.
* {{Fanservice}}: At the beginning and end of each episode, there are cards showing characters in fetish-y situations.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: Takumi and sex criminal Baron Eros. The Baron chases him wholeheartedly and Takumi gets mad when he chases someone that's not him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Kou and Takumi in episode 2, season 2.
* GagSeries
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Takumi is a serial flasher and huge {{Jerkass}}, and Miwa and Masamune are just plain insane/violent. Thankfully we have Kou to balance them out.
* HighPressureBlood: In episode 4, Masamune gets hurt and his blood gushes out like a geyser, allowing Takumi and crew to climb on it and overcome a wall in their way.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kiyoko doesn't care for being treated like a princess and would rather know the feeling of hanging out with friends at a fast-food joint.
* IndyEscape: Happens in episode 1.
* {{Josei}}: The manga is serialized in the josei magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Rusty Nail claims to take from the rich to give to the poor. Yet she attempts to rob the forever poor detective agency.
* LonelyRichKid: Kiyoko's first friends are the guys hired to protect her.
* MsFanservice: Miwa tends to wear outfits that show off her cleavage and sometimes her midriff.
* MuggedForDisguise: In episode 5, the gang attacks one guard so they can infiltrate a building. Since it's only one, everybody but Kou tries wearing one piece of the outfit, with Takumi completely naked except for the hat. Kou scolds them for this.
* MundaneLuxury: Takumi's most prized possession (valued over his own brother) is his very old and outdated television, and he has set traps around it to prevent anyone from stealing it. Remember that the agency is dirt poor.
* MushroomSamba: Much of episode 6 is Rusty Nail's allucination caused by touching a mushroom that was growing in Takumi's leftover ramen.
* MyLittlePanzer: Dorothy has a stuffed lion plush which turns into an incredibly ripped lion BeastMan if she's in danger.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: When Masamune voices his fear that he's being followed, Takumi replies with "Sounds delicious".
* {{Ojou}}: Kiyoko is the daughter of a rich family and is unused to typical teenage interaction.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Takumi looks about 12, but is older than his brother Kou who's 18 and looks his age.
* OnlySaneMan: Out of the team, Kou is the one most likely to act sensible when needed or to call his colleagues out on their antics.
* {{Otaku}}: Masamune and his rival Kyouya.
* OutOfFocus: Miwa doesn't have an episode dedicated to her and generally has less screentime than her colleagues.
* PerpetualPoverty: The detectives. They are poor by definition, and they often have to give up their payment because of the destruction they cause.
* PhantomThief: Rusty Nail.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite being detectives, the gang is more often hired as bodyguards or hostage rescuers.
* PrivateDetective: Is the base of the setting, though it's not taken seriously or played straight at all.
* RedRightHand: Ozu has different colored eyes to emphasize what a creepy ComedicLolicon he is (still played for laughs though).
* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse. In episode 12, during the street performance of ''Bloomoon'', the crowd roots for the bad guys because the heroes are being played by complete sociopaths (i.e. our protagonists).
* [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Shameless Fanservice Boy]]: Takumi likes to strip in the middle of a mission to distract people.
* ShipperOnDeck: Everyone for Kou and Kiyoko.
* ShipTease: Kou and Kiyoko.
** UptownGirl: She's a rich girl and he is an incompetent detective (?) forced to commute with 3 other people.
* ShoutOut: In episode 2, when confronting Kiyoko's attackers, Masamune says [[Franchise/SailorMoon "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!"]] and strikes the pose. Also, the entirety of episode 12 is a parody of ''Sailor Moon'', where the main characters are hired to act in a street performance of it.
** Season 2, episode 4: the gang dresses up as a bunch of Disney Princesses; then there's ''[[Manga/SaintSeiya Kiyoko Sho Ryu Ha!]]'', with Kiyoko drawn in Creator/MasamiKurumada's style.
* SmokeOut: Parodied when Kyouya throws one as a grand departing gesture, but the smoke clears away in time for the gang to watch him leave through the door.
-->'''Kou:''' What was the point of that?!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Miwa is the only girl in the detective agency. She still manages to be manlier than [[NonActionGuy Kou]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser Takumi]] and [[RealMenWearPink Masamune]].
* ThisIsReality: In episode 5...
-->'''Takumi:''' Don't compare this to some spy movie! This is 100% reality!
-->'''Masamune and Miwa:''' It is?
* ThoseTwoGuys: Kaori and Mera, buddy cops.
* TrueLovesKiss: In episode 11, the only way to get a ghost out of Kou's body is this trope. Kiyoko tries her hand at it but gets interrupted by another ghost. They're later seen ascending to heaven together.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Parodied at the end of Kyouya's introductory episode. The narrator boredly says "After that, he kept appearing for some reason".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Takumi is often put in feminine clothes. He once pretended to be a young rich girl who bore a striking resemblance to him.
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