History BetterThanItSounds / AnimeAndMangaAToC

* [[spoiler:''Anime/CandyBoy'']]: A pair of fraternal [[{{Twincest}} twin sisters]] [[GirlsLove really like each other]]. [[SliceOfLife Stuff happens]].

* [[spoiler:''Manga/ChattingAtTheAmberTeahouse'']]: [[GirlsLove A schoolgirl gets a job at a teahouse to be close to the shop owner.]] SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} and {{Squee}} ensue.
* [[spoiler:''Manga/{{Chintsubu}}'' a.k.a. ''Chinko no Tsubuyaki'']]: A [[BoysLove Yaoi]] manga whose title translates to "The Mutterings of the Penises." And this is meant to be taken [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literally]].

* [[spoiler:''Manga/{{BECK}}'']]: A shy guy joins a band.

The Japanese know a thing or two about making odd-sounding ideas work. After all, they make ''real'' odd ideas work [[WidgetSeries all the time]].

* [[spoiler:''Manga/AttackOnTitan'']]: A bunch of Franchise/SpiderMan wannabes try to fight giants with swords but fail horribly and repeatedly.

* [[spoiler:''Franchise/{{Batman}}: Gotham Night'']]: Anime adaptation of a comic hero, made 60 years after the hero's debut.

* [[spoiler:''Anime/BlueSeed'']]: A [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent girl]] prone to [[PantyShot exposing her underwear]], a snarky half-plant guy, and a bunch of gun-wielding TrueCompanions try to save humanity from Japanese mythology.

* [[spoiler:''Anime/CTheMoneyAndSoulOfPossibility'']]: Ordinary college student plays financial card games. It's more awesome than it sounds.

* [[spoiler:''Manga/BillyBat'']]: 4th dimensional cosmic beings that manifest trough pop art play with the destiny of humanity, nobody is really sure wich is good and wich is evil and humanity usually gets the short end of the stick.

* [[spoiler:''Manga/BocchiTheRock'']]: A girl wants to become a famous rockstar despite having social anxiety so severe she has a panic attack at the mere thought of talking to other people.

* [[spoiler:''Anime/TheBorrowerArrietty'' (Studio Ghibli)]]: A small-scale burglar and his family consider moving to a less dangerous neighborhood after catching their daughter giving some sugar to the boy upstairs.

* [[spoiler:''Manga/AiKora'']]: A [[LovableSexManiac teenage pervert]] moves in with [[ChristmasCake a twenty-something]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunk]], a thrifty, [[{{Tsundere}} hot-headed]] [[HeroesWantRedHeads red-head]], a [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] [[OtakuSurrogate closet fangirl]], and a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] singing {{ninja}}, who proceed to teach him ([[MegatonPunch the hard way]]) that women are more than the sum of their parts.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/{{Akikan}}'']]: The government tries to decide what material to make its drink cans out of.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'']]: A perverted nerd is sent back to [[UsefulNotes/SengokuJidai medieval Japan]] where he meets and flirts with [[GenderFlip female]] UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'']]: A boy receives a suitcase that contains a HumongousMecha that is powered by his CuteGhostGirl.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'']]: A number of people aboard a train find they have conflicting interests. An old man looks for friends he shared a drink with a long time ago.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'']]: The lowest tier class in high-school battles other classes using summoned beings whose power is determined by test grades in order to get better supplies.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'']]: Japanese teenagers and their homeless friend [[strike:fight monsters]] '''TALK. A LOT.'''

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'']]: A high school student must change his ways and his destiny, or else be murdered horribly. He still gets murdered horribly, however.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/BottomTierCharacterTomozaki'']]: Competitive ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' player gets lessons from one of his rivals on how to interact with his high-school peers like a normal person.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'']]:

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'']]: A boy at a super power high school proves hard work can stand up against real talent. A princess with real talent falls in love with him. So does his sister.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/ClockworkPlanet'']]: A socially-inept boy with super hearing adopts a trash-talking RobotGirl as his servant. They become terrorists with a ChildProdigy and her {{Cyborg}} bodyguard to stop an AncientConspiracy and save the world that is literally [[ClockPunk a giant clock]].

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'']]: Retired soldier meets a [[SmallGirlBigGun girl with a huge rifle]] who [[YouNoTakeCandle can't use complete sentences]]. He helps her murder a unicorn, and they embark on a quest to gather her father's magical severed limbs.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/CubeXCursedXCurious'']]: A cursed cube tries to become a human.

* [[spoiler:''LightNovel/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'']]: Girl sucks at video games, so she [[MinMaxing mini-maxes]] on Vitality. She somehow [[GameBreaker breaks the game right in half]].