Here We Go Again! in Anime and Manga. This is an Ending Trope, so beware of spoilers.
- In The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, Kurumi's introductory chapter ends with her craving yet another kind of Japanese food.
- Played for Drama in Attack on Titan where, after all the suffering the cast went through ends with a war in the far future that resets mankind, we see a boy and his dog wander to Eren's grave, where the accompanying tree has grown to resemble the one where Ymir first encountered the Source of All Organic Matter, implying that the two plague of the Titans will begin anew.
- Azumanga Daioh: One arc begins with Osaka getting the hiccups and everyone trying to cure it with various Common Knowledge remedies. The arc ends with Osaka's hiccups going away... and Chiyo getting them instead.
- One Case Closed case involves Conan, Doctor Agasa, and the Detective Boys looking for missing member Mitsuhiko. They eventually discover that he had gotten lost in a forest in search of a firefly that he wanted to show them to impress them. At the end of the case a few days later, Conan is peeved when the other Detective Boys members mention wanting to investigate rumored sightings of another creature out in the wilderness — this time, a tsuchinoko.
- Cells at Work!: The "Influenza" episode ends with the white blood cells taking out the Influenza B virus infection, only for an Influenza A virus to show up and curb-stomp the Effector T Cell, requiring the exhausted cells to come up with a new strategy in a hurry.
- In City Hunter, the story arc involving Yoshimi Iwai starts with Ryo breaking his leg on purpose so he can protect her incognito note . After she is longer in danger note , it ends with him under her care again, this time after he fails to watch the road he's crossing and, consequently, doesn't notice an incoming truck.Ryo: Hello! I came to see you again.Yoshimi: W-Welcome back...Doctor: Why don't you just die?Kaori: He must have gotten hit on purpose...
- At the end of Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia once again decide to go on a century-old quest with their friends in tow.
- Gunslinger Girl. In the last episode of the (first season) anime, Henrietta and Jose are standing in the same places that they did in the first episode, but without the dialogue.
- Magikano ends this way by turning back time to the beginning of the first episode.
- The first half of the last episode of the fourth season of Galaxy Angel uses reincarnation to rewind back to the second half of the first episode of the third season. Not confused yet? This show isn't even supposed to have continuity!
- Madlax effectively opens and ends with the titular Action Girl receiving a call from her liaison who informs her about a new mission. Which is a plot point.
- Mazinger Z ends up right like it began: a mysterious army of Robeasts attacks the Photon Atomic Power Research Institute, and they are defeated by the sudden appearance of a Super Robot named Mazinger the enemy knew nothing about. Cue the sequel Great Mazinger starting the next week in the same time slot.
- After the climax of Tekkaman Blade II's second arc, the series ends with another Radam invasion, just like it began, only with a lot more Tekkamen on the side of the Earth.
- The Bittersweet Ending of Hell Teacher Nube concludes like this, with Nube going on another strange adventure with his brand-new class of fifth-graders (all of whom share some similarities to Doumori Elementary's 5-3 homeroom students.)
- Episode 41 of Pokémon Journeys: The Series ends with Ash and Goh facing the same situation as the previous day, except with multiple Mudkips.
- At the end of Wolf's Rain some of the characters that died in the last episodes of the series appear alive (Possibly reincarnated) in a modern city. In the last scene, Kiba begins running, implying that the search for the Paradise started again.
- At the end of Elemental Gelade, Coud tries to pull off a very similar heist like at the start of the anime, but this time with his new partner Ren.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica's Spin-Off Puella Magi Oriko Magica ended this way.
- .hack//SIGN's ending cuts to the scene with which the anime series began.
- In an outtake of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood dub, this exchange occurs in a scene from the final episode.Al: So, I've been thinking about something lately.
Ed: Me too. I think we should try to bring Mom back. - Majokko Meg-chan ended with both Meg and Non failing the Magical Girl Queenliness Test and having to start over note . Meg is happy because she had grown to love her family, while Non is less impressed.
- Beelzebub:
- In chapter 188, the main cast has its first day back to Ishiyama High. Some things never change.
- Thanks to the school being reconstructed (twice), the Balance of Power has been shifted, meaning that Oga has to conquer the school all over again. Thus, the aptly named "Return to Ishiyama" arc is basically a redone version of the first arc of the series, except with more demons, more danger, and the stakes hiked up where it risks a civil war in the demon world.
- Japan Animator Expo: ME!ME!ME! is an infinite loop of the protagonist's obsession with fictional girls. after he was decapitated by HANA, the scene loops back to where he slept in his room, and opens his eyes.
- Ranma ½: One episode has a man turning up saying that Genma sold Ranma as a fiancé to his daughter for a fish and some noodles. Hilarity and a fast-food takeout race ensue, and the man and daughter leave. Right afterwards another man turns up with telling how Genma promised him Ranma as a son-in-law for another meal.
- Zekkyou Gakkyuu has this for several chapters.
- Black Forum shows Misa's friend finding a new thread with her name on it.
- Make-Believe Sisters shows another family, with heavy implications that the older brother is bullying and beating his younger brother, eating dinner and a shooting star across the sky.
- Best Friend Chocolate shows Mari being the next recipient of Chiyoko-san's chocolate.
- In episode 129 of Tamagotchi, Himespetchi gets amnesia and thinks Prince Tamahiko is her crush. Then she remembers Mametchi is actually her crush, freaks out, and accidentally gives Prince Tamahiko amnesia and makes him think Himespetchi is his crush instead of Princess Tamako. When a bunch of bouncy balls hit everyone in the Gotchi King's castle near the end of the episode as Mametchi and co. are visiting, this is rectified... except now, everyone in the castle except for Himespetchi and the royal prince and princess have amnesia.
- The extended ending of Attack on Titan ends with a young boy (hinted to be a descendant of Mikasa) and his dog coming across the tree where Eren's head is buried and it has grown to resemble the tree where Ymir fell into and fused with the Source of All Living Matter centuries ago, strongly suggesting that the Titans will return.
- Mahouno Iroha starts with Naoki's future daughter Iroha traveling back in time to stop him from discovering magic and becoming an Evil Overlord. In the last chapter, she travels back in time to stop him from discovering ESP and making the same mistakes he made the first time around.
- My Monster Secret starts with Asahi stumbling upon Youko spreading her wings in an empty classroom and discovering that she is a vampire. The very last scene of the series is Asahi and Youko stumbling upon a vampire spreading her wings in an empty classroom in university.
- Debusen ends with the implication that Keiko is going to try and kill Mitsuru again.
- Expecting to Fall into Ruin, I Aim to Become a Blacksmith: Prince Love begins and ends a chapter being knocked unconscious and spewing out drool.
- In Nicol's P.O.V. chapter in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, this is Geordo's response when he hears from his Childhood Friend Nicol that Geordo's fiancee Catarina invited Nicol's sister Sophia for a visit.Geordo: [mumbles] There she goes after another noble young lady... And to think I believed she had learned some restraint...
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War:
- Iino and Ishigami's final apperance in the manga mirrors Kaguya and Shirogane's situation at the beginning. You even have the other students comment about how cute of a couple they’d be, as well as the council secretary fuelling their first of (presumably) many conflicts with two movie tickets.
- And not to be outdone Kaguya and Shirogane then get into a new conflict with who can get the other to propose first, since Shirogane first wants to gain the power to stand up to Kaguya's family on his own two feet while Kaguya wants them to be married as soon as possible (though the audience already knows from Hayasaka's Flash Forward chapter and Kaguya's cameo in Oshi no Ko that they'll be married by the time they're in their 30s).
