Kenji Takanashi is about to turn 16 years old. He's been an honor roll student since he was 6, is bilingual (English and Japanese) and can play the piano to a near-expert level. The only things he wishes would change are his height (3'10"/ 117cm) and his twin sister.
Kana Takanashi is about to turn 16 years old. She's always been the the laziest, the loudest and the one who struggles to make a passing grade at the end of the year. At '3"(190.5cm), as well as The fact that she hasn't repeated a year yet is a miracle by itself. She can play the piano and is bilingual like her brother, but not only can she sing (Kenji is tone-deaf), but she's been considered the class clown for 5 years running without even trying. She feels like she's doing nothing to make a name for herself and will rot away in high school trying to find her purpose.
The only things these two have in common are their blood type, their face, their birthday, their dead father and their surname. This year, in 2023, their going to start their second year of high school and deal with the strange challenges that only they are given. Whether they like it or not.
In this brand new romantic parody, join a pair of identical Japanese twins as they go through fights, betrayal, musical bliss, romance, midterm exams, Internet fame, copyright law and everything else that makes up being a teenager (in a world where Hillary won) in the new English "light novel", Kanji-RE!
Yes, the "R" and "E" are pronounced separately.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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