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- It's Isaiah Colbert,
the Otaku of Kotaku.

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Tis the season folks, cuffing season.

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Urban Dictionary defines
this term as the cold season

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running generally from October to March

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where everyone is coupling up
and are cuffed to each other.

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For some, the season lasts all year.

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Pete Davidson's recent
Hollywood dating suite

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being a prime example.

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Whether you've managed

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to cuff yourself a boo
thing this fall or not,

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here are four anime you should watch

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while cozy-ing up with someone.

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Bear with me, the setup for
this anime is kinda out there.

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"More Than a Married
Couple, But Not Lovers",

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yes that is the whole name of this anime,

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takes place in a Japanese high school.

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Normal so far right?

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Well, in order to graduate

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students must complete a mock marriage

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with their classmates.

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The pairings are
preassigned by the school,

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and to make matters weirder,

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their co-ed dorm rooms
have cameras installed

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that keep tracks of how affectionate

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they are with one another.

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Although our dual protagonist,

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Akari Watanabe and Jiro Yakuin,

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try to game the system
by helping one another

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get with the person they
actually wanna date.

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The pair slowly catch
feelings for one another,

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tale as old as time.

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Next up is "A Couple of Cuckoos".

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Again, bear with me here on this plot.

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Nagi Umino is mistakenly switched at birth

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with another baby and
is finally able to meet

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with his birth parents.

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Before he gets to, he runs
it to an Instagram influencer

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in dire need of a fake
boyfriend for the likes.

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Turns out she was the other baby

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that the parents swapped with him.

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Oh, also, the dude's parents
land on the galaxy brained idea

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to arrange their marriage anyway

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so has to keep it all in the family.

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The show adds an extra dash of spice

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by giving old boy a high school sweetheart

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that only wants to compete with him

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to be the top of the class.

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And his previous Emoto San

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has the eureka moment
that she does in fact

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have a crush on him.

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Messy, messy.

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Number three is a triumphant return

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of Rumiko Takahashi's certified
classic "Urusei Yatsura".

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When a species of alien
invaders challenge an earthling

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for the fate of the
planet in a game of tag,

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the lectures high schooler Atura Moraboshi

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is forced to accept the call.

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But when the idiot boy incessantly blabs

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about a marriage proposal
from a girl he likes,

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the alien princess he competes against

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misinterprets it as a
marriage proposal to her

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and says, "bet."

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What ensues is a comedy of errors

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where Aturo after a cavalcade
of otherworldly wife boos

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while the space Princess Lum

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puts the would be Casanova in his place.

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Last and certainly not least,

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"Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie".

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In contrast to the wackier setups

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of the previous anime on this list,

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Shikimore cuts out the slow burn romance

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by establishing its titular
characters as a newfound couple.

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No fuss over will they won't
they's, they already are.

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This show might lack
the spicy ebb and flow

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of the previous entries,

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but it makes up for it with heart.

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As the title suggests,

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the timid Yu Izumi's kick girlfriend

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is more than just easy on the eyes,

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she's shivery personified.

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Much like "Revolutionary
Girl Utena" Utena Tenjou,

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Shikimori will move mountains to protect

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her accident prone
boyfriend from meeting harm.

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And there you have it,
four anime you can watch

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as you cozy up with your significant other

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and reminisce about the foibles

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of you're blossoming romance.

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Alternatively, you can point and laugh

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whenever these on-screen love bugs fail

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at basic communication

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if you happen to be a
single Pringle this year.

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Let us know in the com below

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if you plan on checking out
these anime this cuffing season.