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The American Friend
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Notes of a Crocodile
Carries a strong pull into film through longing and migration.
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The Marriage Plot
Carries a strong pull into anime through migration and folklore.
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Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Man's Best Friend
Carries a strong pull into television through after-hours and South Asia.
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Natsume's Book of Friends
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Television · Strong bridge
It's a Sin
2020s
It's a Sin is a British drama television series written by Russell T Davies. Set in London between 1981 and 1991, it depicts the lives of a group of gay men and their friends during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom. It's a Sin features a main cast consisting of Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Ho...
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The Marriage Plot
2010s
The story concerns three college friends from Brown University—Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell—beginning in their senior year, 1982, and follows them during their first year post-graduation.
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Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
2000s
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is a 2008 album associated with Coldplay and Parlophone. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
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Natsume's Book of Friends
2000s
Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life. Nonetheless, Natsume never fails to show the same kindness to the benevolent youkai and happily returns their names by using th...
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Special
Special is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan O'Connell for Netflix. Starring Ryan O'Connell, the series is a semi-autobiographical account of his life as a gay man in Los Angeles with cerebral palsy pursuing new friendships, relationships, and self-sufficiency.
Books 2010s
The Friend
Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for...
Music 2020s
Man's Best Friend
Man's Best Friend is a 2025 album associated with Sabrina Carpenter and Island Records. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
Anime 2010s
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Jinta Yadomi is peacefully living as a recluse, spending his days away from school and playing video games at home instead. One hot summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko "Menma" Honma, appears and pesters him to grant a forgotten wish. He pays her no mind, which annoys her, but he doesn't really care. After all, M...
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Film 1980s
Where Is the Friend's House?
A boy searches for his friend's house to return a notebook. Simplicity as profound storytelling.
Books 1990s
Notes of a Crocodile
"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Mi...