Plot: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi follows the adventurers of Arumi Asahina and Sasshi Imamiya through the many worlds of the Shopping Arcade. Sasshi, returning home from summer camp to find that his old home has been destroyed along with his toy collection and baseball cards, all of which defined his entire geekdom. Worst of all his childhood friend, Arumi, is moving away. Arumi tells Sasshi “Bein’ human, havin’ your health… that’s the most important thing.

Plot: The story is pretty normal; it revolves around an elementary student named Naota Nandaba. Naota is a 12-year-old student that must deal with the burden of adolescence on top of his unexciting life that he wishes had something more to it. Just like most little brothers, he idolizes his older brother, Tasuku, who left for the United States to play Baseball. Of course, this didn’t sit well with Naota. The fact that Tasuku’s girlfriend, high school student Mamimi Semijima, who was once dependent on Naota’s older brother seems to use Naota as the next best thing.