Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san

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Japanese: リラックマとカオルさん

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 19, 2019

Producers: Netflix

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: dwarf

Source: Other

Genre: Slice of Life

Themes: Anthropomorphic, Iyashikei

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 11 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 7.67¹ (scored by 8,936 users)

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Ranked: #1369²

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Popularity: #5465

Members: 16,595

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