Literary Inspired TV Shows (
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Predominantly found in web series, TV shows with this trope are based on a pre-existing work. Like every single bloody Sherlock Holmes series ever made by network TV.

Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

The three eccentric aliens protect a young man from the various extraterrestrial dangers that threaten both his and Earth’s well-being, all the while making his life a living hell.

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Airdates: 2010 - 2013

O Maidens in Your Savage Season

The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other and one admits she wants to have sex before she dies. Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls onto their own paths toward adulthood.

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Airdates: 2019

O Maidens in Your Savage Season (Live Action)

The lives and loves of a literature school club.

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Airdates: 2020

One of Us Is Lying

Five high schoolers walk into detention. Only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

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Airdates: 2021 - 2022

One Piece

Follow the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger: the famous mystery treasure named “One Piece”.

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Airdates: 1999 - current

Orange is the New Black

Piper Chapman, a 30-something PR executive goes to prison for drug running with her ex-girlfriend Alex from 10 years ago. When she gets to prison — surprise — Alex is there too.

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Airdates: 2013 - 2019

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe knot it up a bit more.

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Airdates: 1990

Oshi ga Budōkan Ittekuretara Shinu

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

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Airdates: 2020

Otherside Picnic

Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the world of the Otherside. Entranced by its beauty, she discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary.

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Airdates: 2021

Panic

47 graduates participate in the annual Panic competition, hoping to win $50,000 and leave their small Texas town of Carp. After the rules change, they must decide what risks they will take in order to escape.

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Airdates: 2021

Paper Girls

A few hours after 1988 Halloween night, four 12-year old girls have to face a mission. Trapped in a complicated conflict, they will travel in time to save the world.

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Airdates: 2022