Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War

Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War (2013) is a Japanese animated drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Seiji Kishi. The film centers on Ichirou Satou, a high schooler who spent his middle school years convinced he was a dark-fantasy hero — and paid for it with relentless bullying. He transferred schools hoping to finally pass as a normal kid.

Day one, he finds a girl in a fantasy cape swinging a staff behind the building, dead serious about being an emissary from another dimension. Watching Ryouko get mocked brings back everything Ichirou has been running from — and forces him to decide whether the only way to protect her is to become Koga Maryuin one last time. The film handles adolescent embarrassment with unusual honesty. Stream Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War (2013) online on iFILM.