While I'm here I might as well ask for your recommendations of anime with protagonists 13 or younger or 19 or older.
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I don't doubt that there are a lot of fun college-aged shows, but just going off of how many hits I get for Anilist tags, as well as my own subjective experience, there really seems to be an order of magnitude more shows about middle and high schoolers than college students. When it comes to shows tagged "college" on Anilist, I've personally seen Maison Ikkoku (love it), City the Animation (love it), Detroit Metal City (enjoyed it), New Game (been enjoying it), Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out (didn't like it), and Wataten ({let's say I have mixed feelings about it|(which is to say the main character is a pedophile)}).
I've seen Cowboy Bebop twice, my whole family loves it, I've also seen a decent amount of Spy Family, and I saw the first episode of Frieren and would like to return to it. I'm not familiar with the other things but I'll look into them.
DMC is amazing and should have been on my list.
Genshiken was a college show (tho I think the main few characters are 18).
Meanwhile not bending the rules, MOTHER FUCKIN KAIJI.
Unfortunately, I cannot find an anime called MOTHER FUCKIN KAIJI, but I could find one called Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor. Is it safe to assume that's the one you're referring to? Genshiken is apparently already on la planlisto.
(yes, that's the one. It's one of the greatest. The manga title - "Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji" is even funnier to me, but all Kaiji is good Kaiji. There's also a live action, i believe, but the anime/manga are the real shit).
Any hexbears who haven't seen Kaiji should rectify it. It's one of the peak 00's anime. Restricted Rock Paper Scissors is such an amazing game, and "The Bog" from season 2 is peak.