Anime like Bad Girl

Gabriel Dropout

Also known as Gabriel DropOut.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Kadokawa Media House , AT-X , Sony Music Communications , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

An angel at the top of an angel school has descended to the human world! However, she has already acclimated to the life of the human world so much that she ends up leading a self-indulgent life, skipping school all the time and being absorbed in online games. Gabriel soon forgets about her original goal to make human beings happy and has turned into a lazy and hopeless angel, or a “sloppy angel” in short. Amazingly, she swears to continue to fully enjoy the pleasure of various entertainments of the human world.



Tags: Angels , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Urban , School , Gods , Episodic , Chibi , Hikikomori , Magic , Tsundere , Chuunibyou , Parody , Video Games , Shounen , Work

Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)

Also known as There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless….

Studio: studio MOTHER , Shueisha DeNA Projects , Shueisha , REMOW
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Renako Amaori is leaving her awkward and lonely junior high school life behind, determined to become a normal girl with normal friends in high school. Glamorous, confident Mai Ouzuka is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, outgoing, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s romantic confession sends her into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers. Let the love games begin!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Polyamorous , Rehabilitation , Psychosexual , Nudity , Urban , Video Games , Yandere , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Modeling , Seinen , Age Regression

Yuru Yuri

Also known as YuruYuri.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Daume , Doga Kobo , Pony Canyon , DAX Production , NIS America Inc. , Studio Gram , PRA , Jumondou
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Right after starting middle school, Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely by her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza's classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club.

The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Yuri , School , Meta , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins , Kuudere

Machikado Mazoku

Also known as The Demon Girl Next Door.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TBS , Pony Canyon , Houbunsha , Medicos Entertainment , Nichion , Ray , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

When Yuuko Yoshida wakes up one morning to discover that she’s sprouted horns and a tail, she learns something that her mother has been meaning to tell her. You know that battle between the Light and Dark that’s been going on since the dawn of time? Well, Yuuko’s family are the bad guys.

So now, Yuuko has to defeat a local magical girl to win back some of her family’s vanquished power so they can afford to go to the all-you-can-eat pancake restaurant. And, of course, it turns out that the Magical Girl goes to Yuuko’s school, but Momo’s really nice and keeps rescuing Yuuko, which is pretty embarrassing and leaves Yuuko rather conflicted… but… all you can eat pancakes?



Tags: Slapstick , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Magic , Parody , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Super Power , Yuri , Urban , Monster Girl , Tsundere , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Family Life , Food , Coming of Age

Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi

Also known as A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof.

Studio: Shaft , KADOKAWA , Shaft , Pony Canyon , Kansai TV , BS11 , Movic , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

On the way home from school one day, Konoha Koga rescues Satoko Kusagakure, a ninja who escaped her village. Soon, pursuers from the village show up in search of Satoko only to be deftly dealt with by Konoha. As it turns out, the unassuming high schooler is actually an assassin. Thus, the potentially cutthroat cohabitation of a ninja and an assassin begins!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Ninja , Assassins , Slapstick , Urban , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Anti-Hero , Surreal Comedy , Fugitive , Yuri , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Afterlife , Shounen , Yandere , Age Regression , Ghost , Family Life , Photography , Cohabitation , School , Episodic , Demons , Food

Ichijouma Mankitsu-gurashi!

Also known as Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!.

Studio: PRA , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , REMOW , ABC Animation , Bushiroad Move , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Houbunsha , BS Nittele , KLOCKWORX , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

High school girl in the manga cafe! Meiko is a countryside girl who enters a rich girls' school. All expenses will be paid if she participates in activities... But who knew it would mean live-in work in a manga cafe?! Living in a small manga cafe booth turns out not to be so bad! Would you like to have your fill of the manga cafe staffed by cute high school girls?



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Work , School , Urban , Nudity , Restaurant , Video Games , Yuri , Seinen , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids

Comic Girls

Also known as Comic Girls.

Studio: Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga's story centers on the 15-year-old high school student and manga creator Kaoruko Moeta, who uses the pen name Chaos. After ranking at the bottom of a reader survey, Kaoruko's editor recommends that she enter an all-female dormitory for manga creators. Kaoruko's roommates are shoujo manga creator Koyume Koizuka, teen romance manga creator Ruki Irokawa, and shounen manga creator Tsubasa Katsuki. The girls support each other as they work to become better manga creators.



Tags: Drawing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Writing , Yuri , Tomboy , Coming of Age , Work , Chuunibyou , Otaku Culture , Meta , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , School

Lucky☆Star

Also known as Lucky☆Star.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Rakuonsha , Lucky Paradise , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

What’s the best way to eat dessert? Do twins really have a psychic connection? What kind of guys are into moe girls? These are the kinds of questions that float through the inquisitive mind of anime super-fan Konata Izumi. When she’s not lost in her favorite manga or logging hours in one of her online games, she’s debating the mysteries of the universe with the best friends a girl could ask for.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Otaku Culture , Parody , School , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Meta , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Video Games , Twins , Tsundere , Kuudere , Ojou-sama , Cheerleading , Shounen , Shrine Maiden , Baseball , Mixed Media

Egao no Taenai Shokuba desu.

Also known as A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace.

Studio: Voil , Happinet Media Marketing , Rakuten , Pony Canyon , AT-X , BS Asahi , arma bianca , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , Iwate Menkoi TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Futami, a novice shojo manga artist, is finally publishing her beloved shogi manga, Dear Subaru. But…the stress makes her stomach hurt, she’s forced to push the deadline for her first chapter, and she isn’t making any progress on the storyboards. To top it off, she’s gaining weight from midnight snacking and starts having wild delusions! Will Futami be able to enjoy life as a manga artist?!



Tags: Drawing , Female Protagonist , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yuri , Seinen , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shogi , Hikikomori

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

Also known as Yuri Is My Job!.

Studio: Passione , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , Ichijinsha , Nippon Columbia , arma bianca , Sotsu , Frontier Works , BS Fuji , AT-X , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , BS Nittele , Studio Lings
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Worried about her reputation, Hime covers shifts for a cafe manager she accidentally injures to maintain her picture-perfect princess image. But this cafe has a peculiar theme—private school. To put on her best barista schoolgirl act, she’ll be trained by the most graceful girl there, Mitsuki. Under her guidance, Hime’s feelings start to brew, but there’s just one problem—Mitsuki can’t stand her!



Tags: Work , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Bullying , Ojou-sama , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gyaru , Tsundere , School , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Yandere , Parody