Anime like Muchuu sa, Kimi ni.

Karaoke Iko!

Also known as Let's Go Karaoke!.

Studio: Doga Kobo , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

The president of the chorus club, Satomi Oka, is approached by a yakuza named Kyoji Narita. Kyoji’s yakuza group holds a customary karaoke competition, and whoever earns the title of worst singer must get a tattoo. Since he was asked to be Kyoji’s singing teacher, Satomi has no choice but to go along with these practice sessions. Brought together by karaoke, where will Satomi and Kyoji end up?



Tags: Coming of Age , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Urban , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Time Skip , Seinen

Sakamoto desu ga?

Also known as Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Kadokawa Shoten , Sentai Filmworks , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

First year high school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high school life with confidence and class!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , School , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Seinen , Bullying , Tragedy

Yano-kun no Futsuu no Hibi

Also known as Yano-kun's Ordinary Days.

Studio: Ajiado , Happinet Media Marketing , Asmik Ace , Nippon Television Network , LDH JAPAN , BS11 , Movic , Ajiado , NTV Music , AT-X , Bit grooove promotion , arma bianca , KLOCKWORX
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Kiyoko Yoshida is an overanxious class representative who can’t help but worry about Tsuyoshi Yano, who sits beside her. Tsuyoshi comes to school covered in bruises, and as Kiyoko tends to him day after day, the two draw closer. Where will Kiyoko’s feelings take her? Will Tsuyoshi’s life ever be normal? A romantic comedy between an anxious girl and a boy who’s always injured is about to begin!



Tags: Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Urban , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Slapstick

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Also known as Daily Lives of High School Boys.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , NIS America Inc. , Trinity Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake are students at the all-boys academy, Sanada North High School. This is a tale about just that—their daily lives as students. Winning the basketball tournament? Finding true love? You won't find any of that here. Whether it's sparking random arguments while hanging out with friends, meeting that one weird co-worker at a part-time job, or even letting imaginations run wild on a windy afternoon, we've all experienced the show's ordinary but true-to-life themes at one point or another.



Tags: School , Episodic , Slapstick , Primarily Male Cast , Satire , Meta , Shounen , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Tanned Skin , Femboy

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , Movic , BS Nippon , U-NEXT , Frontier Works , Kadokawa Media House , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love manga and worrying about the soft features of his face. His world of fiction becomes reality when a chance encounter leads him to high school senior Sasaki in the middle of a fight. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity he can to get to know Miyano. And what was once admiration quickly turns into affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Crossdressing , Table Tennis , Trains

Doukyuusei

Also known as Doukyuusei -Classmates-.

Studio: Half H.P Studio , A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Sajou is an honor student with perfect scores in every subject on his high school entrance exam. Kusakabe plays guitar in his band that performs at live events and is popular among the girls. These boys would have never crossed paths. But one day Kusakabe offers to help Sajou prepare for their upcoming chorus festival and the two begin to talk. As the two meet after school, they bond through songs and begin to harmonize as their hearts beat together.

It starts out slowly but soon their feelings for one another grow and suddenly they both realize that they are in love. Kusakabe's emotions are frivolous, pure and direct causing Sajou to hesitate at first, but he gradually opens his heart. The boys learn about each other, as well as themselves, as they support one another during this difficult time in their youth.

As the time to start thinking about their futures approaches, what do these young men find as they try to move forward...



Tags: Boys' Love , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Urban , Band , Motorcycles

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , DMM.com , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Kansai TV , BS Asahi , A-Sketch
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi’s dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the world a better place. But when she finally gets to Tokyo, it turns out she isn’t exactly prepared for city life. Luckily, she runs into Shima, a sweet and handsome classmate who becomes her first friend! Can she make it in Tokyo with Shima by her side?



Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Urban , Seinen , Iyashikei , Acting , Transgender , Rural , Coastal

Given

Also known as given.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.



Tags: Band , Boys' Love , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Rock Music , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Urban , School , Bisexual , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Basketball , Tsundere

Onna no Sono no Hoshi

Studio: Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

OVA bundled with a special edition of the manga's 3rd volume.

The story of Onna no Sono Hoshi follows Hoshi-sensei as he experiences everyday adventures such as getting picked on by the girls in the daily classroom journal, getting saddled with looking after the class's pet dog, giving art advice to aspiring manga authors, and sometimes going out to drink with his coworkers.



Tags: Male Protagonist , School , Josei , Teacher , Boys' Love