Anime like Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!?

Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta

Also known as I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class.

Studio: CONNECT , Asmik Ace , Nippon Columbia , Kansai TV , KADOKAWA , BS Asahi , Bit grooove promotion , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely friendship grows, Maki starts to wonder…could there be more than just friendship between them?



Tags: Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Estranged Family , Seinen , Otaku Culture , Coming of Age , Video Games , Chibi , Love Triangle

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Square Enix , Movic , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Wakana Gojou cares about one thing: making Hina dolls. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends—or even holding conversation. But after the school’s most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they’ll make her cosplay dreams come true!



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Seinen , Photography , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Urban , School , Modeling , Makeup , Iyashikei , Unrequited Love , Nudity

Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi

Also known as Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!.

Studio: BLADE , SILVER LINK. , DMM.com , TV Tokyo , Pony Canyon , TV Hokkaidou , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Snowflakes aren’t the only things dropping in Hokkaido—so are jaws, thanks to the super adorable gals who are turning the icy north into a hotbed of fashion and fun. Brace yourself for a winter storm of laughs, love, and killer outfits as these gals prove that being cute is an all-season affair. Here, frostbite meets fashionista!



Tags: Gyaru , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Snowscape , Love Triangle , Rural , Kuudere , Female Harem , School , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Iyashikei , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Food

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Also known as You and I Are Polar Opposites.

Studio: Lapin Track , Shouchiku , Dentsu , Shueisha , AbemaTV , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Suzuki’s a high school girl in love, but the guy she’s fallen for is nothing like her! While she’s cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn’t seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don’t attract?



Tags: Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , School , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Asexual , Gyaru , Kuudere , Urban , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Chibi , Male Protagonist

2.5 Jigen no Ririsa

Also known as 2.5 Dimensional Seduction.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , ADK Emotions , Pony Canyon , Aiming , BANDAI SPIRITS , Movic , J.C.STAFF , Shueisha , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

“I have no interest in real girls!”

So claims Okumura, the president of the school’s manga club. He’s your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Lilliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer–and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Photography , Shounen , Love Triangle , Gyaru , Nudity , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

Also known as More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers..

Studio: KADOKAWA , studio MOTHER , AT-X , Bandai Namco Music Live , Sun Television , KLOCKWORX , Exa International
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Third-year high school student Jirou Yakuin hoped to partner with Shiori Sakurazaka of the same class in the mandatory "Couple Practical" course. In this practical, students must demonstrate that they have the necessary skillset to live with a partner of the opposite sex while presenting a certain level of harmony to the video surveillance that grades them.

Unfortunately, random chance put his slightly subdued self into the practical with the person polar opposite to him, the gyaru Akari Watanabe. Akari on the other hand hoped to be paired with her crush Minami Tenjin.

Their hopes are doubly dashed when they find out that Shiori and Minami are assigned together. Thus, they reluctantly decide to cooperate to reach the top ten, which would give them the right to exchange partners if both couples agree. To that end, Jirou steals Akari's first kiss without realizing what he'd done, while giving a hurried good-bye kiss...

Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Gyaru , School , Cohabitation , Fake Relationship , Achronological Order , Coming of Age , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Yuri

Hajimete no Gal

Also known as My First Girlfriend is a Gal.

Studio: NAZ , MAGES. , Glovision
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Junichi Hashiba is nearing the end of high school and going into panic mode. His time here has not gone as expected: he has no girlfriend and worse yet—he’s still a virgin! Desperate to experience the big ‘first,’ his friends pressure him to approach the gyaru—a fashionable and boy-crazy gal—Yukana Yame for a good time. But his first mistake was thinking this gal would be an easy one!



Tags: Heterosexual , Gyaru , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Large Breasts , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Urban , Shounen , School , Cosplay , Work , Tsundere , Tanned Skin , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Parody , Otaku Culture

Ponkotsu Fuuki Iin to Skirt take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi

Also known as The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt.

Studio: Zero-G , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Kodansha , BS Asahi , ADK Marketing Solutions , Crunchyroll , Zero-G , TOKYO MX , Movic , KLOCKWORX , Saber Links , Yomiuri TV Enterprise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Sakuradaimon is the school's prefect. A prefect is a student who is authorized to enforce discipline. As a prefect, he's supposed to be a role model to other students, but unfortunately he's not perfect. Kohinata is one of the people who Sakuradaimon has tried to discipline into wearing appropriate school attire, but she has thusfar been disobedient.

And so this is a story of the two interacting with one another.

Tags: School , Tsundere , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Hip-hop Music , Otaku Culture , Delinquents

Keikenzumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai suru Hanashi.

Also known as Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me.

Studio: ENGI , KADOKAWA , Sammy , Docomo Anime Store , AT-X , Pony Canyon , Sun Television
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Ryuuto Kashima is the school’s gloomy introvert, and he’s got a crush on Runa Shirakawa, the popular girl. After losing a bet to classmates, he confesses his feelings to Runa one day. Shocked and secretly just as inexperienced as Ryuuto, Runa agrees to date him. The relationship grows between two people who are as similar as they are different. Will their young love blossom? Time will tell!



Tags: Heterosexual , Gyaru , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , Male Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Airsoft , Video Games , Gambling

Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun

Also known as Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki.

Studio: project No.9 , Dream Shift , Pony Canyon , APDREAM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Expert gamer Tomozaki Fumiya doesn’t exactly fit in, but he wishes he did. With no written rules for success and gameplay that doesn’t work in his favor, the real world seems impossible for someone like him. But, like any noob, all he really needs are some strategies and a seasoned player like Aoi Hinami to help him. Hopefully with her guidance, Tomozaki will gain the experience he needs.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Video Games , School , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Educational , Ensemble Cast , Female Harem , Love Triangle , School Club , E-Sports , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Hikikomori , Yuri