Anime like Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu

Tonikaku Kawaii

Also known as TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Crunchyroll , Shogakukan , Warner Bros. Japan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows a protagonist whose name is written with the characters for "Hoshizora" ("Starry Sky" in Japanese), but whose name is pronounced as "Nasa". On the day of his high school entrance exams, Nasa encounters a beautiful girl named Tsukasa. For Nasa, it feels like destiny is finally calling out to him that he will have a girlfriend, but things take a turn for the worse when Nasa is hit by a car and unable to attend his entrance exams.

After Tsukasa helps the injured Nasa, he confesses his feelings to her, and she agrees to go out with him, but only if Nasa agrees to marry her first. A year later Nasa aces the entrance exams, but he decides to work a part time job and live by himself instead of going to school. After Nasa turns 18, Tsukasa re-appears, and their happy, romantic, and mysterious married life together begins.



Tags: Marriage , Family Life , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Maids , Primarily Teen Cast , Video Games , Love Triangle

Mayo Chiki!

Also known as Mayo Chiki!.

Studio: feel. , TBS , Sentai Filmworks , PRA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

When you've got acute gynophobia, even a pretty girl can be a malady, and as the sparring partner for his family of female wrestlers, Sakamachi Kinjiro has the worst case EVER! Just one touch makes his nose bleed, so school's a bloody nightmare even before Kanade, the Principal's twisted daughter, deduces both Kinjiro's "feminine issue" AND that his name contains the sounds "Chi" and "Kin" back to back. But Chi-Kin's female troubles don't totally redline until a wrong turn in the men's room exposes the secret Subaru, Kanade's manservant, has been hiding in the water closet. (Well, to be fair, we should say WOmanservant.) And if Subaru's cross reactions concerning her cross-dressing aren't enough of a drag, Kinjiro's girl problems also include a haunted martial artist (with ghosts); a cat-eared fetishist (meow!); AND his own sister, whose interest in "wrestling" a certain incorrectly packaged butler may result in an unexpected ending! And that's JUST the set up!



Tags: Crossdressing , School , Primarily Female Cast , Butler , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Female Harem , Meta , Episodic , Tomboy , Nudity , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Yandere , Wrestling

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 , Unrequited Love , School , Tsundere , Urban , Nudity

Toradora!

Also known as Toradora!.

Studio: Genco , Starchild Records , Magic Capsule , NIS America Inc. , Yomiuri Advertising , TV Tokyo Music , J.C. Staff , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student, who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger."

One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryuuji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yuusaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryuuji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend!

Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.

Tags: Tsundere , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Female Harem , Tragedy , Food , Fake Relationship

Jitsu wa Watashi wa

Also known as Actually, I Am.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Sotsu , 3xCube , TMS Music , TV Tokyo , DAX Production , Asmik Ace , AT-X , MediaNet , Akita Shoten , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The romantic comedy centers around Asahi Kuromine, who has a crush on a cute girl named Yōko Shiragami. Shiragami just happens to be a vampire. Asahi cannot keep a secret, but he is determined to keep Shiragami's secret anyways.



Tags: School , Vampire , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Demons , Aliens , Love Triangle , Shounen , Time Manipulation

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Also known as Maid-Sama!.

Studio: J.C. Staff , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Hakusensha , Half H.P Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Being the first female student council president isn't easy, especially when your school just transitioned from an all boys high school to a co-ed one. Aptly nicknamed "Demon President" by the boys for her strict disciplinary style, Misaki Ayuzawa is not afraid to use her mastery of Aikido techniques to cast judgment onto the hordes of misbehaving boys and defend the girls at Seika High School.

Yet even the perfect Ayuzawa has an embarrassing secret—she works part-time as a maid at a maid café to help her struggling family pay the bills. She has managed to keep her job hidden from her fellow students and maintained her flawless image as a stellar student until one day, Takumi Usui, the most popular boy in school, walks into the maid café. He could destroy her reputation with her secret... or he could twist the student council president around his little finger and use her secret as an opportunity to get closer to her.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Maids , Work , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Episodic , School Club , Femboy , Otaku Culture , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Chibi , Kuudere , Crossdressing

Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun

Also known as Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun.

Studio: AIC Spirits , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Shungo is a normal high school student living in a huge house. One day, his sister Ryoko sends Mayu and Mikihiro Tsukimura, two siblings, to live with him to help Mayu overcome her problem. Mayu's problem: androphobia (fear of men), and Ryoko wants Shungo to help her overcome. How? By making Mayu and Shungo share the same room, bed, and even take baths together. To make things even worse, Reika Hojo, the student-council chair, somehow ends up becoming their maid.



Tags: Nudity , Succubus , Amnesia , Dissociative Identities , Female Harem , Animals , Guns , Male Protagonist , Maids , Tsundere

FORTUNE ARTERIAL: Akai Yakusoku

Studio: feel. , ZEXCS , NTT Docomo , AMG MUSIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Fortune Arterial's story revolves around the male protagonist Kohei Hasekura, who transfers into a prestigious public school in the style of an English six-year school encompassing junior-high and high school students. The school is on an island named Tamatsu Island off-shore from mainland Japan, and the only way to get there is by boat. Soon after transferring, he discovers that one of the student in the class next door to his, Sendo Erika, is in fact a type of vampire.



Tags: Vampire , Female Harem , School , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Tragedy , Amnesia , Card Battle , Nun

Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken

Also known as The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.

Studio: project No.9 , Toho , SB Creative , Pony Canyon , Movic , Good Smile Company , Pia , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favor, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes...



Tags: Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Food , School , Estranged Family

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Also known as Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?

The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.

Note: Includes episode 0.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Software Development , Male Protagonist , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Writing , Video Games , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , School , Drawing , Nudity