Anime like Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Shueisha , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. And everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. Pride and arrogance are in ample supply, so the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters?



Tags: School , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ojou-sama , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Kuudere , Slapstick , Parody , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Meta , Ensemble Cast

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san

Also known as Teasing Master Takagi-san.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Having a friend that knows you inside out should be a good thing, but in Nishikata's case, the opposite is true.

His classmate Takagi loves to tease him on a daily basis, and she uses her extensive knowledge of his behavior to predict exactly how he will react to her teasing, making it nearly impossible for Nishikata to ever make a successful comeback. Despite this, Nishikata vows to someday give Takagi a taste of her own medicine by making her blush out of embarrassment from his teasing.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Heterosexual , School , Slapstick , Shounen , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Rural

Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!

Also known as Tomo-chan Is a Girl!.

Studio: Lay-duce , Aniplex , Crunchyroll , Seikaisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Tomboy Tomo couldn’t have picked a more awkward high school crush ’cause it’s on her childhood friend, Junichiro, but he only sees her as one of the guys. Despite her pretty looks and signals, nothing gets through to this meathead! Will Junichiro ever realize Tomo’s into him and see her for the cutesy girl she actually is?!





Tags: Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , School , Slapstick , Episodic , Martial Arts , Athletics , Shounen , Judo , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Also known as DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!"

One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is "Nagatoro!" She's annoying yet adorable. It's painful, but you still want to be by her side. This is a story about an extremely sadistic and temperamental girl and you'll feel something awaken inside of you.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Bullying , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Tanned Skin , Primarily Female Cast , Gyaru , School Club , Drawing , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Kemonomimi , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Nudity

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Also known as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , TBS , Rakuonsha , Sentai Filmworks , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans. They might go as far as seeing themselves capable of wielding mystical powers, or maybe even believe themselves to have descended from a fantasy realm. This "disease" is known as "chuunibyou" and is often the source of some of the most embarrassing moments of a person's life.

For Yuuta Togashi, the scars that his chuunibyou has left behind are still fresh. Having posed as the "Dark Flame Master" during his middle school years, he looks back at those times with extreme embarrassment, so much so that he decides to attend a high school far away where nobody will recognize him. Putting his dark history behind him, he longs to live a normal high school life.

Unfortunately, he hasn't escaped his past yet: enter Rikka Takanashi, Yuuta's new classmate and self-declared vessel of the "Wicked Eye." As this eccentric young girl crashes into Yuuta's life, his dream of an ordinary, chuunibyou-free life quickly crumbles away. In this hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who just wants to leave his embarrassing memories behind, the delusions of old are far from a thing of the past.



Tags: Chuunibyou , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Disability , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Parody , CGI , Tragedy , Shounen

Giji Harem

Also known as Pseudo Harem.

Studio: Nomad , Pony Canyon , bilibili , TOKYO MX , BS Fuji , Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Eiji Kitahama joins the drama club with dreams of having a harem like the ones from his favorite manga. Rin Nanakura, an underclassman, finds herself crushing hard on Eiji and tries on different personas in his presence to win him over. No matter how she acts, one thing is certain—her feelings for Eiji continue to grow stronger. Will she ever be able to tell him the truth and be herself?



Tags: Acting , Heterosexual , Episodic , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Parody , Shounen , Marriage , Dissociative Identities , College , Meta , Time Skip

Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!)

Also known as Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Happinet Media Marketing , Rakuten , KADOKAWA , Kansai TV , Pony Canyon , Dream Shift , BS Asahi , Good Smile Company , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Childhood BFFs Himari and Yuu’s vow of friendship hits turbulence when Yuu reunites with his first crush in high school. Himari, who’s never known the fuzzy warmth of a crush, now must confront her feelings. Their shared dreams and peaceful days as a twosome gardening club are tested in this tale of love, flowers, and growing pains!



Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Horticulture , Unrequited Love , Work , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Blackmail , Kuudere , Time Skip , CGI , Chibi , Achronological Order , Boys' Love

Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru

Also known as When Will Ayumu Make His Move?.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , TBS , Pony Canyon , Kodansha , Days , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Ayumu Tanaka just fell in love at first sight with Urushi Yaotome, the head of the illegitimate Shogi Club, and joined the Shogi Club! But Ayumu has vowed not to confess his feelings until he can best Urushi, and he has a long way to go before he can stand up to her strategic brilliance. As Ayumu strives to beat his crush and confess, love becomes a battlefield both on and off the shogi board while audiences wonder, “When will Ayumu make his move!?”



Tags: School , Shogi , School Club , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Board Game , Love Triangle , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Also known as My Little Monster.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Brain's Base , NAS , Kodansha , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Standoffish, reclusive Shizuku Mizutani cares far more about earning stellar grades than cultivating friendships. But her opinions on friendship and relationships begin to change when she meets habitual truant Haru Yoshida, who happens to have a rather fearsome reputation. Like Shizuku, Haru’s reputation has made it difficult to make friends. And yet through their budding friendship and stirrings of attraction the unlikely pair learns to understand one another, the world around them, and the tenor of their own emotions.



Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Coming of Age

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Studio: Pony Canyon , LIDENFILMS , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan , Ultra Super Pictures , MAGNET , CHOCOLATE
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Ganta Nakami is a high school student who suffers from insomnia. One day, he meets Isaki Magari, a girl with the same condition. A strange, but special relationship forms as they share a secret and catch up on their sleep in their school’s abandoned observatory…



Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Photography , Seinen , Astronomy , School Club , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , School , Rural , Camping , Disability , Outdoor Activities , Animals , Tanned Skin , Swimming