Anime like Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

Yubisaki to Renren

Also known as A Sign of Affection.

Studio: Ajiado , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , NetEase Games , Crunchyroll , Ajiado , TOKYO MX , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yuki Itose is just a typical student dealing with the pressures of college. She is struggling one day on the train when an upperclassman named Itsuomi Nagi helps her out. As he gradually opens a new world to her, Yuki develops feelings for Itsuomi. A pure love story begins to grow.



Tags: Disability , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Language Barrier , Heterosexual , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Love Triangle , Iyashikei , Unrequited Love , Snowscape , Chibi , Bar , Travel , Restaurant

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 , Unrequited Love , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Otaku Culture , Episodic , Restaurant , Chibi , Love Triangle , School Club , Femboy , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Kuudere

Ouran Koukou Host Club

Also known as Ouran High School Host Club.

Studio: bones , VAP , Nomad , Funimation , Nippon Television Network , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Fujioka Haruhi wins a scholarship to attend Ouran Academy, a school reserved for only the most rich and prestigious. Despite what other students may think of her, she cares little for physical appearances or the fact that she is a commoner.

Unfortunately for Haruhi, her high school days take a sudden turn when she stumbles upon the Host Club, an elite club filled with super rich and beautiful boys who use their specific traits and charms to entertain young ladies. Even worse, Haruhi accidentally breaks an 8-million yen vase in the club. Since she is unable to repay her debt with money, Haruhi finds herself with no choice but to work for the Host Club, becoming a male host herself.

Tags: School Club , Shoujo , Crossdressing , Surreal Comedy , Parody , School , Male Harem , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Tomboy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Meta , Twins , Episodic , Unrequited Love , Femboy , Gender Bending , Satire , Heterosexual , Mixed Gender Harem , Found Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Chibi , Female Harem , Ojou-sama , Food , Delinquents , Martial Arts , Gangs , Yakuza

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 , Female Harem , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi

Also known as A Star Brighter Than the Sun.

Studio: Studio KAI , TBS , Universal Music , Movic , arma bianca , Pia , MAGNET
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Sae Iwata, a slightly tougher-than-average girl, falls for the gentle smile of Kouki Kamishiro, a delicate boy, back in elementary school. By the time they enter junior high school, Kuoki has grown into a charming and popular teen who now feels out of reach. When they are assigned to the sports festival committee together, Sae’s long-hidden first love begins to stir once more.



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Tennis , School Club , Shogi , Acting , Football

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

Also known as A Condition Called Love.

Studio: East Fish Studio , DMM.com , Kodansha , TBS , Crunchyroll , Good Smile Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Hotaru Hinase is a first-year in high school that has a great family and wonderful friends, but not much luck when it comes to romance. One day, she happens to see the hot boy from the class next door, Hananoi, get dumped. Seeing Hananoi standing in the middle of a park all alone, Hotaru decides to hand him an umbrella.

That little act causes Hananoi to ask her out soon after.

What does love even mean? What does it mean to be in love? Hotaru is flustered at suddenly being asked out by Hananoi, who has an endless amount of love for the person he loves and wants to do everything he can for them. This is a story about first love between a girl who doesn't understand romantic love and a boy that may be a bit too heavy-handed when it comes to love.



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Yandere , Anti-Hero , Work , Aromantic , Bullying , Urban , Fake Relationship , Badminton , Love Triangle

Honey Lemon Soda

Also known as Honey Lemon Soda.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TMS Entertainment , Crunchyroll , Fuji TV , J.C.STAFF , Studio Pierrot , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

In middle school, Uka Ishimori was nicknamed “Stone.”

In order to change herself, she enrolled in Hachimitsu High School, known for its culture of student liberty. Seated in at the desk next to her in the same class is Kai Miura, a coolly freewheeling boy with lemon-colored hair. In truth, Uka met Kai once in middle school, and decided to attend Hachimitsu based on a single word he said to her.To Uka, the popular Kai is a distant presence.

Yet somehow, Kai starts to look after Uka. With Kai encouraging her, Uka gradually begins to fit in with her classmates…

But...Uka’s world is gradually changing with Kai’s presence. —

Now, I am in the center of the endlessly spreading light.



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Bullying , School , Female Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Gyaru , Love Triangle

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Also known as The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity.

Studio: Aniplex , CloverWorks , Kodansha , TOKYO MX , CloverWorks , BS11 , Movic , Marui Group
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintarou, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintarou discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , School , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Shounen , Food , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Delinquents , Philosophy

Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi

Also known as How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Ashi Productions , Dentsu , Ashi Productions , Kansai TV , Studio Mausu , NetEase Games , BS Nittele , Movic , Square Enix , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

College student Tokiwa gets invited to a mixer by his female classmate Suo. But when he arrives with his friends, they're greeted by three dazzlingly handsome men?! But as the two groups get to know each other, they find themselves getting closer in unexpected ways.



Note: Each episode streamed 1 week early on ABEMA. The original TV broadcast started on October 4th 2024.

Tags: Crossdressing , Primarily Adult Cast , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , College , Bar , Work , Restaurant , Chibi , Drawing , Otaku Culture , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes

Koori no Jouheki

Also known as The Ramparts of Ice.

Studio: Studio KAI , TBS , Universal Music , ADK Emotions
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Socially inept, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and other people. She spends her time in high school alone, until she meets Amamiya Minato, a boy who keeps trying to close the distance between them for some reason?! The loner Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the kind basketball player Youta. This is the story about four complicated and confused young people and their mixed up lives!

Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Urban , Bullying , Love Triangle , Chibi , Orphan , School Club