Anime like Natsu e no Tobira

What is Natsu e no Tobira about?

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Animation
Status: Finished

Marion is a young schoolboy who prides himself on his adherence to a philosophy he calls "rationalism". Because of his disdain for emotional display, he ignores anything remotely akin to affection. But when he's entangled in a romantic affair with an older courtesan, his rationalism is revealed to be little more than a cover for his own emotional immaturity. Learning to love, Marion blossoms under his older lover's care but unfortunately, Marion has yet to learn the true price of the affair.

Tags: Coming of Age , Age Gap , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Psychosexual , Tragedy , Nudity , Foreign , School , Suicide , Boys' Love , Trains

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Kaze to Ki no Uta SANCTUS: Sei Naru Kana

Also known as The Poem of Wind and Trees.

Studio: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Triangle Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

1887, at a remote, elite boarding school in France: Serge Battour returns after his graduation, and remembers the days of his youth...

1880, at the same school: Son of a viscount and a Roma prostitute (both deceased), Serge is intelligent, sweet, talented, and alienated by his family due to his heritage. Upon being sent to his new school, he rooms with Gilbert Cocteau, a gorgeous loner of a boy who sells his body for reasons unknown. Serge's attempts to reach out to Gilbert fail spectacularly, and yet there is something in both of them that attracts them to each other.

Tags: Boys' Love , Historical , Age Gap , Foreign , Shoujo , Tragedy , School , Religion , Bullying , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast , Fellatio

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Versailles no Bara

Also known as Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance

Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

Tags: Historical , Royal Affairs , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Foreign , Military , Politics , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Crossdressing , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Time Skip , War , Philosophy , Guns , Maids , Heterosexual , Religion , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle

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Onii-sama e...

Also known as Dear Brother.

Studio: NHK , NHK Enterprises , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Before leaving her cram school, Nanako Misonō asks one of the teachers if they can become pen-pals. The teacher, Takehiko Henmi, is reluctant at first, but eventually accepts the offer. The story is narrated through the letters sent from Nanako as she enters Seiran, a renowned private high school for girls only. There she encounters many difficulties as an ordinary middle-class girl invited to the prestigious Sorority, the most traditional and sophisticated club on campus..

Tags: Shoujo , Tragedy , School , Ojou-sama , Bullying , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Tomboy , Drugs , Basketball , Trains , Suicide , Villainess , Heterosexual

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