Anime like Ruri no Houseki

also known as Ruri Rocks

What is Ruri Rocks about?

Studio: Studio Bind
Status: Finished

Mineral collecting is like a modern-day treasure hunt!

Ruri, a high school girl who loves jewelry and accessories, gets into the world of mineral collecting, venturing into mountains, rivers, and caves. The first volume features numerous minerals, including quartz, garnet, pyrite, gold sand, and fluorite. The manga is full of fascinating scenes focusing on specialized tools such as a panning dish, hammer, and topographical maps. An authentic scientific adventure based on the author's solid knowledge of mineralogy!



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Educational , Female Protagonist , Wilderness , Environmental , Iyashikei , Seinen , Episodic , College , Work , Rural
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Laid-Back Camp

Yuru Camp△

Also known as Laid-Back Camp.

Studio: C-Station , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Rin likes to go camping by herself along the lakes that provide a scenic view of Mt. Fuji. Nadeshiko loves to take cycling trips by herself to places where she can see Mt. Fuji. After they meet, Rin and Nadeshiko take camping trips, eat cup ramen together, and enjoy the scenery.



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Camping , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Educational , Travel , School Club , Kuudere , Seinen , Episodic , Mopeds , Animals , Cycling , Yuri
mono

mono

Also known as mono.

Studio: Soigne , Aniplex , Houbunsha , Soigne , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Satsuki Amamiya was feeling down due to the graduation of the high school Photography Club’s president. However, her best friend and fellow member An Kiriyama encourages Satsuki to dedicate herself to the newly merged Cinephoto Club. Join Satsuki and An as they set out to track down a missing camera, meet new faces, and capture stunning photos and videos along the way.



Tags: Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Meta , Drawing , Photography , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Animals , School , Ghost , Motorcycles , Skateboarding
Do It Yourself!!

Do It Yourself!!

Also known as Do It Yourself!!.

Studio: PINE JAM , Avex Pictures , TV Tokyo , Yostar , MAGNET , Asmik Ace , AT-X , BS11 , Niigata Sogo Television
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Building furniture and friendships have a lot in common. Intention, effort, and hard work are needed for both crafts. This is a story of girls in a DIY club building both as they carve out their futures. None of it comes easy, but that doesn’t stop any of ’em. Furniture, friendships, and the future—they’re building it all with their own hands!



Tags: School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Tsundere , Educational , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Slapstick
A Place Further Than the Universe

Sora yori mo Tooi Basho

Also known as A Place Further Than the Universe.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Media Factory , AT-X , Movic , Sony Music Communications , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Mari Tamaki is in her second year of high school and wants to start something. It's then that she meets Shirase, a girl with few friends who's considered weirdo by the rest of the class and nicknamed "Antarctic" since it's all she ever talks about. Unlike her peers, Mari is moved by Shirase's dedication and decides that even though it's unlikely that high school girls will ever go to Antarctica, she's going to try to go with Shirase.



Tags: Travel , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Snowscape , Outdoor Activities , Foreign , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Wilderness , Tragedy , Work , Educational , Ships , Konbini , School
Asteroid in Love

Koisuru Asteroid

Also known as Asteroid in Love.

Studio: Doga Kobo , GRANTdesign , KADOKAWA , Kadokawa Media House , Ray , Houbunsha , AT-X , flying DOG
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When she was little, Konohata Mira promises a boy she meets at a campsite that they can find an asteroid together. When she enters high school, she joins the astronomy club. But that year, the astronomy club happened to combine with the geology club, making it the astrogeo club?!

Won't you find all kinds of sparkles with the astrogeo girls?



Tags: Astronomy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , School , Educational , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Slapstick
Encouragement of Climb

Yama no Susume

Also known as Encouragement of Climb.

Studio: 8-bit , Earth Star Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they've decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Mountaineering , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Educational , Seinen , School , Food , Primarily Child Cast , Camping
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Non Non Biyori

Non Non Biyori

Also known as Non Non Biyori.

Studio: Media Factory , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , AT-X , Lantis , Sony Music Communications , TV Tokyo , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

When Hotaru moves from Tokyo to a tiny town in the rural countryside, she’s in for some serious culture shock: the nearest place that sells comics is 20 minutes away, the nearest video store is ten train stations down the line, and there are only three other girls and one boy in her entire school! Even though everything’s so different, there’s something about the laid-back atmosphere that makes her feel strangely comfortable. While she’ll certainly miss parts of her old life, there’s a whole lifetime of experiences waiting to be enjoyed with her new friends Renge, Komari, Natsumi, and Suguru!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , School , Agriculture , Achronological Order , Seinen , Tomboy , Kuudere , Wilderness
Dr. STONE

Dr. STONE

Also known as Dr. STONE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world— turning every single human into stone.

Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified.

However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknown.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Lost Civilization , Educational , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Environmental , Kingdom Management , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Spearplay , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Espionage , Tomboy , Medicine , Asexual , Isekai
Food for the Soul

Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi

Also known as Food for the Soul.

Studio: Aniplex , P.A.WORKS , ABC Animation , Nagoya TV Housou , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Movic , P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

An original animation about the daily life of five girls who have just become university students.

They love delicious food, want to have lots of fun with everyone, and try their best to study, so they're enjoying university life to the fullest!



Tags: School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , College , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Gyaru , Chibi
ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!

Onii-chan wa Oshimai!

Also known as ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!.

Studio: Studio Bind , Toho , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Ichijinsha , AT-X , BS11 , Pia , Pony Canyon , Movic , TOKYO MX , Bit grooove promotion , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

Mahiro Oyama was just a normal erotic-game loving dude…until he woke up one morning as a woman! Turns out his mad-scientist little sister, Mihari, tried out one of her new experiments on him…with a disastrous outcome, as far as Mahiro’s concerned! But Mihari is as determined to study him as he is determined to go back to his shut-in, game-playing life, and one thing’s for sure…life is going to get a whole lot weirder from here on out!



Tags: Gender Bending , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , Age Regression , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Hikikomori , Transgender , Family Life , Otaku Culture , School , Found Family , Gyaru , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Nudity , Chibi , Chuunibyou

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