Anime like Special A

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

Where to watch?

Hulu

Tubi TV

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 , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ojou-sama , Episodic , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Parody , Male Protagonist , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Kemonomimi , Rotoscoping , Nekomimi

Where to watch?

Hulu

iQ

Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

Also known as His and Her Circumstances.

Studio: Gainax , J.C.STAFF , The Right Stuf International , GANSIS , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyazawa Yukino is the perfect student. Kind, intelligent, pretty and modest, it's unbelievable that such a person could exist. Little did everyone know Yukino's perfection was just a facade. An act to fulfill her desire for praise and admiration. Her life took a turn however, as a newcomer to their school Arima Soichiro topped the exam rankings. Arima is more than just intelligent, he's also kind, handsome and modest, an unbelievable person who can actually exist. Even worse luck, Arima found out Yukino's secret, blackmailing her to help him out. Their odd relationship soon develops into friendship and eventually into love. But can their love prevail through the many problems that come their way?

Tags: Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Chibi , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Adoption , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Media , Tragedy

Where to watch?

YouTube

Bilibili

YouTube

Itazura na Kiss

Also known as ItaKiss.

Studio: Bandai Visual , TMS Entertainment , Trinity Sound , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ever since she entered high school, Kotoko Aihara wanted to be in the same class as Naoki Irie. The only problem is that Irie is the smartest student in school in contrast to Kotoko being one of the dumbest. Now in her 3rd year of high school, she still isn't there. However, one day her home gets destroyed and the only place left to go to is Irie's home. Now that she lives close to him, will their relationship be the same, or will it become greater than it is?

Tags: Tsundere , Shoujo , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Medicine , School , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Work , College , Time Skip , Language Barrier , Tennis , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes

Where to watch?

Hulu

Tubi TV

RetroCrush

Amazon Prime Video

Crackle

Masamune-kun no Revenge

Also known as Masamune-kun's Revenge.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , FuRyu , Lantis , Crunchyroll , Ichijinsha , AT-X , TOKYO MX , Sotsu , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

As an overweight child, Makabe Masamune was mercilessly teased and bullied by one particular girl, Adagaki Aki. Determined to one day exact his revenge upon her, Makabe begins a rigorous regimen of self-improvement and personal transformation. Years later, Masamune re-emerges as a new man. Handsome, popular, with perfect grades and good at sports, Masamune-kun transfers to Aki's school, and is unrecognizable to her. Now, Masamune-kun is ready to confront the girl who bullied him so many years ago and humiliate her at last. But will revenge be as sweet as he thought?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Revenge , Tsundere , Love Triangle , School , Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Shounen , Maids , Fitness , Female Harem

Where to watch?

Bilibili TV

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge♥

Also known as The Wallflower.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Takano Kyohei, Oda Takenaga, Toyama Yukinojo, and Morii Ranmaru are going to rent a house to go to school for free on the condition that they make the girl of the house a "lady". However, Nakahara Sunako, the girl living there, is gloomy, weird, and horror movie maniac. She has a trauma of when she was told she was ugly by the boy whom she loved when she was in junior high school. She doesn't like beautiful things and gets a nosebleed when she looks at something beautiful.

Tags: Hikikomori , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Chibi , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Male Harem , Heterosexual , Makeup , School , Otaku Culture , Crossdressing , Educational , Tragedy

Where to watch?

Hulu

Skip Beat!

Also known as Skip Beat!.

Studio: Hal Film Maker , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Kyouko followed her true love and childhood friend Shou to Tokyo so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does nothing for herself because she loves him so much, but gets nothing in return. Still, she remains by his side. But then one day she goes unannounced to his agency with a delivery, and overhears him talking about her; he reveals to his manager that he only took her with him as a maid, and that he doesn't care for her at all. Upon hearing this, Kyouko doesn't just sit around and cry. She cuts and dyes her hair, changes her clothes and attitude and thus begins her journey to join showbiz and have her revenge against Shou.

Tags: Acting , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Work , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Fashion

Where to watch?

Gakuen Alice

Studio: Aniplex , Group TAC , Sogo Vision , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are best friends, and Mikan is shocked to find that Hotaru is transferring to a school in Tokyo for gifted students like her - Alice Academy. Mikan hears rumors that the students are like prisoners there, and worried what would happen to Hotaru, she runs away to head to the school herself. She finds out all the wonderful things about this school. And she heads into a great adventure!!

Tags: Super Power , Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Love Triangle , Magic , Kuudere , Class Struggle

Where to watch?

Hulu

Koroshi Ai

Also known as Love of Kill.

Studio: Platinum Vision , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , Kadokawa Media House , Toy's Factory , A3 , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Romance

Two assassins face off. The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-ha. Chateau and Ryang-ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-ha takes a liking to Chateau and begins following her around.

Little by little, Chateau develops a cooperative partnership with Ryang-ha, which gets her caught up in the struggle against the organizations hunting him down. Furthermore, that battle is related to her past as well. Two mismatched assassins weave together a twisted "Assassin X Assassin" thriller. The strange gears of fate begin to move.

Note: The first episode had an early premiere at AnimeNYC 2021.

Tags: Assassins , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Josei , Amnesia , Adoption , Guns , Ships , Crime , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Police , Age Gap , Gore , Foreign , Suicide

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