Anime like Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyoudai.

Gakuen Babysitters

Also known as School Babysitters.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga centers on the brothers Ryuuichi and Kotarou Kashima. Ryuuichi is in high school and Kotarou is still a toddler. After their parents are killed in a plane crash, the two brothers find themselves living with the chairwoman of the Morinomiya Academy, who herself lost her son and daughter-in-law in the same accident. The chairwoman, however, has one stipulation for the brothers in order to live with her: Ryuuichi has to work at the academy's daycare center as a babysitter.



Tags: School Club , Primarily Child Cast , Iyashikei , Chibi , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Twins , Tragedy , Tsundere , Parenthood

Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi

Also known as Kotaro Lives Alone.

Studio: Netflix , LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.



Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Iyashikei , School , Estranged Family , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Detective

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

Studio: P.A. Works , DMM.com , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Kansai TV , BS Asahi , A-Sketch
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi’s dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the world a better place. But when she finally gets to Tokyo, it turns out she isn’t exactly prepared for city life. Luckily, she runs into Shima, a sweet and handsome classmate who becomes her first friend! Can she make it in Tokyo with Shima by her side?



Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Urban , Seinen , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Acting , Transgender , Rural , Coastal

Barakamon

Also known as Barakamon.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , VAP , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions.

As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to.



Tags: Calligraphy , Rural , Found Family , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Family Life , Seinen , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Teacher , Coastal , Tsundere , Slapstick , Fishing

Cool Doji Danshi

Also known as Play It Cool, Guys.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Avex Pictures , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , AT-X , A-Sketch , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At first glance, these guys look cool and handsome.

You want to get closer to them... but then you realize they're all clumsy! They forget their wallets, turn on their music on the train without putting their headphones in, put on glasses when they have their contacts in, stab bendy straws backwards into drinks, walk around with a shoehorn that they thought was an umbrella… Despite being so clumsy, these guys never forget to play it cool.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Slapstick , Episodic , Kuudere , Shoujo , Work , College , School , Writing , Chibi , Tsundere , Handball , Fashion , Trains

Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari

Also known as The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting.

Studio: feel. , Gaina , bilibili , Micro Magazine Sha , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , Bushiroad Move , TOKYO MX , Micro House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kirishima Tooru was accustomed to solving all problems through violence and was called “the Demon of Sakuragi.” One day, the boss of the Sakuragi family suddenly summons Kirishima and appoints him caretaker of his only daughter, Yaeka! A heartwarming comedy about a yakuza crime family’s right-hand man and the boss’ only daughter. The two of them are about to begin their new daily lives together!



Tags: Family Life , Yakuza , Josei , Female Protagonist , Parenthood , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Anti-Hero , Iyashikei , Delinquents , Food , Guns , Tragedy , Suicide , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast

Atarashii Joushi wa Dotennen

Also known as My New Boss is Goofy.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Akita Shoten , ABC Animation , ABC Frontier , Movic , BS11 , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After his power-tripping boss broke his spirit and his health, Momose leaves his job for a new job in sales at an advertising agency. However, on the very first day of his new job, Momose is unable to move due to a stomachache caused by his past traumas. "What should I do if my new boss also abuses his power?"

That's when his new boss, Shirosaki, takes him out to see clients. Just what exactly is Shirosaki going to do...?!



Tags: Iyashikei , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Shoujo , Office , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Chibi

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , NAS , NIS America Inc. , TV Tokyo Music , Sony Music Entertainment , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Outdoor , Adoption , Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Rural , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Coming of Age , Estranged Family , Shapeshifting , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes

Amaama to Inazuma

Also known as Sweetness & Lightning.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.



Tags: Family Life , Food , Iyashikei , Found Family , Restaurant , Educational , Teacher , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Parenthood , Orphan , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Chibi

Deaimon

Also known as Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness.

Studio: Encourage Films , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Kadokawa Media House , KBS Kyoto , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor.

Tags: Found Family , Food , Iyashikei , Family Life , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Crossdressing