Anime like Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)

Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.

Also known as I'm in Love with the Villainess.

Studio: Platinum Vision , King Records , Asmik Ace , Ichijinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The world turns upside down when a corporate drone wakes up as Rae Taylor, the heroine in her favorite otome game, Revolution. Rae is elated at the opportunity to court Claire François, the game’s villainess and the object of her affection. Armed with her knowledge of the game and events to come, Rae sets out to make Claire fall for her. But how will the villainess take Rae’s romantic advances?



Tags: Yuri , Villainess , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Reincarnation , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Video Games , Magic , School , Medieval , Maids , Class Struggle , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Slapstick , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Crossdressing , Incest , Heterosexual

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

Studio: TROYCA , AT-X , Sony Music Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , School , Aromantic , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Asexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Bisexual , POV , Shounen , Acting , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics

Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

Also known as The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , CTW , AT-X , Kansai TV , TVAadvance
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Royal Affairs , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids , Vampire , Swordplay , Isekai , Religion , Reincarnation , Adoption , Dragons , Drugs

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Studio: CLOUDHEARTS , Yokohama Animation Lab , Ichijinsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

After performing a song at her school’s opening ceremony, musician Yori Asanagi receives an apparent love confession from freshman Himari Kino. But just as Yori decides she wants to return Himari’s feelings, Himari reveals that she did not “love” her, but “admires” her! But you can’t unring a bell once struck, and Yori is determined to make Himari fall for her, not just her music. Will their hearts ever beat as one, or will their love fall out of tune?



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Band , School , Love Triangle , School Club , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rock Music , Aromantic , CGI , Tragedy

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Adachi spends her school days skipping class until she meets fellow delinquent Shimamura and the two become fast friends. Cutting class together deepens their friendship but soon unexpected emotions blossom.

As awkwardness and confusion settle in, the two girls travel this sea of emotions without a paddle as they learn about each other’s feelings.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Delinquents , Aliens , Table Tennis , Fishing

Sakura Trick

Also known as Sakura Trick.

Studio: Studio DEEN , TBS , Sentai Filmworks , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Haruka and Yuu have been best friends forever and they've always sat next to each other in class since… well, since they were just girls in junior high anyway. But on their first day of high school, they're stunned to learn that the new seating plan has them on opposite sides of the classroom! So, since everyone knows that long distance relationships won't work unless the parties involved put extra effort into it, they decide they need to do something extra special to permanently seal their friendship. However, deciding to kiss each other awakens a whole new level of feelings, and it doesn't help that some of their classmates seem to be 'involved" in similar circumstances. So what's a girl to do when her best girl friend suddenly seems more like a girlfriend? It's a life lesson that the school curriculum isn't normally prepared to teach, except maybe in French class, and our two young heroines are about to get a private education you'll never forget!



Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Seinen , Kuudere , Coming of Age

Asagao to Kase-san.

Also known as Kase-san and Morning Glories.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A relationship is like a garden. It's hard, really hard, to plant the initial seeds. Once you've gone through the agonizing process of wondering if the other person even likes you, fought the fear that telling her could destroy everything, and made your confession, the most difficult part begins. Because you have to keep nurturing this wonderful new feeling to keep it growing. Not just in your own heart, but in hers. And since even the most beautiful rose can cut you to the bone with its thorns, who can you talk to for advice? Especially when you're both girls in high school? For shy Yamada and boyish Kase, time is running out.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Horticulture , Agriculture , Rural

Bad Girl

Also known as Bad Girl.

Studio: Bridge , King Records
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Yuu Yuutani is a first-year high school student with sharp eyes, large piercings and flashy two-tone hair. She's become notorious as a bad girl… but she's really not. At heart, Yuu is an incredibly good girl, but her mind is always full of thoughts of the beautiful and popular Atori Mizutori, the school’s Madonna and head of the student disciplinary committee. So, on her mission to attract the attention of Atori, Yuu decided to quit being an honor student and become a "bad delinquent!”



Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Harem , Gyaru

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

Also known as Yuri Is My Job!.

Studio: Passione , Happinet Phantom Studios , Asmik Ace , Ichijinsha , Nippon Columbia , arma bianca , Sotsu , Frontier Works , BS Fuji , AT-X , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , BS Nittele , Studio Lings
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Worried about her reputation, Hime covers shifts for a cafe manager she accidentally injures to maintain her picture-perfect princess image. But this cafe has a peculiar theme—private school. To put on her best barista schoolgirl act, she’ll be trained by the most graceful girl there, Mitsuki. Under her guidance, Hime’s feelings start to brew, but there’s just one problem—Mitsuki can’t stand her!



Tags: Work , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Acting , Love Triangle , Meta , Ojou-sama , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aromantic , Gyaru , School , Tsundere , Yandere , Parody , Ensemble Cast

Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi

Also known as A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof.

Studio: Shaft , KADOKAWA , Shaft , Pony Canyon , Kansai TV , BS11 , Movic , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

On the way home from school one day, Konoha Koga rescues Satoko Kusagakure, a ninja who escaped her village. Soon, pursuers from the village show up in search of Satoko only to be deftly dealt with by Konoha. As it turns out, the unassuming high schooler is actually an assassin. Thus, the potentially cutthroat cohabitation of a ninja and an assassin begins!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Ninja , Assassins , Slapstick , Urban , Anti-Hero , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Surreal Comedy , Fugitive , Yuri , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yandere , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Afterlife , Family Life , Shounen , Age Regression , Ghost , School , Episodic , Demons