Anime like Tsuki ga Kirei

Just Because!

Also known as Just Because!.

Studio: PINE JAM
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The original anime Just Because! focuses on subtly portraying the feelings of a group of high school students nearing graduation. Near the end of second semester at third year, when students have very little time in high school left, and are just waiting for graduation, the appearance of a new transfer student begins to change what remains of their high school lives just as they were about to graduate.



Tags: Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Trains , Photography , Baseball , Musical Theater , College

Kimi ni Todoke

Also known as Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You.

Studio: Production I.G , NIS America Inc. , Nippon Television Network , VAP , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe...there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Bullying , Tsundere , Chibi , Tomboy , Unrequited Love , Gyaru , Baseball , Football

Tamako Love Story

Also known as Tamako -love story-.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

As she edges toward the end of her high school life, the energetic but generally clueless third-year Tamako Kitashirakawa has only one major concern: pulling off a stunning baton performance at the Usagiyama Marching Festival. But all too soon, she is confronted by the reality that all her friends have big plans for their futures; she, on the other hand, just operates with the moderate goal of continuing to work at her family's restaurant.

Under the same brilliant sky, Mochizou Ooji intends to study at a university in Tokyo, leaving behind his family, friends, and most importantly, his first and only love Tamako. Unfortunately, the shy admirer cannot bring himself to declare his love, and Tamako is yet unaware that she is the source of such anguish. With time quickly running out, Mochizou must confess his feelings to Tamako soon, or his dream of romance will never be fulfilled.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Food , School , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Animals , Love Triangle

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Kan

Also known as My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!.

Studio: feel. , Sentai Filmworks , Movic , Delfi Sound , TBS , Marvelous Entertainment , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The third season of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

As the members of the Service Club band together to host a school prom, Hachiman, Yukino and Yui will have to put their feelings into words and truly learn to understand each other at long last… if the Service Club can even stay afloat, that is!



Tags: Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Philosophy , School Club , School , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Hikikomori , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Femboy , Female Harem , Kuudere , Idol , Unrequited Love

Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.

Also known as O Maidens in Your Savage Season.

Studio: Lay-duce , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other: answering the question, "What's one thing you want to do before you die?" One of the girls blurts out, "Sex." Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls, with different backgrounds and personalities, onto their own clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths toward adulthood.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Age Gap , Writing , Seinen , Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Trains , Bullying , Masturbation , Asexual , Time Skip

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs after school.

Studio: Pony Canyon , LIDENFILMS , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan , Ultra Super Pictures , MAGNET , CHOCOLATE
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Ganta Nakami is a high school student who suffers from insomnia. One day, he meets Isaki Magari, a girl with the same condition. A strange, but special relationship forms as they share a secret and catch up on their sleep in their school’s abandoned observatory…



Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Seinen , Photography , Primarily Teen Cast , Astronomy , Heterosexual , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , School , Rural , Disability , Outdoor , Tanned Skin , Animals , Tomboy

Tsurezure Children

Also known as Tsuredure Children.

Studio: Studio Gokumi , NAS , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

To those of you out there who never could say "I love you"— This story is about ordinary highschoolers and how love makes them fired up, shaken, laugh, cry, and hurt. Whether things go well or not, this story of adolescence and romance will show you how they spend their precious youth. Every character is the main character here, and you're sure to find one you can sympathize with.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , School , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Shounen , Tsundere , Kuudere , School Club , Love Triangle , Achronological Order

Isshuukan Friends.

Also known as One Week Friends.

Studio: Brain's Base , Toho , DAX Production , NAS , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The story revolves around Yuki, a boy who wants to become friends with his classmate and desk neighbor Kaori. However, she gently declines his friendship, saying, “But, my... Memories of my friends disappear in a week...” Even so, Yuki wants to become her friend, and so the two become friends over and over again as the weeks pass.

Tags: Amnesia , School , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast , Bullying

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

Horimiya

Also known as Horimiya.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Square Enix , Movic , My Theater D.D. , Global Solutions , Mirai Koujou , Kanetsuu Investment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new?



Tags: School , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Shounen , Bullying , Episodic , Masochism , Sadism , Chibi