Anime like Bokura ga Ita

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 , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Bullying , Unrequited Love , Tsundere , Chibi , Tomboy , Gyaru , Teacher , Baseball , Football

orange

Also known as Orange.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Telecom Animation Film , Toho , ABC Animation , AT-X , Dai Nippon Printing , Futabasha , Lawson , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn't take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. The letter tells her that a new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and to keep her eye on him. But why? Naho must decide what to make of the letter and its cryptic warning, and what it means not only for her future, but for Kakeru's as well.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~40 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: School , Tragedy , Shoujo , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Tsundere

NANA

Also known as NANA.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Shueisha , Nippon Television Network , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Two twenty-somethings seemingly share nothing in common apart from their first name, but a chance meeting on a train bound for Tokyo sets Nana Komatsu and Nana Oosaki on a collision course with destiny. Nana Komatsu, a love-at-first-sight dreamer, aims to find enduring happiness in the big city. Nana Oosaki, neo punk rock vocalist, pursues her burning ambitions of musical stardom and worldwide fame. As their fates increasingly intertwine, they each chase their dreams — until the harsh realities of life in big city Tokyo threaten to tear everything apart.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Band , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , Netorare , Heterosexual , Fashion , College , Kuudere , Nudity , Age Gap , Mahjong , Noir

Sukitte Ii na yo.

Also known as Say "I love you"..

Studio: Starchild Records , Kodansha , ZEXCS , Magic Capsule , Sentai Filmworks , Yomiuri Advertising , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Mei Tachibana has spent her 16 years without a boyfriend or friends. One day, she injures the most popular boy in school, Yamato Kurosawa, due to a misunderstanding. For some reason though, it seems that he takes a liking to her and one-sidedly claims that they're friends. Furthermore, he not only protects Mei from a stalker, but does so with a kiss…?!!

Tags: Bullying , School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Rehabilitation

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

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Lovely Complex.

Studio: Toei Animation , TBS , TAP , Discotek , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights, their crushes fall in love with each other, leaving Koizumi and Ootani comically flustered and heartbroken. To make matters worse, they're even labeled as a comedy duo by their homeroom teacher due to their personalities and the stark difference in their heights, and their classmates even think of their arguments as sketches.

Lovely★Complex follows Koizumi and Ootani as they encourage each other in finding love and become close friends. Apart from their ridiculous antics, they soon find out an unexpected similarity in their music and fashion tastes. Maybe they possess a chemistry yet unknown, but could love ever bloom between the mismatched pair?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , School , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tomboy , Netorare , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Basketball , Gender Bending , Femboy

Hachimitsu to Clover

Also known as Honey and Clover.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Nomad , Genco , Viz Media , Asmik Ace , Dentsu , Discotek , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' life stories as poor college students, as well as their love lives when a short but talented 18 year old girl called Hanamoto Hagumi appears.



Tags: Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Josei , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , Drawing , Chibi , Kuudere

Ao Haru Ride

Also known as Blue Spring Ride.

Studio: Production I.G , Sony Music Entertainment , Toho , BS11 , Animatic , Shueisha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Sony PCL
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image & life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Estranged Family , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying , School Club

Honey Lemon Soda

Also known as Honey Lemon Soda.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TMS Entertainment , Crunchyroll , Fuji TV , J.C.STAFF , Studio Pierrot , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

In middle school, Uka Ishimori was nicknamed “Stone.”

In order to change herself, she enrolled in Hachimitsu High School, known for its culture of student liberty. Seated in at the desk next to her in the same class is Kai Miura, a coolly freewheeling boy with lemon-colored hair. In truth, Uka met Kai once in middle school, and decided to attend Hachimitsu based on a single word he said to her.To Uka, the popular Kai is a distant presence.

Yet somehow, Kai starts to look after Uka. With Kai encouraging her, Uka gradually begins to fit in with her classmates…

But...Uka’s world is gradually changing with Kai’s presence. —

Now, I am in the center of the endlessly spreading light.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Shoujo , Bullying , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Delinquents , Kuudere , Gyaru

Peach Girl

Also known as Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Nomad , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Studio Comet , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Peach Girl is about an average high school girl, Momo Adachi, who everyone thinks is a beach bunny / slut because of her tanned skin. The actual reason she is so tanned is because she was on the swim team and tans very easily. She likes a boy, Toji, who she heard only likes non-tanned girls. This causes her to question who she is and have low self esteem. She spends a lot of time trying to remake herself into the girl she believes he wants. However, she has a friend, Sae, who likes to go behind Momo's back and make her life terrible, mostly by trying to take Toji away from her. All the while there's another boy, Kairi, who is in love with Momo.



Tags: Love Triangle , Shoujo , Tanned Skin , Gyaru , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Bullying , School , Swimming , Heterosexual , Fashion