Anime like Sasameki Koto

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 , School Club , Aromantic , Asexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Bisexual , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , POV , Acting , Meta , Trains , Athletics , Writing

Aoi Hana

Also known as Sweet Blue Flowers.

Studio: J.C. Staff , The Right Stuf International , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school — sometimes independently and sometimes with each other’s help.



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Tomboy , Josei , Basketball , Acting

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 , Fishing , Table Tennis

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

Manaria Friends

Also known as Mysteria Friends.

Studio: CygamesPictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Mysteria Academy is a prestigious magic school that teaches without discrimination to the three factions (humans, gods and demons) who otherwise are usually at battle with each other. This anime follows the daily lives of two young women at the academy, Anne, the princess of Mysteria, and the dragon princess Grea.



Tags: Episodic , School , Monster Girl , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Dragons , Acting , Demons , Gods

Strawberry Panic

Also known as Strawberry Panic.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Lantis , Media Blasters , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Aoi Nagisa transfers to one of the three affiliated all-girl Catholic schools on Astraea Hill, St. Miator's Girls' Academy. There, she discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate hierarchy, in which two Etoiles represent the three schools. In order to fit in, Nagisa must go to class, join clubs, and make new friends. Meanwhile, Shizuma Hanazono, the sole Etoile of Astraea Hill, finds herself drawn to this new, exciting transfer student. As Shizuma and Nagisa get to know each other, Shizuma finally decides it is time to face her troubled past.

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Boarding School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Amnesia , Archery

Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!

Also known as Tomo-chan Is a Girl!.

Studio: Lay-duce , Aniplex , Crunchyroll , Seikaisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Tomboy Tomo couldn’t have picked a more awkward high school crush ’cause it’s on her childhood friend, Junichiro, but he only sees her as one of the guys. Despite her pretty looks and signals, nothing gets through to this meathead! Will Junichiro ever realize Tomo’s into him and see her for the cutesy girl she actually is?!





Tags: Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Slapstick , Martial Arts , Athletics , Shounen , School Club , Unrequited Love

Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Also known as Girl Meets Girl.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Studio Hibari , Lantis , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Hazumu was a shy boy who enjoyed gardening, collecting herbs, and long walks in the mountains. One day he finally worked up the courage to confess his love to Yasuna, but she rejected him.

Depressed, he wandered up Mt. Kashimayama, the place where they first met, to reconsider his feelings. After getting lost, he wished upon a shooting star and received a bizarre twist of fate.

Now he is a she, and she stumbles headfirst back into social life and relationships only to find that the entire landscape has changed!



Tags: Gender Bending , Yuri , Educational , Tsundere , Disability , Love Triangle , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Transgender , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Nudity , Aliens , Bisexual , Teacher , Urban Fantasy

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Studio: CLOUDHEARTS , Yokohama Animation Lab , Ichijinsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Releasing
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 , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Aromantic , CGI