Anime like Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Kokoro Connect

Also known as Kokoro Connect.

Studio: Starchild Records , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , Enterbrain
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The five members of the Cultural Research Club - Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki - encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch bodies without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into disarray.

At first the five students find some amusement amidst the confusion, but this unwarranted connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts. As their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change...



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Body Swapping , School Club , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Age Regression , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Charlotte

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Aniplex , Visual Arts , TOKYO MX , KADOKAWA , ASCII Media Works , Mainichi Broadcasting System , BS11 , Movic , Key
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.



Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , School , Body Swapping , Amnesia , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Urban , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Yandere , Family Life , Band , Bullying , Baseball , CGI , Torture , Mahjong

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Also known as The World God Only Knows.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Manglobe , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.



Tags: Parody , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Video Games , Episodic , Meta , Hikikomori , Shounen , Heterosexual , School , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Idol , Ojou-sama , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Female Harem , Gods , Athletics , Butler , Firefighters , Ghost , Nudity , Teacher

Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet

Also known as Boarding School Juliet.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Grigio Academy Boarding School. The students that attend this school come from two countries, and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are leaders of rival dorms, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates or else bad things will happen to them.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Gangs , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Foreign , Shounen , Athletics , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Twins , Bullying , Female Harem , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Shueisha , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. And everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. Pride and arrogance are in ample supply, so the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters?



Tags: School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ojou-sama , Episodic , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Parody , Male Protagonist , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Kemonomimi , Rotoscoping , Nekomimi

Witch Craft Works

Also known as Witch Craft Works.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Takamiya Honoka is a regular student whose only problem seems to be that he sits next to Kagari Ayaka, the school's #1 beauty. They have never spoken to each other before and any small interaction between them immediately results in her fanclub beating him. Yet when a falling part of the school's building is about to send him to the afterlife, it's Kagari that comes to his rescue. Only... she's dressed as a witch, carrying him in her arms and floating on a broom?! Kagari tells him it is her mission to protect him and that now she can finally protect him openly rather than undercover.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Incest , School Club , Meta , Bullying

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , ABC Animation , KADOKAWA , TOKYO MX , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , School , Amnesia , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Hikikomori , Urban , Body Swapping , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Acting , Female Harem , Idol , Tragedy , Clone

Renai Boukun

Also known as Love Tyrant.

Studio: EMT Squared
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who has their name written together will instantly fall in love if they kiss each other regardless of any circumstances. This magical and very familiar item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. She convinces Seiji to go kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out has even stronger feelings for him, bordering on obsessive and psychotic. Eventually Akane and Seiji come together but not before Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. What seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with girls.



Tags: Love Triangle , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Female Harem , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , School , Gods , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Angels , Henshin , Swordplay , Sadism , Samurai , Villainess

Nisekoi

Also known as Nisekoi.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...

Though Raku's a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he's dragged into family affairs when he's forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang's boss!

Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can't remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!

Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class's play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?



Tags: Love Triangle , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , School , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Fake Relationship , Yakuza , Mafia , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Shounen , Arranged Marriage , Tomboy , Gangs , Crossdressing

Senryuu Shoujo

Also known as Senryu Girl.

Studio: CONNECT , Sentai Filmworks , DMM music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Eiji Busujima was a delinquent in middle school, but now that he’s in high school, he’s trying to put all that behind him. He’s even joined the literature club! Unfortunately, while Eiji’s heart might be in the right place, his face didn’t get the memo, and if his scowling, slit-like eyes don’t scare people away, then his attempts at senryu poetry probably will. But there’s one member of the literature club who isn’t easily intimidated: Nanako Yukishiro, an odd but cheerful young woman who never speaks and communicates only through senryu poetry! So, when the meddling president of the club decides to encourage a relationship between this strange literary pair, the haiku is sure to fly!



Tags: School , Male Protagonist , School Club , Language Barrier , Calligraphy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Drawing , Delinquents , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast