Anime like Seihantai na Kimi to Boku 2nd Season

Koori no Jouheki

Also known as The Ramparts of Ice.

Studio: Studio KAI , TBS , Universal Music , ADK Emotions
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Socially inept, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and other people. She spends her time in high school alone, until she meets Amamiya Minato, a boy who keeps trying to close the distance between them for some reason?! The loner Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the kind basketball player Youta. This is the story about four complicated and confused young people and their mixed up lives!

Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , School , Shoujo , Urban , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Bullying , Chibi , School Club , Orphan , Yuri

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 , Heterosexual , Seinen , Iyashikei , Acting , Transgender , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coastal

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Also known as The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity.

Studio: Aniplex , CloverWorks , Kodansha , TOKYO MX , CloverWorks , BS11 , Movic , Marui Group
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintarou, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintarou discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , School , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Food , Shounen , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Delinquents , Philosophy

Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta

Also known as I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class.

Studio: CONNECT , Asmik Ace , Nippon Columbia , Kansai TV , KADOKAWA , BS Asahi , Bit grooove promotion , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely friendship grows, Maki starts to wonder…could there be more than just friendship between them?



Tags: Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Estranged Family , Primarily Female Cast , Otaku Culture , Seinen , Coming of Age , Video Games , Chibi , Love Triangle

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Square Enix , Movic , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Wakana Gojou cares about one thing: making Hina dolls. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends—or even holding conversation. But after the school’s most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they’ll make her cosplay dreams come true!



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Seinen , Photography , Modeling , Slapstick , Urban , Coming of Age , School , Makeup , Nudity , Iyashikei , Unrequited Love

Ponkotsu Fuuki Iin to Skirt take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi

Also known as The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt.

Studio: Zero-G , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Kodansha , BS Asahi , ADK Marketing Solutions , Crunchyroll , Zero-G , TOKYO MX , Movic , KLOCKWORX , Saber Links , Yomiuri TV Enterprise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Sakuradaimon is the school's prefect. A prefect is a student who is authorized to enforce discipline. As a prefect, he's supposed to be a role model to other students, but unfortunately he's not perfect. Kohinata is one of the people who Sakuradaimon has tried to discipline into wearing appropriate school attire, but she has thusfar been disobedient.

And so this is a story of the two interacting with one another.

Tags: School , Slapstick , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Surreal Comedy , Urban , Shounen , Delinquents , Hip-hop Music , Otaku Culture

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 , Surreal Comedy , Ojou-sama , Episodic , Kuudere , Slapstick , Parody , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Archery , Mountaineering

Giji Harem

Also known as Pseudo Harem.

Studio: Nomad , Pony Canyon , bilibili , TOKYO MX , BS Fuji , Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Eiji Kitahama joins the drama club with dreams of having a harem like the ones from his favorite manga. Rin Nanakura, an underclassman, finds herself crushing hard on Eiji and tries on different personas in his presence to win him over. No matter how she acts, one thing is certain—her feelings for Eiji continue to grow stronger. Will she ever be able to tell him the truth and be herself?



Tags: Acting , Heterosexual , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Iyashikei , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Parody , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Marriage , College , Meta , Time Skip

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling Season 2.

Studio: Aniplex , CloverWorks , Movic , TOKYO MX , BS11 , CloverWorks , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

The second season of Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru.

When Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo met, they grew close over their love for cosplay. Through interacting with classmates and making new cosplay friends, Marin and Wakana’s world keeps growing. New developments arise as Marin’s love for Wakana continues to be filled with endless excitement. In their ever-expanding world, Marin and Wakana’s story of cosplay and thrills continues!



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Gyaru , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Makeup , Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Unrequited Love , Photography , Body Image , Educational , School , Slapstick , Gender Bending , Seinen , Mixed Media , Femboy , Chibi , Iyashikei , Nudity , Urban , Modeling , CGI , Rotoscoping

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