Top Fake Relationship Anime Recommendations

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Shounen , Assassins , Conspiracy , Fake Relationship , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Slapstick , Urban , Super Power , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parenthood , Parody , Episodic , Guns , Politics , Martial Arts , Orphan , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Tsundere

Kanojo, Okarishimasu

Also known as Rent-a-Girlfriend.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. "Ugh... Damn it. I never want to go through that again."

Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears, "You're Kazuya-kun, right?" A beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!



Tags: Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Masturbation , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Fake Relationship , Tsundere , Work , Surreal Comedy , College , Acting , Female Protagonist , Urban , Anti-Hero , Feet

SPY×FAMILY Part 2

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Cour 2.

Studio: Wit Studio , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The second half of SPYxFAMILY.

With Anya Forger successfully enrolled at the renowned Eden Academy, Operation Strix advances to its second phase. To investigate Ostanian politician Donovan Desmond, Anya must either befriend his son Damian or collect eight Stella Stars to become an Imperial Scholar. Fortunately, Anya has already acquired her first star. In celebration, her adoptive father, Loid, decides to fulfill her wish to adopt a dog.

During their canine search, Loid receives new orders from his superiors, who have found that a band of Berlint University students is plotting to assassinate Westalis' Minister Brantz using bombs worn by trained dogs. While Loid tries to stop their plans, Anya stumbles upon the terrorists' base of operations. There, she befriends a kindhearted, clairvoyant dog who the family later names Bond.

Although the Forgers continue to lead their individual lives in secrecy, the family—with a new fluffy addition—remains united through all of the unusual obstacles thrown their way.



Tags: Family Life , Found Family , Espionage , Episodic , Parody , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Assassins , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Adoption , School , Male Protagonist , Politics , Super Power , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , Shounen , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Animals , Surreal Comedy , Orphan , Tsundere , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Tennis , Yandere , Martial Arts , Female Harem , Ojou-sama

[Oshi no Ko]

Also known as Oshi No Ko.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

When a pregnant young starlet appears in Gorou Amemiya’s countryside medical clinic, the doctor takes it upon himself to safely (and secretly) deliver Ai Hoshino’s child so she can make a scandal-free return to the stage. But no good deed goes unpunished, and on the eve of her delivery, he finds himself slain at the hands of Ai’s deluded stalker — and subsequently reborn as Ai’s child, Aquamarine Hoshino! The glitz and glamor of showbiz hide the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry, threatening to dull the shine of his favorite star. Can he help his new mother rise to the top of the charts? And what will he do when unthinkable disaster strikes?



Note: Episode 1【推しの子】Mother and Children was pre-screened in advance in Japanese theaters on March 17, 2023. The regular TV broadcast began on April 12, 2023. The first episode has an extended runtime of ~82 minutes.

Tags: Acting , Tragedy , Idol , Revenge , Twins , Male Protagonist , Reincarnation , Urban , Seinen , Detective , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Orphan , Age Regression , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Bullying , Filmmaking , Love Triangle , Family Life , Denpa , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , School , Suicide , Otaku Culture , Female Harem , Bowling

Nisekoi

Also known as Nisekoi.

Studio: Shaft
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 , Yakuza , Mafia , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Fake Relationship , Shounen , Arranged Marriage , Tomboy , Gangs , Crossdressing

Kuzu no Honkai

Also known as Scum's Wish.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

Hanabi has loved her older friend Narumi for years, but she’s still in high school and not only is Narumi now her new homeroom teacher, he’s also clearly in love with the music teacher, Akane. And as awkward as being the unwanted third in a romantic triangle can be, things become even more twisted for Hanabi when she learns that another student, Mugi, is in love with Akane. That leads to a strange idea: since the ones that Mugi and Hanabi are in love with aren’t available, the two unrequited thirds start to explore the idea of becoming each other’s substitute surrogate relationship. It’s not about romance, of course. Just sex and convenience.



Tags: Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Netorare , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Fake Relationship , Tragedy , Philosophy , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Inseki

SPY×FAMILY Season 2

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Season 2.

Studio: Wit Studio , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The second season of SPY×FAMILY.

The Forger family will face a new familial mission as Yor heads on a cruise ship expedition!



Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Found Family , Office Lady , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Assassins , Urban , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , School , Politics , Male Protagonist , Animals , Ships , Shounen , Episodic , Martial Arts , Guns , Parenthood , Slapstick , Fake Relationship , Surreal Comedy , Tsundere , Female Harem , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Yandere , Surfing , Amnesia

Nisekoi:

Also known as Nisekoi:.

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The relationship antics continue as Chitoge starts to realize that she is actually in love with Raku. Kosaki's younger sister Haru, who wants to protect her sister from the supposedly-depraved Raku, gets added to the mix. Other highlights include the introductions of Hana (Chitoge's mother) and Paula McCoy (Seishiro's assassin rival) and Kosaki's brief stint as a magical girl.



Tags: School , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Tsundere , Yakuza , Mafia , Primarily Teen Cast , Arranged Marriage , Kuudere , Episodic , Slapstick , Fake Relationship

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

Also known as Oreshura.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce—and his goal—he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day, Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair who has just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.

Tags: Female Harem , School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Chuunibyou , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Meta , Fake Relationship

Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2nd Season

Also known as Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The second season of Kanojo, Okarishimasu.

A hopeless college student, Kazuya Kinoshita, meets a graceful rental girlfriend, Chizuru Ichinose, and ends up introducing her as his girlfriend to his family and friends. Time goes on with Kazuya unable to tell the truth, as he's surrounded by devilish ex-girlfriend Mami Nanami, who keeps coming back to tempt him for some reason, hyper-aggressive provisional girlfriend Ruka Sarashina, who doesn't know how to take no for an answer, and super shy but diligent and hardworking younger rental girlfriend, Sumi Sakurasawa… beautiful girlfriends of all types! The pub, the beach, hot springs, Christmas, and New Year’s… Having gone through these challenging events, Kazuya's feelings for Chizuru keep growing stronger. But she reveals a shocking truth that threatens to shake their "relationship" to the very core!



Tags: Heterosexual , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Fake Relationship , Kuudere , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Masturbation , Urban , Shounen , College , Acting

Summer Wars

Also known as Summer Wars.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation.

Natsuki's family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573), and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance and dance with her at the birthday celebration.

As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes Oz, the program that controls nearly every aspect of life to be hacked into, it's up to Kenji and his new "family" to stop the hacker before it's too late.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Family Life , Virtual World , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , CGI , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Card Battle , Fake Relationship , Alternate Universe , Robots , Work , Kemonomimi , Military , Tanned Skin , War , Baseball , Revenge

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

Also known as More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers..

Studio: studio MOTHER
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Third-year high school student Jirou Yakuin hoped to partner with Shiori Sakurazaka of the same class in the mandatory "Couple Practical" course. In this practical, students must demonstrate that they have the necessary skillset to live with a partner of the opposite sex while presenting a certain level of harmony to the video surveillance that grades them.

Unfortunately, random chance put his slightly subdued self into the practical with the person polar opposite to him, the gyaru Akari Watanabe. Akari on the other hand hoped to be paired with her crush Minami Tenjin.

Their hopes are doubly dashed when they find out that Shiori and Minami are assigned together. Thus, they reluctantly decide to cooperate to reach the top ten, which would give them the right to exchange partners if both couples agree. To that end, Jirou steals Akari's first kiss without realizing what he'd done, while giving a hurried good-bye kiss...

Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Tsundere , Family Life , Shounen , School , Female Harem , Kuudere , Otaku Culture , Coming of Age , Feet , Tomboy , Achronological Order , Athletics , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fake Relationship

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji

Also known as Wolf Girl and Black Prince.

Studio: TYO Animations
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The story centers around Erika Shinohara, a vain 16-year-old girl who tells her friends about her romantic exploits, but she actually has no boyfriend. She claims that a handsome boy in a candid photo is her boyfriend, but it turns out that boy is a schoolmate named Kyouya Sata. She has no choice but to make him her fake boyfriend. Unfortunately, Sata may look like a sweet person, but he is actually an ultra-black-hearted sadist. Sata takes advantage of Erika's weakness and treats her like his dog.



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Gyaru , Love Triangle , Fake Relationship

SPY×FAMILY CODE: White

Also known as SPY x FAMILY CODE: White.

Studio: Wit Studio , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Survive family vacation, save the world.

He's a spy. She's an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be the perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a telepath, knows both of their exciting secrets unbeknownst to them. While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace!



Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Assassins , Parody , Military , Snowscape , Foreign , Urban , Found Family , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Fake Relationship , Shounen , Parenthood , Animals , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , War , Aviation , Trains , Martial Arts , Orphan , Cyborg , Tsundere , Kuudere , Yandere , School

Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season

Also known as Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The third season of Kanojo, Okarishimasu.

Kazuya begins producing a movie with Chizuru, and when things start to become close, a new girlfriend enters the mix!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Acting , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Athletics , Primarily Adult Cast , Fake Relationship , Urban , College

Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu

Also known as Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion.

Studio: TYPHOON GRAPHICS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

Living inside a fairy tale may sound like a dream, but for this heroine, it’s more of a nightmare. After her mysterious death, Rinko is reborn as Raeliana—a loved and wealthy character in a novel. But she knows the ending: her murder at the hands of her fiancé. So, she hatches a plan to stay alive, one that involves a devilish duke and a phony engagement. Can she rewrite her story?



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Shoujo , Ojou-sama , Primarily Adult Cast , Royal Affairs , Politics , Marriage , Body Swapping , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , CGI , Foreign , Maids , Swordplay , Butler , Fake Relationship , Conspiracy , Mixed Gender Harem , Guns , Suicide

HIGH CARD

Also known as HIGH CARD.

Studio: Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him. Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a man's “lucky” card.
Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about. The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the “buddy” that can be found within themselves.

There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the king of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom, while moonlighting as employees of the luxury car maker Pinochle. Scouted to become the group's fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards.

However, Who's Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang.

A frenzied battle amongst these card obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin!

Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Cars , Found Family , Orphan , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Police , Mafia , Heterosexual , Urban , Episodic , Poker , Amnesia , Gambling , Dissociative Identities , Detective , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Fake Relationship

Nisekoi OVA

Also known as Nisekoi OVA.

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Bundled with the 14th, 16th, and 17th volumes of the Nisekoi manga.

Vol. 14's OVA adapts chapter 58 "Funshitsu" and chapter 64 "Mikosan."
Vol. 16's OVA adapts chapter 65 "Henbou" and chapter 71 "Oshigoto."
Vol. 17's OVA adapts chapter 81 "Sentou" and chapter 105.5 "Service"


Tags: School , Tsundere , Female Harem , Shounen , Henshin , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Fake Relationship

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

Also known as A Condition Called Love.

Studio: East Fish Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Hotaru Hinase is a first-year in high school that has a great family and wonderful friends, but not much luck when it comes to romance. One day, she happens to see the hot boy from the class next door, Hananoi, get dumped. Seeing Hananoi standing in the middle of a park all alone, Hotaru decides to hand him an umbrella.

That little act causes Hananoi to ask her out soon after.

What does love even mean? What does it mean to be in love? Hotaru is flustered at suddenly being asked out by Hananoi, who has an endless amount of love for the person he loves and wants to do everything he can for them. This is a story about first love between a girl who doesn't understand romantic love and a boy that may be a bit too heavy-handed when it comes to love.



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Yandere , Anti-Hero , Work , Aromantic , Bullying , Badminton , Fake Relationship , Urban , Love Triangle

Kekkon Suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days To The Wedding

Also known as 365 Days to the Wedding.

Studio: Ashi Productions
Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Takuya and Rika work at the same travel agency in Tokyo and are both happily introverted and single. But their company is opening a new branch in Alaska next year, and employees without a spouse will be recruited to work there. Desperate to avoid the move, and though they’ve hardly spoken before, they decide to fake an engagement. Can these quiet coworkers become a convincing couple?



Tags: Fake Relationship , Marriage , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Work , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban , Rural , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap