Top Netorare Anime Recommendations

Mirai Nikki

Also known as The Future Diary.

Studio: Asread
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.



Tags: Battle Royale , Death Game , Survival , Yandere , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Psychosexual , Body Horror , Gore , Gods , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Crime , Urban , Heterosexual , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Clone , Terrorism , Guns , Super Power , Netorare , CGI , Meta , Adoption , Nudity , Orphan , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Tanned Skin

Sword Art Online: Alicization

Also known as Sword Art Online: Alicization.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten - Alice.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Swordplay , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Isekai , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Medieval , Class Struggle , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Female Harem , Video Games , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Gore , Nudity , Netorare , Goblin , Dragons , Philosophy , Travel , CGI

Domestic na Kanojo

Also known as Domestic Girlfriend.

Studio: diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Natsuo Fuji has a serious crush on one of his teachers, Hina Tachibana, but since he knows he has zero chance of ever being in a relationship with her, he lets his friends talk him into going to a party where he meets Rui. One thing leads to another and then, well, neither of them is a virgin anymore. Unfortunately, it wasn't what they expected, but that's fine. They're just ships passing in the night and they'll never have to see each other again, right? Except when Natsuo's father announces that he's getting married again, Natsuo discovers that he's getting two new step-sisters as well. Now there's a problem, because one is his teacher, Hina, and the other is Rui.



Tags: Inseki , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Teacher , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Age Gap , Tsundere , Female Harem , School , Nudity , Tragedy , Netorare , School Club , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen

NANA

Also known as NANA.

Studio: MADHOUSE
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 , Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Band , Rock Music , Tragedy , Pregnancy , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Urban , Netorare , Fashion , Heterosexual , Office Lady , Kuudere , Unrequited Love , College , Nudity , Age Gap , Mahjong , 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: Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Netorare , Fake Relationship , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Psychosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Bisexual , Tragedy , Philosophy , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Male Protagonist , Inseki

Shinsekai yori

Also known as From the New World.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate matter remotely turned many power wielders to violence, inciting a long period of upheaval. Finally, after a chaotic era shaped by the rise and fall of oppressive regimes, the psychic humans were able to achieve a fragile peace by isolating their society, creating a new world bound by complex rules.

In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children.

Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.



Tags: Class Struggle , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Slavery , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Time Skip , Revenge , Survival , Bisexual , War , Cosmic Horror , Magic , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rural , Body Horror , Environmental , Amnesia , Cult , Gore , Fugitive , Chimera , Netorare , Heterosexual , Religion , Love Triangle , Torture , Anthropomorphism , Yuri , School , Boys' Love , Aviation

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Lovely Complex.

Studio: Toei Animation
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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tomboy , Basketball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Gender Bending , Netorare , Femboy , Love Triangle

Accel World

Also known as Accel World.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi

The year is 2046. Haruyuki Arita is a young boy who finds himself on the lowest social rungs of his school. Ashamed of his miserable life, Haruyuki can only cope by indulging in virtual games. But that all changes when Kuroyukihime, the most popular girl in school, introduces him to a mysterious program called Brain Burst and a virtual reality called the Accel World.



Tags: Virtual World , Video Games , Henshin , Netorare , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Augmented Reality , School , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Tokusatsu , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Motorcycles , Kuudere , Bullying

School Days (TV)

Also known as School Days (TV).

Studio: TNK
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Makoto Ito is a young Japanese high school student beginning his second term at the fictional Sakakino Academy. During his daily train rides to and from school, he becomes infatuated with fellow student Kotonoha Katsura; a girl that also commutes. When a new classmate acquaintance of his, Sekai Saionji, discovers his secret crush on Kotonoha, she helps introduce both of them to each other and over time they grow closer and agree to date. However in spite of her proud and triumphant matchmaking efforts, Sekai inadvertently becomes jealous of the new couple, having also developed feelings toward Makoto.

The following afternoon on her way home at the nearby train station in front of the school, Sekai finds Makoto waiting for Kotonoha to rendezvous for a date. He sits with her and reiterates his appreciation for her help, and feeling heavily indebted, offers repayment anyway he can. Though she believes he is overreacting, Sekai decides to redeem her obligation by placing a kiss on his lips as her train pulls in; quickly rushing into an open passenger car and happily bidding a dumbstruck Makoto luck on his date.



Tags: Netorare , Love Triangle , Hypersexuality , Female Harem , School , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Cheating , Heterosexual , Yandere , Primarily Teen Cast , Revenge , Bullying , Anti-Hero , Nudity , Gore , Urban , Trains , Crime

Grancrest Senki

Also known as Record of Grancrest War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos, and instead start to fight each other for each others' Crests and to gain dominion over one another. Siluca, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown, which is under tyrannical rule, make an everlasting oath to each other as master and servant and work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos.



Tags: War , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Adoption , Werewolf , Vampire , Witch , Estranged Family , Medieval , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Ships , Twins , Vikings , Slavery , Curses , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Swordplay , Magic , Male Protagonist , Politics , Marriage , Gore , Kingdom Management , Royal Affairs , Villainess , Demons , Acting , Nudity , Tsundere , Netorare ,

Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta.

Also known as I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class.

Studio: Studio Gokumi , AXsiZ
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

High school student Saito Houjou is set to inherit his grandfather’s major corporation. First, he must marry Akane Sakuramori, the girl he despises the most, and who hates him just as much. The two are determined to keep their unexpected marriage a secret from their classmates. But as they begin their newlywed life, the distance between them starts to close.



Tags: Tsundere , Arranged Marriage , Marriage , Love Triangle , Cohabitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Family Life , School , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Netorare , Female Harem , Slapstick , Nudity

Ousama Game The Animation

Also known as King's Game.

Studio: Seven
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

The story begins when an entire high school class of 32 people receive a message on their cellphones from a person known only as the "King." The messages contain orders that the students must obey, or they risk the punishment of death. With their lives on the line, the students soon find out that the orders are getting more and more extreme as time goes on.



Tags: Death Game , Survival , Gore , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Surreal Comedy , School , Netorare , Yandere , Suicide , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Male Protagonist

Aldnoah.Zero Part 2

Also known as ALDNOAH.ZERO Season 2.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , TROYCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Seeking for revenge, Count Saazbaum, a Martian, attacked the Earth. Later on, the war between the Terrans and Martians ended with Earth's Terrans gaining the victory. However, nineteen months later, the battle between them continues. Martians still continues to invade the Earth and the Terrans to protect it.



Tags: Military , Real Robot , Space , Space Opera , Guns , Conspiracy , Post-Apocalyptic , War , Politics , Amnesia , Netorare , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Unrequited Love

WHITE ALBUM 2

Also known as White Album 2.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

With only thirty days left until the cultural festival, Haruki Kitahara, a member of the light music club, has to find a way to make his dream of performing an original song on stage come true. When he recruits two new female members, including the school idol, his life becomes more complicated than he anticipated.



Tags: Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Cheating , Tragedy , School , School Club , Heterosexual , Band , Netorare , Female Protagonist , Netori , Nakadashi , Coming of Age , Cosplay , Achronological Order

Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan

Also known as Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time.

Studio: WolfsBane
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Peter Grill is the world’s strongest fighter, but his ascent to the top came with an unexpected consequence: Women around the world, human and monster alike, want to bear his genetically superior children! Since he’s currently engaged to the love of his life, Peter isn’t too keen on his sudden popularity, and it will take every ounce of self-control for Peter to keep his hands to himself and his relationship with his paramour in one piece!



Tags: Female Harem , Nudity , Monster Girl , Netorare , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Parody , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Elf , Magic , Swordplay , Politics , Tentacles , Large Breasts , Interspecies

Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen III - Kourin

Also known as Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent.

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason.

In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by Bakiraka assassins led by Silat. When all seems lost, Guts returns from his journey. "You destroyed everything." Crying that Griffith is nothing without Guts, Casca and Guts are joined together body and soul. Griffith is imprisoned in the oldest building in Wyndham Catle, the Tower of Rebirth.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Fugitive , Gore , Seinen , Demons , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Torture , Primarily Adult Cast , Body Horror , Military , CGI , Anti-Hero , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Nudity , Netorare , Primarily Male Cast , Disability

Netsuzou Trap: NTR

Also known as Netsuzou Trap -NTR-.

Studio: Creators in Pack
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Yuma and Hotaru have been friends since childhood. It is only natural that when Yuma is nervous about her new boyfriend, she asks Hotaru along with her boyfriend for a double date. But when Hotaru offers herself to Yuma as "practice," both girls realize that they're more interested in each other than they are in their own boyfriends.



Tags: Netorare , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Tragedy , School , Nudity , Bullying , Heterosexual , Maids

Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

C.E. 71: In the midst of war between the Naturals (OMNI) and Coordinators (ZAFT), a unit from ZAFT is dispatched to hijack the Earth Alliance's newly developed mobile suits on the neutral colony of Heliopolis. Orb Civilian Coordinator Kira Yamato attends the technical college on Heliopolis. After ZAFT hijacks 4 of the 5 mobile suits, Kira stumbles upon the last one, Strike, forced to pilot it to save his and his friend's lives. During this confusion, Kira also reunites with his childhood Coordinator friend, Athrun Zala, who ironically turns out to be a ZAFT soldier and one of the hijackers at Heliopolis. Having control of Strike, Kira joins the Earth Alliance boarding the ship known as Archangel, to protect his friends while despairing over becoming the enemy of his childhood friend and people.

Note: An HD remaster was broadcasting starting on December 23, 2011 with two recap episodes cut, including new and updated animation, conversion to 16:9, and updated music.

Tags: Military , War , Tragedy , Real Robot , Space , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Space Opera , Netorare , Primarily Teen Cast , Politics , Gore , CGI , Clone , Twins

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

Also known as Rumbling Hearts.

Studio: Studio Fantasia
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

At first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki's best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the best of friends. Then one day, Haruka confesses to Takayuki her love for him. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, Takayuki agrees to go out with her. After a few incidents, their relationship gets intimate, even while Takayuki and Mitsuki begin to realize their feelings for each other. But suddenly, when tragedy strikes, things are never the same for these four friends again.


Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Tragedy , Netorare , Rehabilitation , Work , Time Skip , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Cars , Nudity , Swimming

Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan: Super Extra

Also known as Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time: Super Extra.

Studio: Seven , WolfsBane
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

The second season of Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan.

Peter Grill is back and ready for action! Between quelling a goblin incursion, improving trade negotiations with the dwarves and placating a watchful sister who might just go berserk to keep him in line, Peter has his work cut out for him. He’s the most sought-after hero in the land…and that’s before counting the myriad woman interested in his “other” talents. It will take every last scrap of Peter’s willpower to keep his focus on heroing in another raunchy season of Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time - Super Extra!



Tags: Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Nudity , Netorare , Seinen , Monster Girl , Goblin , Elf , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Inseki