In a world full of animes to choose from, finding the best one might seem overwhelming. So, keeping that in mind we have prepared you the list of best romance animes we can find out there. There is one for everyone.
The list is not limited to the names only but we have included a short introduction to each anime. So, you would get a sneak peek at the storyline. Let’s dive into the world of romance anime, shall we?
High Schoool DxD
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Author: Ichiei Ishibumi
Premiered Date: September 20, 2008 – March 20, 2018
IMDb Rating: 7.6
The life of the lustful second-year student is changed after he agrees to go on a date with a girl named Yuma Amano. Given his perverted nature, he was excited to be asked on a date by such a beautiful girl. What he was unaware of was this date would change his life.
On their date, Yuma takes Issei to a local park where he demands him to die for her. She reveals herself to be a fallen angel and ends up killing him brutally. But luckily he gets a second chance in his life and is revived as a devil.
He is revived by a beautiful senior student Rias Gremory, who is a top-class devil. She revives him as a servant and recruits him to the school’s Occult Research Club.
The academy that all of them attend is Kuoh Academy which used to be an all-girls school but recently turned co-ed. The secret of that school was that angels, fallen angels, and devils study together.
Issei got a new life as a devil. He needs to adjust to his new life and in order to do that, he must train hard and fight the violent angels and devils to survive. Being the only guy in a group of supernatural females surely competed for his dream of living a harem life.
The romantic moments that have with each character make this anime on our list of romance anime. It is not your usual sweet romance anime but you will surely enjoy it.
Ouran High School Host Club
Director: Takuya Igarashi
Author: Bisco Hatori
Premiered Date: Apr 5, 2006 – Sep 27, 2006
IMDb Rating: 8.2
Haruhi Fujioka is a studio girl who was able to recently get enrolled in the prestigious school Ouran Academy. The school is quite famous for having rich students. Upon looking for a quiet place to study, Fujioka ends up in the third music room.
She thought it to be a quiet place but to her surprise, she is welcomed by the members of a well-known host club. A place where six attractive men entertain females with their handsomeness, sweets, and tea. Upon seeing Fujioka, the leader and the founder of the group tried to welcome her.
Sudden interaction with the boy made Fujioka startles and she ends up breaking an expensive vase. So, she ends up in a debt. In order to pay the debt, she is forced to work as the club’s errand boy. Yes, she was mistaken for a boy because of her short hair, bland attire, and gender-ambiguous face.
With her identity hidden, she soon works as a host like other men. Despite them expecting her to be a boy, they start to fall for her. So, will her identity as a female remain hidden? Will she fall for anyone among them?
Watch the anime, and we are sure you won’t regret watching it.
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His and Her Circumstances
Director: Hideaki Anno
Author: Masami Tsuda
Premiered Date: February 1996 – April 2005
IMDb Rating: 8.1
The story is focused on first-year high school students Yukino Miyazawa and Souichiro Arima. They both are top in their class and are quite famous in terms of their appearance, academics, and sports. Yukino loves being the center of attention whereas Soucihiro doesn’t care much.
Behind the facade of a perfect girl, Yukino has a secret. She doesn’t care about anything and the main thing in her life is to be the center of attention. That is the main reason why she does good in academics, and sports and tries her best to maintain her appearance.
But after Souichiro came, she had been struggling to do so. HE seemed more perfect than her. This was the reason why she hated him. Although she disliked him, Souichiro seemed like her. He confesses to Yukino that he liked her but she rejects it.
After rejecting him, Yukino rethinks her decision and goes to Souichiroo’s home where she ends up being herself. Seeing the true self of Yukino, Souichiri decides to blackmail her and makes him do all his student council work. This way they spend most of the time together and love starts to bloom between them.
Yukino also starts to develop feelings for him but they take things slowly They start as a friend, this way Souichiro becomes Yukino’s real true friend. And their relationship goes on progress, they start opening up to each other and get to know their secrets.
AnoHana: The flower we saw that day
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Author: Mari Okada
Premiered Date: March 2011 – July 2011
IMDb Rating: 9.5
The anime talks about the life of a group of friends whose life changes after one of their friend dies. The group of six sixth-grade-age childhood friends drifts apart after Meiko Meiko “Menma” Honma, dies in an accident.
Five years after the incident, Jinta Yadomi, who used to be the leader of the group seems to be withdrawn from society. He isolates himself, does not attend high school, and lives a solitary life.
One summer day, the ghost of an older-looking Menma appears beside him. Since many years have passed, he had a hard time recognizing her but she introduces herself as his old friend. She also asks him for a strange thing. She asks for her wish to be granted.
The reason she asked that is that she cannot pass on into the afterlife until it is fulfilled. At first, he doesn’t believe his eyes and thinks he is hallucinating. The ghost of Menma also doesn’t remember her wish before dying. Menma also didn’t remember her wish before dying. So, this made the job hard as well.
So, Jinta gathers his estranged friends together once again. There are united once again after five long years. He believed that he and his other friends in the group were key to solving this problem. Although his friends were suspicious of him, they joined him unwillingly.
However, things start to grow increasingly complicated when his friends accuse him of not being able to get over Menma’s death. Since they were unable to see or hear Menma, they also thought Jinta is hallucinating. But later they were forced to believe after Menma showed her presence to the group. This made the friends believe that she is indeed real.
All the group members eventually come together and wish to shoulder the blame for Menma’s death. This unity brings out their hidden feelings among the group. In hope of helping Menma, the group learns to move on together and live their life fully.
Bakemonogatari
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Author: Nisio Isin
Premiered Date: Jul 3, 2009, to Jun 25, 2010
IMDb Rating: 8.34
The Monogatari series revolves around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who is also a vampire. With the help of Meme Oshino, he has also almost restored his humanity after briefly becoming a vampire during spring break.
One day, a classmate of his, Hitagi Senjōgahara, falls down a flight of stairs at school. She doesn’t get hurt as he lands in Koyomi’s arms. When grabbing her, Koyomi was surprised. He discovered that Hitagi weighs almost nothing. She felt like air.
Noticing that Koyomi knows her she threatened him to stay away firm her. He doesn’t listen to her and offers his help. He introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned cram school. He was the one who also helped reverse his vampirism.
Once Koyomi helps solve Hitagi’s problem, she decides to become his girlfriend. As the series progresses, Koyomi finds himself involved with other girls afflicted by other odd things like Hitagi. Koyomi relies on supernatural guidance to deal with the ghost.
The ghosts feed on human emotions and often take forms symbolically represented by animals. With dealing with ghosts and supernatural beings his relationship with Hitagi also grows.
Plastic Memories
Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
Author: Naotaka Hayashi
Premiered Date: Apr 5, 2015, to Jun 28, 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.3
Plastic Memories is a sad and romantic anime series. Be prepared with some tissue before watching this anime. The story takes place in a city in the near future, in which humans live alongside androids that resemble humans and have emotions and memories like humans.
SAI Corp, the leading android production company, has introduced the Giftia, an advanced android model with the most human-like qualities of any model. The lifespan of a Giftia is determined beforehand. They can only live for a maximum of 81,920 hours (roughly nine years and four months).
If they pass their expiration date, it causes personality disintegration, memory loss, and outbreaks of violence. Although this is a rare case since they are disposed of after they expire. But those who experience this are known as wanderers.
Wanderers usually lose their memory, so they only act on instinct and can no longer recognize their owners. So a special team of Terminal Services is established. They are given the duty to retrieve Giftias that are about to expire. After they are retrieved their memory of their owner is removed completely.
The story follows the work and life of such a team in SAI Corp’s Terminal Service One office, the human protagonist Tsukasa Mizugaki and a Giftia named Isla. We get to witness the progress of their relationship. Both of them slowly fall in love even knowing that they cannot be together forever.
We assure you will love this tragic love story.
Kiss Him, Not Me
Director: Norihisa Hiranuma
Author: Junko
Premiered Date: Oct 7, 2016, to Dec 23, 2016
IMDb Rating: 7
Kae Serinuma is a fujoshi, a female otaku who loves reading yaoi also known as a boy love. She prefers the boy couple over any normal couple and enjoys imagining men together in romantic relationships, both fictional and real.
One day her favorite anime character is killed off. the loss of her favorite character made her very sad and she locked herself in her room for a whole week. She isolated herself, without eating and crying.
After a week when she eventually comes out, she discovers that she has lost a lot of weight. She becomes a beautiful girl.
Wish it was that easy to lose weight! Jokes aside, she comes out as a new person. her family is also shocked to see their daughter change body. She became so beautiful that it caught the eye of four boys at her school. They wereYūsuke Igarashi, Nozomu Nanashima, Hayato Shinomiya, and Asuma Mutsumi.
Despite learning about Kae’s bizarre interests, the four boys, along with another fujoshi named Shima Nishina, all fall for Kae. They begin competing with each other for her affection and want to make her their girlfriend.
The series shows how important body image has become in the present world. Despite being a chubby girl Kae enjoyed her life. The new attention is new to her and we see how she progresses with all the change.
Kuzu No Honkai
Director: Masaomi Ando
Author: Makoto Uezu
Premiered Date: Jan 13, 2017, to Mar 31, 2017
IMDb Rating: 6.3
The story follows a high school student Hanabi Yasuraoka has been in love with Narumi Kanai, her older childhood friend. Another interesting fact is that her crush is now her homeroom teacher. Despite falling for him, he knew that her feelings won’t be reciprocated.
Hanabi had already realized that he is in love with Akane their new music teacher and not her. Later she meets Mugi Awaya, who also happened to love the music teacher Akane. the music teacher used to tutor him when he was in middle school.
So, both having a one-sided crush on their teachers they decide to make a pact. Hanabi and Mugi begin a fake relationship to satisfy each other’s loneliness. They kind of form a relationship like friends with benefits to satisfy their needs, both sexually and emotionally.
Upon their agreement, they also set a rule to not fall in love with each other. If their love is also returned from the person they’re in love with they would also end their fake relationship.
Akagami no Shirayukihime
Director: Masahiro Ando
Author: Sorata Akidzuki
Premiered Date: Jul 7, 2015, to Sep 22, 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Shirayuki is a normal herbalist in the kingdom of Tanbarun. She also has one unique feature which attracts a lot of attention which is her red hair. having red hair was quite unusual at her time. So, she was raised to always be careful about showing her hair in new surroundings.
As she grew older, she turned into a young beautiful woman who was very independent. Her unique hair color also made her look more beautiful. The thing she was taught to hear still remained in her mind and she tries to hide her hair.
However, one day her unique colored hair gets her noticed by Prince Raj. Upon seeing her, he decides to be his concubine, also called .mistress. Since Raj was a prince he expected that Shirayuki would agree to be his concubine but she refused.
Her refusal made Raj very angry and ordered her to cut her hair. The main reason she rejected his offer was that he only wanted her for her uniquely red hair. After that incident, she decided to escape to the neighboring kingdom of Clarines.
On her way there, she meets Prince Zen Wistaria and his two aides, Mitsuhide and Kiki, and becomes friends with them. Different incidents take place during their journey to Clarines. Shirayuki later passes an exam for a position to train in the palace as a royal court herbalist.
The relationship between Zen and Shirayuki also starts to develop. They begin to fall in love with each other and eventually begin a romantic relationship despite opposition due to their difference in social status.
Ore Monogatari
Director: Hayato Kawai
Author: Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
Premiered Date: Apr 9, 2015, to Sep 24, 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The story follows a guy named Takeo Gōda, a tall and muscular high school student. By the look, he seems fearful but it is the opposite to that. He was a kind-hearted and helpful guy.
Despite falling for many girls. he didn’t have luck with women. Usually, every girl that he likes ends up falling for his best friend, Makoto Sunakawa, who is charming and good-looking.
This all changes when he saves Rinko Yamato, a petite shy girl. After the encounter, the brave act makes Rinko fall in love with Takeo. Although Takeo never thought Rinko would fall for him because of his past experience. He thought just like every other girl she would also fall for his best friend.
But to his shock, he was the one she loved. This unique love story proves that love is not dependent only on what you see. It depends on the personality of the person.
Kimi Ni Todoke
Director: Hiro Kaburagi, Naoto Kumazawa, Norihiro Naganuma, Tomoko Konparu
Author: Karuho Shina
Premiered Date: October 7, 2009- March 30, 2011
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The story takes place in Hokkaido. A 15-year-old high school freshman Sawako Kuronuma is also nicknamed Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from The Rings.
Due to her sadistic appearance, she has always been feared and misunderstood. Many false rumors also had spread around school about her. They believed that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people.
However, despite her dark and ominous appearance, she is actually a sweet and unassuming girl. She always wanted to make new friends and want to help them but due to her very shy nature, she has a hard time doing so. The rumors spreading around the school were also not helping her.
One day when a popular boy, Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes for her. She finds herself in a new world. She started making new friends and talking to different people. She had someone to rely on and appreciated Kazehaya greatly for his effort.
The appreciation later blooms to love. Slowly, but surely, a sweet love blossoms between the two as they overcome circumstances and obstacles that stand in their way.
Hotarubi No Mori E
Director: Takahiro Omori
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Premiered Date: Sep 17, 2011
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The original Hotarubi no Mori e tells the story of a six-year-old girl named Hotaru Takegawa, who gets lost in a forest inhabited by a mountain spirit, as well as yokai. Upon exploring the forest, she is found by a mask-wearing, human-like entity named Gin.
Gin also informs Hotaru that he will disappear forever if he is touched by a human. So, he prevents Hotaru from getting very close to him. He then leads her out of the forest and hoping she wouldn’t return. But to his surprise, Hotaru returns to the village after a few days.
Their second encounter leads them to have limited interactions and they become friends. Their friendship comes at a short pause after Hotaru had to return to the city. Hotaru lives in cities and studied there and she came to the village just for holidays. Upon leaving she promises Gin to return to visit him every summer holiday.
As the years go by, Gin hardly gets since he is not human while Hotaru physically matures and grows closer to his obvious age. Upon reaching adolescence, Hotaru begins to develop romantic feelings for Gin. She also worries about their uncertain future together. Gin also develops feelings for now mature Hotaru and only wishes he could touch and hold her.
When Hotaru reaches high school, Gin takes her on a date to a festival hosted by the spirits. The night doesn’t go well when Gin mistakenly touches a young boy. The boy had snuck into. spirit festival. The tragedy ends up with Gin disappearing with the thin air.
In the end, Gin and Hotaru embrace each other and confess their love for one another. The story ends with Hotaru accepting the reality and moving on with her life The only thing that remained of Gin was memories of her time with Gin.
Spice and Wolf
Director: Takeo Takahashi
Author: Isuna Hasekura
Premiered Date: January 9, 2008 – March 26, 2008
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Spice and Wolf’s story revolves around Kraft Lawrence, a 25-year-old traveling merchant. He hawks various goods from town to town to make a living in the fictional world he is living in.
He always dreamed of earning enough money to start his own shop. By the time the story starts he had been traveling for seven years and gathering many experiences.
One night when he stopped his wagon at the town of Pasloe, he finds wolf-deity. The name of the deity was Holo who is over 600 years old. She takes the form of a 15-year-old girl, with a wolf’s tail and ears. She introduces herself as the town’s goddess of the harvest.
She tells that she was the one who kept the town blessed with good harvests of wheat for many years. The townspeople then started to use their own methods and started to move away from her protection and blessing. So she experienced increasing isolation and disillusionment with the townspeople.
The villager also broke the promise made to her and called her a fickle god. This hurt her badly. So, she wanted to travel back to her homeland in the north called Yoitsu. She believed that the same people she helped had abandoned her and there is no need for her to stay further as she kept her promise to maintain good harvests.
Holo also wanted to travel to see how the world has changed. She stayed in the village for a long tie without going anywhere, so she wanted to take this chance to go explore the world along the way to her homeland.
She manages to leave the village by making a deal with the merchant, Lawrence to take her with him. Since she was diety, he knew it can be beneficial for him. Their journey together kindles romance between the, as they get to know each other.
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Lovely Complex
Director: Konosuke Uda
Author: Aya Nakahara
Premiered Date: 7 April 2007 – 29 September 2007
IMDb Rating: 7.9
This anime series is a love story between a boy and a girl who fall for each other despite their height difference. You might wonder that the height difference is common but there is a twist. The girl is taller than the guy.
The girl, Risa Koizumi, is 172 centimeters (5 ft 8 in) tall which is much taller than the average Japanese girl. The boy, Atsushi Ōtani, is 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) which is way below the height of the average Japanese boy. Because of this, the pair are called the All Hanshin Kyojin after a popular comedy duo that has a similar height difference.
The only problem is that the difference in their heights is extremely exaggerated. The anime made it look like Otani’s head didn’t even reach Risa’s chin which is quite unrealistic considering the height difference.
During summer school, Ryouji Suzuki shows up who seems to be quite tall than a normal Japanese guy. So, because of his tall height, Risa immediately falls for him. Atsushi also likes a girl who is small in height and seems like a perfect match for his height.
Although Risa and Atsushi don’t get along with each other they decide to put aside their differences and help each other get their love interests. Their efforts fail as Suzuki and the girl whom Ōtani had a crush on ended up becoming a couple.
Losing their love interest left both of them quite heartbroken. During their time with each other, they were also able to develop a close relationship with each other. As they get to know each other better, Risa’s feelings for Atsushi begin to blossom, and their love life gets complicated from there on.
5 Centimeters per Second
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Author: Makoto Shinkai
Premiered Date: 3 March 2007
IMDb Rating: 7.5
The story centered on a boy named Takaki Tōno. The film consists of three parts: Cherry Blossom, Cosmonaut, and 5 centimeters per second. Each segment portrays the life of our main protagonist with every girl he meets in his life.
5 Centimeter per Second is a romantic drama that focuses on the harsh reality of long-distance relationships. Takaki and Akari cling to the hope of seeing each other again even after being far from each other. They rely on the memories they have made together.
This also makes them live their everyday lives half-heartedly. This ends up hurting both of them and others around them. What happens when two people love each other but just aren’t meant to be together?
Takaki Toono and Akari Shinohara are childhood friends and were very close to each other. Although different circumstances tore them apart and had to live away from each other, they promise to stay in contact.
As time passes they realize the harsh reality of long distances. This widens the distance between them and they only end up with their memories to remember each other.
Although we cannot expect a happy ending, the story is worth your time. It portrays the life of each character beautifully. It also shows that love is not enough to be together.
Kokoro Connect
Director: Shin Onuma, Shinya Kawatsura
Author: Sadanatsu Anda
Premiered Date: July 8, 2012 – December 30, 2012
IMDb Rating: 7.4
The story involves the life of five high school students, Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi, and Yui. They are all the only members of the Student Cultural Research Club at the high school they attend.
In their daily life they seem to encounter the different supernatural, sense-altering phenomena cause by a cryptic entity that refers to itself as Heartseed. The intention of this cryptic entity is still unknown. It only uses the phenomena to test the characters.
All five of them are quite unique in their own way and have their own sets of interests. Taichi is a hardcore wrestling fan, Iori is an indecisive optimist, Himeko is a calm computer genius, Yuri is a karate practitioner and Yoshifumi is the class clown. Since they didn’t find a suitable club, all of them joined together to form the Research club
After experiencing strange incidents occurring randomly amongst the five friends, they are forced to become closer than ever. Soon they also discover each other’s hidden secrets, and their emotional scars, which could also result in tearing up their newfound bond.
Nisekoi
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo, Naoyuki Tatsuya
Author: Naoshi Komi
Premiered Date:
IMDb Rating: 7.3
The story follows how the children of a rival gang start to develop a close relationship. There is Raku Ichijou, a first-year student at Bonyari High School He is the sole heir to an intimidating yakuza family called Shuei-gumi. Then there is Chitoge Kirisaki, who is also the daughter of a rival gang called Beehive.
Ten years ago, Raku had made a promise to his childhood friend. But their sweet relationship didn’t last long as both of them had to part ways with each other. All Raku ended up with was a locket that can be opened with the key that the girl took with her.
Now many years later, Raku has grown into a teenager. Despite being the sole heir of the yakuza, all he wants is to remain as uninvolved in his yakuza background as possible. He wanted to spend his life as a normal guy alongside his middle school crush.
This all changes when he encounters Chitoge. Raku unexpectedly encounters Chitoge hopping off the wl and getting his face kneed by her. During the encounter, he also loses his locket. But to his surprise, he gets to know that Chitoge is a transfer student. So, he makes her look for the locket.
Their relationship didn’t start on good terms. Both of them hated each other. They are also later dragged into the mess of their parents settling their feud by pairing them with each other. So, now both of them had to pretend to e in a relationship.
Raku also later encounters many girls who claim to be his fiance. he is also searching for the girl in his childhood who had the key. In the process, he falls in love with Chitagi but it gets complicated. Since Roku loved both Kosaki and Chitoge, Chitoge decide to leave them and goes to Japan. And the story continues.
Ending up as a mismatched couple with the person he hated and later falling for the same person, the story is a roller coaster of emotions. Along with encountering different females who are related to his past, the story leads in an unexpected direction.
Monthly Girls Nozaki Kun
Director: Mitsue Yamazaki
Author: Izumi Tsubaki
Premiered Date: Jul 7, 2014, to Sep 22, 201
IMDb Rating: 7.5
The sorry follows a student named Chiyo Sakura who is head over heels for her fellow schoolmate Umetarou Nozaki. She also gathers courage and confesses her feeling to Nozaki. But to her confusion, Nozaki hands her an autograph. He mistakes Chiyo to be his fan.
The misunderstanding extends further when Chiyo says she wants wi be with him. He believes her to be an obsessive fan and takes her to his house and offers her to help him with some drawings. After reaching his home Chiyo understands the reason behind Nozaki’s peculiar action.
She discovers that Nozaki is a renowned manga artist working under the name Sakiko Yumeno. He mainly works on Shojo Manga. Both of them work on his Manga Let’s Fall in Love. As they progress with their relationship they encounter other schoolmates.
All the friends are quite quirky. Chiyo also clings along with Nozaki hoping he would reciprocate his feeling as she strives to help Nozaki with his manga.
Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!
Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
Author: Hiro Fujiwara
Premiered Date: April 1, 2010 – September 23, 2010
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Once an all-boys high school, Seika High, becomes a co-ed school female students start to join the school. However, due to the presence of rowdy students, the female population remains a minority even after the change in recent years. Misaki Ayuzawa the protagonist of the anime works hard to make the school a better place for girls.
She puts a lot of effort into academics and athletics and is quite a good student. She wants to gain the trust of teachers and become the female student council president. In the process, Misaki also gains a different reputation as a strict boy-hating demon dictator, a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students.
However, she might be hardworking she secretly works part-time at a maid cafe. She has a very poor financial condition and her father had also left them in huge debt. So to support her mother and younger sister she works part-time as a maid.
Unfortunately, Misaki’s secret is soon discovered by Takumi Usui. He is a popular boy at Seika High because of his handsomeness. But to Misaki’s shock, he doesn’t expose her secret but keeps it for himself and even becomes a regular customer at the café.
He is also a genius in pretty much everything from academics to athletics Misaki. He also doesn’t take much liking to other female students and is often seen rejecting them. But Usui takes a liking to Misaki because he finds her ‘interesting’.
After numerous encounters and getting to Usui more makes Misaki falls in love with him. Usui understand her feeling and reciprocates., Soon they become a couple. Like every relationship have its set of problem Usui’s difficult familial past comes back to haunt him.
He was an illegitimate child of a wealthy English noble family. So this creates a difficulty for Usui to form a relationship with anyone not in his social standing, Misaki included. This leads them to far away from each other but after ten years they eventually marry each other.
Ao Haru Ride
Director: Ai Yoshimura
Author: Io Sakisaka
Premiered Date: 7 July 2014 – 22 September 2014
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Futaba Yoshioka is a 16-year-old high school student who attempts to fit in with her female friends by acting “unfeminine”. She does this because of her traumatizing history with her female friends who hated her and were jealous of her. As a result, she feels her life is uninteresting.
One day, Kou Tanaka, her first love moves to her school. She notices that he uses Mabuchi as his surname. He also seemed like a completely different person. He used to be a kind and bright guy but now he seems cold and indifferent.
When the new school year starts, Futaba decides to make a positive change for herself and volunteers to become the class representative. She is joined by Kou along with her classmates Yuri Makita, Shuko Murao, and Aya Kominato. They form a strong bond together.
Later Futaba also learns that Kou’s mother had died after he moved away. After knowing he is in pain, she helps him process his grief. In the process of helping him, she falls in love with him again.
However, just when Kou was about to move on from his past, Yui Narumi, his friend from Nagasaki, moves to his town. Yui’s father has also recently died so, he stays with her to help her through her father’s death.
Seeing Kou’s closer with Yui, Futaba decides to move on. She begins a relationship with Toma Kikuchi. After seeing Futaba in a relationship, Kou realizes that he likes Futaba as well.
So he breaks her relationship with Yui and is pursuing Futaba. Since Futaba was not completely over Kou, it creates complications in her relationship with Toma. In the end, she breaks up with him but doesn’t start a relationship with Kous immediately. She takes time to understand her feeling.
During Christmas, Futaba agrees to meet Kou in the same place where they promised to meet years before his transfer. But Kou involves in an accident and had to be admitted to the hospital. In the hospital, Futaba and Kou both admit to each other that they are in love.
So, they end up in a relationship with each other and also move on with their lives. Kou also changes his surname back to the old one.
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Director: Atsuko Ishizuko
Author: Hajime Kamoshida
Premiered Date: October 9, 2012 – March 26, 2013
IMDb Rating: 7.7
The story is about a boy named Sorata Kanda and Mashiro Shiina. They both had moved to one strange dorm called Skura Dormitory, where most of the trouble-making students reside. Before moving to this dorm, Sorata had also gotten in trouble for keeping a stray cat.
As Sorata starts to get used to the new life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina moves with him. She is a world-famous artist. She is also quite good looking and Sorata also notices it. He became excited but it doesn’t last for long. Despite being a famous artist Mashiro has a problem.
She cannot perform her daily task so, Sorata ends up taking care of her. He is forced to become her caretaker. The reason she cannot do so is that she is autistic. The two starts to grow closer, with Sorata’s initial desire to escape the dormitory becoming a forgotten goal.
Despite the dorm having a bad reputation, it consists of talented people in their own fields. There is bubbly animator Misaki Kamiigusa, charming playboy writer Jin Mitaka, and the ever-reclusive Ryuunosuke Akasaka. Among all the weird [people Sorata also ends up making one normal friend, aspiring voice actress Nanami Aoyama.
He must learn to adjust to his new life and also deal with his fellow residents. He along with other cast experiences friendship, love, ambition, and heartbreak.
Tamako Market
Director: Naoko Yamada
Author: Reiko Yoshida
Premiered Date: April 26, 2014
IMDb Rating: 7
The stories follow about the eldest daughter of a family, which runs the Tama-ya mochi shop in the Usagiyama Shopping District. Her name is Tamako Kitashirakawa One day, Tamako finds a strange talking bird named Dera Mochimazzi who claims to belong to royalty.
He claims to come from a distant land searching for a wife for his country’s prince. Dera follows Tamako and ends up in her shop. He also develops a liking for the mochi. He also ends up becoming overweight from eating mochi and ends up becoming a freeloader in Tamako’s house.
We also get to witness the everyday life of Tamako, her friends, family and neighbors, and this peculiar bird. There are also romantic moments, particularly between Tamako’s childhood friend Mochizō. He has a crush on her and she also likes him but they are too shy to open up to each other.
Another reason that they hide their feeling is that their fathers are mochi rivals. The overweight Dera is also unable to fly back to his homeland. So he stays with the Tamako family and becomes the community’s beloved mascot.
Watch the anime to discover whether their feelings remain hidden or if they end up confessing to each other. Will the rivalry between them end up making their relationship worse? Will Dera’s mission to find a wife for his prince also be accomplished?
Golden Time
Director: Chiaki Kon
Author: Fumihiko Shimo
Premiered Date: October 3, 2013 – March 27, 2014
IMDb Rating: 7.6
The story follows the life of Banri Tada, who is a newly admitted male student at a private law school in Tokyo. After being in a tragic accident, he lost all his memory of his past. He forgot about his past and even his hometown. The accident was caused due to the falling of the bridge.
After losing all his memory, Banri decided to start his life fresh but it doesn’t go as he planned. Ne people barge into his life and all that is changed. He becomes friends with Mitsuo Yanagisawa after running straight into him. He was also as confused as him, so they immediately hit it off.
After both arriving at the orientation hall just in time, there appears in front of them a beautiful childhood friend of Mitsuo. Her name is Koko Kaga. She came with a bouquet to congratulate Mitsuo. Like many children, they had promised to marry each other one day. Although Mitsuo didn’t take it seriously, Koko had taken it by heart.
So to escape from her, Mitsuo had gone out secretly and took the examination for this private college. But Koko found out about that and enrolled in the college herself.
Banri also meets people from his past. He meets a second-year student named Linda, his best friend in high school. She also feels guilty for his memory loss. As the story continues, we get to witness how Banri regains his past memory. A relationship also blooms between him and Koko. Despite the conflicts, we see progress in their relationship.
Special A
Director: Miyao Yoshikazu
Author: Jukki Hanada
Premiered Date: April 6, 2008 – September 14, 2008
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Hikari Hanazono always thought her to be the best. Since she was able to do everything that normal people cannot do, she thought herself to be unbeatable. But this doesn’t last forever after she encountered Kei Taksihima.
When both of them were six years old, their pro-wrestling-loving fathers introduced them to each other. When meeting him for the first time, Hikari was confident that she was the best in wrestling and challenged Kei for wrestling. But to her dismay, she was defeated.
She was not only defeated once but multiple times. After this incident, Hikari saw Kei as her completion and wanted to defeat him in every way like in grades, sporting events, and all competitions. She even enrolled in the same school as Kei in elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra-elite school for the wealthy, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money.
Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei always ranking first. Due to their ranking, they are part of a special group of kids known as Special A or S.A. for short. While Hikari considers Kei to be her rival, she is completely unaware of Kei’s feelings for her.
Hikari also later enrolls in the same school as Kei. Hakusenkan is a prestigious institute for the wealthy which cost Hikari’s carpenter father a lot of money. In the school, both of them were the top two among all the students. Kei is in the first place.
Both being the top students, they were among the Special A along with the other five students, Jun, Megumi, Tadashi, Akira, and Ryuu. These students were the best student in the whole school.
Although Hikari always treated Kei as a rival, he had hidden feelings for her. Hikari was oblivious about that. Together, they deal with competition, friendship, and just a bit of love. They become closer and explore the friendships, relationships, and competition between the other S.A. members.
My Little Monster
Director: Hiro Kaburaki
Author: Noboru Takagi
Premiered Date: October 2, 2012 – December 25, 2012
IMDb Rating: 7.2
My Little Monster focuses on the relationship between Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. Although both of them are from the same class and sit beside each other, they do not talk with each other. One of the main reasons is their personality.
Shizuku is only interested in studying and her plans for the future, on the other hand, Haru is completely the opposite. He is a carefree and hazy guy who doesn’t care much about his studies and rarely attends school. he is also a violent troublemaker and gets into a fight with other students.
Despite their differences, both of them have one common thing. That is both of them understand little about human emotions and nature. Both of them do not have any friends and are considered unsocial.
One day Shizuku is assigned by her teacher to deliver printouts to Haru, who had been skipping school. When she reaches his home, she is greeted by Haru as a new friend. This gesture of Haru surprises. haru also immediately confessed his love for Shizuku.
But because of being and social outcast, she has a hard time understanding her relationship with Haru at the beginning. Later their relationship progresses and helps each other to learn how to care for other close ones.
This start of a new relationship brings different changes to life. Usually known by the nickname ‘dry ice’, Shizuku who is considered motionless and cold is touched by Haru’s innocence. She gets to know that despite his violent nature, he is very kind and gentle. Together, Shizuku and Haru explore the true nature of their relationship and emotions
Honey and Clover
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Author: Yosuke Kuroda
Premiered Date: April 14, 2005 – September 26, 2005
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The stories follow the love triangles and the unrequited love among the five characters in the movie. First of all, we are introduced to three men, Yūta Takemoto, Takumi Mayama, and Shinobu Morita. They live in the same apartment complex and are students at an art college in Tokyo.
Yuuta is a sophomore, Shinobu Morita is a senior who keeps failing to graduate due to his absenteeism, and Takumi is often looking out for his juniors. One day, they are introduced to Hagumi Hanamoto, a relative of their art professor, Shuji Hanamoto.
She is also a first-year art student at the same art school. Hagumi is a beautiful and talented girl. So, both Yuta and Shinobu both fall in love with her. Given the opposite personality of both men, Yuta hides his feelings and tries to be a friend to Hagu. On the other hand, Shinobu expresses his love in aggressive ways that seem only to scare Hagu.
Later the group is joined by Ayumi Yamada, a master of pottery who is well known by her nickname “Tetsujin” (Iron Lady). She becomes very close to Hagu and when not in school she helps run the family liquor store.
Ayumi also falls in love with Takumi but he does not reciprocate her feelings and considers her just a friend. Instead, Takumi is in love with an older woman, Rika Harada who is a widow. She runs an architecture studio she founded with her late husband.
Hachimitsu to Clover is a heartwarming coming of age and a romance series where we get to witness every character’s love, soul-searching, and self-discovery.
Weathering with you
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Author: Makoto Shinkai
Premiered Date: July 19, 2019
IMDb Rating: 7.5
The movies follow the life of two characters Hodaka Morishima and Hina Amano. Hodaka is a runaway high school student who works as a small-time publisher. He had to struggle very hard to support himself financially. Hina is also struggling to support her and her younger brother.
The city that both of them are leaving is currently experiencing rain showers. This has disrupted the daily lives of every one of the cities. One day Hodaka sees Hina being troubled by some shady men. He tries to protect her and ends up running away together.
After sharing their introduction and spending time together for some time, Hodaka discovers Hina’s amazing power. She has the ability to call out the sun whenever she prays for it. Hoadaka get’s an idea to use her power for their benefit.
Keeping the unusual weather in mind, he suggests Hina be the ‘sunshine girl and clear the sky for people who need it the most. Hina also goes along with the plan but they do not realize the consequences of power. They are yet to be prepared for the hefty price of power.
Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Author: Narita Yoshimi
Premiered Date: April 23, 2016
IMDb Rating: 6.5
The movie is all about close friends trying to muster up the courage to confess their love to their crush. All the characters are in love with someone. The characters are students of Sakuragaoka High School.
First, we are introduced to Natsuki Enomoto who has a crush on her childhood friend. After finally mustering the courage to confess to her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi, it doesn’t go as she planned. In the final moment of the confession, Natsuki gets embarrassed.
Out of embarrassment, she passes it as a ‘practice confession’. This makes Yuu think that she has a crush on someone other than him. He also promises Natsuki to support her love. So, Yuu remains oblivious to her true feelings.
After the failed confession, Natsuki remains sad. But she is not the one with crushes, her fellow classmate Koyuki Ayase also has a crush on her. He is also struggling to confess his own feelings for Natsuki. Despite his hesitancy, tries hard to win over her heart.
The whole series is about close friends who find themselves entangled in unrequited love and struggling to confess their feelings.
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Orange
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki / Naomi Nakayama
Author: Yuko Kakihara
Premiered Date: July 3, 2016 – September 25, 2016
IMDb Rating: 7.6
The story follows a group of students who one day receive a letter from their future self mentioning their regrets. The content of the letter is mostly related to the new student Kakeru. The main purpose of the letter is to prevent the death of their friend.
At the beginning of the series, we are shown that Naho Takamiya receives a letter in the mail claiming to be from herself 10 years in the future. The letter was supposed to claim to reveal what would happen that day. She brushes it off as a prank and ignores it.
But she is later forced to believe in the letter. A new student ends up transferring into her class. She is surprised to witness the same thing mentioned in the letters. She receives more letters every day mentioning her several regrets along with directions.
The letter also reveals that Kakeru won’t be with them in the future and urges her to make the right decision to prevent that fate. As she grows close to Kakeru, love also blossoms between them. They do face many ups and downs but Naho tries her best to stay on good terms with Kakeru.
She had thought she was the only one who had received the letters but she gets to know her other friends had also received the letter. Now, all the friends come together and try their best to change the fate of Kakeru. The cause of death was suicide, so they try their best to prevent him from making the bad decision.
Will they be able to keep Kakeru in their parallel universe? Will they have a happy ending? Watch the anime to find that out.
The Garden of Words
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Author: Makoto Shinkai
Premiered Date: May 31, 2013
IMDb Rating: 7.4
The Garden of Words follows the story of Takao Akizuki and Yukari Yukino. Takako is a 15-year-old student and a talented shoemaker. One day he skips his first class and decides to sketch shoe designs in the garden at Shinjuku Gyoen. There he meets Yukari.
Yukari is a 27-year-old and a literature teacher. Upon meeting her for the first time, he thought Yukari to be a beautiful yet mysterious woman. He also offers her to make new shoes. Later she bids him farewell by reciting ‘tanka’ (a form of Japanese P-poetry).
This leaves Tako confused as he is unable to understand what she was saying. After their first meeting, they continue to meet each other the whole rainy season. After the rainy season is finished, he decided to focus on his work and stops meeting her.
During the summer break, Takao visits the same place again in hope of meeting her. However, he finds that she had quit her job and left school. The promise to make a shoe for her is not fulfilled. The story continues further. Upon their encounter, both of them realized one thing the two are able to reduce their hidden worries just by being with each other.
This unknown yet beautiful bond brings them together but their personal struggles do not disappear completely. Their situation has put their relationship to the test. Will they have a happy ending? Will Takao be able to make shoes for Yukari as promised?
The Anthem of the Heart
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Author:
Premiered Date: September 19, 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.3
The story follows a young and naive girl Jun Naruse. She is also quite talkative and believes her life is the same as the fairy tales and will always have happy endings. However, her deep belief in her tales made her more naive and trusting.
One day she sees her father leaving a love hotel and she described the story in front of the whole school revealing his father’s bad doing. This causes her parents to separate. Despite being shameful of his actin, he blamed Jun for all conflict.
This deeply scars her and she creates an image of her mouth being shut by the fairy egg to protect everyone’s happy ending. She also blames herself for he parents’ sad ending. So, as she grew older she stopped speaking to anyone. If she tried then it would cause a twist in her stomach.
After a year of attending high school, her homeroom teacher signs her up as a member of Community Outreach Events, along with other three students: Takumi Sakagami, Natsuki Nito, and Daiki Tasaki. She decides to reject the position but on her way she hears Takumi singing. He had a nice voice and Jun was captivated by his voice. \
Since Jun was unable to express her thoughts through words, she choose to perform in a musical alongside three other students. She discovers that the fairy egg “curse” does not apply to singing. So she decides to sing.
On their journey to perform musicals, all of them grow closer. Crushes and love bloom among each other. True feeling toward each other is also revealed. Jun also try to heal from her trauma along with her new friends.
ReLife
Director: Satoru Kosaka
Author: Michiko Yokote/ Kazuho Hyodo
Premiered Date: July 2, 2016 – September 24, 2016
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The series is based on a 27-year-old man who gets a second chance at being young. We are introduced to Arata Kaizaki, who is an unemployed person. He works part-time at a convenience store but lies to people about having a job.
One day, he is offered a job by a mysterious man named Ryō Yoake. In order to get the job, he is asked to be a test subject for a science experiment. The experiment is supposed to make a person ten years younger and have to attend school again.
Kaizaki was first hesitant but given his circumstances, he accepts the job. He ends up becoming a tester for ReLife. The experiment made him look ten years younger and he was sent to high school as a student. The main objective of the experiment was to provide a chance to experience youth again and fix their regrets.
Although at first Arata was excited but later through the experiment he realizes how he has changed. His perspective toward the world that he had as a teenager came back to him. He had forgotten all about that after being an adult.
In his new youth, he was able to make new friends and form deep bonds with them. He also develops a romantic relationship with one of his friends. He was enjoying his life until he was reminded that the experiment is all an illusion. It will all be gone after the end of the experiment.
There is also another ReLife subject, Chizuru Hishiro. After the experiment, she has also developed into a more open, more thoughtful person. Her life and her perspective were ultimately changed. How will they feel when their ReLife comes to an end?
The Girl Who Leapt through the Time
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Author:
Premiered Date: July 15, 2006
IMDb Rating: 7.7
The story follows a 17-year-old Makoto Konno, who discovers she had the power to leap through time. She first unknowingly uses the power when she was about to be hit by an oncoming train after her bike’s break failed. She then tells about the incident to her friend, Kazuko Yoshiyama.
She first uses the power to her benefit like preventing being late. get good grades, avoid complications, and many more. Later is it revealed that her best friend Chiaki Mamiya had a crush on her. To prevent the awkward situation, she uses her power.
Like there are consequences for every power, Makoto realizes that every time she uses her power it adversely affects other people. She also sees a tattoo that tells her the number of times she can use the power. This shows that she can use the power a limited number of times. So, she decided to use the remaining number to make everything right.
But everything doesn’t go to her plan. Her action ends up her friend’s life in danger. Since she had used all her powers, she was unable to save them. At that right moment, a familiar person freezes the time preventing the worse form from happening.
It seems like Makoto is not the only one with powers. So, who is the other person? Will she accept Chiaki’s confession?
Toradora
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Author: Mari Okada
Premiered Date: October 2, 2008 – March 26, 2009
IMDb Rating: 8
The story follows the life of Ryuuji Takasu and Taiga Aisaka. Despite their look, they have completely different personalities. Ryuuji looks like a delinquent because of his sanpaku eyes but is a gentle, and kind guy. He also loves housework and looks after his mother and his friends.
On the other hand, Taiga looks small, has a doll-like cuteness, and seems fragile but is a feisty girl. She is also often equipped with wooden katana. So, she was nicknamed “Palmtop Tiger”. This anime proves that looks can be deceiving.
After an embarrassing mistake, they cross paths but it is all misunderstood by the whole school. Later bother of them discovers that they have a crush on other people. Taiga has a crush on the popular vice-present, Yuusaku Kitamura who happens to be Ryuuji’s best friend.
Whereas Ryuuji has a crush on Minori Kushieda who happens to be Taiga’s best friend. After learning each other secrets they decide t help each other to make their crush accept their feelings. But destiny had other things planned for them.
As they spend time with each other they start to develop feelings for each other. They discover the side that many never knew. Will this ship sail or they will only stay friends?
Your Lie in April
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Author: Takao Yoshioka
Premiered Date: October 9, 2014 – March 19, 2015
IMDb Rating: 8.6
Fourteen-year-old Kousei Arima is a child prodigy in a piano also known as the “Human Metronome”. He has the talent of playing the piano with precision and perfection at a such young age. He is also quite famous as he was able to win many competitions throughout his life.
This doesn’t remain long after the death of his mother. His mother used to guide him through strict and rigorous training. After his mother’s death, Kousei is traumatized. This also causes him unable to listen to the sound of the piano. So, he stops playing piano and never takes the stage.
After that, he lives a simple and quiet life. He has his friends Tsubaki Sawabe and Ryouta Watari with whom he hangs around most of the time. Even after many years have passed, Kousei struggles to get over his mother’s death and move on with his life. He also totally gave up on music.
His life completely changes after he meets a violinist Kaori Miyazono who is the as same age as him. She is quite eccentric and a free-spirited girl. She helps Kousei get over his trauma and play the piano again. This also makes him fall in love with her.
But this story doesn’t have a quite happy ending as we all expect. Although she does help Kousei heal from the trauma, she doesn’t live for long. Their love story remains incomplete but Kousei is able to handle her death very well than his mother.
Say I Love You
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi / Takuya Sato
Author: Takuya Sato
Premiered Date: October 6, 2012 – December 30, 2012
IMDb Rating: 7.3
The main heroine of the series Mei Tachibana is a quiet and unassuming girl. Despite her kind nature, she had a traumatizing childhood, after being wrongfully blamed by her friends. She was blamed for the death of a class pet. Her friends were very toxic and left her with trauma that affected her in his teenage years.
This led to her being cautious around people and avoiding any interaction. So, she spends her school years without making friends or being in any relationship. Later she encounters a popular boy named Yamato Kurosawa, who becomes interested in her.
Yamato finds her quite intriguing and insisted on being her friend. Although she was hesitant at first because of his action, she eventually gave in and became friends with him. Their relationship further develops after Yamato kisses Mei as an act to save her from the stalker.
This develops a romantic feeling in Mei’s heart toward Yamato. Later they find their feeling is mutual and start dating. But being of a quiet and protective nature, Mei finds it hard to adapt to this new lifestyle with new people. Through different trials and conflicts, they eventually make their relationship work.
Kase San and Morning Glories
Director: Takuya Sato
Author: Takuya Sato
Premiered Date: June 9, 2018
IMDb Rating: 7.1
This anime movie show how love blooms between two high school girls. There is Yui Yamada who is shy and girly. She is fond of plants and gardening. Then there is Tomoka Kase who is tomboyish and popular among her friend. She is a sporty girl and is an ace on her school team.
Despite the differences in their personality, they start dating each other. As they grow close they try to understand and support each other. Like every relationship, they experience the rush of excitement of being in love.
They deal with their ever-increasing feelings for each other along with the concerns of society. They face various challenges during their relationship.
Adachi and Shimamura
Director: Satoshi Kuwabara
Author: Keichiirou Oochi
Premiered Date: October 9, 2020 – December 25, 2020
IMDb Rating: 7.1
The story is about two girls who grow close to each other, eventually turning their friendship into something more than that. One day when first-year high school student Sakura Adachi skips class and goes to the school gym to pass the time and distract herself. There she then meets Hougetsu Shimamura, a girl who is also skipping class.
So to pass the time they begin to play ping-pong and later eventually decide to return to class. Like this, they start to spend more time together and as they spend more time together, they become great friends. While Shimammura thinks of Adachi as a friend, Adachi starts liking her.
As their friendship grows bolder, their feelings for one another only become more unclear. Both of them must learn to navigate their difference in personalities and determine their affection for each other. As their bond grows stronger, they must realize if it will bring them closer or apart.
Tsuki Ga Kirei
Director: Seiji Kishi
Author: Yuko Kakihara
Premiered Date: April 6, 2017 – June 29, 2017
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Kotaro Azumi and Akane Mizuno are recently starting their third year at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. Kotarou Azumi is an aspiring writer and Akane Mizuonios is a track them member. Though they are complete strangers to each other, they grow close as both of them are put in charge of the sports festival.
They talk to each other mostly through an app called LINE. This daily interaction led them to encounter innocent desires within their hearts. Their feeling toward each other start to grow and love slip between them. Both of them yearn for each other’s gaze and experience fluttering moments.
We are also introduced to other fellow students Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira. All four of them related to each other through mutual understanding and feelings. In the final year of junior high school, they have to overcome different challenges.
On their path o maturity, they experience comfort in each other’s company. One day under the shining full moon, Kotarou confesses his feelings to Akane, which changes their relationship completely.
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Bokura Ga Ita
Director: Koichiro Sotome
Author: Mamiko Ikeda
Premiered Date: July 3, 2006 – December 25, 2006
IMDb Rating: 6.8
Nanami Takashi is a bright girl and is recently starting her first year in high school. She also wishes to make new friends in high school. She befriends one of the shy girls Yuri Yamamoto. Through her, she also learns about a popular boy in their class, Yano Motoharu.
Yano also had a sad past as he lost his girlfriend in an accident. She was also Yuri’s elder sister. At the time of, the accident his girlfriend was with her ex-boyfriend. This made Yano think that she was cheating on him. So, this incident made him trust people less and pretends he doesn’t care much about his dead girlfriend.
At first, Nanami is not very fond of him due to his attitude but later falls for him. The two spend most of their time together and eventually start dating. But their relationship is full of bumpy roads. Since Yano has trouble opening up to Nanami, this creates trouble in their relationship.
Yano also has a secret that he had hidden from everyone. Both of them struggle to maintain their relationship afloat. More complication arises in their relationship and they hard time understanding each other as well.
We will be able to see how they will overcome the complications and try their best to make the relationship work. Every relationship has its challenges and both Nanami and Yano must learn to face their challenges.
Kids on the Slope
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Author: Ayako Kato/ Yuko Kakihara
Premiered Date: 12 April 2012 – 28 June 2012
IMDb Rating: 8.2
Kaoru Nishimi is an intelligent, introverted first-year high school student. He comes from a wealthy family and has to often move to different cities frequently because of his father’s job. This also has affected his social life as he is unable to make lasting friendships.
Since he had to constantly move from one place to another, he gave up on fitting in a new place and just thought it was a meaningless year. This changes after he meets a delinquent named Sentaro Kawabuchi. His vicious nature is often feared by his classmate.
Kaoru is also a classical pianist. After knowing that Sentaro has an interest in Jazz music, he was also interested to know more about jazz. This way they develop a close relationship. They often spend time together at after-school jazz located in the basement of Ritsuko Mukae.
Slowly Kaoru breaks out of his shell and discovers joy in playing different music. He was delighted to know that his music brought enjoyment to others as well. In the series, we further see how the relationship between these three friends grows in the course of their high school life.
Yona of the Dawn
Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda
Author: Shinichi Inotsume
Premiered Date: October 7, 2014 – March 24, 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.8
The series follows a fictional nation called Kouka founded by the Crimson Dragon God. With the help of four other dragon gods, he removed evil from the nation and sacrificed his life. The nations were later formed of five tribes: Sky, Wind, Earth, Fire, and Water.
After 2000 years the nation is blessed with a beautiful princess named Yona. She belonged to the Sky tribe. Growing up Yona had a lavish life. She grew up in the royal palace away from all the dangers outside the palace. Although this doesn’t last for long.
Yona’s world comes crashing down after her crush Soo-won murders her father and attacks the palace. This act of treason threatens to erase her birthright as the princess of Kouka. So, she is forced to escape from the palace along with her childhood friend and loyal bodyguard Son Hak.
After the incident, Yona realizes that palace was no longer a safe haven for her. So, Yona and Hak flee the capital of Wind Tribe. They also search for the exiled priest and get to know about the Crimson Dragon King and four Dragon warriors.
She vows to do everything she could to save her nation. So, she embarks on a journey to search for the warriors and ask for their help to protect the nation once again. Along the journey, Hak stays with Yona all the time. He also has a crush on Yona but doesn’t confess it.
Will their relationship develop along their journey?
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