Shows Like Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose
If you liked Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose (2021), a animation and comedy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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A Couple of Cuckoos (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken…
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Girlfriend, Girlfriend (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyNaoya Mukai has loved Saki Saki since grade school, and when she finally accepts his feelings, he's at his happiest. But one day, a cute girl named Nagisa Minase confesses to him! Not wishing to choose only one over…
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Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedyKinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their…
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedySocially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends…
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We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedyNariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they…
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Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyKodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day…
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Ladies versus Butlers! (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyRaised by his uncle after his parents’ deaths, Akiharu enrolls at a mostly female academy that specializes in training maids and butlers for high society placements.
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Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedyRyuto Kashima is the school's gloomy introvert, and he's got a crush on Runa Shirakawa, the popular girl. After losing a bet to classmates, he confesses his feelings to Runa one day. Shocked and secretly just as…
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Mayo Chiki! (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedySakamachi Kinjiro discovers that the most popular student in their school, Subaru Konoe—the butler of the headmaster’s daughter, Kanade Suzutsuki—is actually a girl.
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Place to Place (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyTsumiki Miniwa, a small girl who packs a punch, is in love with her best friend, tall and easygoing Io Otonashi. The only problem is that she can't bring herself to come out and say it. And, despite the fact that he…
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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedyShinichi Sakurai’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Hana Uzaki — his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman — has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him. With the help of her chipper…
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My Love Story!! (2015)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedyTakeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They always go for his good-looking best friend, Makoto Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts…
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Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedyWhen bashful Miyano meets brash Sasaki, it feels like a teen romance manga come to life — but for these boys, real-world love is messier than fiction.
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The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You (2023)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedyRentaro Aijo was rejected 100 times in middle school. He visits a shrine and prays for better luck in high school. The God of Love appears and promises that he'll soon meet 100 people he's destined to date. But there's…
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Angel's 3Piece! (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyA shut-in ever since he had a traumatic experience, Nukui Hibiki's biggest hobby has been using vocalization software to create and uploading songs online. One day, he receives an email from some fifth-grader girls…
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Rainbow Days (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedyNijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends…
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WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyMiyako is a shy college student who is also an otaku. One day she happens to meet some angelic grade school kids! When Miyako sees her little sister's new friend Hana-chan, Miyako's heart won't stop racing! Miyako…
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Minami-ke (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyThere are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.
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To Love Ru (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyRito Yuuki is unlucky when it comes to love — no matter how hard he tries to confess to his crush, his efforts end in failure. After another day’s confession goes down the drain, Rito spends his night sulking in his…
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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedyKomura starts his school year with a new seat neighbor in homeroom—the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he's nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who's always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal…