Shows Like Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
If you liked Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022), 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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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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Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyIt’s Komichi Akebi’s first year of junior high and she has her heart set on one thing: Robai Private Academy’s sailor uniform. As the next chapter of her life gets closer, she dreams of all the exciting new experiences…
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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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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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YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily (2011)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyOn her first day attending the all-girls Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama Akaza Akari oversleeps, to be awakened by her one-year-senior childhood friends: the level-headed Funami Yui and the often…
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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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Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedyOusai Academy is a former all-girls private high school which has recently been integrated for both genders. Takatoshi Tsuda is pushed into becoming the vice-president of the student council, where he is the lone male…
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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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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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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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Seton Academy: Join the Pack! (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedySeton Academy, a school where animals of all species gather to live and learn together. A sacred garden of learning, where students hone their primal instincts and the laws are of the jungle. Where species pit against…
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Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedyMy childhood friend Shida Kuroha seems to have feelings for me. She lives next door, and is small and cute. With an outgoing character, she's the caring Onee-san type, this being one of her greatest strengths. ...But…
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Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyIn the middle of class at a certain school, Rumi Yokoi, a diligent student, has her in-class life turned upside down when her desk mate Toshinari Seki begins to play by himself at his desk in class. Although Rumi is…
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My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (2017)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyA new school term begins, as does the season of new encounters. As he surveys his class full of couples, Hashiba Jun'ichi's mind is filled with distress as he asks himself, "Why am I still a virgin?!" Having heard from…
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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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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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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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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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Lucky Star (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyHaving fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends.
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One Week Friends (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyHigh school sophomore Yūki Hase noticed that Kaori Fujimiya, his classmate, was always alone. He tried to start a conversation with her but was turned down: "My memories of friendship can last only a week," she said…