Shows Like SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

If you liked SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary (2024), a animation and mystery 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.

1
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Socially 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…
2
Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Ousai 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…
3
Mieruko-chan (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mystery
She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
4
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily (2011)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
On 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…
5
Great Teacher Onizuka (1999)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
A former gang member wants to be Japan's best teacher. When he's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases, it's his chance to prove himself.
6
Rainbow Days (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
Nijiiro 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…
7
Minami-ke (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
There 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.
8
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down…
9
Tsuredure Children (2017)
★ 7.9/10Also animation
A series depicting various scenarios of young love. These stories range from a boy, crippled by his absolute lack of confidence in himself, cannot even accept the fact that the girl of his dreams actually asked him out…
10
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also animation
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s…
11
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animation
Puberty Syndrome—a rumored, mysterious syndrome that only affects those in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The bunny girl's real identity is Mai Sakurajima, a…
12
Tsukigakirei (2017)
★ 8/10Also animation
Kotarou Azumi and Akane Mizuno became third year students at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. These two, along with fellow classmates, Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira, relate to their peers…
13
Skip and Loafer (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also animation
Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her adapt in the real world.
14
One Week Friends (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
High 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…
15
Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation
It’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…
16
WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
Miyako 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…
17
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
★ 7.8/10Also animation
I thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were going to be over. That is, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time…
18
Anne Happy♪ (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennomifune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially…
19
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is…
20
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
In 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…