Shows Like Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
If you liked Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow (2011), a animation and drama 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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WORKING!! (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedySet in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl…
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SHIROBAKO (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedyIn a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after…
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Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyPeople are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie…
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WWW.WAGNARIA!! (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedyDaisuke Higashida gets a job at a restaurant because of family financial difficulties, but no one who works there is normal.
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Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyCocoa Hoto is a positive and energetic girl who becomes friends with anyone in just three seconds. After moving in with the Kafuu family in order to attend high school away from home, she immediately befriends the shy…
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Bakuman (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyMoritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing…
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Maison Ikkoku (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyGodai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the…
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Toradora! (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyMenacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
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I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class (2025)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyHigh school student Saito Hojo 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…
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The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedyKyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his…
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Nisekoi (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyRaku Ichijo is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. 10 years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They…
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BLEND-S (2017)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyHigh school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by Dino, the manager of the café Stile where its waitresses play…
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Aggretsuko (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyFrustrated with her thankless office job, Retsuko the Red Panda copes with her daily struggles by belting out death metal karaoke after work.
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The Comic Artist and His Assistants (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedyThe life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful…
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedySo exactly what’s going to happen when Hachiman Hikigaya, an isolated high school student with no friends, no interest in making any and a belief that everyone else’s supposedly great high school experiences are either…
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His and Her Circumstances (1998)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaIn His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him…
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Pseudo Harem (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyEiji Kitahama joins the drama club with dreams of having a harem like the ones from his favorite manga. Rin Nanakura, an underclassman, finds herself crushing hard on Eiji, and tries on different personas in his…
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The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and dramaDid Wataru's intentions slip by Aika because she was getting impatient?! This is the start of a romcom revolving around two people who just can't get their feelings across and both think their love is unrequited!
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyShikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around…
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Love Hina (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyKeitaro and his childhood sweetheart make a promise to be accepted at and to meet each other at the prestigous Toudai University before she moved out of his life. About a decade later, Keitaro has become an artist and…