Shows Like Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love
If you liked Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love (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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Junjo Romantica (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedyThree couples, three intense romances: a student’s tutor crosses the line, a loner meets a force of nature, and a carefree man faces love he can’t ignore.
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Ai Yori Aoshi (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedyKaoru is a college boy with everything going for him. He lives in a mansion with his beautiful fiancé, Aoi, all his roommates are babes, and they all have the hots for him. There’s just one hitch: due to family…
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Play It Cool, Guys (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedyDespite their distinctive personalities, Souma Shiki, Hayate Ichikura, Shun Futami, and Takayuki Mima all have one thing in common: though naturally clumsy, the four disguise their embarrassment from tiny slip-ups by…
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Seduced by My Best Friend (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyShion and Rui are the dream team when it comes to hitting on women. Tonight was going to be another night of hooking up with girls for Shion, but he ended up taking a strange drug. When he woke up... he'd turned into a…
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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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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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Jimihen!! Jimiko o Kae Chau Jun Isei Kouyuu (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedyThe story follows Rena Yukuhasahi, a reserved office lady and Ryouhei Hachiya, a businessman and fellow colleague. Yukuhasahi appears to be the most reserved girl in the company, but becomes a super beautiful woman…
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Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaTamahiko Shima has been exiled to the country because of his disability, but the sudden arrival of an arranged bride upends his lonely life.
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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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More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedyThe story centers on third-year high school student Jiro Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jiro is the…
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Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedyDown-on-his-luck Koushi Nagumo wanders the streets unemployed, homeless and in search of his next meal. His fortunes improve after a chance meeting with a vivacious young woman whose proposition seemingly solves nearly…
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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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Koikimo (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyOne rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he…
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DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy"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…
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Love Flops (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyAsahi Kashiwagi lives the typical life of an average high school student — until the day a TV fortune teller’s predictions come true one after another, culminating in a series of risqué encounters! Destiny seemingly…
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Tawawa on Monday (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedyThe anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the train, with the man serving as her bodyguard on the crowded commute while they chat.
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TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedyNasa Yuzaki falls in love at first sight after an encounter with the mysterious Tsukasa. When Nasa earnestly confesses his feelings, she replies, "I'll date you, but only if we're married." Nasa and Tsukasa's cute and…
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Love Stage!! (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyIzumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother an artist, his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band CRUSHERZ. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He…
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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…