Shows Like Say "I Love You."
If you liked Say "I Love You." (2012), 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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School Days (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaA rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
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Orange (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaOne day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named…
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Sweet Blue Flowers (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaFumi Manjoume enters Kamakura's accelerated high school - Matsuoka All-Girls High School. While waiting at the Kamakura station on the day of her entrance ceremony, she runs into an old childhood friend whom she had…
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Fuuka (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaYuu Haruna, a loner and an avid Twitter user, has just transferred to a new school in Tokyo. He ends up befriending a unique high school girl named Fuuka Akitsuki, despite some initial conflict, and the two wind up…
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animationTo be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
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What She Fell on Was the Tip of My Dick (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also animationSousuke Aikawa is a part-time worker who lives in a rundown apartment building where his only consolation is that the landlord is a beautiful woman and the girl who lives above him is cute. One day though, the ceiling…
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Yosuga no Sora (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation and dramaKasugano Haruka and his sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late…
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Ahiru no Sora (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaSora joins the high school basketball club, but his unmotivated teammates don't care about the game. To get anywhere, he has to change their minds.
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Tsukigakirei (2017)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaKotarou 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…
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Scum's Wish (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaSeventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi…
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Takopi's Original Sin (2025)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and dramaA Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain…
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Kiznaiver (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaThe anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira…
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The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaMihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has…
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Domestic Girlfriend (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and dramaNatsuo is a high school boy who is experiencing the crushing despair of unrequited love. To make matters worse, the person he is in love with is his teacher, Hina. In an attempt to lift his spirits, he attends a mixer…
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From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (2023)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaWith her gloomy demeanor, Sawako has a hard time fitting in. But when an outgoing classmate approaches her, life takes a turn for the better.
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Adam's Sweet Agony (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also animationThis is the story of a boy, who became the lone Adam among four billion Eves. In a world where a pandemic has rendered all men impotent, high school student Itsuki is the exception who escaped it. In order to protect…
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BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaThe best way to fit in at a new school? Start a band! Anon has just transferred to Haneoka Girls’ Academy where girl bands are all the rage. But she started school late, so there aren’t many girls left to recruit. Then…
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Firefly Wedding (2026)
★ 9.4/10Also animation and dramaSatoko Kirigaya has everything a noblewoman could want—except time. With her life running out, she’s determined to marry well and make her father proud. But when a ruthless assassin kidnaps her, she makes a desperate…
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Aoi Bungaku Series (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and…
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Happy Sugar Life (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaSatou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new…