Shows Like Happy Sugar Life

If you liked Happy Sugar Life (2018), 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.

1
Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the…
2
Aoi Bungaku Series (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
An 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…
3
Strawberry Panic (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
Nagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le…
4
The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful…
5
Mushi-Shi (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
6
Yosuga no Sora (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation and drama
Kasugano 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…
7
Tsukigakirei (2017)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
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…
8
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
Mihama 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…
9
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and mystery
To 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!
10
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his…
11
Devil Lady (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
The beautiful and successful supermodel Jun Fudou meets a woman named Lan Asuka, who confronts her with a werewolf monster, which she calls a devil beast. As a result, unimagined powers awaken in Jun, and she manages…
12
X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny…
13
BEASTARS (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
14
White Album 2 (2013)
★ 7/10Also animation and drama
One evening in fall, with one month left before the school festival, the last member of the ruined light music club, Haruki Kitahara, looks out the window and plays his guitar in the direction of the festival stage set…
15
Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono meets a girl named Miyako Miyamura as she chases a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This makes…
16
Orange (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
One 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…
17
7SEEDS (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
18
Diabolik Lovers (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
Based on a visual novel of the same name by Rejet and Otomate, for the female market. Komori Yui is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her…
19
Shiki (2010)
★ 8/10Also animation and mystery
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced…
20
Parasyte -the maxim- (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming…