Shows Like Ascendance of a Bookworm

If you liked Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019), 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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I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm…
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The Faraway Paladin (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified…
3
The Water Magician (2025)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Reincarnation had Ryo dreaming of peace, but instead he lands into a monster-infested wilderness. With water magic and eternal youth, he survives countless wicked concoctions for 20 years, becoming one of the most…
4
Dead Mount Death Play (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave…
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The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Sei, a 20-year-old office worker, is whisked away to a whole new world. Unfortunately for Sei, the ritual that summoned her—meant to produce a "Saint" who would banish the dark magic—brought two people over instead of…
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The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In his past life, he was known as Demon Lord Varvatos, an all-powerful magic user and ruler. But he was lonely after the loss of his friends and loved ones during his rise to power, so in his dying moments, Varvatos…
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The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World (2023)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Betrayed and on the brink of death, genius exorcist Haruyoshi Kuga still has an ace up his sleeve—a reincarnation spell. With a successful incantation taking him to a new world reborn as Seika Lamprogue into a…
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Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire ♀ (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After living a life devoted to serving his country and people, Inglis’ one wish to be free of a king’s burden and to train was actually heard, but as a beautiful girl! Reborn in the far future as a daughter to renowned…
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know…
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The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in…
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Fate/Apocrypha (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
There was once a Holy Grail War waged by Mages and Heroic Spirits in a town of Fuyuki. However, one Mage took advantage of the chaos of World War II to steal a Holy Grail. Several decades have passed, and the…
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Re:Monster (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After meeting an untimely death, Tomokui Kanata is reincarnated as a lowly goblin, but he's worked up a monstrous appetite. Thanks to his new ability that allows him to grow stronger the more he feeds, his feeble…
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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
His past life and current life are intersecting--a boy with memories of two lives faces his destiny! After his mother was killed at an early age, the orphaned Rio fought his hardest to survive in the slums. One day, he…
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Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Noa’s past life as a young adult villager was nothing to write home about. But now he’s reborn as the 13th prince of an empire! His stats screen reveal that he’ll grow stronger proportionately to the number of people…
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By the Grace of the Gods (2020)
★ 8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Only 39 years into a life full of bad luck, Ryoma Takebayashi passes away in his sleep! Taking pity on him, three divine beings show compassion by reincarnating him as a young boy to a magical, new world. Now he spends…
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Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
On the front lines of the war, Tanya Degurechaff, blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain white skin, commands her squad with lisping voice. Actually, she is one of Japan's most elite salary men, reborn as a little girl…
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New Saga (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After a brutal war, magic swordsman Kyle defeats the Demon King but is left dying. A crimson crystal sends him four years into the past to his once-destroyed hometown where he finds his lost loved ones alive. Armed…
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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.
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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Akira Oda and his high school classmates are summoned to another world! While the other students are granted cheat abilities through the summoning, Akira merely gains the abilities of a mediocre "assassin." However…
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The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
The world's number one assassin has been reincarnated as the eldest son of a family of aristocrat assassins. In exchange for being reincarnated in another world, a goddess has imposed upon him one condition. "Kill the…