Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san made its anime debut during the Spring 2021 season, although the manga has been a popular property for a number of years. The anime centers on the dynamic between the confident Hayase Nagatoro and the nervous Naoto Hachiouji.
The anime follows Naoto Hachioji, an introverted student who spends his free time drawing manga. Another student, Hayase Nagatoro, notices Naoto’s interest in art and begins calling him ‘Senpai.’
Nagatoro begins to tease Naoto for being an Otaku, making life unpleasant for the boy. However, things take an interesting turn when Naoto begins to fall for Nagatoro, motivating him to come out of his shell.
The crazy story of the duo is entertaining to watch and has impressed a lot of viewers around the world. Some of them may wish to watch a similar series, and if you are someone like that, we have a few recommendations for you.
Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
Hana Uzaki is reunited with Shinichi Sakurai, an upperclassman who was a member of the same high school club as her when she starts her freshman year of college. To her surprise, the previously lively senior has turned into a “lonesome” student who prefers to spend his spare time in peace and quiet.
Uzaki does everything she can to make Sakurai feel less “alone,” including convincing him to go to the movies and to his part-time job. Even though Sakurai finds her annoying and tiresome, he continues to participate in Uzaki’s shenanigans, despite the fact that he knows her bubbly personality will only lead the two of them into numerous amusing situations.
Despite this, their relationship grows stronger with each passing day, to the point where everyone around them misinterprets them as a couple. In any case, whenever Uzaki wants to hang out with her upperclassmen, she knows she’ll have a good time!
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san
Having a friend who knows you inside and out should be beneficial, but in Nishikata’s situation, the opposite is true.
Takagi, his classmate, teases him on a daily basis and uses her deep understanding of his behavior to predict exactly how he would react to her teasing, making it nearly impossible for Nishikata to ever deliver a successful comeback. Regardless, Nishikata pledges to one day give Takagi a taste of her own medicine by making her blush from embarrassment as a result of his teasing.
Takagi is a clever girl with a pretty face and a crafty mind on an individual level. While she isn’t a prodigy or gifted with exceptional talent, she frequently thinks outside the box to outwit her opponent, Nishikata. Takagi’s demeanor and character make her highly likable, as she exudes a youthful charm. Even though she teases Nishikata, it’s more than that. She wants to get to know him more, and each time they interact, they unintentionally get closer.
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru
A high school student, Wakana Gojou, spends his days honing his skills in the art of hina doll making with the hopes of one day surpassing his grandfather’s level of mastery. Gojou finds joy in creating clothes for his dolls, while his peers are fascinated with pop culture. Despite this, he goes to great measures to keep his unusual hobby hidden for fear of ridicule if it is revealed.
Marin Kitagawa enters the picture, a stunningly gorgeous girl whose confidence and poise contrast dramatically with Gojou’s shyness. It would defy reason for the friendless Gojou to associate with Kitagawa, who is usually surrounded by her peers. However, the unthinkable occurs when Kitagawa discovers Gojou’s sewing prowess and openly confesses to him about her own hobby: cosplay. She chooses to request his assistance because her sewing abilities are pitiful.
As Gojou and Kitagawa collaborate on one cosplay outfit after another, they can’t help but become close—despite the fact that their lives are worlds apart.
Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui
People can fall in love in the strangest of ways. This phrase appears to be especially true for Ryou Amakusa, the affluent brilliant playboy. A girl named Ichika Arima saves him from falling down the stairs one rainy morning. Ryou runs across Ichika again later that night, and she happens to be his little sister Rio’s best friend.
Ryou tries to woo Ichika with his normal flirty tactics in order to “thank” her, only to be shot down by his target, who is creeped out by his approach.
Instead of being discouraged, Ryou becomes even more infatuated with her, and he tries to try everything he can to win Ichika’s heart, despite receiving disgusting reactions each time. Will Ichika, however, continue to be repulsed by Ryou’s strange yet devoted advances as time passes?
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Kazuya Kinoshita, a 20-year-old college student, has a great girlfriend named Mami Nanami. But he suddenly. Mami abruptly ends their relationship, leaving him heartbroken and lonely. To alleviate his anguish, he hires a rental girlfriend using an online app. Chizuru Mizuhara is his partner, and she manages to win Kazuya’s affection with her unparalleled beauty and adorable demeanor.
However, after reading about prior clients’ poor experiences with Chizuru, Kazuya believes her charming smile and caring nature are really a ruse to play with his feelings, and he gives her a low rating. Enraged, Chizuru slams him for his shameless hypocrisy, revealing her true pert and fiery personality. Kazuya’s one-sided conversation, however, is cut short when he learns that his grandma has collapsed.
They race to the hospital, where they discover Kazuya’s grandma in good health. Chizuru’s presence baffles her, so she inquires as to who this girl is. Kazuya declares that they are lovers on the spur of the moment, compelling Chizuru to play the part. But how long can this difficult client and reluctant rental girlfriend keep up their act if Kazuya is still hung up on his former relationship with Mami?
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are the top representatives of the student body at the distinguished Shuchiin Academy. The president of the student council is Miyuki, and he is regarded as the best student in the country by both peers and mentors.
Along with him, vice president Kaguya—the eldest daughter of the affluent Shinomiya family—performs admirably in every field imaginable. They are the perfect couple, and they are the envy of the whole student body.
Despite the fact that both have feelings for the other, neither is willing to admit it. The first to admit defeat will be looked down upon and regarded as the lesser of two. Miyuki and Kaguya are both equally driven to emerge triumphant on the love battlefield, with their honor and pride on the line!
By using their incredible wits and intellect, the two try everything they can to trick the other into confessing first.
Great Teacher Onizuka
Eikichi Onizuka, a twenty-two-year-old ex-biker gang leader, Shonan conqueror, and virgin has a dream: to become Japan’s greatest high school teacher. This isn’t due to a desire to teach, but rather to have a loving young wife when he’s old and gray.
Still, there’s more to Onizuka than meets the eye for a perverse, greedy, and lazy delinquent. So, when he secures a job as the homeroom teacher of Class 3-4 at the prestigious Holy Forest Academy despite duping the Vice Principal, all of his skills are put to the test, as this class is notorious.
Because they despise all teachers, the students in the class utilize psychological warfare to emotionally break any new homeroom teacher they have, compelling them to quit and leave school. Onizuka is not your conventional teacher, however, and he welcomes every challenge that comes his way.
Suicide, bullying, and sexual harassment are just a few of the difficulties that his students deal with on a regular basis. Onizuka helps them by addressing the fundamental causes of their problems, even if it means jumping off a building to save a suicidal child.
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu
Hitohito Tadano is an ordinary teenage boy who arrives on his first day of high school with one objective in mind: to avoid trouble and blend in with his classmates. Unfortunately, he fails immediately away when he sits next to Shouko Komi, the school’s madonna. His classmates now regard him as someone to eliminate in order to sit next to the most gorgeous girl in class.
Despite her mysterious persona, Komi is widely adored and popular. She has long, dark hair and is beautiful and graceful. However, unbeknownst to everyone, she suffers crippling anxiety and a communication disorder that stops her from truly connecting with her classmates.
So when Komi is left alone in the classroom, a chain of events causes her to communicate with Tadano by writing on the blackboard, as if they were having a one-sided conversation. Tadano is the first to notice that she is unable to communicate effectively, so he picks up the chalk and begins to write as well. He soon learns that Komi’s ambition in high school is to make one hundred friends. So, he chooses to lend her a helping hand, becoming her first-ever friend in the process.
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
After dying a ridiculous and sad death on his way back after buying a game, Kazuma Satou, a high school student and recluse finds himself sitting before a beautiful but obnoxious goddess named Aqua. She gives NEET two options: go to heaven or reincarnate in the fantasy world of every gamer!
Kazuma, who has opted to start a new life, is quickly assigned the task of destroying a Demon King terrorizing villages. However, before he departs, he is given the option of selecting one item of any kind to aid him in his task, and the future hero selects Aqua. However, Kazuma has made a fatal mistake: Aqua is completely useless!
Unfortunately, their problems do not end there; it turns out that living in such a world is nothing like how it appears in a game. Instead of going on an exciting adventure, the pair must first work to cover their living expenses. Their misfortunes have only recently begun!
Tonikaku Kawaii
Nasa Yuzaki is hell-bent on etching his name into the pages of history. He is confident that he has his entire life planned out, having placed first in the national mock exam and aiming for a prestigious high school. Fate, however, is a fickle mistress. Nasa sees a peerless beauty across the street on his walk home one snowy evening. Nasa, bewitched, tries to approach her but is blindsided by an approaching truck.
Thankfully, because of the girl’s quick action, his life is spared. He watches as the girl walks away in the moonlight, bleeding on the side of an ambulance, recalling Princess Kaguya’s departure for the moon.
He drags his injured body after her and asks her out, refusing to let this chance encounter pass him by. Surprised by his boldness and determination, the girl accepts his confession under one condition: they can only be together if he marries her!
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai
Japan has become a nation that is cleansed of all that is obscene and impure, thanks to the implementation of tough new morals regulations. Authorities have taken great efforts to guarantee that society remains chaste by monitoring residents with special devices worn around their necks.
Tanukichi Okuma, the son of an infamous terrorist who opposed the chastity laws, has recently started high school, offering his assistance to the student council in order to get close to president Anna Nishikinomiya, his childhood friend and crush.
He has no idea that Ayame Kajou, the vice president, has a hidden identity: Blue Snow, a masked criminal dedicated to spreading lewd content among the sheltered public—and Tanukichi has piqued the girl’s interest due to his father’s notoriety.
Tanukichi is soon lured into her SOX organization, where he is compelled to spread obscene propaganda in order to help launch an attack against the government’s tyrannical reign. Tanukichi will have to do the unthinkable, and he finds out that their primary target is the person he admires the most, with their school set as the initial point of attack.
Toradora!
Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student who enjoys housework; unfortunately, his intimidating appearance frequently leads to him being labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand, Taiga Aisaka is a small, doll-like student who is far from being a cute and fragile girl. Taiga, equipped with a wooden katana and a fierce personality, is dubbed the “Palmtop Tiger” by her peers.
An embarrassing blunder brings the two classmates together one day. Ryuuji discovers Taiga’s soft side: she has a crush on Yuusaku Kitamura, the popular vice president who also happens to be his best friend. Things get even wilder when Ryuuji admits to having a crush on Minori Kushieda, Taiga’s best friend!
Toradora! is a rom-com that follows this strange couple as they embark on a quest to help each other with their crushes, creating an unlikely alliance in the process.