Ganbare, Douki-chan - Recommendations

• TV

If a girl teases you, that means she likes you! Unfortunately, Akiteru knows from experience that isn’t the case. Because every girl he interacts with shows him nothing but scorn, and he’s not scored a single date from it! Luckily, he’s more concerned with securing a spot for him and his game-development buddies at his uncle’s business. But when his uncle throws him a condition that involves playing the part of his daughter’s boyfriend, Akiteru has no choice but to take it. What will his best friend’s sister Iroha, who bullies him relentlessly, think of the news?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2020

To Uzaki Hana, nothing sounds worse than being alone. That’s why she’s made it her mission to keep her upperclassman Sakurai Shinichi company. The problem is, all he wants is some peace and quiet!

• TV (13 eps)
• 2022

The second season of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

• TV (12 eps)
• 2021

"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 "Nagatoro!" She's annoying yet adorable. It's painful, but you still want to be by her side. This is a story about an extremely sadistic and temperamental girl and you'll feel something awaken inside of you.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2023

The second season of Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

• TV (16 eps)
• 1998

Twenty-four-year-old Masuo has never kissed or held hands with a girl in his life, much less had a girlfriend. Nevertheless, the school teacher Nagisa, whom he's infatuated with, has agreed to go on a date with him; and his co-worker Miho has fallen in love with him. Masuo finds himself torn between the two of them as he attempts to maintain his friendship with Miho while pursuing a relationship with Nagisa, but Miho hasn't given up on him and her continued advances make Nagisa understandably jealous. Will Mauso find the courage to turn down Miho, or will her persistence win his affections?

• TV (47 eps)
• 1996 - 1997

Yuuko is a shy middle school girl who has feelings for her childhood friend, the boy next door. When she finds out that her best friend also likes him, she is unsure what to do. The story explores the relationships between these three characters as they confront everyday junior high problems.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2018

Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her... she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she's inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?

• OVA (6 eps)
• 1992

Yota is a young man who is in love with his friend Moemi, but there's a catch: she's confessed her love for his best friend! Heartbroken, he finds himself in a mysterious video store that offers him Ai, a video girl who can fulfill his every desire. Thanks to his broken VCR, this dream becomes reality when she suddenly... emerges from the TV?! With a real life video girl on his hands to give advice and set him straight, Yota might just stand a chance of winning over the heart of Moemi, and curing his unbearable heartache...

• OVA (6 eps)
• 2009 - 2010

At Sainan High School, it's rare for a day to pass without the conversation turning to breasts. Today is no exception, and Lala - ever eager to win Rito's affections - is inspired to invent a device which will allow her to change the size of her chest to match his preference. However, the device goes horribly wrong and ends up turning the hapless Rito into a woman! Ogled and pursued by men, cared for and tolerated by women, Rito soon discovers the ups - and downs - of life as a girl.