Sekimen Shinaide Sekime-san (Pilot) - Recommendations

• TV (37 eps)
• 1983 - 1984

Masuto is a typical student who attends school and has a girlfriend: the gentle and timid Kajima Miyuki from his class. His life is further complicated, however, by the fact that Wakamatsu Miyuki (his stepsister, unrelated by blood) lives with him. Their irresponsible father left them alone in Tokyo while he moved out of the country, which needless to say creates an interesting atmosphere at home. Though Masuto has strong feelings for his girlfriend, he also feels attracted to his step sister; and now, Masuto must discover his true feelings and make a choice – or start two-timing on both of them!

• TV (95 eps)
• 1982 - 1984

Short, assertive Shunsuke is fed up with femininity. He grew up surrounded by mostly female students and teachers, he has numerous sisters, and his family even runs a lingerie shop. So when he chose to transfer to Sunshine Academy, an all-male school, Shunsuke was dismayed to discover that it recently became co-ed. To make matters worse, he's quickly befriended by Natsumi, a towering yet kind girl who takes an immediate liking to the boy. With his confident and often brash attitude causing misunderstandings with classmates and teachers alike, Shunsuke's eventful life at Sunshine Academy has just begun!

• TV (13 eps)
• 2023

With the new school year comes a new homeroom, new classmates, and a new desk for the timid Komura. But any trepidation he might've felt quickly dissipates when he catches sight of Mie, his new seat neighbor. Apt to quietly blurt out the most random things, the quirky Mie wears thick glasses that accentuate her lovely eyes, making Komura’s heart skip a beat! Unfortunately, Mie is pathologically forgetful and can never seem to remember to bring her glasses to class. It's not all bad, though! Her resulting squinty, mean-girl face sends Komura’s heart into overdrive too! While Komura is keen to help out and share his textbooks with Mie, will his heart give out from the almost daily strain of being up close and personal with his crush?!

• TV (13 eps)
• 2024

The second season of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki.

• TV

In a rural junior high school, a boy and a girl pledge eternal friendship, and two years pass without any progress in their relationship as they become destined for one dream...! Inuzuka Himari, a cheerful girl who has yet to find her first love, and Natsume Yu, a passive boy who loves flowers, are still best friends in their own gardening club in their second year of high school. "If Yu can't get married, I'll have to take responsibility for you." "After Himari said that, I'm having a hard time because your brother started calling me, 'My brother-in-law!'" However, when Yu reunites with his first love from the past, the wheels of their relationship suddenly go haywire! Will Himari, who has discovered love, be able to break free from her "ideal friend"?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2007

Average, boring, and nothing special; this is how Shiratori Kuu feels about herself and her life as a high school student in Academia. On what begins as any other day, Kuu's life is spun upside down when a new student transfers to her class. As soon as she sees his face, she is astonished, for this is no ordinary boy – he looks just like the prince she has dreamt of for so long! He extends a hand to her and repeats the words she has somehow heard before, "Lets go... Together." But it is never that easy, is it? A world that seemed so dull is now torn apart by a whirlwind of love and hate, and the conflict that plagues all those involved.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2000

There is nothing more sad and pleasant than love in its various forms, and a group of high school students will discover them in this melancholy series. The focus is on Kanzaki Kyoichi, an artist and a dreamer at heart, and Nitta Chiharu, a track star and a childhood friend of Kyoichi's. From spring to summer to fall to winter, love will grow and fade, and grow again

• OVA (3 eps)
• 2012 - 2015

Izumi Miyamura is a lonely teenager who, despite being very recluse, ends up sharing a secret with a classmate. Her name is Kyoko Hori and he helped her younger brother when he got injured. Both are surprised by how different they look and act outside school. From then on, a peculiar bond is formed between them.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2022

• TV (12 eps)
• 2017

As an overweight child, Makabe Masamune was mercilessly teased and bullied by one particular girl, Adagaki Aki. Determined to one day exact his revenge upon her, Makabe begins a rigorous regimen of self-improvement and personal transformation. Years later, Masamune re-emerges as a new man. Handsome, popular, with perfect grades and good at sports, Masamune-kun transfers to Aki's school, and is unrecognizable to her. Now, Masamune-kun is ready to confront the girl who bullied him so many years ago and humiliate her at last. But will revenge be as sweet as he thought?