I have just finished one of my first ever animes and I loved it. I can't believe there isn't a season 3. Is there anything similar to it. I don't particularly care on the rating. 😅
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gud_fellow2025-12-27 14:09
Watch Komi Can't Communicate
If you want more suggestions I can write the list. Just ask me! :D
mihizawi2025-12-27 14:09
I haven't watched My Dress Up Darling yet, but I've watched quite a few romance animes, I even have an ordered list of every anime I've watched that has important romance in it with short descriptions. I could post the whole list, or, if you describe what you liked about My Dress Up Darling, I can try to tailor the recommendations a bit.
Meowmmm_2025-12-27 14:23
check the roll
mihizawi2025-12-27 15:47
what do you mean?
Meowmmm_2025-12-27 15:48
Se tradujo solo, dije si me podrias pasar la lista
mihizawi2025-12-27 15:53
Hablo castellano, pero la lista y las descripciones las tengo escritas en inglés. Espero que te sirva.
All the romance I have watched so far, roughly in order from most to least favorite (part 1):
Cardcaptor Sakura (10/10) - Not a pure romance, but one of the cutest love stories ever, by the end the main romance is arguebly even more important than the other plot. The main romance takes its time to develop though.
Kimagure Orange Road (10/10) - A classic 80's romcom about a love triangle, and it has one of the earliest (and in my opinion greatest and most nuanced) tsundere love interests in anime.
Your Lie in April (10/10) - a very tragic but extremely beautiful love story between two teenage musicians. Will make you cry.
The Apothecary Diaries (10/10) - the romance is not the main focus for most of the anime, but in the moments it gets the spotlight, it's great and the whole series is so peak, with mystery, political intreague and historically inspired fiction.
Princess Tutu (10/10) - a very unorthodox magical girl anime, with a ballet theme and a lot of meta-commentary on story telling. The feelings of romantic love are what drives the plot, but the actual romance, while it is still there, is not a big focus.
Madoka Magica (10/10) - a darker take on the magical girl genre. Just like in Princess Tutu, the romantic feelings are quite important to the plot, but there's almost 0 actual romance, so I am hesitating if I should include this one. Still, a truly great anime.
Teasing Master Takagi-san (9,5/10) - one of the most wholesome and cutest but at the same time funniest romcoms ever made. It is quite episodic, with a lot of episodes being divided into short stories, but most of the independent episodes are somewhat connected and there's a sense of progress and development despite the episodic nature of the show.
Clannad (9,5/10) - starts as a fairly typical high-school harem romance with some fantasy/paranormal elements, but by the sequel, After Story, the main couple gets together and we get to see the struggles and challenges of a young adult couple, and stuff happens that will make you cry.
Your Name (9/10): a great anime movie where the romance is central to the plot.
Steins; Gate (9/10): another in a similar place to Princess Tutu and Madoka Magica, it has a bit of romance, but mainly, the romantic feelings drive the plot forward.
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (8,5/10) - together with Takagi-san, one of the most diabetic romances I've ever seen, but with less comedy, more of a pure romance, and I love it for that. And, while we are going to get a season 2 next year, this one reaches a very satifying conclusion in the 1st season with just 12 episodes.
Izetta: The Last Witch (8,5/10): a more military/political take on the magical girl genre where the yuri romance is somewhat important to the plot.
Fruits Basket: (8/10): a romance anime that may look like a reverse harem, but actually is more of a love triangle.
Ai Yori Aoshi (8/10) - a harem where the main couple gets together very early, but has to keep their relationship a secret, thus giving space for the harem situation to develop. If you want the trope of a perfect traditional japanese wife, I haven't come across a better example than the main girl in this anime, but she still has a fairly interesting and headstrong personality. The second season doesn't give us a satisfying conclusion, which is regrettable, but along the way there's still quite some progress with the main couple. In my opinion, there are many similarities to Love Hina in the way it handles the harem aspects, but I do prefer Ai Yori Aoshi, since it has a slightly more serious tone while still being a harem romcom.
mihizawi2025-12-27 15:53
Part 2:
Rose of Versailles (8/10): a historical drama with lots of courtly intrigue and several important romance subplots, most of which end tragically.
Revolutionary Girl Utena (8/10): a very surrealistic and symbolic anime with lots of messy romance subplots, a strange reverse harem not centered on the protagonist, and a yuri main romance.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (7,5/10): a romcom with a pretty fun premise and a very genre-aware humor, and overt fan-service without being ecchi, it is almost a harem, but with a very clear main romance. It has two main plots, the romance and the school council election, and I personally felt like the first season, while getting some progress in both, it wasn't enough for a satisfying season. Hoping to get more from Season 2, since it was a very wild and entertaining watch.
Skip and Loafer (7,5/10): a tame but sweet slice of life with important romance. Not extremely exciting, but for a chill, relaxed watch, still a very nice romance.
Love Hina (7,5/10): a classic harem where the protagonist tries to find a childhood crush to fulfill a promise to go to university together.
Anohana (7,5/10): a short and somewhat tragic story about going through grief for a lost one. There's some romance aspect to it.
Inuyasha (7,5/10, provisional score, currently watching): a classical isekai battle-shonen, but with a very important romance subplot, including a sort of love triangle.
Fushigi Yuugi (7/10): an isekai adventure reverse harem anime with very prominent romance. The levels of teenage girl romance drama are very high, though, so you have to get into the right mindset to watch it without cringing, but still, a classic on its own right.
Mother of the Goddess Dormitory (7/10): Extreme amounts of ecchi fan service, and a very questionable age-gap (but with the male protagonist being the youngest). Still, if you are able to forget about the age gap, and enjoy the ecchi fan service, it is not a bad harem romance, the interactions between the characters are actually quite sweet.
Kaitou Saint Tail (6,5/10): a magical thief anime that has a lot of robin-hood esque themes, not so much stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but stealing to give it back to the rightful or moral owner. The romance plays a somewhat important part in the anime, but the problem I have with it is that it is too episodic, with very few exceptions, most episodes could be watched in a random order without it really being a problem.
School Days (6/10): one of the most hated romance animes ever, I think. And I get why: it is what would happen if protagonist who is a bad person with 0 redeeming qualities and no redemption arc got a harem of girls, who are, to varying degrees, bad people themselves. It is an uncomfortable watch, but because I believe that was the intention of the anime, I still give it some credit for achieving the goal of making the watcher uncomfortable.
Meowmmm_2025-12-27 15:55
Yo tmb hablo español JAJSJA, gracias por la lista, me termine dr stone y no se que ver
AwwZomSam2025-12-27 14:16
Depends on what you liked about my dress up darling, is it the like cosplay stuff or like the romance and comedy stuff?
If you want good romance anime then: [My Top 10 Favourite Romance anime Video](https://youtu.be/Le0KFbUYXk8)
The anime i have put in the video are:
Clannad
Call of the Night
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
Bunny Girl Senpai
The Dangers in My Heart
Kaguya-sama
Violet Evergarden
Ranma 1/2 (2024)
100 Girlfriends
Tonikawa
Out of these, I'd probably recommend fragrant flower, tonikawa for a beginner.
If you want cosplay related stuff:
2.5d seduction
Genshiken
I have not watched these cosplay ones though.
Madaniel_FL2025-12-27 14:19
2.5 Dimensional Seduction
CuriousBroccolli2025-12-27 14:32
Peak show
Like legit. Liked it more than Darling
Mitsuyan_2025-12-27 14:54
The manga has finished and what we've seen in season 1 is some of the comparatively weaker material compared to what's to come
UmmOkWhateverSilly2025-12-27 14:20
my dress up darling is so great ❤️❤️and marin is beautiful
Yush112025-12-27 14:20
Just go to MyAnimeList, sort the top rates anime by genre (Romance ofc) and go from there.
Meowmmm_2025-12-27 14:24
Check out Boku no Kokoro, it might seem like fan service, but I swear it's one of the most beautiful rom-core anime.
Old-Frosting57982025-12-27 14:29
i started season 2 but i cant finish it they being very young is kinda a turn off why couldnt they be college students
BallisticThundr2025-12-27 14:35
Haha it doesn't have a season 3 because season 2 like just came out. If you're interested in romcoms, I'd recommend:
Kaguya-sama: love is war (my personal favorite)
The dangers in my heart (give it a couple episodes)
Don't bully me, miss nagatoro
Tomo-chan is a girl
Horimiya
And one that isn't a romcom but has good romance in it anyways and is widely loved for it is dandadan
Cautious-Earth-58152025-12-27 14:40
With my dress up darling as your first anime, you'll love romance. Watch 1. Don't play with me nagatoro, 2. Kaguya sama,
3. Hokkaido gal (very similar. You'll like it)
subarashiiworld2025-12-27 16:42
Number 3 was terrible, not even comparable when it comes to quality
Nagatoro personally I didn’t like but I think this one’s more up to preference, number two is really good
Timely_Race_39782025-12-27 20:43
Isn’t it just me or does every rom-com stop around below 30 episodes. This is different from the older ones that usually finish later on so we should get something.
Problem is that I asked ChatGPT that hypothetically if they released something to say when they’d have it, when would it come out. Chat GPT said 2028.
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If you want more suggestions I can write the list. Just ask me! :D
All the romance I have watched so far, roughly in order from most to least favorite (part 1):
Cardcaptor Sakura (10/10) - Not a pure romance, but one of the cutest love stories ever, by the end the main romance is arguebly even more important than the other plot. The main romance takes its time to develop though.
Kimagure Orange Road (10/10) - A classic 80's romcom about a love triangle, and it has one of the earliest (and in my opinion greatest and most nuanced) tsundere love interests in anime.
Your Lie in April (10/10) - a very tragic but extremely beautiful love story between two teenage musicians. Will make you cry.
The Apothecary Diaries (10/10) - the romance is not the main focus for most of the anime, but in the moments it gets the spotlight, it's great and the whole series is so peak, with mystery, political intreague and historically inspired fiction.
Princess Tutu (10/10) - a very unorthodox magical girl anime, with a ballet theme and a lot of meta-commentary on story telling. The feelings of romantic love are what drives the plot, but the actual romance, while it is still there, is not a big focus.
Madoka Magica (10/10) - a darker take on the magical girl genre. Just like in Princess Tutu, the romantic feelings are quite important to the plot, but there's almost 0 actual romance, so I am hesitating if I should include this one. Still, a truly great anime.
Teasing Master Takagi-san (9,5/10) - one of the most wholesome and cutest but at the same time funniest romcoms ever made. It is quite episodic, with a lot of episodes being divided into short stories, but most of the independent episodes are somewhat connected and there's a sense of progress and development despite the episodic nature of the show.
Clannad (9,5/10) - starts as a fairly typical high-school harem romance with some fantasy/paranormal elements, but by the sequel, After Story, the main couple gets together and we get to see the struggles and challenges of a young adult couple, and stuff happens that will make you cry.
Your Name (9/10): a great anime movie where the romance is central to the plot.
Steins; Gate (9/10): another in a similar place to Princess Tutu and Madoka Magica, it has a bit of romance, but mainly, the romantic feelings drive the plot forward.
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (8,5/10) - together with Takagi-san, one of the most diabetic romances I've ever seen, but with less comedy, more of a pure romance, and I love it for that. And, while we are going to get a season 2 next year, this one reaches a very satifying conclusion in the 1st season with just 12 episodes.
Izetta: The Last Witch (8,5/10): a more military/political take on the magical girl genre where the yuri romance is somewhat important to the plot.
Fruits Basket: (8/10): a romance anime that may look like a reverse harem, but actually is more of a love triangle.
Ai Yori Aoshi (8/10) - a harem where the main couple gets together very early, but has to keep their relationship a secret, thus giving space for the harem situation to develop. If you want the trope of a perfect traditional japanese wife, I haven't come across a better example than the main girl in this anime, but she still has a fairly interesting and headstrong personality. The second season doesn't give us a satisfying conclusion, which is regrettable, but along the way there's still quite some progress with the main couple. In my opinion, there are many similarities to Love Hina in the way it handles the harem aspects, but I do prefer Ai Yori Aoshi, since it has a slightly more serious tone while still being a harem romcom.
Rose of Versailles (8/10): a historical drama with lots of courtly intrigue and several important romance subplots, most of which end tragically.
Revolutionary Girl Utena (8/10): a very surrealistic and symbolic anime with lots of messy romance subplots, a strange reverse harem not centered on the protagonist, and a yuri main romance.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (7,5/10): a romcom with a pretty fun premise and a very genre-aware humor, and overt fan-service without being ecchi, it is almost a harem, but with a very clear main romance. It has two main plots, the romance and the school council election, and I personally felt like the first season, while getting some progress in both, it wasn't enough for a satisfying season. Hoping to get more from Season 2, since it was a very wild and entertaining watch.
Skip and Loafer (7,5/10): a tame but sweet slice of life with important romance. Not extremely exciting, but for a chill, relaxed watch, still a very nice romance.
Love Hina (7,5/10): a classic harem where the protagonist tries to find a childhood crush to fulfill a promise to go to university together.
Anohana (7,5/10): a short and somewhat tragic story about going through grief for a lost one. There's some romance aspect to it.
Inuyasha (7,5/10, provisional score, currently watching): a classical isekai battle-shonen, but with a very important romance subplot, including a sort of love triangle.
Fushigi Yuugi (7/10): an isekai adventure reverse harem anime with very prominent romance. The levels of teenage girl romance drama are very high, though, so you have to get into the right mindset to watch it without cringing, but still, a classic on its own right.
Mother of the Goddess Dormitory (7/10): Extreme amounts of ecchi fan service, and a very questionable age-gap (but with the male protagonist being the youngest). Still, if you are able to forget about the age gap, and enjoy the ecchi fan service, it is not a bad harem romance, the interactions between the characters are actually quite sweet.
Kaitou Saint Tail (6,5/10): a magical thief anime that has a lot of robin-hood esque themes, not so much stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but stealing to give it back to the rightful or moral owner. The romance plays a somewhat important part in the anime, but the problem I have with it is that it is too episodic, with very few exceptions, most episodes could be watched in a random order without it really being a problem.
School Days (6/10): one of the most hated romance animes ever, I think. And I get why: it is what would happen if protagonist who is a bad person with 0 redeeming qualities and no redemption arc got a harem of girls, who are, to varying degrees, bad people themselves. It is an uncomfortable watch, but because I believe that was the intention of the anime, I still give it some credit for achieving the goal of making the watcher uncomfortable.
If you want good romance anime then: [My Top 10 Favourite Romance anime Video](https://youtu.be/Le0KFbUYXk8)
The anime i have put in the video are:
Clannad
Call of the Night
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
Bunny Girl Senpai
The Dangers in My Heart
Kaguya-sama
Violet Evergarden
Ranma 1/2 (2024)
100 Girlfriends
Tonikawa
Out of these, I'd probably recommend fragrant flower, tonikawa for a beginner.
If you want cosplay related stuff:
2.5d seduction
Genshiken
I have not watched these cosplay ones though.
Like legit. Liked it more than Darling
Kaguya-sama: love is war (my personal favorite)
The dangers in my heart (give it a couple episodes)
Don't bully me, miss nagatoro
Tomo-chan is a girl
Horimiya
And one that isn't a romcom but has good romance in it anyways and is widely loved for it is dandadan
3. Hokkaido gal (very similar. You'll like it)
Nagatoro personally I didn’t like but I think this one’s more up to preference, number two is really good
Problem is that I asked ChatGPT that hypothetically if they released something to say when they’d have it, when would it come out. Chat GPT said 2028.
I WILL BE AN ADULT.