Looking for romance recs
Anyone know of some good cutesy romances to watch? (Ones without too much drama)
Some romances i like are:
A sign of affection
Monthly girls’ nozaki-kun
Kaguya-sama: love is war
Some romances i like are:
A sign of affection
Monthly girls’ nozaki-kun
Kaguya-sama: love is war
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Real world romance stories:
**April Showers Bring May Flowers** (2025) (chubby shy "background" girl and a guy who takes an interest in her)
**Solo Camping for Two** (2025) (light low-key adult romance with a lot of camping and camp-cooking information/trivia)
**A Star Brighter Than the Sun** (2025) (childhood friends romance story)
**The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity** (2025) (romance between two characters from different ends of the educational spectrum)
**Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You** (2009) (very sweet romance story featuring a shy creepy-looking girl)
**My Love Story!!** (2015) (large scary guy and small cute girl romance)
If you are OK with fantasy or fantastic elements:
**Betrothed to My Sister's Ex** (2025) (minimally fantastic fantasy story)
**The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom** (2025) (the romance part of the story is pretty low-drama)
**I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss** (2022) (I consider this one of the best of the "villainess" isekai stories)
Something different set in the real world that may or may not work for you:
**Amagami SS/SS+** (2010) (based on a dating sim, it's a series of mini-romance stories where the main character winds up with 1 of the 6+ romance options only in each -- very well done with some more cutesy and others more serious)
The Dangers in my Heart
Ao Haru Ride
Horimiya
Kimi ni Todoke
Chuunibyo
Skip and Loafer
Pseudo Harem
Tomo Chan is a Girl
The Fragrant Flower that Blooms with Dignity
Tonikaku Kawaii
- Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible
- My Clueless First Friend
- Teasing Master Takagi-san
- My Senpai Is Annoying
- Insomniacs After School
- Aharen Is Indecipherable
- Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
- My Awkward Senpai
- Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota
I can also second with full earnestness a few of the recommendations left by others (and would have left them myself had they not already been here), namely:
- Pseudo Harem
- The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
- Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
- Horimiya
- The Dangers In My Heart
Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!
Days with My Stepsister
One day, Crown Prince Sieg hears the Voices of the Gods out of the blue. Apparently, his fiancée Lieselotte is a “tsun de rais” villainess destined to meet her demise...and her sharp tongue is just a way of covering up her embarrassment. The prince can hardly contain himself after discovering Lieselotte's adorable hidden side. Little does he know, the heavenly beings that bestowed this knowledge unto him are actually high schoolers! Can he use their divine prophecy (let’s play commentary) to save his betrothed and avoid a Bad End?!
Pretty much flips the tsunderais trope on its head, allowing them to be completly understood through the help of a third party.
One day, Crown Prince Sieg hears the Voices of the Gods out of the blue. Apparently, his fiancée Lieselotte is a “tsun de rais” villainess destined to meet her demise...and her sharp tongue is just a way of covering up her embarrassment. The prince can hardly contain himself after discovering Lieselotte's adorable hidden side. Little does he know, the heavenly beings that bestowed this knowledge unto him are actually high schoolers! Can he use their divine prophecy (let’s play commentary) to save his betrothed and avoid a Bad End?!
Pretty much flips the tsunderais trope on its head, allowing them to be completly understood through the help of a third party.