Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta

A list of Rom-com animes. This list include also some animes with serious romance + some comedy focused animes + some drama but not a heavy one.

I wrote a note in every anime I've watched.

Check the other rom-com stacks for more recommendations.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3207
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3212

If you are into poker face girls... this is your anime list to watch
this girls in the list are too serious or had some sad and tragic backstory...

ok this is my recommendation for what are my picks to watch...
from the list Koroshi Ai takes the crown...
the first 10 are the top ten of the list put in order...

enjoy
pd.. if you have some others recommendation not on the list don't hesitate on making the recommendation...

Big dose of laid-back Romance animes with Wholesome romance, and without any Love-triangle, Missunderstanding, and rival girl. (If there is any rival they clear up fast.)

Occasional teasing shows included!

Its all the sugary-fluffy love stories you need.

***One exception under the "the rivals clear up fast" is [Kimi Ni Todoke]. There the first season second half is full-on rivalry, but its worth the watch because the love earned in the end***

Note: Some series may be removed and added here
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/59319

No open end (to some extent, in some)
No harem, bl or gl
No ecchi (or slightly in some)
*They are tagged as romance genre or romantic subtext theme, the degree of romance content varies and some blooms in sequels which will require patience.
!After completing the anime it's recommended checking out the sequels, movies and/or source materials, if they have those, to confirm couples getting together and/or for further developments.
*Please do specified research before giving your time to watch.
The list is full but replacements with better quality new animes will happen, therefore it's suggested getting the ones you consider watching on your list. I'm not as knowledgeable about animes aried since spring 2024.

Upcoming romances:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22655

Nonshcool/ Adult romances:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23450

Hard to find good romance anime which isn't filled with stupid and boring cliches, so here's my attempt to list the best shows, or at least the ones I found entertaining enough to bother watching.

My slice of life anime list https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23190

This is a stack of comedic and light-hearted romance shows. These shows will stay light-hearted throughout the series, avoiding most sad or drama-related undertones.

If you liked the concept of this stack, you might be interested in a very similar stack, but for manga, titled: Unadapted Light-Hearted Rom-Com Manga (No GL/BL or Fantasy). So feel free to give it a look if these types of series interest you.

If you watched these please read the source material.

If you are planning on watching any of these please read the source material instead.

Only anime that I have seen the source of is listed here (with a few expectations).

Post-2020 shows involving utaites/Vocaloid producers (inc. former). (& maybe a few 2019s since the first stack is full :v)
Most of these are first time anime appearances/collaborations.

Pre-2020: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/238

Roughly grouped by utaites > vocaloid producer units > producers > covers

May include lesser known VTubers/Singers (There's enough for its own stack but it's a bit of a grey area where many utaites have taken on VTubing and/or no longer do primarily Vocaloid covers)

I haven't been keeping up with seasonals these days so you can poke me to add stuff :D

Looking for new romances??
New romances in the years 2020+
-In ascending order from the first season

part 1- https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22635

A list of anime commented/analyzed by the youtuber Bayfond. There is a playlist in his channel compiling the videos where he talks about them and the order displayed in that playlist is the one being taken into account here, I'll try to keep this list updated to his future uploads. https://www.youtube.com/@bayfond/featured (link to his channel)
He has also talked about the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime twice, but it isn’t in the MAL database as of the last update to this stack.

This list contains some of the best romance anime....
You must watch these before you die... These got the least amount of relationship problems, love triangles, third wheel characters... And don't drop them without watching the end...


Edit: Replaced "Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion" with "The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses"... Replaced "Howl Moving Castle" with "My Tiny Senpai"...Replaced "My Clueless First Friend" with "Darling In The Franxx"((how can I forget Darling In The Franxx))...Replaced "Special A" With "Insomniacs After School"(Insomniacs After School is super good)...Replaced "The Ancient Magus' Bride" with "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!"...Replaced "
"Ookami to Koushinryou/Spice And Wolf" with "Mirai Nikki/The Future Dairy"...Replaced "In/Spectre" with "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl"...Replaced "Love After World Domination" with "I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness"... Replaced "The Maid I recently Hired Is Mysterious" With "This Art Club Has a Problem!"... replaced "Scince Fell In Love" with "In-Spectre"... replaced "Toradora" with "365 Days to the Wedding"... replaced "Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet" with "You are Ms. Servant"...

NOT INCLUDED IN THIS STACK:
-Sequels
-Movies

School animes that are good in comedy,romance and feel good.

In life, some people are born with limitations that shape how they experience the world, often in ways others never have to consider

lives marked by the absence of sight or sound, by memories that fade or fracture, by bodies that deteriorate faster than others, and by minds that turn everyday existence into a quiet, constant struggle

a collection of anime where the protagonist lives with a disability, a mental condition, or a serious (sometimes terminal) illness, navigating daily life within these limitations, learning to exist, connect, and endure beyond what they lack

Summer 2023 Anime Recommendation

Note: Didn't include some sequels because I haven't caught up/watched them yet.

Romance Anime 2020-2023 and upcoming romance anime in 2024.
Not all new romance anime, but the most notable one's for me.
This list also includes romantic subtext anime.
Mainly includes school romance anime.

--Only the Sequel-- (The series didn't start in the 2020's)
‣ Masamune-kun's Revenge R [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War: Ultra Romantic [Watched]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket 2nd Season [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: The Final [Watched]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 [Watched]
‣ My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax! [Watched]
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
‣ Date A Live IV
‣ Date A Live V

--Not Included-- (I dropped or skipped)
‣ Remake Our Life! [Dropped]
‣ Engage Kiss [Dropped]
‣ Aharen Is Indecipherable [Dropped]
‣ Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose [Dropped]
‣ Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory [Dropped]
‣ My Clueless First Friend [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Double [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθ [Skipped]
‣ The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague [Skipped]
‣ The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses [Skipped]
‣ Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence [Skipped]
‣ The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious [Skipped]
‣ Taisho Otome Fairy Tale [Skipped]
‣ A Galaxy Next Door [Skipped]
‣ Love of Kill [Skipped]
‣ My Tiny Senpai [Skipped]
‣ Ayakashi Triangle [Skipped]
‣ Temple [Skipped]
‣ Plunderer [Skipped]
‣ Love Flops [Skipped]
‣ A Girl & Her Guard Dog [Skipped]
‣ The Foolish Angel Dances with Demons [Skipped]
‣ Tales of Wedding Rings [Skipped]
‣ A Condition Called Love [Dropped]
‣ My Wife Has No Emotion [Dropped]
‣ Senpai is an Otokonoko [Skipped]

--Isekai/Fantasy/Supernatural/Sci-Fi Romance--
‣ Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale [Watched]
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! [Started]
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent [Watched]
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2 [Started]
‣ Vermeil in Gold [Watched]
‣ Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2
‣ The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady [Watched]
‣ I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss [Watched]
‣ Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs [Watched]
‣ Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte [Started]
‣ The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior
‣ Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion
‣ I'm in Love with the Villainess
‣ Tearmoon Empire
‣ Surgeon Elise
‣ I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I'll Spoil
ㅤHer with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!
‣ 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
‣ An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride [Started]
‣ Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again
‣ Unnamed Memory
‣ Love After World Domination
‣ Atri: My Dear Moments
‣ The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

--Romance Movies--
‣ A Whisker Away
‣ Love Me, Love Me Not
‣ Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
‣ Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: Prelude [Started]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie [Started]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie [Watched]
‣ The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes [Watched]
‣ To Every You I've Loved Before
‣ To Me, The One Who Loved You
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends [Started]
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
‣ Make a Girl [Upcoming]

--More Airing or Aired--
‣ The Girl Downstairs (Chinese)
‣ No Doubt In Us (Chinese)
‣ Giji Harem
‣ Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
‣ Love Is Indivisible by Twins

--More Upcoming--
‣ A Bouquet for an Ugly Girl
‣ Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
‣ Can a Boy and Girl Friendship Hold Up? (No, It Can't!!)

Last Updated July 2024

Romance anime that worth to you read the manga after you finished it (completed/on going). If you’ve watched this maybe you’ll like the manga too!

*some anime may not have romance tag on it but potencially have some development in manga, so you can consider it.

Updates:
-- started Post-season
-- added Clockwork Dandy Noodles awards
-- added Otaku Spirit best of

Updates:
-- Mid-season update: Otaku Spirit, ViniiTube, Echidnut, AH Brandon Reviews
-- added Chibi Reviews discussion of ZOM 100 production problems

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This stack consolidates watch recommendations for Summer 2023 from several YouTube critics/commentators. URLs are frowned upon in stacks so go to YouTube and search if you want to watch the videos. Or you can watch them at this blog post:
https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=900154

Mother's Basement (Geoff Thew) 1.32M subs: "Beat the Summer heat (and smoke) with the best new anime of the season!" MB only mentions his top 10 recommendations but includes a "bargain bin" with what amount to runners-up. In this stack, if MB is not in the description, then the show did not make his list. Returning or continuing shows are not included in his review. If you want to see his tier list for all shows, look for the Basement Life video noted below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YwoExo6hi4

Glass Reflection (Tristan Gallant) 582K subs: GR provides his first reaction to all the new seasonal anime in terms of whether he will be watching them: "Toss" those he is not interested in; "Hold" pending further judgment; "Keep" the ones to watch. GR watches at least the first episode of each show. Returning or continuing shows are not included in his review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZiu3gHb-eA

Garnt 477K subs: "I Watched EVERY Anime in Summer 2023". Garnt's rating system: "Must watch" for shows he will be watching for sure; "three episodes" for shows that catch his eye but don't yet rate a full season commitment; "one episode" for shows he will give a chance; "skip" for those shows he is not planning to watch. Garnt passes judgment based on the show description and trailer. The review video is a 38 minute edit of a five hour (!) livestream. A few of the shows were cut from the edit, presumably because they were rated Skip without much fanfare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95z9B2pY4I

Gigguk 3.52M subs: "Summer Anime 2023 in a Nutshell". Garnt and Gigguk are the same person - I don't know the channels well enough to tell the difference. This video is a rundown of shows this season with often snarky commentary, but unlike the others supporting this stack, there is no systematic evaluation. I do enjoy the snark so I'll try to capture some of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrZW6JVWvA

AH Brandon Reviews 59.4K subs: "What Will Brandon Watch Summer of Anime 2023". Brandon makes YouTube videos for shows that he enjoys watching and that pique the interest of his community. He will drop shows that either don't meet expectations or don't generate interest from his community. Brandon's subscriber count is modest compared to the others here, but his tastes and sensibilities are similar to my own so his review is included here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlZW-38sxiI

414Anime 151K subs: "DO NOT MISS These Summer 2023 Anime". 414Anime mostly makes listicle-type videos. Given his subscriber count, I guess people like these lists. His review doesn't include popular returning anime like Jujustu Kaisen. I will simply list 414Anime under the show if they make his list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4rpLf1PPk

Animeology 182K subs: "Top 10 Best New Anime For Summer 2023". Animeology also mostly makes listicle-type videos. This review contains 10 shows in rank order: 1 > 10. For each show, I'll just note the rank order (not too sure how a Summer 2023 top 10 list exists without Bleach).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZAtaM2HU4

Basement Life (also Geoff Thew) 39.3K subs: "I Ranked EVERY Anime of Summer 2023". This is a side-channel for Mother's Basement. The MB review listed the top 10 in no particular order. This review is a tier list for *all* anime this season. In my opinion, this is a pretty good assessment across the board, but beware, this is a 56 min video. Tiers: Banger > Good > Ok > Mid > Bad > Trash. Thew uses "Trash" to mean a show could be real trash, but also could be "good trash" in that people with specific tastes might enjoy it. A nicely animated harem anime might qualify as "good trash". For each show, I'll simply note the tier level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teAfAC7U84s

I will interject in a few cases but for the most part, the focus is on the recommendations from the YouTube commentators.

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Just eyeballing the consensus amongst the critics, these are the shows to watch, in alpha order.

Three returning heavy hitters:
* Bleach
* Jujutsu Kaisen
* Mushoku Tensei

Plus five new shows:
* Dark Gathering
* Reborn as a Vending Machine
* Reign of the Seven Spellblades
* Undead Murder Farce
* Zom 100

=-=-=- Mid-season Update -=-=-=

I'll add to this stack as more mid-season and post-season reviews roll in.

Otaku Spirit 14.4K subs: "Does Japan Love Your Favorite Anime? Summer 2023 Anime Ranking!" Contrasting anime popularity in Japan and the West using popular ranking systems and sites such as MAL and Anilist. I added the mid-season rankings for the top 10 on MAL and Anilist to the appropriate shows. I skipped the long-running and carry-over shows on the MAL "Top Airing" list (why is Eminence in Shadow still on the Top Airing list?). The other lists OS cites are: Anikore (Anilist equivalent), Akiba Souken, NicoNico Video (Japanese YouTube equivalent), and Dimora (weekly TV rankings). I don't read Japanese so I am going strictly and only by what OS says about these sites. He doesn't cover every ranking so if he doesn't talk about it, it is "n/a". A show that doesn't have a ranking was not mentioned at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0eFWSpLRUw&t=201s

ViniiTube 1.06M subs: "Top 10 Best New Anime of Summer 2023". This is a mid-season Top 10 list of the best non-sequel shows. ViniiTube mostly produces listicle-type videos. The anime are described in order from 10 to 1, 1 being best. I've noted the placement in the appropriate description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbFBAfVx1s

Echidnut 241K subs: "Ranking the Best Anime in Summer & Spring 2023 (Tier List)". Tier list using TierMaker. Standard tiers: God > S > A > B > C > D. I only noted tiers for the Summer shows.

=-=-=- Post-season Update -=-=-=

Otaku Spirit 17.1K subs: "Best Anime of the Summer 2023 Season!". Top 10. "... unfortunately this season where we've seen a really big gap between the good and the bad."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJp0ZqHwm0

Clockwork Dandy Noodles 719 subs: "Top 3 Summer Anime 2023! Summer Anime Awards!". More than three awards but I only noted the Top 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchk3BbYXRA