Anime Like I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class

Saito Houjou gets along easily with just about everyone in his class—except for Akane Sakuramori. With her temperamental attitude and their contrasting personalities, the two have been locked in endless animosity for as long as they have known each other.

They are surprised when they learn that their grandparents not only know each other, but have arranged a meeting between them. They are further shocked when their grandparents announce that they two of them should get married.

Not wanting to go against their grandparents wishes, Saito and Akane move in together. Now under the same roof with the prospect of marriage looming over their heads, can they turn contention into love?

Jirou Yakuin, third-year high school student and otaku, has had a crush on his childhood friend, Shiori. He hopes to be paired with her for their school’s upcoming marriage practical – an exam where two people are paired to live together in order to practice married life as they are observed and scored.

For popular Akari Watanabe, she hopes to be paired with the handsome Minami. Much to each other’s dismay, Jirou and Akari and paired together while Minami and Shiori are paired together.

Luckily, if both couples rank in the top, they can change partners, thus do Akari and Jirou venture to pretend to have a perfect married life.

Ten years ago, Raku Ichijou made a promise with a childhood friend to meet again and use the key she holds to open the locket he wears around his neck then be together forever. In the present day, this heir apparent to an intimidating yakuza family continues to wait for his friend’s return while trying to be as uninvolved in family matters as possible.

However, when a rival gang invades his family’s turf, the family leaders decide Raku should start a romantic relationship with the other chief’s daughter, Chitoge.

While they pretend to be dating to maintain the peace, Raku is almost positive his classmate Kosaki Onodera is the girl he made his promise with.

Nagi Umino, a diligent student, and Erika Amano, a social media star, seemingly have nothing in common until they discovered that they were actually switched at birth.

With this suddenly revealed to them, both families agree that in order to not uproot their life, the two of them should get engaged. The pair quickly reject this plan, but neither is really willing to back down either.

In order to encourage successful marriages and to combat the low birthrate, the Japanese government now assigns marriage partners at the age of 16. Unwilling to face the severe repercussions that come with denial, Yukari Nejima goes along with it, despite confessing to his long-time crush.

However, is his reciprocated love doomed to be crushed when he gets his marriage notice?

As a child, Masamune Makabe confessed his love to the wealthy and beautiful Aki Adagaki. However, she brutally rejected him and nicknamed him “Piggy” due to his chubby appearance.

Fleeing to his grandfather’s home in the country, Masamune toiled endlessly to become fit. Once he became skinny and handsome, he returns to his old neighborhood in order to wreak vengeance on the girl that wronged him.

With the help of Aki’s maid, Masamune sets out to make her fall in love with him so that he can be the one to break her heart.

Wataru Sajo has been deeply in love with his classmate Aika Natsukawa for years. He persistently pursued her with the hopes of mutual love until one day he realized that they just weren’t a good fit. Finally, her rejections stuck.

After suddenly calling it quits on her after so long, Aika begins to wonder if he started to hate her. So begins the difficult romance between two people that think their love is unrequited.

Seirei Academy is renowned for on accepting the most prestigious students, and the student council members sit at the pinnacle of this elite group.

Alisa Mikhailovna “Alya” Kujou, the half-Russian and half-Japanese treasurer of the school’s student council, is idolized in the school for her intelligence and good looks, but isolated for her rigid, cold personality. This is in stark contrast to Masachika Kuze, her unmotivated and easy-going classmate.

While Alya was initially irritated with his laid-back attitude, she has become increasingly intrigued by Kuze and occasionally lets her true feelings seep out in Russian.

What Alya doesn’t know is that Kuze has been secretly studying Russian in hopes to reunite with a childhood friend who moved away, and understands the too-nice things she has been saying about him.

Akutsu Masatora is a demon that has infiltrated a human high school. He is looking to recruit candidates to aid Hell in their fight against the angels of Heaven.

When he is assigned a seat next to Lily Amane, Akutsu falls in love at first sight with the cute girl who also recently transferred in. However, when Akutsu tries to recruit her, she introduces herself as an angel and enslaves him to be her minion.

While now seemingly under her command, both Akutsu and Lily are conflicted by their new growing feelings for each other.