The two sons and five daughters of the Shiunji family all shine like brilliant gems in academics, athletics, and any area they decide to pursue. With talent and wealth behind them, they are a family ideal to live up to.
For eldest son Arata, he has always been at the mercy of the whims of his energetic sisters, but when his youngest sister turned fifteen, his father reveals that the Shinunji “siblings” aren’t actually siblings at all!
With the exception of two actual twins, they are all adopted and not blood related. After this earth-shattering discovery, suddenly Arata finds out that all his sisters see him as a romantically viable partner.
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Anime Like The Shiunji Family Children
For Fans of Romantically Viable Families

Quintessential Quintuplets
As his family is in some serious debt, Fuutaro Uesugi is a serious penny pincher. However, his great grades have landed him a higher than normal paying tutor job.
The problem is that his five wards, all sisters, are dumb as door nails and think he is a complete idiot.
However, to get his pay, he has to think of a way to get these five unique girls to study and learn.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Quintessential Quintuplets
- One man, many sisters, each apparently in love or falling in love with him.
- Harem rom-com, but also family themed
- Lightly ecchi
- Which sister will win? Is the intrigue that keeps you in
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Quintessential Quintuplets
- They are all actually sisters in The Quintessential Quintuplets, and the male main character is firmly not part of that family.
- The sisters all look similar in The Quintessential Quintuplets, which adds a layer of occasion “twinanigans” (twin shenanigans)
- If we are comparing how much skin gets shown, The Shiunji Family Children is the more provocative ecchi.

Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
After his mother’s death, Uryuu Kamihate decided that he would dedicate his life to becoming a doctor. Aging out of his orphanage, he finds lodging at a shrine where he intends to devote himself to studying for medical school exams.
However, the head priest has informed him that he was not invited there simply to live, but asks him to choose one of his three granddaughters working as shrine maidens to become his wife.
Shocked by the idea, Uryuu becomes increasingly involved in shrine matters as the three girls struggle to keep their shrine afloat amid financial trouble.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
- One man, many sisters, each falling in love with him
- Harem rom-com, but family themed
- Lightly ecchi
- They all live together
- Which sister will win? Is the intrigue that keeps you in
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
- They are actually sisters in Tying the Knot With An Amagami Sister and the male main character is firmly not part of the family.
- If we are comparing how much skin gets shown, The Shiunji Family Children is the more provocative ecchi.
- The male main character is a college student and more mature and secure in who he is in Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister

A Couple of Cuckoos
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.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and A Couple of Cuckoos
- The male main character discovers he’s not actually related to his family
- The male main character has a crush on a girl at school, but suddenly someone new from his strange family situation is interested in him
- Rom-com with love triangle elements
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and A Couple of Cuckoos
- A Couple of Cuckoos is a love triangle sort of affair rather than a harem
- No one in the romance is related in A Couple of Cuckoos, they were just switched at birth.

Eromanga-Sensei
When their parents married, Masamune Izumi was thrilled to have a new adorable little sister. However, after their parents died, his little sister Sagiri became a shut-in.
Now her only caretaker, Masamune supports them as a light novel author. However, one day he finds out that the mysterious illustrator Eromanga-sensei that draws the lewd covers for his light novel series is actually his reclusive sister.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Eromanga Sensei
- Family-themed romantic comedy
- Love triangle elements
- The main couple isn’t blood related, but they’re living like a family anyway under basically no parental supervision.
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Eromanga Sensei
- They are step siblings whose parents died in Eromanga Sensei
- The age and dependency of the stepsister in Eromanga Sensei is problematically young.
- Eromanga Sensei is not a harem affair. It also moves very slowly as a romance.

Domestic Girlfriend
Natsuo is in love with his teacher Hina. In order to try and forget his feelings, he goes to a mixer and meets a girl named Rui.
Oddly enough, she asks him to do her a favor – to have sex with her. He does so, but soon he is faced with a unique problem. His father has remarried and he now has two new stepsisters that he knows too well – Rui and Hina.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Domestic Girlfriend
- One man and a varying number of sisters to fight over him
- Love triangle elements between sisters
- They all live together
- Lightly provocative visuals and/or situations
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Domestic Girlfriend
- Domestic Girlfriend is distinctly a romantic drama rather than a romantic comedy like The Shiunji Family, since everyone involved is some sort of terrible person and/or makes bad decisions.
- They are step siblings in Domestic Girlfriend, and also having sex, which fuels the drama.
For Fans of Harems

Rent-a-Girlfriend
Recently dumped by his girlfriend, college student Kazuya Kinoshita tries to fill the void with an app that lets him rent a girlfriend. While Chizuru seems like the perfect girlfriend, reading the reviews online, he finds out it is an act.
He leaves her a bad review and this reveals her more sassy true self when she comes after him for it. Unfortunately, after his grandmother’s collapse, he introduces her as his girlfriend at the hospital, and thus they begin their fake relationship.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Rent a Girlfriend
- One guy, many interested girls, and him being indecisive about loving any of them in earnest.
- Harem rom-com with a non-traditional theme (renting girlfriends, family)
- Main character spending time with various girls and making romantic progress with none
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Rent a Girlfriend
- No one is related in Rent a Girlfriend
- The main character in Rent a Girlfriend is distinctly less likable as a person and has less redeeming qualities compared to Arata.
- Rent a Girlfriend may be a harem, but it is pretty clear who the “main girl” is.

The Terrace Cafe and Its Goddesses
After his grandmother passed away, Hayato returned to the seaside cafe she had ran since he was a child, intent to sell it. However, after leaving for university, he didn’t realized that his grandmother had let five young women live on the property and work at the cafe as well.
In their desperation to keep their home, they convince Hayato to keep and re-open the cafe. However, between running a business and dealing with five unruly women, he is in for a difficult time.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and The Terrace Cafe and Its Goddesses
- Harem rom-com
- They all live together
- The somewhat mature main character helps various girls with their problems, and they love him for it
- Lightly ecchi
- Keeps the “main girl” fairly vague
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and The Terrace Cafe and Its Goddesses
- The Terrace Cafe and Its Goddesses features college-aged characters
- No one is related in The Terrace Cafe and Its Goddesses, they are just living at a boarding house/cafe

Love Flops
One normal day, high school student Asahi Kashiwagi wakes up and watches a fortune teller’s predictions on TV. On his way to school, as according to the predictions, he has a variety of accidentally lewd encounters with five different people.
After these five clandestine meetings, he discovers that all five of them are new members of his class. What’s more, their encounters have all sparked the embers of love between him and each one of them.
Now he needs to follow his own heart else his love life flop and fizzle out.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Love Flops
- Harem rom-com
- The male main character’s parent suddenly makes a startling announcement that changes his whole life
- They all live together
- Lightly ecchi
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Love Flops
- Love Flops is about marriage candidates moving in with the main character, so no one is related
- Love Flops is occasionally the more degenerately horny series

Temple – No One Can Live on Loneliness
After his father abandoned him to chase his lustful urges all around the world, Akemitsu Akegami is determined to control his overwhelming urges so as to not be a creep.
However, after a chance encounter with a mysterious girl leaves him filled with impure thoughts, he decides to become a Buddhist monk in order to tame his worldly desires.
Unfortunately for him, the temple he decides to become a monk at has since become a nunnery full of women. What’s more, the woman he had that chance encounter with is there training to become the head priestess in order to save the temple from shutting down.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Temple
- Harem rom-com
- They all live together
- Lightly ecchi
- Sisters are involved in the harem
- Keeps who the “main girl” is fairly vague
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Temple
- Temple is not solely about sisters, but they are a main part of it
- Temple is the far hornier series and the far more outrageous comedy at times.
- The main character in Temple is more of a confident idiot, and that is used for comedy.

Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
After their home burns down and he is abandoned by his father, Koushi Nagumo wanders homeless until he collapses on the street. He is found by a woman named Mineru and taken to a female dormitory.
Koushi discovers that Mineru is the temporary manager there, and she invites him to be the permanent dorm mother to the problematic female residents.
Similarities Between The Shiunji Family Children and Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
- Harem rom-com
- They all live together
- Lightly ecchi
Differences Between The Shiunji Family Children and Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
- Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory has very clear main girl.
- The male main character in Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory is much younger than the college-aged girls he lives with, problematically so.
- Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory is the far hornier series.
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