We all enjoy the way love can make our heart race and romance anime recommendations can give us just that. It is a feeling that many simply want to chase, but love isn’t always wholesome. In these romance anime recommendations, they show you love in all forms – the good, the bad, and sometimes, the ugly.
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 […]
Takuma Shinozaki is a young office worker. He finds small moments of enjoyment at his job thanks to his more senior team member, Shiori Katase. Katase is tiny, cute, and endlessly kind to him. He frequently finds that she is coddling him at work and after a hard day. He hopes she is not just
What better to offer in the honey trap of wish fulfillment and escapism than an isekai story about a character sent to another world where they fall in love? Everyone wants to be loved, and some even want to fall in love in a non-criminal, non-harem sort of monogamous situation. Romance isekai actually aren’t as
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Hey, not everyone can be six-foot kings, and anyone who has a height restriction isn’t really worth spending any time with. While anime lives in the realms of fantasy, there are times when it, despite the fictional story, can show you a positive dose of real human connection. Sometimes girls like short guys for who
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A good number of romance anime use fairy tale motifs to quickly establish characters – a dashing prince, a beautiful princess, an evil queen. Sometimes they even use these character archetypes for interesting subversions. However, a much smaller sub-set of romance anime enjoy using actually fairy tale stories in their plots. From cheeky character names
After hundreds of years of war between the kingdom of beasts and the neighboring human kingdom, a peace treaty was signed. The conditions of this treaty say that humans must offer a sacrifice to be devoured by the King of Beasts every year on a particular night. Sariphi is the latest sacrifice to be sent,
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After having her luxurious life shattered by the betrayal of her cousin, Princess Yona is forced to escape with her childhood friend and bodyguard, Son Hak. However, leaving her palace forces her to see the poverty and strife that really makes up her beloved kingdom. Now she must journey to not only regain her rightful
With his tall stature, bulky muscles, and mean face, Takeo Gouda is not exactly a hit with the ladies. Men and women alike find him terrifying, but he still tries to do the right thing. One day he saves a cute girl from a molester on the train. When she reaches out to him again,
Tousuke Rokudo is a first year in Aomori High, a school that is full of delinquents. While he has two good friends, he is frequently bullied by the thugs that run rampant at school. After Rokudo receives a package from his grandfather with a scroll that is said to be able to protect him from
With a cute face, good grades, and a flawless friendly facade, Hime Shiraki hopes to land herself a rich husband by being the picture of perfection. However, after she takes a tumble down some stairs, she lands on Mai Mikoshiba, injuring the girl’s arm. It turns out that Mai is the manager of a cafe,
