As the title of this article suggests, I’d like to quickly recommend some romance anime for you to watch. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day or you need a dose of seratonin, these shows are perfect to watch when you’re in the mood for some cavity-inducing cuteness or tear-jerking tragedy. And no, there is no in between.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War
At Shuchiin Academy, the student council president, Miyuki Shirogane, and the vice president, Kaguya Shinomiya, are in love. But the two prideful students refuse to admit their feelings to each other! Thus, they are now at war. A war that’s full of various shenanigans and schemes set up to force the other to confess first.
Horimiya
This is a simple love story. Kyoko Hori is a smart and popular high school student, and Izumi Miyamura is a withdrawn introvert. These are both facades that they put on at school to hide their true personalities. But when the two of them end up interacting outside of school and discover their real identities, they form a beautiful friendship, eventually becoming a couple. (I don’t consider this a spoiler. The title of the show is literally a ship name, combining their last names. I think we all know how this will go.)
My Happy Marriage (Netflix)
In this Cinderella-reminiscent tale, some people have supernatural abilities. Miyo Saimori, a woman born with no abilities, is consequently abused by her family and forced to act as their servant. At the show’s start, she is betrothed to Kyoko Kudo, a military commander who has a reputation of being apathetic and heartless. As these two get to know each other, it becomes apparent that society might have mislabeled them both.
Honorable Mentions
Some more anime that I highly recommend for no other reason than, “It’s good, it’s cute, go watch it.”
- Fruits Basket
- Snow White with the Red Hair
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
- Kamisama Kiss
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
- From Me to You
- My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv. 999
- Orange
- Given
- Blue Spring Ride