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  1. When the intimidating Rintaro meets the open-minded Kaoruko, the unlikely duo grows closer. The issue? Their neighboring high schools hate each other.

    The sides of The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

    • A tall boy everyone finds scary
    • A girl from the rich school next door
    • Two high schools that hate each other

    Good for you if

    • you like a slow, gentle romance between Rintaro and Kaoruko.
    • you want a kind, warm show where people are good to each other.
    • you like sincere moments about looking past appearances, as Kaoruko sees beyond Rintaro's scary face.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need suspense and high stakes to keep watching.

    About: prejudice · kindness · first love

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  2. Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

    The sides of Whisper of the Heart

    • A girl who reads every library book
    • A boy learning to make violins
    • A cat riding a train

    Good for you if

    • you want a quiet summer in the Tokyo suburbs.
    • you like a first love that starts with a name on library cards.
    • you like a girl figuring out if she can really write.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need action to stay hooked. Here a girl writes a story and a boy builds violins.

    About: first love · ambition · growing up

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  3. The moment Miou Aida first met Haruki Serizawa at the Sakuragaoka High School Entrance Ceremony they both felt an unexplainable connection. Despite their completely different personalities, they found themselves walking home together after school every day. As they spend more time together, their feelings for each other grow stronger.

    The sides of Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart.

    • Two first year students walking home together
    • A first love neither of them names
    • High school days that run out

    Good for you if

    • you like a slow, shy love story where every small step counts.
    • you like the feeling of a first crush in high school.
    • you want a gentle story with no fights at all.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need something to happen beyond two teenagers talking.

    About: first love · shyness · growing up

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  4. Takagi and Nishikata’s final summer in junior high is about to begin, and it’s already off to a heartwarming start! When the pair find an abandoned kitten, they decide to work together and take care of Hana, their adorable new companion until they can locate its missing mother.

    The sides of Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie

    • Two classmates in their last junior high summer
    • A stray kitten named Hana
    • Teasing games in a seaside town

    Good for you if

    • you want a gentle summer in a small seaside town.
    • you like a slow crush between Takagi and Nishikata.
    • you like Takagi teasing Nishikata at every turn.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need something at stake to stay with a film.

    About: first love · summer · growing up

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  5. Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

    The sides of 5 Centimeters per Second

    • A train delayed by snow on the way to a first love
    • A surfer girl in love with a boy who looks elsewhere
    • An adult life in a cold city

    Good for you if

    • you want falling cherry blossoms and snow drawn in detail.
    • you like an hour of trains, letters and silences.
    • you can take a love story about distance and time pulling people apart.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a happy ending. This one is about letting go.

    About: distance · first love · growing apart

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  6. At the end of her first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Kou Tanaka. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him. After meeting each other again, Futaba realizes that he has gone through many changes. He acts more cool and even had his last name changed to Mabuchi. Gradually the two rekindle their love while piecing together what had happened in the time that they were apart.

    The sides of Blue Spring Ride

    • A high school girl meeting her first love again
    • A boy changed by three years apart
    • Classmates becoming friends

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love that comes back years later.
    • you like Futaba starting over as herself in high school.
    • you like Futaba finding friends she doesn't have to pretend for.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you'd rather not watch a boy still raw from a death in his family.

    About: first love · grief · growing up · friendship

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  7. Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.

    The sides of From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

    • A shy girl nicknamed Sadako
    • Kazehaya, the popular boy in class
    • First friends at a Hokkaido high school

    Good for you if

    • you like a slow, gentle first love between Sawako and Kazehaya.
    • you want a warm school story with no real danger.
    • you like watching a lonely girl make her first friends.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a romance that moves faster.

    About: shyness · first love · friendship

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  8. Skip and Loafer 2023

    Anime

    Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her adapt in the real world.

    The sides of Skip and Loafer

    • A country girl starting high school in Tokyo
    • An easygoing classmate
    • New friends who don't fit in either

    Good for you if

    • you want a warm show where kindness wins.
    • you like Mitsumi slowly making friends in the big city.
    • you like the small firsts of a new school year.

    Bad for you if

    • you need something to happen besides school life.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: belonging · kindness · growing up

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  9. Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their friends know. With graduation closing in and Mochizo leaving for Tokyo, will Tamako realise her feelings and tell him in time?

    The sides of Tamako Love Story

    • A girl from a rice-cake shop
    • A childhood friend leaving for Tokyo
    • A baton club in its last year of school

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love between two childhood friends.
    • you like the last months of high school before everyone leaves.
    • you want a warm, gentle story in a small shopping street.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need more happening than a girl working out her feelings.

    About: first love · growing up · family

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  10. Blue Box 2024

    Anime

    Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!

    The sides of Blue Box

    • A badminton player in love with an older girl
    • A basketball star aiming for nationals
    • Two students under the same roof

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love that grows quietly.
    • you like early morning practice in the school gym.
    • you like teenagers chasing a dream and a crush at once.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a romance that moves faster than shy glances.

    About: first love · ambition · youth

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  11. Love is blooming at Sakuragaoka High School. Natsuki Enomoto has finally mustered the courage to confess to her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi. However, in the final moments of her confession, an embarrassed Natsuki passes it off as a "practice confession." Oblivious to her true feelings and struggling with his own, Yuu promises to support Natsuki in her quest for love. While Natsuki deals with her failed confession, fellow classmate Koyuki Ayase struggles with his own feelings for Natsuki. Despite his timidness, he is determined to win over her heart. This movie follows Natsuki as she dreams of one day ending her practices and genuinely confessing to Yuu. Meanwhile, close friends also find themselves entangled in their own webs of unrequited love and unspoken affections.

    The sides of I've Always Liked You

    • A love confession passed off as practice
    • A childhood friend who doesn't get it
    • High school friends in love with the wrong person

    Good for you if

    • you like Natsuki trying again and again to tell Yuu the truth.
    • you like the awkward first loves of a high school year.
    • you want a story told in about an hour.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need more at stake than a confession.

    About: first love · courage · friendship

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  12. Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

    The sides of From Up on Poppy Hill

    • Yokohama in 1963, before the Olympics
    • Students saving their old clubhouse
    • A first love shadowed by a family secret

    Good for you if

    • you like breakfast for the whole boarding house and flags raised every morning.
    • you like 1960s Japan rebuilding itself, with trams, harbors and old school buildings.
    • you like a shy first love between two high school students.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need action. The big fight here is students saving their old clubhouse.

    About: first love · the past · tradition

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  13. Real Girl 2018

    Anime

    Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.

    The sides of Real Girl

    • A gamer otaku with few friends
    • A confident girl who asks him out
    • A first relationship at high school

    Good for you if

    • you like an awkward, sincere first love between two opposites.
    • you like a shy boy learning that real people are worth the risk.
    • you like Iroha slowly showing what hides behind her reputation.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.

    About: first love · self-esteem · reputation

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  14. After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

    The sides of Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

    • A shy boy who writes haiku
    • A girl hiding her teeth behind a mask
    • An old man looking for a lost record

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love told in haiku.
    • you want a gentle summer film in bright pop colours.
    • you like two teenagers learning to show who they are.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you need suspense to stay with a story.

    About: shyness · first love · self-image

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  15. When bashful Miyano meets brash Sasaki, it feels like a teen romance manga come to life — but for these boys, real-world love is messier than fiction.

    The sides of Sasaki and Miyano

    • Two high school boys falling in love
    • A shy fan of boys' love manga
    • An older student who borrows his manga

    Good for you if

    • you like a slow, tender love story between two boys.
    • you want something gentle and warm with no real villain.
    • you like a teenager slowly working out who he likes.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a plot where things happen fast.

    About: first love · self-acceptance · shyness

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  16. Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.

    The sides of Dou kyu sei – Classmates

    • A top student and a guitarist in a band
    • Singing lessons after school
    • A first love between two boys

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love between two classmates.
    • you like two boys getting closer while practising for the school chorus.
    • you want a gentle hour with nothing cruel in it.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need more happening than two boys falling in love.

    About: first love · growing up · music

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  17. Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her upperclassman Koyuki Ayase, Hina’s heart is captured by his warm smile. Initially confused by these newfound feelings, Hina soon realizes that she has fallen in love for the very first time. Chasing after her brother Yuu and her crush Koyuki, Hina also enrolls in Sakuragaoka High School; but the threads of love are far-reaching, and they entangle Hina and her friends. Boisterous but sensitive, Hina hopes to confess her feelings to the tender-hearted Koyuki. Meanwhile, Kotarou, oblivious to his own feelings for her, is determined to always keep Hina smiling. This movie follows Hina, Kotarou, and Koyuki in high school. Their youthful love forges new relationships, but also threatens to break others.

    The sides of The Moment You Fall in Love

    • A girl in love for the first time
    • A childhood friend who doesn't see his own feelings
    • A confession waiting to happen in high school

    Good for you if

    • you like a shy first love between Hina and a kind upperclassman.
    • you like the first year of high school and the first big crush.
    • you want an hour of soft, gentle school romance.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Japanese.

    About: first love · confession · friendship

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  18. Suzuki's a high school girl in love, but the guy she's fallen for is nothing like her! While she's cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn't seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don't attract?

    The sides of You and I Are Polar Opposites

    • A cheerful girl with a crush
    • A quiet, stoic classmate
    • High school friends around them

    Good for you if

    • you like a sweet high school crush between two opposites.
    • you enjoy Suzuki overthinking every move around Tani.
    • you want a light, kind romance with low stakes.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you want a love story that leaves you in tears.

    About: first love · fitting in · being yourself

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  19. Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

    The sides of The Garden of Words

    • A teenage boy sketching shoes in a park
    • An older woman drinking beer at dawn
    • Meetings only on rainy mornings

    Good for you if

    • you want rain on leaves drawn drop by drop.
    • you like a story told in quiet mornings under a shelter.
    • you like a bond between two lonely people that has no name.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you want a full evening's film. This one lasts forty-six minutes.

    About: loneliness · age difference · rain

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  20. Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favour, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes…

    The sides of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

    • A loner student living on his own
    • The school's most admired girl living next door
    • Home-cooked dinners after a rainy day

    Good for you if

    • you want a warm show about shared dinners and small kindnesses.
    • you like a gentle love story between Amane and Mahiru.
    • you want a story with no violence at all.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need momentum, and this love story moves very slowly.

    About: loneliness · care · first love

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