Anime Like More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

20 anime similar to More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers. based on genre, format, studio, and popularity

Anime Like More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

Looking for anime similar to More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.? Here are 10 anime recommendations that share similar themes, genres, or storytelling styles.

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We selected these anime based on shared genres (Comedy, Drama, Ecchi), similar narrative structures, comparable art styles, and positive fan overlap. If you enjoyed More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers., these series should appeal to your taste.

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Rent-a-Girlfriend

12 eps⭐ 6.62020Score: 43.5

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2020)

ComedyDramaRomance

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. "Ugh... Damn it. I never want to go through that again." Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears, "You're Kazuya-kun, right?" A beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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My Dress-Up Darling

12 eps⭐ 8.02022Score: 42.0

3 shared genres: Comedy, Ecchi, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2022)

ComedyEcchiRomanceSlice of Life

High schooler Wakana Gojou cares about one thing: making Hina dolls. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends—or even holding conversation. But after the school’s most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they’ll make her cosplay dreams come true! (Source: Funimation)

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The Quintessential Quintuplets

12 eps⭐ 7.62019Score: 38.0

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2019)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

Uesugi Fuutarou, a high school second-year from a poor family, receives a highly appealing offer to work part-time as a tutor... but his students turn out to be girls from his own class! What's more, they're quintuplets... and all five are beautiful, but happen to be problem students who have borderline grades and hate studying! Looks like his first assignment will be to win all the sisters' trust?! Every day is a wild party in this rom-com centering around the quintuplet sisters of the Nakano household! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Horimiya

13 eps⭐ 8.12021Score: 36.1

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ComedyRomanceSlice of Life

A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new? (Source: Funimation)

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Maid-Sama!

26 eps⭐ 7.82010Score: 35.3

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)

ComedyDramaRomance

Being the first female student council president isn't easy, especially when your school just transitioned from an all boys high school to a co-ed one. Aptly nicknamed "Demon President" by the boys for her strict disciplinary style, Misaki Ayuzawa is not afraid to use her mastery of Aikido techniques to cast judgment onto the hordes of misbehaving boys and defend the girls at Seika High School. Yet even the perfect Ayuzawa has an embarrassing secret—she works part-time as a maid at a maid café to help her struggling family pay the bills. She has managed to keep her job hidden from her fellow students and maintained her flawless image as a stellar student until one day, Takumi Usui, the most popular boy in school, walks into the maid café. He could destroy her reputation with her secret... or he could twist the student council president around his little finger and use her secret as an opportunity to get closer to her. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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Fruits Basket (2019)

25 eps⭐ 8.22019Score: 35.0

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2019)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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DAN DA DAN

12 eps⭐ 8.32024Score: 34.4

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2024)

ActionComedyDramaRomance

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist. To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!? The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts! (Source: Crunchyroll) Notes: - Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024. - Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

13 eps⭐ 8.12018Score: 34.4

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2018)

ComedyDramaMysteryPsychological

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Komi Can’t Communicate

12 eps⭐ 7.62021Score: 34.0

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ComedyRomanceSlice of Life

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends! (Source: VIZ Media)

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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!

13 eps⭐ 8.12015Score: 33.6

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

The second season of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku picks up immediately after the events of the first season, continuing the adventures of the Volunteer Service Club—the dispassionate Hachiman Hikigaya, the cheerful Yui Yuigahama, and the competitive Yukino Yukinoshita—as it dedicates itself to helping any student with issues that they may face. With the rift among his own group widening, Hachiman begins to realize that his knack for quickly getting to the root of other people's troubles is a double-edged sword: sometimes the best solution is not necessarily the most appropriate one. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO

12 eps⭐ 6.92021Score: 33.6

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ComedyRomanceSlice of Life

"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is "Nagatoro!" She's annoying yet adorable. It's painful, but you still want to be by her side. This is a story about an extremely sadistic and temperamental girl and you'll feel something awaken inside of you. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Tokyo Revengers

24 eps⭐ 7.72021Score: 33.3

2 shared genres: Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ActionDramaRomanceSupernatural

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that's reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had in his life that he dated in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he's standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he's about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he's back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life by saving his girlfriend and changing himself that he'd been running away from. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

11 eps⭐ 8.22021Score: 33.2

2 shared genres: Drama, EcchiSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

AdventureDramaEcchiFantasy

When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a bus, his story doesn’t end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudeus will seize every opportunity to live the life he’s always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he’s always dreamed of, he’s embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact! (Source: Funimation, edited) Note: The anime pre-screened its 1st and 2nd episode starting on the 27th of December on the Nico Nico Live Broadcasting and D Anime Store services

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Toradora!

25 eps⭐ 7.82008Score: 33.2

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student, who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger." One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryuuji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yuusaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryuuji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend! Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.

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HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

13 eps⭐ 8.32020Score: 32.8

2 shared genres: Comedy, DramaSame format (TV)Similar era (2020)

ComedyDramaSports

The fourth season of Haikyuu!!The Karasuno High School Volleyball Club finally won their way into the nationals after an intense battle for the Miyagi Prefecture Spring Tournament qualifiers. As they were preparing for the nationals, Kageyama is invited to go to All-Japan Youth Training Camp. At the same time, Tsukishima is invited to go to a special rookie select training camp for first-years in Miyagi Prefecture. Hinata feels panic that he’s being left behind as one of the first-years and then decides to show up at the Miyagi Prefecture rookie select training camp anyway... (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

13 eps⭐ 8.92022Score: 32.8

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2022)

ComedyPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life

The elite members of Shuchiin Academy's student council continue their competitive day-to-day antics. Council president Miyuki Shirogane clashes daily against vice-president Kaguya Shinomiya, each fighting tooth and nail to trick the other into confessing their romantic love. Kaguya struggles within the strict confines of her wealthy, uptight family, rebelling against her cold default demeanor as she warms to Shirogane and the rest of her friends. Meanwhile, council treasurer Yuu Ishigami suffers under the weight of his hopeless crush on Tsubame Koyasu, a popular upperclassman who helps to instill a new confidence in him. Miko Iino, the newest student council member, grows closer to the rule-breaking Ishigami while striving to overcome her own authoritarian moral code. As love further blooms at Shuchiin Academy, the student council officers drag their outsider friends into increasingly comedic conflicts. (Source: MAL Rewrite) Note: The first episode had an advanced screening on April 2, in both New York & Los Angeles.

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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

13 eps⭐ 7.82013Score: 32.6

3 shared genres: Comedy, Drama, RomanceSame format (TV)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: "They're a bunch of liars." When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds: "Not working." A teacher gets Hachiman to join the 'Volunteer Service' club, which happens to have the school's prettiest girl: Yukinoshita Yukino. (Source: Anime News Network)

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HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP Part 2

12 eps⭐ 8.52020Score: 32.5

2 shared genres: Comedy, DramaSame format (TV)Similar era (2020)

ComedyDramaSports

The second half of Haikyuu!! 4th season kicks-off where the first part ended. Karasuno High won their first match of The Spring Nationals against Tsubakihara Academy. Karasuno High is excited to be back in the Spring Nationals after many years of not making it, so can they handle the pressure of playing against the best teams in Japan? Will they make it to the top?

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TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You

12 eps⭐ 7.72020Score: 32.3

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2020)

ComedyRomanceSlice of Life

The story follows a protagonist whose name is written with the characters for "Hoshizora" ("Starry Sky" in Japanese), but whose name is pronounced as "Nasa". On the day of his high school entrance exams, Nasa encounters a beautiful girl named Tsukasa. For Nasa, it feels like destiny is finally calling out to him that he will have a girlfriend, but things take a turn for the worse when Nasa is hit by a car and unable to attend his entrance exams. After Tsukasa helps the injured Nasa, he confesses his feelings to her, and she agrees to go out with him, but only if Nasa agrees to marry her first. A year later Nasa aces the entrance exams, but he decides to work a part time job and live by himself instead of going to school. After Nasa turns 18, Tsukasa re-appears, and their happy, romantic, and mysterious married life together begins. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Kaguya-sama: Love is War

12 eps⭐ 8.32019Score: 32.3

2 shared genres: Comedy, RomanceSame format (TV)Similar era (2019)

ComedyPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life

Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. And everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. Pride and arrogance are in ample supply, so the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters? (Source: Aniplex)

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