Horimiya

Ryuuji Takasu has a terrifying face that makes everyone think he's a delinquent; he's actually the gentlest person in school. Taiga Aisaka is tiny and easily ov…

Like Horimiya, Toradora! is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.

Mitsumi Iwakura moves from rural Ishikawa to Tokyo for high school, armed with a five-year plan, an overachiever's work ethic, and almost no social skills. Sous…

If you loved Horimiya's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same sweet and warm energy throughout.

Rintaro Tsumugi, a Chidori High student with a fierce face and a gentle heart, meets Kaoruko Waguri from the neighboring elite Kikyo Girls' Academy at his famil…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

Tohru Honda is relentlessly optimistic despite having lost her mother and living in a tent in the woods. She accidentally moves in with the Sohma family and dis…

If you loved Horimiya's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Fruits Basket delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — love and acceptance — is the same. Same warm and heartwarming energy throughout.

A landscape architect who designs public gardens has never let herself grow anything private. A man who runs a struggling nursery with his grandmother's garden …

Both navigate the same emotional territory: love. Same sweet and warm energy throughout.