Racket Boys

Shoyo Hinata is short, athletic, and obsessed with volleyball. Tobio Kageyama is a genius setter whose perfectionism drove away every teammate he's ever had. Th…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: perseverance and teamwork. Same funny and inspiring 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 Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

A spy who needs a fake family for a mission. An assassin who needs a husband. A telepath child who needs parents. None of them know the others' secrets. All of …

If you loved Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Spy x Family delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Hitori Gotoh (self-named 'Bocchi') is a guitar prodigy with crippling social anxiety. She taught herself to shred in her bedroom closet, dreaming of forming a b…

If you loved Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Bocchi the Rock! delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Shouko Komi is transcendently beautiful, quietly brilliant, and practically deified at her new high school. She's also completely unable to communicate — not fr…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: belonging and growing up. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.