2019
11 eps
Lerche / Crunchyroll
Romance Music Drama
Ritsuka Uenoyama is a guitarist in a band who has lost his enthusiasm for music. He finds Mafuyu Sato sitting alone in the stairwell, holding a broken guitar th…
If you loved Your Lie in April's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Given delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same beautiful and bittersweet energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Slice Of Life
Sa Hye-jun is a model grinding to become an actor while his wealthy family expects him to give up. Ahn Jeong-ha is a makeup artist who pours everything into her…
If you loved Your Lie in April's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Record of Youth delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2018
13 eps
Kyoto Animation / Netflix
Drama Romance Fantasy
Violet Evergarden was raised as a weapon — a child soldier with no knowledge of herself outside of orders and combat. When the war ends, she survives with mecha…
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same beautiful and devastating energy throughout.
2019
63 eps
TMS Entertainment / Crunchyroll
Romance Drama Comedy
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 Your Lie in April's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Fruits Basket delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same devastating and bittersweet energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
A cellist escapes a painful life in Seoul and returns to her rural hometown, where a quiet bookstore owner draws her slowly back toward life, warmth, and forgot…
If you loved Your Lie in April's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, When the Weather Is Fine delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same beautiful energy throughout.