Shows Like Fruits Basket

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 overlooked; she's actu…

If you loved Fruits Basket's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Toradora! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.

The Do family has supernatural powers — or they used to. Grandma can see the future, the eldest son can time travel in his dreams, and various other relatives have abilities that a…

Like Fruits Basket, The Atypical Family is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.

Kyoko Hori is popular, cheerful, and responsible at school — but at home she's a domestic powerhouse raising her little brother while her parents work. Izumi Miyamura is quiet and …

If you loved Fruits Basket's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Horimiya delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. Same warm and heartwarming energy throughout.

Lin Zhixiao is a calm, competent music teacher whose life is quietly derailed when her father is diagnosed with a serious illness. Gu Wei is a doctor — brilliant, seemingly cold, a…

Like Fruits Basket, Oath of Love is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.

Five very different young women share a college house called Belle Epoque — each carrying a secret that explains why she is the way she is. A quiet, brilliant ensemble drama about …

If you loved Fruits Basket's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Age of Youth (Hello, My Twenties!) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about trauma that shapes characters' every choice without reducing them to their wounds. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.

When they were children, six friends were inseparable. Then Meiko 'Menma' Honma died in an accident, and the group fell apart — each carrying their grief differently, most carrying…

Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm and emotional 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 as the only thing ke…

Like Fruits Basket, Blossom is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm and heartwarming 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 family's cake shop. Their…

If you loved Fruits Basket's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — acceptance and self worth — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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. Sousuke Shima is effortl…

If you loved Fruits Basket's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. Same warm and heartwarming energy throughout.

Yoon Gyeo-re has lived in institutions since childhood and knows no version of the world that is reliably warm. Forced into community service at a hospice, he meets a palliative ca…

If you loved Fruits Basket's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, If You Wish Upon Me delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same warm and emotional energy throughout.