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 mechanical arms and a sin…
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same devastating and beautiful energy throughout.
2023
28 eps
Nippon TV / Crunchyroll
Fantasy Adventure Drama
The demon king is dead. The hero's party won. The story is over — except for Frieren, an elf mage who lived a thousand years before the quest and will live a thousand more after. S…
Like To Your Eternity, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same beautiful and bittersweet energy throughout.
2021
23 eps
Fuji TV / Crunchyroll
Fantasy Adventure Drama
Prince Bojji is deaf, tiny, and considered the weakest prince in a world that ranks kingdoms by military strength. When he befriends Kage, a shadow creature and the sole survivor o…
If you loved To Your Eternity's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Ranking of Kings 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 devastating and beautiful energy throughout.
2009
64 eps
TBS / Crunchyroll
Action Adventure Fantasy
Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. Now they search for t…
If you loved To Your Eternity's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2018
63 eps
Dragon TV / Youku
Fantasy Romance Historical
Jin Mi was born without the ability to feel love — a seal placed by her mother to protect her from a fate that requires heartbreak. She grows up sheltered, curious, and accidentall…
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. Same devastating and beautiful energy throughout.
2022
8 eps
Apple TV+
Historical Drama Family
Four generations of a Korean family navigate survival, sacrifice, and identity across Japanese colonial Korea, post-war Japan, and modern-day America — a sweeping saga built on one…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same devastating and beautiful energy throughout.
2024
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Comedy
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…
If you loved To Your Eternity's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, The Atypical Family delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
2020
48 eps
Dragon TV / Youku
Drama Historical Romance
In 1930s Shanghai, Shang Xirui is a Kunqu opera performer of extraordinary talent — a man who has devoted his life to preserving a classical art form that is slowly dying. Cheng Fe…
Like To Your Eternity, it leans hard into sacrifice. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same beautiful and bittersweet energy throughout.
2023
40 eps
Youku
Romance Fantasy Historical
Chu Kong is a celestial official condemned to live and die seven times in the mortal world as punishment for breaking divine law. In each life he meets Yu Huang — a woman he is mea…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same beautiful and bittersweet 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 discovers they carry a …
If you loved To Your Eternity's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, 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.