2021
13 eps
CloverWorks / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
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 Toradora!'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Horimiya delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — first love and friendship — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.
2025
13 eps
CloverWorks / Netflix
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
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…
Like Toradora!, it leans hard into opposites attract. The emotional territory — first love and friendship — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
12 eps
P.A. Works / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
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 Toradora!'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — first love and friendship — is the same. Same funny and warm 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 Toradora!'s love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Fruits Basket delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the complicated, consuming love and damage that only family can deliver. Same funny and warm energy throughout.
2013
21 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
University students from across Korea share a boarding house in Seoul during 1994, while a future-flashback teases which of the men the central female character eventually marries.…
If you loved Toradora!'s love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Reply 1994 delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — first love and friendship — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2015
20 eps
tvN
Slice Of Life Comedy Romance
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and friendship. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2016
12 eps
JTBC
Drama Slice Of Life Comedy
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 Toradora!'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Age of Youth (Hello, My Twenties!) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same. Same funny and warm energy throughout.
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Comedy
Two orphans who grew up as fake siblings reunite in adulthood and must navigate the fine line between family and love.
If you loved Toradora!'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Family by Choice delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
8 eps
Netflix Japan
Romance Comedy Drama
Sawako Kuronuma is kind, earnest, and completely terrifying to her classmates — her resemblance to the ghost from Sadako and her habit of talking to herself in quiet corners has gi…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and friendship. Same warm and heartwarming energy throughout.
2022
12 eps
CloverWorks / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
Wakana Gojo, a shy doll-maker's apprentice, meets Marin Kitagawa, a gorgeous and uninhibited gyaru who wants to cosplay as her favorite anime characters. He has the tailoring skill…
Like Toradora!, it leans hard into opposites attract. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same funny and heartwarming energy throughout.