Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season

TV Asahi's late night anime programming block which broadcasts on Sundays from 1:30 - 2:00.

Romance Anime that set the bar for what a romance anime should be.
(Based on popularity, success and ratings)

All of Kensukes osts in release order

Titles labeled Certified Fresh™ are those with an adjusted score that ranks in the top 10% of anime I’ve watched, based on a Bayesian average. The calculation blends two factors: an anime’s own MAL score (weighted by how many members rated it) and the global mean score of all anime (weighted by a fixed constant of 140,000 “minimum votes”).

In simpler terms, the more members an anime has, the more its own score drives the result. If it has relatively few members, the adjusted score leans toward the global mean instead. This keeps small, obscure shows from being artificially boosted by a handful of ratings, while well-watched shows with large sample sizes stand on their own.

See Google Sheet for more information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1661rTFjlvMFahJh5jwqScDe5BiysSU0Vav7NjeGlkPc/

Romantic related animes that I as a romance fan have watched and love. A heart fluttering story that will gives you butterflies. Mostly shoujo and shounen, with a few of josei and seinen.
p.s. I put the very latest season of the series, not including ovas or specials. There are also some movies.
No ecchi, harem, bl or gl.

MORE STACKS:
- New Romance (UPCOMING):
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17377
- 2024 banger:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26355
- Comedy:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17386
- Healing:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18157

Not all romance, but most of the notable series.
Maybe need a Part 2 for the Extended List.
Maybe need a Trashy/Ecchi Romance List.
Maybe need a New Romance List.
Maybe need a Romantic Subtext List.

--More Romance Not Included--
Extended List:
‣ Gosick
‣ Chobits
‣ Tsuki ga Kirei
‣ Little Busters! (2 Seasons)
‣ Honey and Clover (2 Seasons)
‣ Kono Oto Tomare! (2 Seasons)
‣ Working!! (3 Seasons)
‣ Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts (2 Seasons)
‣ The Fruit of Grisaia (2 Seasons)
‣ Nodame Cantabile (2 Seasons)
‣ Kids on the Slope
‣ Mysterious Girlfriend X
‣ Skip Beat!
‣ Boarding School Juliet
‣ Ouran High School Host Club
‣ O Maidens in Your Savage Season
‣ Kodomo no Omocha (TV)
‣ Marmalade Boy
‣ Kimagure Orange☆Road
‣ His and Her Circumstances
‣ Paradise Kiss
‣ Maison Ikkoku [Watching]
‣ Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2 Seasons) [Watched]
‣ Haganai: I don't have many friends (2 Seasons) [Watched Season 1]
‣ My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy [Watching]
‣ We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2 Seasons) [Watching]
‣ Scum's Wish [Watching]
‣ Prison School [Watching]
‣ Domestic Girlfriend [Watched]
‣ Rent-a-Girlfriend (3 Seasons) [Watched]
‣ Citrus [Watched]
‣ Masamune-kun's Revenge (2 Seasons) [Watched]
‣ Kiss x Sis (TV)

Some More Sci-Fi/Supernatural/Fantasy Romance:
‣ Monogatari Series [Watching]
‣ Darling in the FranXX [Watched]
‣ High School DxD (4 Seasons) [Watched]
‣ Sankarea: Undying Love [Watching]
‣ The World God Only Knows (3 Seasons)
‣ The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. [Watching]
‣ To Love Ru (4 Seasons) [On Hold]
‣ The Familiar of Zero (4 Seasons)
‣ Date A Live (5 Seasons) [On Hold]
‣ Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls
‣ Trinity Seven
‣ Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
‣ Elfen Lied
‣ Kaze no Stigma
‣ Chivalry of a Failed Knight
‣ Shakugan no Shana (3 Seasons)
‣ Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs

Sad:
‣ Clannad (Season 1)
‣ Clannad: After Story (Season 2)
‣ Your Lie in April [Watched]
‣ Plastic Memories
‣ I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Movie)
‣ Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Movie)

New: (2021+)
‣ My Dress-Up Darling [Watched]
‣ Insomniacs After School [Watched]
‣ Call of the Night [Watched]
‣ The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten [Watched]
‣ My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 [Watched]
‣ Skip and Loafer [Watched]
‣ Tomo-chan Is a Girl! [Watched]
‣ More than a married couple, but not lovers. [Watched]
‣ Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie [Watched]
‣ Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki [Watched]
‣ Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Season 2 [Watched]
‣ Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible [Watched]
‣ Koikimo [Watched]
‣ Higehiro [Watched]
‣ TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 [On Hold]
‣ Remake Our Life! [Dropped]
‣ Aharen Is Indecipherable [Dropped]
‣ Horimiya: The Missing Piece [Watching]
‣ My Happy Marriage [Watching]
‣ The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses [Dropped]
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
‣ Love After World Domination
‣ The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You [Watching]
‣ A Sign of Affection [Watched]
‣ The Dangers in My Heart [Watched]
‣ The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 [Watched]
‣ Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! [Dropped]
‣ Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf [Watching]
‣ Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian [Watching]
‣ Giji Harem [Watching]
‣ Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! [Watching]

Romance Anime 2020-2023 and upcoming romance anime in 2024.
Not all new romance anime, but the most notable one's for me.
This list also includes romantic subtext anime.
Mainly includes school romance anime.

--Only the Sequel-- (The series didn't start in the 2020's)
‣ Masamune-kun's Revenge R [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War: Ultra Romantic [Watched]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket 2nd Season [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: The Final [Watched]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 [Watched]
‣ My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax! [Watched]
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
‣ Date A Live IV
‣ Date A Live V

--Not Included-- (I dropped or skipped)
‣ Remake Our Life! [Dropped]
‣ Engage Kiss [Dropped]
‣ Aharen Is Indecipherable [Dropped]
‣ Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose [Dropped]
‣ Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory [Dropped]
‣ My Clueless First Friend [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Double [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθ [Skipped]
‣ The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague [Skipped]
‣ The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses [Skipped]
‣ Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence [Skipped]
‣ The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious [Skipped]
‣ Taisho Otome Fairy Tale [Skipped]
‣ A Galaxy Next Door [Skipped]
‣ Love of Kill [Skipped]
‣ My Tiny Senpai [Skipped]
‣ Ayakashi Triangle [Skipped]
‣ Temple [Skipped]
‣ Plunderer [Skipped]
‣ Love Flops [Skipped]
‣ A Girl & Her Guard Dog [Skipped]
‣ The Foolish Angel Dances with Demons [Skipped]
‣ Tales of Wedding Rings [Skipped]
‣ A Condition Called Love [Dropped]
‣ My Wife Has No Emotion [Dropped]
‣ Senpai is an Otokonoko [Skipped]

--Isekai/Fantasy/Supernatural/Sci-Fi Romance--
‣ Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale [Watched]
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! [Started]
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent [Watched]
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2 [Started]
‣ Vermeil in Gold [Watched]
‣ Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2
‣ The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady [Watched]
‣ I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss [Watched]
‣ Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs [Watched]
‣ Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte [Started]
‣ The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior
‣ Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion
‣ I'm in Love with the Villainess
‣ Tearmoon Empire
‣ Surgeon Elise
‣ I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I'll Spoil
ㅤHer with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!
‣ 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
‣ An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride [Started]
‣ Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again
‣ Unnamed Memory
‣ Love After World Domination
‣ Atri: My Dear Moments
‣ The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

--Romance Movies--
‣ A Whisker Away
‣ Love Me, Love Me Not
‣ Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
‣ Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: Prelude [Started]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie [Started]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie [Watched]
‣ The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes [Watched]
‣ To Every You I've Loved Before
‣ To Me, The One Who Loved You
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends [Started]
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
‣ Make a Girl [Upcoming]

--More Airing or Aired--
‣ The Girl Downstairs (Chinese)
‣ No Doubt In Us (Chinese)
‣ Giji Harem
‣ Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
‣ Love Is Indivisible by Twins

--More Upcoming--
‣ A Bouquet for an Ugly Girl
‣ Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
‣ Can a Boy and Girl Friendship Hold Up? (No, It Can't!!)

Last Updated July 2024

Update:
-- added Glass Reflection, Gigguk
-- added AH Brandon Reviews season playlists - each list will accumulate the weekly episode reviews as the season goes by

Update:
-- started adding first impressions: AH Brandon Reviews, Mother's Basement, Otaku Spirit
-- caught up with some pre-season entries, including some hashtags


This stack consolidates watch recommendations for the Winter 2024 season from several YouTube critics/commentators. Stacked in alpha order.

Solo Leveling definitely led the way with the most pre-season hype, but out of nowhere, Gushing Over Magical Girls has produced a ton of reaction after the first episode aired.

------------------------------< Pre-season >------------------------------

These are recommendations based on hype, buzz, trailers, and sometimes the reputation of the creative team.

We're only half way through Fall 2023 and videos looking forward to next season have already started to appear. Like last season, ViniiTube is first out of the gate.

ViniiTube 1.07M subs: "Top 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Winter 2024". Covering new and returning shows. VT doesn't rank his picks so I'll just note they are anticipated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9RqJYs51oA

GiggukVODs 78.2K subs: "Picking EVERY Anime I Watch in Winter 2024". 3 hours, 47 minutes. If there's an edited version, I'll take a look but no way I'm working my way through nearly 4 hours of YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTUzuAzQbkw

Probably Pretentious 11.9K subs: "Every Anime You Need To Watch | Winter 2024". A general run-down of new and returning shows that they are watching this season. I'll note any pithy comments on the appropriate show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2SFfM97lM

------------------------------< First Impressions and Episode Reviews >------------------------------

AH Brandon Reviews - added Episode 1 initial impressions.

Gigguk 3.56M subs: "Winter Anime 2024 in a Nutshell". G comments on selected anime from this season. Not ranked or rated. He doesn't explain how or why he chose the shows to comment on, but I think it is because he had something amusing to say, not because they are somehow "good". No chapter markers so I guesstimated time hacks from the transcript.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKFrMoOsqQ

Glass Reflection 584K subs: "I Watched EVERY SINGLE NEW ANIME of the Winter 2024 Season..." Covering new seasonal anime. No sequels. No continuing or returning shows. Rating: KEEP, GR will keep the show on his watchlist. Rating: TOSS, GR will toss the show from his watchlist. Rating: HOLD, GR will keep the show on his watchlist for at least a few more episodes, the implication being unless it does something worthwhile, it will get TOSSed. GR didn't cover "Fluffy Paradise" and "The Unwanted Undead Adventurer".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm8e5FtYEm8

Mother's Basement 1.34M subs: "The BEST Anime of Winter 2024 - Ones to Watch". Ten shows worth watching, plus the Bargain Bin (anime with a couple bumps and bruises on them). The list is not ordered or ranked. [aside] MB explains a couple of terms I have to take note of: "real robot" anime imagine mecha as mass-produced tools of warfare in contrast to the more fantastical, often sentient "super robots" that come from space to protect earth from aliens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMWYSzYcWak

Otaku Spirit 21.9K subs: "Top New Anime So Far After Watching Everything!". Top 19 new anime after watching the first three or four episodes. "Oh my gosh, the thirsty anime fans are winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ0G5aUy9cQ

------------------------------< Mid- and Post-season Reviews >------------------------------



Updates to this stack will continue as more videos covering next season are released.

Mainly from series whose main theme is not dance and sequences mostly come from opening or ending, sometimes from an episode.

Adolescence is the most significant period of change in our lives, a fleeting yet intense stage where we begin to discover who we really are. It’s the moment when innocence starts to fade, and experience takes its place, shaping the identity and personality that will accompany us for the rest of our lives.

This collection brings together anime that capture the essence of growing up through real, relatable stories. These series dive into the emotional, social, and psychological struggles of adolescence and young adulthood, exploring themes like self-esteem, anxiety, loneliness, trauma, personal growth, first love, passion, and the search for purpose.

With powerful messages, life lessons, and moments of introspection, these stories reflect the beauty and complexity of coming of age, a journey of change that defines us and pushes us toward the future.

Not all of these shows have romance, but all of them I found to have beautiful production/soundtrack/story/themes/characters etc. A lot ARE romance but in general they all focus on characters navigating life and developing further. These made me feel some typa way emotionally, as I found them relatable/realistic or just feel good.

(If I added 1 season from a series onto this list, assume that the whole series should be on here) (EXCLUDING MOVIES)

Requisites for addition: Score difference of 0,30 or higher.

The school chime that is everywhere
(This is only a list of series I've seen/remember since the stack creation date. It's likely less than 1% of anime that have it.
The end goal is to reach 50 series without the school tag.)

H-anime
Kao no nai Tsuki - ep1 1:30

Useless stacks are my passion :^)

I watched all of these anime during Winter 2024

Top anime (in my opinion)
New in Winter 2024:

1. YUBISAKI TO RENREN, The story between Yuki (FL) who is deaf and Itsuomi (ML) who likes traveling around the world. They get to know each other and learn a new world
Adapted from a manga, the conveying of the meaning, atmosphere, character traits are well depicted in the anime

2. SOLO LEVELING, MC is the weakest hunter, one day he was trapped in a double dungeon, when he died, he was given the choice to become a player. When he got out of the dungeon and woke up in the hospital the quest window appeared, slowly he became the most feared and strongest hunter.
Adapted from a popular manhwa and novel that has been completed, the animation and soundtrack are good

3. MAJO TO YAJUU, MC is cursed by a witch, to be free from the curse, MC and his partner look for the witch who cursed him
on their journey they meet humans, other wizards, other sorcerers

Sequel:
1. MASHLE S2, Holy visionary candidate exam arc
2. AO NO EXORCIST S2, Illuminati arc
3. BOKU NO KOKORO YABAI YATSU S2

Completed Series: Liang Bu Yi (Donghua)

Movie: Natsume Yuujinchou ishi okoshi to ayashiko raihousha, consists of 2 arcs, the first arc is about Natsume who helps a small demon to complete his task, the second arc Natsume helps his friend but he is visited by a strange stranger

Top Anime Opening Songs of Winter 2024
1. "Yuki no Ne” by Novelbright (Yubisaki to Renren)
2. "LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:TOMORROW X TOGETHER (Ore dake Level Up na Ken)
3. "FLY" by MADKID (Sasaki to Pii-chan), MC is an office employee and meets a bird in a pet shop, it turns out the bird is "mahardika" who comes from another world, since then MC has moved between 2 worlds (the modern world and isekai historical), and it turns out that these two worlds contain magic

Top Anime Ending Songs of Winter 2024
1. "Hakuchuumu" by Raon (High Card S2), a continuation of card collecting where users can use the power of the cards, revealing the past of the characters and the origins of the cards
2. "Gift" by Kaori Ishihara (Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru) ML is a devil and FL is an angel, since their fight made ML lose, he has become FL's slave/servant
3. "My Factor" by Kento Itou (Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu S2) Continuation of MC's journey, in this season he becomes a teacher and there are problems related to the anti-goddess group

1951-2000: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48293
Manga 1951-2000: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45935
Manga 2001-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48905

Derived from AniFem's 2024 seasonal recommendations and top picks.

See the website for their pros and cons per title:
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-winter-2024/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-spring-2024/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-summer-2024/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminist-recommendations-of-fall-2024/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminists-top-picks-for-2024/
https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-feminists-favorite-films-of-2024/


See also:
Parts 1-7
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17514
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17515
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18757
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18755
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18995
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18999
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28346
Manga Recs
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17520
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28358
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28535
Chatty AF
Anime
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22027
Manga
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25862
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25883
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26994
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27949

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the girl who is more dominant in a romantic relationship (seinen or shounen), mc are more passive