Anime Romances & RelationshipsRanking everything related to romance in anime, including the best couples, fan ships, sub-genres within the romance category, and much more!
Updated March 30, 2022 76.2k votes 22.9k voters 549.9k views
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Romance anime doesn't have to be sappy and sentimental to be enjoyable - actually, sometimes romance is all the more poignant when it also makes you laugh. That wonderful combination of emotions can be found in comedy-romance anime.
Which are the best anime rom-coms? That depends on your personal preferences. If you're tired of every romance anime being set in high school, you should check out Wotakoi and Recovery of an MMO Junkie, two stories about adults falling in love with hilarious results. Want something that's just plain bizarre? Try Arakawa Under the Bridge, an anime that's about a strange society of misfits living under the titular bridge. Want to watch something awesomely old school? Try Ouran High School Host Club - it's hard to find a better example of funny romance anime than that.
No matter what you're looking for, there's something on this list that will grab you by the feels while making you snort with laughter.
As the president and vice president of their elite high school, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are two of the most highly respected students at their school. Naturally, many of their classmates see them as a perfect couple - and so do Kaguya and Miyuki, who each harbor a massive crush on the other. Both are completely unwilling to admit to their feelings, and they spend each episode trying to get the other to confess.
Each episode involves ridiculous attempts that range from trying to outwit each other at parlor games to refusing to admit they're carrying an umbrella in the hopes that the other person will offer theirs. It's one of the funniest anime of the winter 2019 season, but it's also hard not to root for Miyuki and Kaguya to get together.
Hori is known as one of the most popular girls at school due to her beauty and brains, but that seemingly perfect persona disappears when she's at home. In reality, she's a homebody who spends her time doing housework and taking care of her little brother. On the other hand, Miyamura is known at school for being a gloomy otaku nerd when his true identity is far from it - he's got numerous tattoos and earrings and is surprisingly good-looking. When Hori and Miyamura run into each other outside of school, they both agree to keep each other's true selves a secret from their classmates, and eventually grow closer as they learn more about their hidden personalities.
Part of the reason why Horimiya is such a popular series is its refreshing approach to the high school romance genre. Rather than being bogged down by overdramatic tropes, the story is quite simple and light-hearted. The colorful characters and hilarious situations they find themselves in make for an enjoyable, wholesome ride.
Misaki Ayuzawa is the student council president, and she takes her job seriously. That's because the loud and obnoxious boys at her school make life practically unbearable for the few girls, and she's dedicated to making sure that they get a fair shake at a decent education. But despite her insistence that everyone else follow the rules, Misaki is secretly breaking one of them by taking a job outside of school at a maid cafe.
When her sarcastic classmate Usui gets wind of her secret, he begins by just teasing her about it - but as the series progresses, the two start getting to know each other on a deeper level. This anime expertly combines humor with a unique relationship that progresses the way a real one might.
Grownup love is every bit as silly and ridiculous and love between high schoolers, and Wotakoi proves it. When Narumi Momose gets a new office job, she hopes to keep her otaku nature a secret from her coworkers. That plan flies right out the window when she finds out that she's working with Hirotaka Nifuji, her childhood friend and fellow nerd.
Nifuji knows about her interests but doesn't know that they're a secret, so he ends up exposing her to like-minded people by mistake. Narumi suddenly has friends who share her interests - and she and Nifuji begin dating. Just because half of their dates involve sitting at home playing video games doesn't mean it's not true love!
After dedicating every waking moment to studying for exams in the hopes of one day becoming something great, Nasa Yuzaki's life is suddenly thrown into aggressive perspective when he's hit by a truck. A mysterious girl saves his life. Though he should probably be focusing on getting to the hospital, he's so captivated by her beauty that he can't let her walk away. He asks her out, and she agrees - on one condition. He has to marry her right away.
Thus begins their life together as husband and wife. It's definitely not what Nasa expects, since this girl is no ordinary human being - but it's satisfying and lovely all the same.
The only thing that Wakana Gojou wants out of life is to become a master hina doll craftsman. Sadly, he can't share his passion with others, because according to his peers boys shouldn't be doing things like that.
His isolated life comes to an end when he meets Marin Kitagawa. Marin is gorgeous and popular, but she's also a huge nerd who thinks that Gojo's crafting skills are amazing. Not only that, but she wants him to use them to help her cosplay.
Gojo is reluctant at first, but he soon realizes that he loves helping her. What's more, the two of them are starting to fall for each other.
