Despite being asexual, I'm a sucker for romantic comedy anime and manga and some of my favorites are exactly that kind of story. So what are the best ones?
Seen and liked:
1981 - Urusei Yatsura - very wacky, but once the pace slows down it becomes very good too. Also mostly directed by Oshii, and has a 10/10 second movie.
1986 - Maison Ikkoku - very cozy, with a very 80s SoL atmosphere. Some of the side characters are annoying in the filler stories, but Yuusaku Godai is a great character.
2007 - Toradora - Kinda overrated imo, and had a pretty meh ending, but Episode 19 was the shit.
2017 - Gamers! - hilarious anime with a terrible final episode. I felt like the MC should have ended up with someone else, but whatever.
2019 - My Wife has no Emotion - I started reading it yesterday and it's a cute manga with a pretty interesting and unique sci-fi premise.
2019+ - Kaguya-Sama Love is War - It's a fantastically written story, with lovable characters and Rose of Versailles references that are only in the anime.
2021 -Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro - The beginning chapters/episodes are horrible, but once the author stops that shit, it becomes a pretty wholesome show.
Seen, but couldn't get into it:
1987 - Kimagure Orange Road - too episodic, which is a shame, as I really liked the premise and the soundtrack is fantastic.
1992 - Video Girl Ai - It's decent enough, and it might have been because I watched it with the VCR mod within My Summer Car lol, but the story didn't interest me that much. Also it's somewhat horny
2000 - Love Hina - Basically Maison Ikkoku, but weeb brained.
2021 - Komi-San Can't Communicate - It's a decent comedy, but a bad romantic one.
2006 - Ouran High School Host Club
watched it with some friends over the summer and it kind of slapped
Also mostly directed by Oshii, and has a 10/10 second movie.
I am not exaggerating. Even if you have 0 interest in Urusei Yatsura, go watch Beautiful Dreamer.
I remember Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san being pretty cute, although I've only watched the first season, the other two are on my backlog. The focus on teasing and the mindgames related to them might be kind of similar to Kaguya-sama, but it's a lot more one sided here - the title is "Teasing Master Takagi-san" for a reason. So I guess on second though it's actually closer to Nagatoro
Pseudo harem
My Girlfriend Is the Best!
They are not the best and cant hold candle to kaguya-sama but i quite enjoyed them though the first one has weak ending
