Archiwa Romance

Final-year student Haibara Natsuki has his future planned out in detail: graduating from university, landing a stable corporate job, and living an ordinary life. Despite that certainty, he still cannot shake the bitter regret he feels over his colorless high school years. Back then, a failed debut turned him into an overweight, awkward outcast who was ultimately rejected by his great love, Hoshimiya Hikari. When Natsuki thinks back on what might have been, he prays for the chance to redo those years. Suddenly, he wakes up to discover that he has gone seven years back in time. Exactly one month before his high school entrance ceremony.

20 June 202614 min read

12 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Drama #Romance #Slice of Life #Staple Entertainment

Urara Meirochou (2017)

Chiya arrives in Meirochou and moves into Natsume-ya together with Kon, Koume, and Nono. The girls are novice urara apprentices. Each of them has her own reason for choosing this path. Chiya is searching for her mother and believes the answer is waiting somewhere high above, among the most powerful urara.

7 June 202612 min read

13 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Drama #Romance #Slice of Life #Staple Entertainment

Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen (2025)

Two years ago, Watari Naoto lost his parents and became the sole guardian of his younger sister, Watari Suzushiro, whom he affectionately calls Suzu. Since then, his life has revolved entirely around her. He does not belong to any clubs. He does not spend time with his peers. As a result, at his new school he ends up with the nickname siscon. For Naoto, however, none of that matters—as long as Suzu is safe and happy, he does not care what anyone says.

30 May 202613 min read

13 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Drama #Gekkou #Romance #Slice of Life

Mayonaka Heart Tune (2026)

Yamabuki Arisu is a second-year high school student and heir to the wealthy Yamabuki Group, a boy who considers himself an absolute perfectionist. Convinced that he has already reached 99% perfection, he transfers to Furin, a school that only recently became coeducational, in search of the missing 1% that will make him complete — love. His search is not random, however, because he wants to find one specific girl: Apollo, the host of the late-night radio show Mayonaka Heart Tune.

23 May 202613 min read

13 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Lapin Track #Romance #Slice of Life

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku (2026)

Suzuki is a loud and incredibly sociable high school student who is constantly surrounded by friends like Yamada, Watanabe, or Satou. Her complete opposite is Tani—a quiet boy with glasses who openly speaks his mind and refuses to read the room or pander to others. Although in public Suzuki constantly pesters Tani with trivial questions—which he ruthlessly cuts short with a total lack of interest—deep down, she is desperately in love with him.

22 April 202613 min read

15 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Drama #Romance #Slice of Life #Studio Feel

Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka (2025)

At the top of the high school hierarchy stands Chitose Saku—a guy who seems to have it all. Popular, athletic, and intelligent, he navigates school life wearing a carefully constructed persona of the perfect, approachable guy. He is surrounded by his elite inner circle: the radiant school idol Hiiragi Yuuko, the sharp Uchida Yua, and the calculating Nanase Yuzuki. Many envy him, while others despise him, labeling him a womanizer.

8 April 202615 min read

11 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Romance #Slice of Life #Tezuka Productions

Osananajimi to wa Love Comedy ni Naranai (2026)

Sakai Yonosuke is a high school student who avidly reads romantic comedies but approaches reality with distinct cynicism. In his belief, the trope of a romance with a childhood friend is pure fiction. The boundary between him and the girls he grew up with will never be crossed. The problem is that his daily life constantly arranges itself into a series of textbook manga scenes, which the boy tries to ignore at all costs.

2 April 202611 min read

12 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Brain’s Base #Comedy #Mystery #Romance #Slice of Life

Kyokou Suiri (2020)

At the age of eleven, Iwanaga Kotoko is abducted by youkai for a period of two weeks. These creatures wanted her to become their queen and a judge to settle disputes between the spirit and human worlds. The girl agrees, but the cost of her decision is the loss of her right eye and left leg. Six years later, Kotoko meets a 22-year-old university student named Kurou, whom she helped avoid death in a hospital a few years earlier.

28 February 202612 min read

8 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Romance #Slice of Life #Studio Elle

Bukiyou na Senpai (2025)

Kannawa Azusa is the undisputed leader of the PR Department. Throughout the office, she is associated with cold professionalism, seriousness, and a slightly intimidating aura. Beneath this polished facade, however, hides a hopelessly clumsy woman who gets paralyzed by basic conversations. Her solitary, well-organized daily life falls apart when the boss assigns a new employee under her care. It is Kamegawa Yuu. Cheerful and painfully honest—the exact opposite of Azusa.

31 January 20268 min read

10 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #P.A. Works #Romance #Slice of Life

Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi. (2025)

Ayase Yuu never lived up to his mother—a legendary actress whose talent and charisma captivated the entire country. Although people expected him to follow in her footsteps after her death, Yuu turned out to be a completely average boy, devoid of any special abilities. After transferring to the prestigious Saika School, known for educating elite individuals, he is quickly deemed insignificant.

29 November 202510 min read

10 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #CloverWorks #Romance

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku (2025)

Chidori High School and the neighboring Kikyou are two completely different worlds. The former is a public high school for boys, often boisterous delinquents from poorer families, while the latter is an elite academy for girls from wealthy homes, famous for its pristine image and strict rules. For years, a fierce rivalry combined with deep-seated resentment has persisted between the two schools.

23 November 202510 min read

12 min read

Anime & Manga #Anime #Comedy #Romance #Studio Bridge

Bad Girl (2025)

Yuutani Yuu, a first-year student at Fujigasaki Private High School. With her sharp gaze, large earrings, and flashy, two-tone hair, she looks like a genuine yankee, but the truth is entirely different. Deep down, she is a polite and helpful girl whose mind is occupied by only one person—the disciplinary committee chair, Mizutori Atori.

9 November 202512 min read