Slow burns
Many romance anime spend a whole season on two people learning to talk to each other. Tsukigakirei follows two classmates through their final middle-school year, one text message at a time.
Comedies of the heart
Romantic comedies turn misunderstandings into jokes. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun builds its laughs from a confession that lands on the wrong ears.
Fantasy and fate
Wolves, witches, spirits and time slips give love a larger stage, as in Spice and Wolf and Fireworks.
Grown-up love
Offices, dictionaries and cocktail bars host quieter stories, like The Great Passage and I Have a Crush at Work. Browse them all under Grown-up romance.
