During this quarantine period, we're all feeling a bit lethargic without social contact, especially considering the winter which makes everything literally colder. So, this TOP 5 list will present some romance anime and manga to warm your heart!
Tsurezure Children
A loose translation of the title would be something like "Boring Kids," and this anime focuses on the relationships between several students at the same school and their experiences with love.
Following a series of very funny and quirky couples, the anime is a romantic comedy that, despite having a simple story about children falling in love, stands out for its unique characters who deal with their feelings in the most senseless ways possible.
Always showcasing youthful inexperience with embarrassing yet cute moments, and innocent affection (at least most of the time) for the people they love, Tsurezure Children is almost like a first love simulator.
The anime was released in 2017 by Studio Gokumi and has 12 episodes.
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu
Komi Can't Communicate is a manga about a high school student who, as the name suggests, has difficulty communicating, and of course, the characters (and the fans) idolize the misunderstood Shouko Komi .
Finally, the story follows Tadano Hitohito and Shouko Komi, a shy girl who aims to make 100 friends at an elite private school attended only by the strangest people (perhaps in the world). However, in contrast to the craziness of her classmates, we have the protagonist Tadano, essentially the reader's perspective on the story, whose goal is to help Komi make one hundred friends, but this is not so easy, especially with love rivals and an absurd level of complexity.
The manga is written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda , published in Weekly Shonen Sunday , and currently has 18 volumes.
Kimi ni Todoke
Kimi ni Todoke is a superb shoujo manga, with an excellent anime adaptation.
Starring Kuronuma Sawako , maliciously nicknamed Sadako (from the movie The Ring ) due to her gloomy appearance and cold attitude stemming from her social ineptitude.
Even with this cliché premise, Kimi ni Todoke is an anime with heart, showing Sawako's struggle to become a better person, trying to discover more about the people she admires and about herself. The romance in the story is gentle, but progresses well according to the personalities of Sawako and her romantic partner Shouta Kazehaya, with considerable conflict in their lives because of this love.
The anime was inspired by the manga of the same name by Karuho Shiina , and has a total of 2 seasons and 38 episodes.
Tsuki ga Kirei
This is an original anime with a closed ending, so you'll find a well-rounded story showing the difficulties and joys of love, making it undoubtedly the most beloved anime on this list.
Following Kotaro Azumi and Akane Mizuno , third-year high school students, like many real-life romances of the 21st century, Kotaro and Akane, despite being in the same class, communicate via LINE (a messaging app), thus growing close to each other despite their shyness. Throughout the anime, they must understand their own feelings and resolve their conflicts.
Tsuki ga Kirei is something like "The Moon is Beautiful"
The anime from Studio Feel was released in 2017 and consists of 12 episodes.
Hetakoi
Hetakoi is a seinen romance manga with ecchi elements, so in addition to reading a beautiful romance, you'll encounter nudity (beware!).
The manga follows Shizuka Komai , who has the bizarre nickname "Grandpa" because he always acts like an old man. He's in his first year of college and joins a hot spring club called Tabisen, where he meets Ruka Shinohara , a beautiful and innocent girl.
Hetakoi has a very good dynamic between characters and an interesting story – not to mention the balance between ecchi and romance, which is very well done.
The work by author and illustrator Junko Nakano was published in Young Jump and has 61 chapters divided into 10 volumes.