Whether you are a student, a graduate, or even someone older, the high school romance genre will certainly cater to your taste. No matter who and where you are from, love is something all of us have experienced even if it’s once.
Especially high school romance stories have the power to spice things up a bit and add that extra little effort to make your life complete. From cheeky typical romance to classic styles, and stories with anti-characters in them – the high school romance genre has it all.
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Top 7 High School Romance Anime
Clannad
Clannad is a very popular romance anime, one which you’ll find on every Top list. It portrays the life of a goofy delinquent who slowly but steadily falls in love with the female protagonist, Nagisa. Tomoya who has nothing better to do in his life decides to help Nagisa in reviving the school drama club joined by their friends.
While on this journey he falls in love with the girl and the series continues even after their graduation. The 2nd series takes a mature turn compared to its former part. But it’s a show you’ll not regret watching ever.
Toradora
Toradora can be considered a serious cornerstone for the school romance genre. The anime shows the life of two completely different individuals who join hands in order to fulfill their own wishes. Ryuuji Takasu and Taiga Aisaka are classmates who have their respective crushes but are afraid to tell them their real feelings.
Both of them decide to help each other with their struggles and finally confess to their love. While in this process, both leads fall for each other, and over time their character develops deeply, focusing on confronting some traumas from their past and overcoming trials together for a better future.
Your Lie in April
If you are someone who likes some tear-jerking emotional stories, then this is for you. Kousei Arima the male protagonist of the story is a brilliant pianist who is now on the verge of self-destruction due to a tragic incident in his past. Though things take a 180 turn when Kaori Miyazano crashes into his life with lots of positivity, music, and smiles.
The withdrawn male lead finds some solace with his new friend but things don’t remain the same when unknown feelings come and rush up to the surface while a gruesome fate threatens the two star-crossed lovers.
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Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
As typical as its name sounds, it is a show where the female lead is self-dependent with a badass character and the male lead is the dream guy of the whole school. Both characters clash as the Misaka Ayuzawa refuses help from Takumi Usui (the male lead) in every possible way, whereas the other won’t back down whatsoever.
They give a power-couple vibe where each competes with one other every second, but doesn’t forget to pamper the other party every now and then. Usui’s pursuit of Misaka is something worth watching. Their bickering and pampering take a whole new level of romance.
A Silent Voice
This is a very special story of a girl who can’t hear and a boy who forgets to hear the voices of others. Both main leads meet each other during their adolescence when they attend the same school. Shouya Ishida, the male lead is the typical school bully. Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf student joins their school where the former bullies her ruthlessly, eventually making her change schools.
Forwarded back in the future, both meet once again, now more mature than before. During these missing years, Shoko became confident and sweet whereas Shouya started turning deaf ears to the world around him. Their clash with each other creates another chance at friendship and romance, while they decided o stand strong and overcome their problems.
Given
Given is a bit outside of the typical high school romance genre. It is a BL or otherwise known as the Shounen-ai genre. The story follows an introverted and tragic-driven male lead Mafuyu Satou who comes across the dashing guitarist and his schoolmate Ritsuka Uenoyama.
The latter becomes the music mentor Satou and feeling start to develop between these two. But can Uenoyama handle the dark past of his partner and overcome it? This is a must-watch anime, no matter which genre of anime you prefer. You’ll not regret it.
Lovely Complex
Just as the name suggests, it’s a really complex yet endearing love story of two classmates who loves bickering and picking fights with each other. Both have their own problems to seek out, and in this progress get close to one another. The show is different from the above-mentioned ones, where here it portrays the guy who is way shorter than our female lead.
They struggle to overcome their appearance issues and officially get back with one another. Though Ootani Atsushi is shorter in height, he doesn’t fall short in the romance and style department. He helps and stands with Koizumi Risa (female lead) in all her troubles and overcomes them with all sincerity compared to his usual goofy and bickering nature.
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