If you enjoyed The Garden of Words, these share its romance, slice of life, psychological feel.
1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
2006 · 24 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Slice of Life, Romance.
Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he…
2. Clannad ~After Story~
2008 · 24 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance, Slice of Life.
Clannad: After Story, the sequel to the critically acclaimed slice-of-life series Clannad, begins after Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa graduate from high school. Together, they experience the emotional rollercoaster…
3. Kokoro Connect
2012 · 13 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance, Slice of Life.
When five students at Yamaboshi Academy realize that there are no clubs where they fit in, they band together to form the Student Cultural Society, or "StuCS" for short. The club consists of: Taichi Yaegashi, a hardcore…
4. Nana
2006 · 47 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance, Slice of Life.
Nana Komatsu is a helpless, naïve 20-year-old who easily falls in love and becomes dependent and clingy to those around her. Even though she nurses ambitious dreams of removing herself from her provincial roots and…
5. Bakemonogatari
2009 · 15 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance.
Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student, manages to survive a vampire attack with the help of Meme Oshino, a strange man residing in an abandoned building. Though being saved from vampirism and now a human…
6. Toradora!
2008 · 25 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Romance, Slice of Life.
Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a…
7. School Days
2007 · 12 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance.
High school student Makoto Itou first notices Kotonoha Katsura at the start of his second semester, freshman year. Immediately, he becomes entranced by her beauty, but his bashfulness doesn't allow him to approach her…
8. Eureka Seven
2005 · 50 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Angst, Romance.
In the backwater town of Bellforest lives a 14-year-old boy named Renton Thurston. He desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure to brighten up his…
9. A Silent Voice
2016 · 1 episode · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Romance.
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's…
10. anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
2011 · 11 episodes · Finished. Also: Coming Of Age, Romance, Slice of Life.
Jinta Yadomi is peacefully living as a recluse, spending his days away from school and playing video games at home instead. One hot summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko "Menma" Honma, appears and pesters him to grant…
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