School anime has become such a saturated genre today that it becomes really hard to pick what’s the best school anime of all time. Though there are some school anime that have a unique plot and jaw-dropping twist at the end, most school anime stick to the usual slice of life theme.
But today I have searched the deep web and scavenged the best school anime for you. With that being said, here are the 25 best school anime you must watch!!
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48. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
7/20 |
6/20 |
6/10 |
19/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life
Episodes: 14
Anime Storyline:
Have you wondered how can God looks like? A really tall old man with a white beard. No, she is a cute anime high school girl, or she is in the context of this anime. Suzumiya Haruhi seems to be a strange girl who one day makes a new club the SOS brigade and for this club, she happened to scout the school’s most mysteriously people, just by luck or not by luck.
If you want to meet the strangest girl in the universe who happened to fall into the strangest situation with her strange friends. This school is for you, but you have oddly specific likes.
47. To Love-Ru
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8/20 |
7/20 |
6/10 |
21/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Episodes: 26
Anime Storyline:
The first meeting with your love-one is a special meeting. Yuuki Rito experiences a really special one when a naked alien girl’s chest falls into her hand. This action in alien culture means a marriage proposal, which our alien girl: Lala accepts, and this makes the story kind of awkward because Yuuki already has someone he loves.
Maybe not for Yuuki but he will grow to love this life. But for us, we wouldn’t need to grow into it, we would just live this life.
46. Yuru Yuri
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
9/20 |
7/20 |
7/10 |
23/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Girls Love, Slice of Life
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
How do you imagine after-school times? Just chilling in a room with your friends, playing games, talking about a random topic then the Amusement Club is for you. Of course only if you are a girl because this club is in an only girls school. Sorry.
If you accepted that condition then you are going to have so much fun with the girls in this club that you are never going to be bored. Even if you won’t get bored. Trust me.
45. Tanaka-Kun Is Always Listless
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8/20 |
9/20 |
8/10 |
25/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Tanaka-kun is listless. The story is basically on the title, but of course, there is more. Tanaka is also lazy. The end. Okay, just kidding, this story is a hilarious story about high school boys who find themselves in all kinds of hilarious situations.
If you were to go to this school, you would definitely not be bored. These characters could make normal social problems into a funny story that you will laugh your ass off.
44. Seitokai Yakuindomo
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10/20 |
8/20 |
8/10 |
26/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
One day an all-girls school became a co-ed school. You already thinking what kind of anime this could be, but no, all the girls are very romantic, and one boy in the series, Tsuda Takatoshi seems to be pure.
Attending an all-girls high school that just become a co school seems like a good idea, first, but just watch Tsuda suffering and you would rethink your decisions.
43. Lucky Star
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10/20 |
10/20 |
8/10 |
28/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 24
Anime Storyline:
I suppose everyone is enjoying watching 4 or more girls doing cute things and this is what this anime is. The main character is a lazy, otaku girl who seems to be intelligent and athletic. This is why her classmates are jealous of her, but she is too lazy to care so no problem.
If you want to enjoy the life of 4 individual girls living their daily life with some jokes and more jokes, you will definitely enjoy this show.
42. Medaka Box
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
9/20 |
12/20 |
7/10 |
28/50 |
Genre: Action, Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
So if you imagine a student council president, you imagine a strong, serious, person who is very strict about everything. Medaka is not like that but she is still a very good president who likes to do things in her own way and one of these things is the Medaka Box which accepts all kinds of requests for the student council 24/7.
Being in this school already means you are special, so you don’t have to worry about anything and your student council president is a very kind person who will solve all your problems in her own strange way but she will still solve it somehow.
41. The Fruit of the Grisaia
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
11/20 |
6/10 |
29/50 |
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Imagine going to your “normal” high school where your 5 classmates and 1 teacher are waiting for you. Okay, it is not a normal high school. It is a high school for children who can’t go to a normal school because something dark happened in their past. At least 5 of my classmates are girls.
It is just a normal high school where if you don’t ask a funny question about people’s past, you won’t get hurt, but if you are here that means you also have a dark past so if don’t want to be questioned then don’t ask either.
40. ReLIFE
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
14/20 |
9/20 |
7/10 |
30/50 |
Genre: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
So your life is not like what you had imagined, what is the solution for it? You should Relife the most important part of your life, high school. I mean this is the solution that Kaizaki Arata is forced to use after a special agency offered to help him get his life together.
You can think that if you do high school once, it would be a piece of cake for the second time. You are wrong. You have to relearn a lot of things, but you can also relive the best and most important part of your life.
39. Golden Time
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10/20 |
13/20 |
7/10 |
30/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 24
Anime Storyline:
Do you know what is the next step after high school? University and this anime are just about that. Banri Tada is just starting his university life when he happens to fall into a strange love quarrel. One girl is so sure that she would marry his friend that she forgot that he may not want that.
Starting university is a beautiful thing, you can finally learn, mostly what you are interested in, but this anime is not for that. It is a love-comedy where we can experience funny stories about interesting characters in love.
38. School Rumble
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
13/20 |
10/20
|
8/10 |
31/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 26
Anime Storyline:
School Rumble is one of the underrated school anime that most people don’t know about. The show is decently funny and has its cliché plot of a boy who falls in love with a girl but can’t tell her.
Kenji Harima, a delinquent who’s in love with Tenma. He wants to stand out to Tenma and tell her his feelings. But Tenma is in love with the class president. What’s worse is that the class president is perfect in almost every way.
Now Kenji has to think of other ways to get the attention of Tenma but sadly every goofy act he does backfires on him. So, will Tenma ever notice Kenji? You’ll just have to watch to find out.
37. Masamune-kun's Revenge/Masamune-Kun no Revenge
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
14/20
|
6/10 |
32/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Don’t you just hate it when people call you fat and give you weird nicknames? Masamune-Kun no Revenge is the revenge-ish rom-com story of Masamune. Masamune was an overweight kid and during his childhood, he got rejected by a girl named Aki Adagaki. She rejected him so badly that she also gave the poor kid the nickname “piggy”.
This scared Masamune and he worked on his physique, becoming one of the best-looking guys in high school. Talk about a hardcore training arc. This dude is out here walking with six-pack abs and here I am with my one-pack dad bod.
Now, Masamune once again being face to face with Aki, wants to make her fall in love and reject her, the same way she did to him. Dude, let it go. Even psychopaths don’t plan this complex just to reject someone. The show has amazing comedy and some twists here and there that make you hooked to the show.
36. Gamers!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
14/20
|
6/10 |
32/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Being a fellow gamer, the show Gamers! got me hooked when I saw the name. But not to be biased, the show is a decent binge. The show mostly consists of game-related conversations and some hilarious jokes here and there.
Keita Amano is a gamer trying to live an average student life. But one day, the most beautiful girl in his class approached him and gave a proposal.
Keita being a weirdo, thought it was a proposal for love and this kid had the balls to go to her and say “please go out with me”. During this time Karen had lots of thoughts in her mind thinking if Amano rejects her PROPOSAL TO JOIN THE GAMING CLUB, she would take it normally.
With both of them confused, Karen slipped up and said “sure that’s fine with me”. Talk about a weird mix-up. The show is filled with misunderstanding-based jokes that make you laugh out loud.
35. Baka and Test
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
12/20 |
8/10 |
32/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Why do you study? For better marks, yeah, but what is the worth of a mark? This is what this anime wants to solve. Every student has a little chibi avatar character whose strength is equivalent to his mark and with this avatar, classes can fight each other for their classroom.
I think everyone would like this can kind of fight. Unfortunately, you have to be clever to have a strong avatar, but don’t forget about tactics, so maybe video games are not a waste of time.
34. My Neighbor Seki/ Tonari no Seki-Kun
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
11/20 |
13/20
|
9/10 |
33/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 21
Anime Storyline:
Tonari no Seki-Kun is a short anime that consists of the amazing Toshinari Seki and Rumi Yokoi. We’ve all been bored during class at some point. What we did back then was throw paper balls or use a pen to make paper darts or just in general play different board games in our notebooks.
Seki takes this leisure activity to another level. Starting from rubber dominoes to waxing the bench. This dude has at all. He will do anything to pass the time and make our day more entertaining.
Besides us, Rumi also watches Seki do all these weird things. She thinks Seki should pay attention to the teacher but even she at times gets into Seki’s mischievous acts and gets herself punished. The show has a tendency of not telling and showing you the joke. Try this show if you’re having a boring day. It would definitely make your mood better.
33. Little Busters!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
14/20 |
12/20 |
7/10 |
33/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Episodes: 26
Anime Storyline:
Do you like baseball? Of course, you like baseball, so let’s join our team, Little Busters! This is the main storyline of this anime, some students want to make a baseball team, so they scout some team members for it. But let me tell you that you will need tissues for this anime, and I won’t tell you why but there is no e-category tag, so…
You would enjoy this school baseball scouting anime, but there will be some deep life-solving storyline, too. You would get sad and happy when you do it, but that is life and you should enjoy both.
32. Danganronpa: Hope’s Academy and Despair’s Students The Animation
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
13/20 |
14/20 |
6/10 |
33/50 |
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Let’s imagine that you woke up in a classroom and you don’t remember why you are there or who are these people around you?!
Later, you find out the world is in chaos and you are in a killing game where you have to kill someone to escape!! But if your classmates can guess that it was you who murdered then you’re going to be brutally executed. Sounds insane, just like this anime.
This is not a fun game if you ask me and it is hard to make friends among people who may murder you one day, but at least you can have fun guessing who is the murderer. Unless if you are the one who was killed. Have fun!
31. Angel Beats!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
9/20 |
8/10 |
33/50 |
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
The story is about a school which is for young people who died, so basically an underworld school. Here Otonashi Yuzuru finds himself in a fight between an angel and a group of rebellious kids who want to avenge their situation because in this underworld school they still have to study like a normal high school kid.
Okay, maybe this is not a real dream school because if you are here that means you died, but at least there is nothing to force you to study. There is an angel, but it is not like she can kill you again. So you can do whatever you want in this world, no one cares. Just have fun.
30. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
13/20 |
15/20
|
6/10 |
34/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Ever wondered what it’s like being in love with a mangaka? Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun is a show that consists of Chiyo falling in love with Nozaki. But as it turns out Nozaki is a well-known Shojo mangaka and every affection Chiyo throws at Nozaki, he thinks it’s a gesture of respect from a fan.
One thing leads to another and Chiyo somehow becomes Nozaki’s assistant. Now, she is closer to Nozaki than ever and has to make him notice her feelings for him. The show has loads of hilarious situations with Chiyo and Nozaki. It’s a very wholesome show.
29. Clannad
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
10/20 |
8/10 |
34/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Episodes: 23
Anime Storyline:
The story is about a girl Furukawa Nagisa who has to retake a year in high school because of her illness and because it was supposed to be her last year in high school. She lost all her friends until she meets a boy named Okazaki Tomoya who is bored so he helps her to find friends.
If you want to go to a school where you can relive happy, cute moments but also tragic, sad moments, this anime is for you. Don’t forget the tissues!
28. Maidens of the Savage Season
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
12/20 |
7/10 |
34/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
The story is about a group of friends in a literate club who just finding out what is it like to mature. The story starts when they ask a question: What would be the last thing you do before you die? and one of them says the obvious thing: ###. You guessed it right.
This is not a magic school or a school for a monster girl, but this is a school, mainly a club, about girls who are kind of interested in lewd stuff but they are not going to acknowledge that. If you want to see a group of girls scream, blush from the word “lewd” this anime is for you.
27. My Teen Romantic Comedy: SNAFU
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
15/20
|
7/10 |
34/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Mainly there are two types of lonely people: one is when you are trying your best to make friends and somehow this doesn’t seem to work and another is when the person’s choice is to be alone. Hikigaya Hachiman is the latter one. That is why his teacher forces him into a club whose main objective is to help other people with their problems, so it may solve Hikigaya’s problems, too.
You can find happiness alone, but it is hard so let’s get the help of other people. This is what this anime is trying to say, so go watch this anime, but don’t forget to socialize.
26. Classroom of The Elite
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
13/20 |
17/20
|
4/10 |
34/50 |
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
On the surface, Classroom of The Elite might seem like a regular school-based anime with a slice of life genre, but you are quickly briefed on how the school has some weird rules to make the student climb up the ranks and become the best of the best.
Kiyotaka, Suzune, and Kikyou are the main three characters that we mostly see. Kiyotaka is a mysterious student that only scores 50 in every exam. Many speculate he is a secret genius that purposely scores this low just to stay in class D. Nobody even knows what’s his purpose for doing this.
Suzune, a girl who claims to be one of the best students, has somehow been placed in class D and now she is determined to rank up and become the best class. Throughout the anime, we see Suzune being the strategist of the show and help everyone with her intelligence.
Finally, Kikyou, the girl who wants to be everyone’s friend but what nobody knows is that she has a dark personality that makes her one of the most dangerous characters.
What makes this anime so unique is that everything in this school can be bought with points. I mean everything. If you have enough points, you can get a 100/100 on a test without even taking the test.
27. The Quintessential Quintuplets
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
14/20 |
15/20
|
6/10 |
35/50 |
Genre: Romantic comedy
Episodes: Season 1: 12, Season 2: 12
Anime Storyline:
Girls are already very complex to us guys. Some of us thick-headed guys can’t even recognize a girl when they do their makeup differently. Yet, here my guy Fuutarou has to deal with not one, not two, but five twins or quintuplets.
Fuutaoru is a very studious guy but all his efforts often go to waste as his family is going through a financial crisis. He often takes on multiple jobs and keeps up with his studies but one day he was offered a tutoring job but he couldn’t realize that he was just about to enter a new world of drama and mischief.
Miku, Nino, Itsuki, Yotsuba, and Ichika are the five sisters. Each with a different personality and different ambitions. They often challenge Yotsuba to differentiate them and make his life a little bit harder.
But as the anime goes on, we see Yotsuba learning more about them and helping them pass their exams. Also, my guy here is a man of culture if he can differentiate each girl judging by their ass.
I think we can agree that teaching other people is hard. Futaro Uesugi realizes this when he experiences this five times. Because of his poor family situation, he wants to get extra money so when they find him to teach quintuplets he immediately accepts without knowing what he accepted.
If you are good at teaching this may be your world but if your answer is no, you may want to learn it for 5 cute girls. It may be worth it.
26. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
12/20
|
8/10 |
35/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Supernatural
Episodes: 120
Anime Storyline:
You might think, why have I put a supernatural genre in a school anime. Well, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K is more like a school anime rather than a psychic power-based anime. The show consists of Saiki struggling to live a normal life with everyone constantly getting in the way of his boring life and making it LESS BORING.
Saiki was born with his abilities and he struggled to control his abilities. That’s why he thinks it’s a curse rather than a superpower. He tries to avoid the use of his powers as much as he can but his daily life became a little exciting when Shun, Riki, and Kokomi entered his life.
The show uses Saiki’s abilities to create out-of-the-ordinary situations and also has given him a potential love interest. The show is very funny and a must-watch show.
25. K-On!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
14/20
|
5/10 |
35/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Slice of Life
Episodes: 39
Anime Storyline:
High school is the place where we try to reach out for our dreams and learn the skills we need to make our dreams come true. K-On is a show that shows us the unique talents of the light music club. It shows how music can touch our souls and motivate us to make something amazing.
Yui, a new high schooler, faces a dilemma on which club she needs to join. Stumbling upon the light music club, she joins it thinking she could play a simple instrument. But after learning that it’s a rock band club, she wants to leave the club. But here, the light music club is going to get disbanded for the lack of members.
So, the club members offer different facilities to Yui, starting from sweets to sleeping during club time. When nothing worked, they wanted Yui to listen to one of their songs. After Yui heard their song, a spark lit up in her and she became the club’s guitarist. The show has amazing comedy and a unique club advisor that can play the guitar using her tongue.
A new year has started and the Light Music Club doesn’t have enough members, so the desperate members would do anything for an addition to the group, even if she can’t play guitar very well. So they found Yui who hasn’t even seen the guitar in a close distance. Good luck club!
This is the perfect club if you like tea and cute girls, but it may not be a bad thing if you also like music and also play an instrument but this is incidental.
24. Gabriel DropOut
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
14/20
|
7/10 |
36/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Ever wondered what would happen if angels came down to live with us? For centuries, it has been the tradition for angels and demons to come study with humans to learn about them. Gabriel came down to study and discovered the wonderful world of gaming. She became addicted and transformed her angelic self into a hikikomori.
Now, to help Gabriel find her way back, Raphiel comes down to help her with her studies. The duo goes to class only to find out there are demons learning in school. Vignette and the great demon lord Satan are also in their class. The show consists of angels and demons trolling each other and getting punished by their teacher later on. An amazing concept if I say so myself.
23. Toradora!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
16/20 |
8/10 |
36/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
Episodes: 25
Anime Storyline:
What would you do if your crush’s best friend finds out who is your crush? But then you find that her crush is your best friend. What would you do? You make an alliance to help each other and that is the basic premise of this anime.
Would you help her or tell your best friend? Simp or bro? It is an interesting context to find yourself in. Personally, I don’t know what is the perfect step for the situation so I would probably do the same as the main character, Ryuuji Takasu, and simp.
22. Hyouka
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
14/20 |
15/20 |
7/10 |
36/50 |
Genre: Mystery, Slice of Life
Episodes: 25
Anime Storyline:
I think a lot of people would agree with this anime’s main character’s most popular quote: “If I don’t have to do it, I won’t. If I have to do it, I’ll make it quick.”. You can guess Houtarou Oreki’s mentality about anything after this quote but one thing can change this mentality: a cute girl named Chitanda Eru.
This anime is about how a can girl changes a boy’s life, so watch it and decide if you can fall into that hole, too or you can refuse it and be an energy-saving person forever.
21. The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
14/20
|
6/10 |
37/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 24
Anime Storyline:
Do you know this feeling when you get a pet that you never wanted but after you get it you and the pet become best friends? Sorata Kanda finds himself in this situation with a little difference which is the pet is an artist girl who can’t support herself.
Don’t you dare to think about this in a weird way! This is a wholesome master-pet relationship! But it is still sometimes very romantic but this story is more about dreams and how to stand up after failing a dream than a master-slave kinky story.
Unless you have lived in a dorm, you have absolutely no idea how exciting dorm life is. People are crazy. They party every weekend and it’s just chaos everywhere.
The Pet Girl of Sakuratsou focuses on the life of Nanami and his perspective on whatever crazy incidents happen after he joins the infamous Suimei High School Sakura Hall. Only to find out the bizarre people that live at that dorm and make his life rather difficult.
There is Misaki, the animator, Jin, the playboy, Ryuunosuke, the programmer, and Chihiro, the art teacher by morning and party girl by night. The anime is filled with chaos and every day is a different story. This anime will surprise you every episode.
20. Great Teacher Onizuka
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
19/20 |
10/20
|
8/10 |
37/50 |
Genre: Action, Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
What would happen when an ex-biker gang leader randomly becomes a high school teacher? The answer is, you would get a teacher like Onizuka. Frankly speaking, Onizuka has earned mad respect from us. Teaching us how a teacher should teach his students and go out of the textbooks to teach life lessons to his students.
Onizuka becomes a teacher with the goal in mind to one day marry a young woman and grow old with her. Though he is pervy and a straight-up delinquent, he shines best whenever he learns one of his students is in some sort of trouble.
Onizuka has a unique style of fixing problems and that’s what makes this show so good. There are clever jokes in almost every episode. The only downside of this show is that there is no season 2.
19. Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
13/20
|
10/10 |
39/50 |
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
What’s the definition of perfection? To understand that, you need to watch this show. Sakamoto is a student that defines perfection. Is there anything this dude can not do? Don’t answer that I’m pretty sure he already figured out how to do it. Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto is a show that focuses on the daily life of Sakamoto and how perfect he is.
There are episodes filled with people trying to prank Sakamoto and instead of getting themselves pranked. An amazing binge if you are looking for a comedy show. Try to imagine the coolest guy in high school. Okay, Sakamoto is cooler than your imagination. Sakamoto is the kind of guy you can’t even imagine so you have to experience him by watching this anime.
Being in the same school as the coolest guy in the world, you can’t imagine a more exciting life. You may try to trick him into doing something embarrassing, but you will fail miserably, and in the end, you will be the one who will be laughed at.
18. Chio's School Road
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
13/20
|
9/10 |
39/50 |
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
When you get a badass name like “Bloody Butterfly” there is no chance you will ever be late for school. Chio is your average gamer girl. But because of her late-night gaming sessions, she wakes up late every day. But don’t worry, Bloody Butterfly always finds some way or detour to reach school in time.
Last night when I was making this list, I actually forgot about this anime. I searched every YouTube anime compilation and finally found this hidden gem.
While most people would say walking to school is boring, for Chio, it’s exactly the opposite. Every day she sees some bizarre obstacle in her way and has to use her Call of Duty game training to overcome it. The show is very funny with amazing conclusions each episode.
17. Asobi Asobase
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
14/20
|
10/10 |
39/50 |
Genre: Surreal Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Remember when we used to do goofy stuff during our recess? Those memories always give us nostalgia and remind us how fun life was back then. Well, Asobe Asobase sends you back to your school life and slaps you with amazing comedy and even better expressions after the punchline.
Asobi Asobase shows us the daily life of Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi. Every day during recess they bring up some weird game and let me just say, things get wild after a while. Even the supporting characters in this show are funny as hell. If you ever watched Daily Life of High School Boys, this show is its baby.
16. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
15/20 |
8/10 |
39/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Who said that after childhood you must grow out of your imaginary world and stop using your superpower to demolish the dark forces? Adult society, screw that! Togashi Yuuta doesn’t think we should screw that so he stopped it, but Takanashi Rikka wants him to go back and help her to fight the evil forces.
Sometimes thinking about childish thoughts like defeating the devil is fun, but to bring it to reality is pretty embarrassing. But if you don’t care about it, it could be really fun in the end.
15. Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
16/20
|
9/10 |
40/50 |
Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy
Episodes: 26
Anime Storyline:
Nichijou is one of those shows that stick to the back of our memories and we just can not forget, because it’s that good. Where other comedy anime fail, Nichijo does it perfectly.
It has unique animation, an amazing daily life plot, jokes that are different, and finally, amazing voice actors that gave it their all.
The plot is very simple, it shows the daily life of Yuuko, Hakase, Mio, Nano, and Mai. From walking to school to playing in the field, there are jokes everywhere in this show. You just need to have a keen eye.
14. Daily Lives of High School Boys
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
15/20
|
10/10 |
40/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Daily Life of High School Boys is a show that has action, comedy, drama, love, Tadakuni’s sister’s underwear, what else do you want? The show is considered one of the best comedy anime ever made.
The show gives us a peek into what’s happening in your average high school boy’s mind. It shows their weird games, their funny fantasies about sticks being swords, it shows how boys react when they think someone has a girlfriend.
This is an overall banger and the jokes are so, so Goddamn good. The show literally trolls the rom-com genre about guys meeting girls under the bridge.
13. Fruits Basket
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
14/20 |
8/10 |
40/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Episodes: 26
Anime Storyline:
Do you like animals? I hope you answered yes because this anime is about a Chinese horoscope curse which means if the different gender hugs you, you become your Chinese horoscope animal. With this curse, the Souma family household has to live with and have to suffer until one day they accept an outsider girl into the house, Honda Tohru. The poor girl was homeless and she lived in a tent, but the Souma family accepts her because they need someone to do the housework.
Living with this curse has to be hard because one thing is that there are accidents, but what about love and love-making. This has to be a hard life for those who have this curse.
12. Nisekoi
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
18/20
|
7/10 |
41/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 20
Anime Storyline:
One of the most unusual and amazing high school dramas is Nisekoi. The show gives us the drama of what happens when two Mafia gang’s next heir date each other. The show is somewhat of romantic and it has its fair share of fan service. But the show really shines when it comes to awesome visuals and a unique storyline.
Raku Ichijou is the heir of Yakuza, he isn’t interested in the family business and wants to live a normal life. But because of two nosy fathers, Raku now dates Chitoge, who is also an heir to the Mafia. Both fathers have forced them into a relationship to end this gang war in the city.
Now Raku is faced with a dilemma and can not propose to the girl he has a crush on. The show is filled with drama and hilarious situations. Do give it a try and tell me who the best girl is?
11. Teasing Master Takagi-san
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
7/20
|
9/10 |
41/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
We all know how thick-headed protagonists are in anime when it comes to love. They literally have to kiss just to find out the girl actually has feelings for them. Teasing Master Takagi-san is a show about how everyday Takagi teases this boy named Nishikata.
She literally gives googly eyes at him and he thinks she is just playing with him. Somebody gets this kid some milk. He needs God to show him the way.
Jokes aside, the show has a decent plot and it’s very cute. Overtime, we also see Nishikata get some character development and make Takagi blush at times. An amazing show to binge on.
10. Tsurezure Children
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
14/20
|
10/10 |
41/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Tsurezure Children is an anime that shows us the love life of five couples. The show is very wholesome and very funny at times. But it mostly consists of romance and cute lines that definitely would help during your next date.
What I love about this show is that it doesn’t want to be like the other rom-com shows. It has its own personality. We get to see five different love stories that lead to five different struggles and how they overcome it. Overall, an amazing show.
9. After the Rain
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
17/20
|
6/10 |
41/50 |
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
This is one of the most underrated love stories in anime history. The show gives us a view of what happens when a highschool girl falls for an older man. The show is very wholesome and very romantic at times. It also shows us how the girl is ready to adjust her whole future for the man she loves.
Akira is a shy girl, who one day falls for a divorced older guy named Masami. Later on, she finds out more about Masami and wants to help him with his daily life. Masami on the other hand thinks of Akira as a girl who respects him and wants to help him. The two have a huge age gap and yet Akira wants Masami to notice her. Words can’t explain this show. You need to see to understand.
8. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
18/20
|
7/10 |
42/50 |
Genre: Psychological Drama, Supernatural
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Here is a unique show. A weird disease has been spreading to some people that makes them want to wear bunny girl outfits and run around the school. Oh, I got the plot wrong. So, a puberty disease that makes people experience weird abilities, and it’s Sakuta’s job to solve their problem and make things go back to normal. The show has nothing to do with bunnies but it has a lot of girls.
Sakuta gives us his perspective on how these abilities affect each person and how he solves them while flirting with his senpai Mai. An amazing show that flooded social media when it first aired. Imagine this: You go into the library just to chill and you see your famous, serious senpai in a bunny costume. That would be an interesting scene so this is the situation where Sakuta Azusagawa finds himself and seems to enjoy that.
Maybe to find yourself in a very strange situation could be very fun unless you are the one in a strange situation or as the anime calls it: having an Adolescent Syndrome. Because solving these problems may be interesting, but hard for the characters.
7. My Hero Academia
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
19/20 |
5/10 |
42/50
|
Genre: Action, Comedy
Episodes: 25
Anime Storyline:
Everyone likes heroes, so who doesn’t want to go into hero school like U.A. Deku or his normal name Izuku Midoriya is also one of us, he just has one problem, like almost every kid in the world he doesn’t have any superpowers. But one day he meets his hero, “All Might” and that changes everything!
I think everyone had a dream when they go into a superhero school and U.A. is one of this kind of school. Just try not to die when the villain attacks the school, but if you have a useful superpower you may survive.
6. Horimiya
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
15/20 |
18/20
|
9/10 |
42/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Horimiya is a show that makes us believe that anything can happen in life. It is a show that shows us that anyone can change and we shouldn’t judge people by their looks.
Kyouko Hori, a cheerful girl that has a bubbly personality and lives by making memories with her friends. She out of nowhere, one day took notice of Izumi Miyamura and how quiet he always is. She took an interest in him and started knowing him a bit more.
A few days later it turns out Miyamura is one of the best guys she met in her life. He had an interesting past and loves to go extreme when it comes to body modification.
She never expected the quiet kid to get piercings and a tattoo. One thing led to another and they fell in love. Now Miyamura is one of the reasons behind Hori’s smile. The show also gives us small glimpses of their friend’s love life too. It’s an amazing show and definitely deserves this spot.
5. Oresuki: Are You the Only One Who Loves Me?
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
18/20
|
8/10 |
42/50 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
People say Truck-Kun is overrated, yet you don’t know about Bench-Kun. This anime literally tried to make a bench of rejection memes. Every time our protagonist sat on that bench, he got rejected by his crush.
Amateur somehow landed two dates in the same week (I can’t even manage to get one date.). But during both dates he got rejected when his dates proclaimed their crush on Amatsuyu’s best friend Taiyou.
This has made Amatsuyu despise that dreadful bench. Feeling disappointed, Amatsuyu goes to the library and somehow finds out that the nerdy glasses-wearing library girl is actually very pretty when she puts her glasses off. What’s more surprising is that she actually has a crush on him.
The show is very interesting with its random twists out of nowhere and it has amazing comedic timing.
4. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
20/20 |
9/10 |
46/50 |
Genre: Cooking
Episodes: 13
Anime Storyline:
Have you heard about cooking schools?… But you must have heard about the special and famous cooking school: Totsuki Academy where they fire students only because they left the meat on the grill 1 second more than it should be.
But this is not why this school is famous, it is famous for its food wars where two or more students make the same type of food and a jury will decide which food is the best. Finally, the winner can ask anything from the loser. Anything.
This school is for you if you want to be a professional cook, but if you burn a cup of noodles maybe this school is not for you.
3. Kaguya Sama: Love is War
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
19/20
|
10/10 |
47/50 |
Genre: Psychological, Romantic Comedy, Slice of Life
Episodes: Season1: 12, Season 2: 12
Anime Storyline:
Finally, our rank one spot goes to Love is War. As the saying goes “anything is fair in love and war”. Love is War is an anime that gives us a view of what would happen if Light Yagami and Lelouch were in a rom-com. Like literally these two protagonists of this show should just get a room.
Kaguya, a girl who has the brains, the beauty, and the money to back her up. She is very strategic and cunning. She is the vice president of the Shuchiin Academy. On the other hand, there is Miyuki, a boy who climbed the ladder through hard work and determination.
He is the student council president. Both protagonists love each other but they have an issue with how to say their feelings to each other. They think the other person will make fun of them and ruin their reputation.
Now, they are currently competing secretly against each other to see who can make the other person confess their feelings first. The side characters in this show are great comic relief and might I just say Chika is the best girl.
2. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
20/20 |
9/10 |
47/50 |
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Episodes: 12
Anime Storyline:
Nobody likes hierarchy in school, so let’s change that. Based on gambling. Yes and this is Hyakkaou Private Academy where rich kids go. The hierarchy goes from king and queen lives for those who can play well and slaves whose lives are already decided because they gambled their life, too. In this school, Yumeko Jabami tries her luck to become the Queen of the academy.
If you like gambling you are going to like this school, and have skills you are going to love it more, but if gambling is not your thing, man. You’re gonna have a bad time.
1. Assassination Classroom
| Plot | Animation | Romance/Comedy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
19/20 |
19/20 |
9/10 |
47/50 |
Genre: Action, Comedy
Episodes: 22
Anime Storyline:
The story is about a special class whose mission is to kill their homeroom teacher and if they do it they would get 10 billion yen. But it is not as easy as its sounds because their teacher is a tentacle-like monster who can move at 2 Mach speed, meaning he is very fast. They get every help from the government to do this task but for newbie killers, it is a really hard and seemingly impossible mission.
You would definitely not be bored in this class, just imagine that if you are very upset because of a mark of yours, you have all the right to kill your teacher. Of course, sadly it won’t be easy but you can try!
Chika-Chan would like you to comment ^^
In conclusion, school anime has become part of the anime industry’s trademark. Every year we see a bunch of school anime being released. Though these anime never get to our top ten best anime lists, these anime play a big part in attracting new viewers to the anime community.
