What is this genre all about? At least one character has a romantic interest in another one, but the feelings are not returned.
This is the cornerstone of all love triangles or love polygons.
We present you the list of Unrequited Love anime you should watch right now.
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Top 16 Unrequited Love anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 16. Golden Time
- 15. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
- 14. Kuzu no Honkai
- 13. Kiznaiver
- 12. Sukitte Ii na yo.
- 11. Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo
- 10. Yuru Yuri
- 9. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie
- 8. White Album 2nd Season
- 7. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F
- 6. Glass no Kantai: La Legende du Vent de l'Univers
- 5. Yuru Yuri♪♪
- 4. Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!
- 3. Houkago no Tinker Bell
- 2. Hikari no Densetsu
- 1. 12-sai.
16. Golden Time
Due to a tragic accident, Banri Tada is struck with amnesia, dissolving the memories of his hometown and past. However, after befriending Mitsuo Yanagisawa, he decides to move on and begin a new life at law school in Tokyo. But just as he is beginning to adjust to his college life, the beautiful Kouko Kaga dramatically barges into Banri's life, and their chance meeting marks the beginning of an unforgettable year.
After having a glimpse of college life, Banri learns that he is in a new place and a new world - a place where he can be reborn, to have new friends, fall in love, makes mistakes and grow. And as he begins to discover who he was, the path he has chosen leads him towards a blindingly bright life that he will never want to forget.
Golden Time has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゴールデンタイム, Golden Time
15. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
Due to various events, Yuuta and Rikka are living together. This secret co-habitation is so exciting for the two lovebirds! Or so it should be...
Is having a chuuni girlfriend too high of a hurdle for Yuuta, who never even went out with a normal girl?! Yuuta worries about how to advance his relationship with Rikka. And then everyone else, Nibutani, Kumin, and Dekomori, have powered up by advancing a grade. Furthermore, the cause of his chuunibyou outburst in middle school, the girl who calls herself Sophia Ring Saturn the 7th, Satone Shichimiya appears...
This is the long-awaited second season of the adolescent romantic comedy revolving around chuunibyou that makes you laugh and cry.
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Heart Throb has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 中二病でも恋がしたい！戀, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 2, Chu-2 Byo demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
14. Kuzu no Honkai
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?
Scum's Wish has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: クズの本懐, Kuzu no Honkai
13. Kiznaiver
The story takes place in Sugomori, a city built upon reclaimed land that once prospered as a futuristic city. One high school boy living there, Agata Katsuhira, is somehow unable to feel any pain. One day just before the start of summer break, Katsuhira is called by a mysterious girl named Sonozaki Noriko and chosen to become one of a group of people who share one another's pain: a "Kiznaiver." Several of his classmates have also been chosen as part of this group, but they're all people from different circles who normally wouldn't associate with each other.
KIZNAIVER has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: キズナイーバー, Kiznaiver
12. Sukitte Ii na yo.
Mei Tachibana was once a regular girl who enjoyed hanging out with her friends. But after a traumatic incident where all her so-called friends suddenly turned their backs on her, Mei's idea of friendship changed forever. In order to stop herself from ever going through the same awful experience again, she decides to stay away from people as much as possible, and ideally, to never make any friends ever again. This tactic seems to have worked relatively well in her current high school life, and she didn't at all mind being thought of as gloomy and strange. However, the appearance of Yamato Kurosawa—one of the most popular boys in her high school—shakes her stable foundation of an introvert, and makes her question whether or not her choices were indeed the right ones.
Not only does Yamato not ignore her like everyone else seems to be doing, he also decides to freely give her his phone number! As their relationship slowly develops, and is marked with an unexpected kiss, Mei is finding it very hard to adapt to this new life style, and hardest of all, to express her true feelings towards Yamato. Sukitte Ii na yo. follows their developing relationship, as well as their frequent disagreements, to portray how difficult it can really be to say "I love you."
Say "I Love You". has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 好きっていいなよ。, Suki-tte Ii na yo., Sukinayo
11. Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo
What would you do if a girl you like would confess to you? Besides, what if it were not just one girl? Cool high school student that loves the whole school and your hilarious and cheerful childhood friend. Yes, you would be crazy with happiness. But, what if an unexpected problem arises because of the content of this confession?
ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me? has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 俺を好きなのはお前だけかよ, Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo
10. Yuru Yuri
After a year in grade school without her childhood friends, first year student Akari Akaza is finally reunited with second years Yui Funami and Kyouko Toshinou at their all-girls' middle school. During the duo's first year, Yui and Kyouko formed the "Amusement Club" which occupies the now nonexistent Tea Club's room. Shortly after Akari joins, one of her fellow classmates, Chinatsu Yoshikawa, pays the trio a visit under the impression that they are the Tea Club; it is only once the three girls explain that the Tea Club has been disbanded that they can convince Chinatsu to join the Amusement Club—a group with no purpose other than to provide entertainment for its members.
Based on the slice-of-life manga by Namori, Yuru Yuri is an eccentric comedy about a group of girls who spend their spare time drinking tea and fawning over each other, all while completely failing to even notice the supposed main character Akari amongst them.
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゆるゆり, YRYR
9. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie
The TV series is retold through the different main characters' points of view with new additional material from their childhood, during the original series, and one year after the conclusion of the series.
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 劇場版 あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。, AnoHana Movie, We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day. Movie
8. White Album 2nd Season
The second season of White Album, also known as episodes 14-26.
White Album Season 2 has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: WHITE ALBUM 第2期, White Album Second Season, White Album the Latter Half
7. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F
A new OVA of the light novel Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, titled Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F, has been green-lit.
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 這いよれ！ニャル子さんF, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F
6. Glass no Kantai: La Legende du Vent de l'Univers
The People's Army led by Michel stands against Vetti's newly founded empire. Upon seeing how strong the Glass Battleship is, Michel tries to get Cleo, the captain of the Glass Battleship, to help People's Army overthrow Vetti's empire. And together they fight against Vetti's empire.
Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of the Universe has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ガラスの艦隊～La legende du vent de l'univers～, Garakan, Garasu no Kantai, Glass Fleet
5. Yuru Yuri♪♪
Akari and her friends from the Amusement Club are back for another round of antics!
In the second season of Yuru Yuri, the Amusement Club consisting of the polite but often times invisible Akari, her cool headed best friend Yui, the original founder of the club Kyouko, and Chinatsu, who actually wanted to join the Tea Ceremony Club, starts things off with a relaxing trip to a hot spring.
From there the girls will have to return to real life and deal with things like studying, coming up with nicknames for each other, Valentine's Day, summer heat, time travel, a school trip to Kyoto, a stage performance during the school's culture festival and much, much more.
Who says that after school clubs have to be boring and mundane?
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily ♪♪ has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゆるゆり♪♪, Yuru Yuri S2
4. Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!
Upon finding some camping equipment in the clubroom, the Amusement Club decide to go camping together for summer vacation, with the student council deciding to tag along. After spending the day making curry, the girls form pairs to go on a test of courage before hitting a bathhouse together.
Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゆるゆり なちゅやちゅみ！, Yuru Yuri OVA, YuruYuri Nachuyachumi!, Yuru Yuri Summer Vacation!
3. Houkago no Tinker Bell
Based on a story from the After School Series line of light novels.
Kenichi Akizuki and Misako Watanabe work together to solve the mysterious disappearance of their classmate Ryouko Miyazaki. The only clue left by the kidnapper is signed Koushin Okazaki, her late classmate who'd committed suicide to preserve his youth and become like Peter Pan.
Houkago no Tinker Bell has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 放課後のティンカー・ベル, After School Series: Tinker Bell, Tinkerbell After School
2. Hikari no Densetsu
Hikari is a young school girl who dreams of becoming a great champion in the sport of rhythmic gymnastics like her idol, Diliana Gueorguiva. Despite all her setbacks while performing, she works hard and with the help and support of Takaaki Oiishi (the best male gymnast of her school) soon becomes a member of the rhythmic gymnastics team in her school. She develops feelings for Oiishi, but she is not the only one—Hazuki Shiina, the best gymnast in the entire school, also has feelings for Oiishi. Soon a friendship between Hikari and Shiina develops, but also a rivalry as well in the sport and for the love of Oiishi. Hikari is also torn between her feelings for Oiishi and her conflicting feelings for Mao Natsukawa, an old childhood friend, who is also the lead singer of the band called Mr. D. He composes the music she uses while performing, and has been developing feelings for her since childhood.
Hikari no Densetsu has finished airing and it has 19 Episodes. It is also Known as: 光の伝説, Legend of Light, The Story of Hikari
1. 12-sai.
The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. The manga depicts a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love.
Age 12 has finished airing and it has 8 Episodes. It is also Known as: 12歳。, Juuni-sai.
