Top 10 Must-Watch Anime If You Loved “Kiss Him, Not Me” & Where To Watch Them!

Kiss Him, Not Me is a story about Kae Serinuma, an overweight otaku whose obsession over BL or Boy’s Love is so strong that she fantasizes about her classmates in such romance dramas all the time.

But soon after the death of her favorite character in a show, she loses weight devoid of food for a week. Looking like a princess now, she is the center of all the boys’ attention, but the only thing she wants is some real-life BL drama.

This story revolves around Kae’s fetish around Boy’s Love but keeps attracting them with her charming appearance.

So, let’s begin with the top 10 list of anime that closely resembles Kiss Him, Not Me.

10. Masamune-kun’s Revenge

You can get rid of your weight, not your rude demeanor, Masamune-kun’s Revenge reminds you that through a heartfelt story.

After being rejected by Aki Adagaki for being overweight, Masamune Makabe has started working out to lose weight. The one thing he desires is to exact revenge from Aki.

Soon transforming into a handsome high school student, Masamune finds out that he has transferred to Aki’s school. Masamune plans on making Aki fall in love with him and ultimately rejecting her.

Just when he was going to set his plans in motion, he received a mysterious letter with his old nickname on it. To execute his plans smoothly, he must find the one who sent this letter.

9. Magic-Kyun! Renaissance

Magic-Kyun! Renaissance deals with a girl’s extraordinary romantic life.

Artistas are those who can inspire emotion with their Magic Arts. The Artistas are taught in Hoshinomori Private Magical Arts High School, where they are employed in show business after graduating.

Kohana Aigasaki is a new student who is surrounded by six other guys and leads her romantic school life.

Given the duty in the planning committee for the school’s yearly cultural festival, she plans to make this a success. While the boys plan on becoming the prince alongside Kohana as the Artistas Prince and Princess of the year.

8. Rainbow Days

Your life is as colorful as a rainbow, Rainbow Days displays that with a sweet story.

Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi is a dreamer, narcissist, sadist, and an otaku respectively. During Christmas Eve, Natsuki breaks down in the middle of the street after getting dumped by his girlfriend.

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Soon after Ana offers Natsuki tissues to wipe his tears, he instantly falls in love with her, and to his surprise, they are in the same school. But his nosy friends keep interfering with his love life with Anna while they carry out theirs smoothly.

7. The Wallflower

The Wallflower depicts the struggle of the transformation of a girl into a proper lady, who is clueless about anything feminine.

Sunako Nakahara has been a shut-in, after getting rejected by her crush. Mocked for her appearance, she hates anything related to beauty and is embracing anything related to the occult.

After being sent to her aunt’s home, she finds four handsome boys living there. Her aunt asks the boys to turn Sunako into a proper lady to let them stay for free.

Surrounded by boys with different personalities, her struggle to become an appropriate lady begins.

6. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saekano is the sweet & spicy rom-com dish you couldn’t resist eating.

Tomoya Aki, an otaku, wants to share his love for anime and light novels by developing his own game, which he needs a team for.

Soon after recruiting Eriri, his childhood friend as an illustrator and Utaha as a scriptwriter, he is now in search of a model to base his story on.

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After a fortunate encounter with Megumi, he recruits her as the main character’s model and starts working on the project. But comes to realize that the emotions he wants to share must be from his own experiences to connect to the audience.

5. Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches boldly elaborates on the power of kissing.

Ryuu Yamada joins Suzaku High to live a quiet life without his reputation as a delinquent. But getting bored with the tranquillity in the second year, he reverts back to his former self.

While getting back from a lecture at the office, he accidentally kisses Urara with a misstep on stairs. Soon they find out that they can switch their bodies by kissing.

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After witnessing that, they were recruited in the Supernatural Studies Club by Miyamura, the only member of the club. Joined by Miyabi, they set out to disclose the seven female students who can also activate the power by kissing.

4. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

My Next Life as a Villainess showcases a unique fantasy about the struggle in a villain’s life.

Reincarnated in the game she plays, she has nothing but the memories of her past life. She is being reincarnated as the antagonist named Katarina Claes.

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Knowing that this character faces complete annihilation at the end of the game, she tries to escape from it. Even if it means to affect everyone’s life surrounding her, she wants to avoid the ending of her life as a villainess.

3. Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku displays the sweetest love story between two otakus.

The one thing Narumi Momose worries about before joining the office on her first day is the disclosure of her identity as an otaku. Her worries come true when she meets her middle school friend, Hirotaka Nifuji.

Trying to keep her secret, she invites him for a drink. Later, while having drinks, she utters about her ex-boyfriend’s rejection of her being an otaku.

Listening to which Hirotaka promises to be by her side as a fellow otaku. And thus begins the awkward romance between two otakus.

2. Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun is an exhilarating roller-coaster ride of emotions.

Chiyo Sakura is a high school girl who has fallen for Umetarou Nozaki, an aspiring mangaka. After her confession, she gets a signed autograph from Nozaki, who mistakes her as a fan.

Later Sakura comes to recognize that Nozaki is a respected shoujo mangaka pen named Sakiko Yumeno, which led her to be one of Nozaki’s assistants.

Soon her life changed as she encountered each of Nozaki’s friends who helped Nozaki out for his manga. Chiyo sticks with Nozaki with hopes of getting her feelings acknowledged by him.

1. Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club displays the struggle of a girl disguised as a boy to pay off his debts.

Ouran Academy is an elite school where Haruhi Fujioka joins with no rank or title, becoming the unique one amongst the school.

Hoping to study in peace, she unexpectedly barges into the Host Club led by Tamaki Suou with his princely appearance accompanied by other eccentric students.
The purpose of this club is to entertain the girls in the academy.

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Trying to get out of the club, she accidentally breaks a vase worth eight million, which results in her becoming a host due to her manly appearance. And begins her life full of shenanigans she never expected.

Honorable Mentions

There are some other series that contains a few elements of Kiss Him, Not Me; they are:

The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi; WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Unpopular.