
Shows that feel likeBlue Box (2024–)
If you loved Blue Box, the closest series we have are Looking for Alaska (2019), DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO (2021) and given (2019). All three share Blue Box's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019).
If Blue Box hit the spot, these will too


The same two preoccupations: slice of life, and school
The difference: Easier on the warmth than Blue Box

Two things both keep coming back to: high school and based on manga
The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than Blue Box does

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than Blue Box does

Contemplative where it counts, warm underneath

One thread runs through both: high school

Both are built on the same subject: romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: school life
The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Blue Box does



Contemplative animation in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sports
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