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Shows that feel likeMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015–)

Marinette and Adrien, two Parisian teenagers, are entrusted with powerful jewels in order to transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir. But neither hero knows the other's true identity — or that they're classmates!

If you loved Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, the closest series we have are Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010), Sword Art Online (2012) and Descendants of the Sun (2016). All three share Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Blue Box (2024).

★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗6 seasons · TF1created by Thomas Astruckineticepicwarmromanticuplifting
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Hulu

If Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir hit the spot, these will too

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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010–2012 · 2 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 7.8animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

A teen hero with a transforming trinket and a life to keep hidden

The difference: Alien sci-fi and boyish action, without the romance or the Paris glow

With his secret identity now revealed to the world, Ben Tennyson continues to fight evil as a superhero with the help of the newly acquired Ultimatrix.

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Sword Art Online
2012–2020 · 4 seasons · Gunma TV
★ 7.5animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureHulu

Teen heroes, a slow-burning romance and monsters to beat each arc

The difference: Life-or-death virtual worlds and heavy serialisation — genuinely tense

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

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Descendants of the Sun
2016 · 1 season · KBS2
★ 8.2drama · action & adventure

Two people kept apart by the duties they cannot put down

The difference: Korean adult romance with soldiers and surgeons

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

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Blue Box
2024– · 1 season · MBS
★ 8animation · dramaNetflix

Both are working the same pair: friendship, romance

The difference: Less kinetic, more its own thing

Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
2000–2004 · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 8.2animation · action & adventurePrime VideoDisney+

A shy kid granted an ancient artefact and a second, braver self

The difference: Card-duel spectacle and no romance — the stakes live on the table

Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him, the soul of the "King of Games." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".

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The Rising of the Shield Hero
2019– · 5 seasons · AT-X
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixHulu

Both are built on the same subject: magic

The difference: Goes its own way on the warmth

Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022–2025 · 3 seasons · Prime Video
★ 7.2dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: a woman at the center

The difference: Played as drama first

Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.

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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
2021– · 3 seasons · TOKYO MX
★ 8.2action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

One thread runs through both: magic

When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn't end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudy will seize every opportunity to live the life he's always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he's always dreamed of, he's embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact!

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Looking for Alaska
2019 · 1 season · Hulu
★ 8drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

Miles enrolls in a new boarding school seeking adventure. There, he befriends a group of quirky students led by the captivating and troubled Alaska. As they pull pranks and explore dark secrets, a night of celebration takes a tragic turn, forcing the group to grapple with loss and the complexities of growing up.

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Without Breasts There Is No Paradise
2008 · 1 season · Telemundo
★ 6.9action & adventure · drama · crime

Common ground: romance

The tragic story of Catalina Santana, whose ambition is so strong that she will risk her life due to her obsession with having bigger breasts to attract drug lords and have all the luxuries in the world.

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Parasyte -the maxim-
2014–2015 · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 8.2animation · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming themselves to feed on unsuspecting prey. High school student Shinichi Izumi falls victim to one of these parasites, but the creature fails to take over his brain and ends up in his right hand.

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Cardcaptor Sakura
1998–2018 · 4 seasons · NHK BS2
★ 8animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

A schoolgirl handed a magical duty and a partner she squabbles with

The difference: Anime, gentler still, and much more episodic

Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

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