Best tv shows like The Red Apple
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Plot Summary:
The story happens in the near future of Japan, where sexual activity is forbidden by law. Inuda Hikaru is an honor student whose father is an executive at Setori (Sexual Misconduct Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). Hikaru aspires to become like his father and finds sex unpleasant. Minase Yu is Hikaru's childhood friend who has a sharp tongue but excels in her grades. Yu is also a big fan of nationally known actress Uchu Misora, commonly known as Uchura. One day, Hikaru is invited by a classmate to a shady members-only club where he witnesses men and women engaging in illegal sexual acts. He is also surprised to see Uchura, who claims to be "pure" there with a man. Before he realised, Hikaru finds himself being caught in an "underworld organization" where sexual activity is performed.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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Youth Should be Early (2021)
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With graduation looming, university student Cheng Xin is convinced her graduation ceremony would be the perfect time to propose to her boyfriend, Zheng Qian. Mustering up the courage to do just that, Cheng Xin proposes but in an unexpected move, Zheng Qian rejects her. Feeling that he hasn’t made any real accomplishments in his life or career, Zheng Qian doesn’t think the time is right to even consider marriage. Understanding where Zheng Qian is coming from, Cheng Xin offers to help him get a job at her family’s company, but Zheng Qian's pride refuses to allow him to accept. Rejected a second time, Cheng Xin has no choice but to sit back and watch as Zheng Qian struggles to find a job. Just another face, lost in the overwhelming swarm of new graduates clamoring for a job, Zheng Qian can’t seem to catch a break. Hating to see her love suffer, Cheng Xin works behind the scenes, setting up an opportunity that’s guaranteed to land Zheng Qian an ideal job.
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Genere: Romance
Country: China
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Takane no Hana-san (2021)
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Takamine Hana is a super ace employee at a traditional confectionary company. Despite her elite look and high performance, Hana only has love skills of a fifth grader. Hana has recently fell in love with Yowaki Tsuyoshi, a young employee who always gets scolded. Can Hana make Tsuyoshi like her back? Will a love bloom between the two?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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Fanletter, Please (2022)
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A top star actress in deep crisis and a man who makes a fake reply to a fanletter start their romance story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Takara-kun and Amagi-kun (2022)
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Takara Shun, a high school student who belongs to a popular group in the class, and Taichi Amagi, a pure boy who is not a conspicuous type but is liked by people, realize their love for each other. Even though they start dating in secret, it is difficult for them to be honest.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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Minato's Laundromat (2022)
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"I want to grow up quicker, so I can date Minato-san." Minato Akira inherited his grandfather's coin laundry. And so, the middle-aged former corporate drone, Akira, peacefully ran the well-loved coin laundry. One day, a high-school student, Katsuki Shintaro, enters the coin laundry. Despite the difference in age, they quickly became friends. However, Shintaro suddenly finds out that Akira is gay.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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Fifteen Years to Wait for Migratory Birds (2016)
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On the first day of junior high, 13 year old Li Li meets the handsome but cynical Pei Shang Xuan. A homely girl and a handsome boy, an academic achiever and a poor student - they would never be the kind of enviable match made in heaven. For the next 15 years, Li Li was Pei Shang Xuan's one, unchanging friend, and Pei Shang Xuan was the one and only person Li Li loved. As the years pass by, Shang Xuan begins to realize how important Li Li is in his life. But their love isn't something that can continue in this lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Romance
Country: China
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Plot tags: tear jerker, tearjerker
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Boys on the Run (2012)
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Toshiyuki Tanishi (Ryuhei Maruyama) is 27-year-old single guy, who has never had a girlfriend in his whole life. He works for small toy company, Saida Company. People view Toshiyuki Tanishi as stupid and the last person who will achieve success. Meanwhile, Toshiyuki has feelings for co-worker Chiharu (Akina Minami), but is unable to approach Chiharu. Instead, Toshiyuki goes to telephone clubs or watch adult videos. One day, Toshiyuki gets along with the salesman Aoyama (Takumi Saito), from rival company Manmos. With Aoyama's suggestion, Toshiyuki is finally able to have dinner with Chiharu. After dinner, Toshiyuki and Chiharu miss the last train and go to a hotel.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Hidden Agenda (2023)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Romance
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Hold my hand at Twilight (2023)
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Soramame leaves the countryside for Tokyo in pursuit of a childhood friend and fiancé, but instead he meets a scrappy young musician, Oto. By some odd circumstance, the two end up living under the same roof. Influenced by Oto, Soramame awakens to the world of fashion while Soramame becomes Oto's muse, reviving his forsaken dream of becoming a musician. As they chase their dreams, love is sure to germinate, but it struggles to take off for these two dreamers unwittingly caught in the world's most beautiful love story.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
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Let's Watch the Meteor Shower (2009)
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Meteor Shower is a Chinese television series that aired on Hunan TV. Due to the success and popularity of Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango and its franchise, Hunan TV decided to create a new series based on the same name. It is an unlicensed live-television drama production not authorized by Japanese publisher Shueisha, according to the producer it is only inspired by the manga.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
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Here is Greenwood (2008)
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Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
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Bicycling Mellow Love (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Everyone's Getting Married (2017)
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Asuka Takanashi is a twenty-something woman who works for a megabank and holds various professional qualifications in finance. Despite her successful career, she is extremely eager to get married and become a stay-at-home housewife. One day, she suddenly gets damped by her boyfriend of five years. Desperate to find her next potential husband, she immediately starts searching to find the "love of her life." Then she meets Ryu Nanami, a very popular TV newscaster. He appears to be the most ideal man for Asuka, except that Ryu is 100% against the idea of marriage and determined to never get married. However, despite their different views on marriage, they eventually fall in love and start their relationship. It seemed as though everything was going so well, but this was the beginning of their “Battle of Values.” Where is their romantic relationship headed? Will Asuka be able to announce her marriage and make her dream come true?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 48
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Country: Japan
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Fuko Kameyama is a first grade high school student and she has a bright personality. One day, cousins Daiya Shinpo and Ichi Shinpo move into an apartment upstairs from Fuko. Daiya has a bright smile. Ichi doesn't talk that much, but he has a warm heart. Fuko wavers between Daiya and Ichi.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Takane & Hana (2019)
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After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But what happens when Hana meets Takane is an unexpected pairing of utter opposites!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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The Big Boss (2017)
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Ye Mu Xi is a bright and energetic girl who's finally in her 1st year in high school. She's extremely excited about the new school year because now she'll finally be separated from her annoying childhood friend, Liao Dan Yi, a handsome and intelligent guy. As fate would have it, she discovers that they are, in fact, still in the same class. Devastated, she hatches a plan to snatch the class president title from her otherwise perfect childhood friend/nemesis. Hilarity ensues as she tries to navigate school life with her very diverse group of classmates along with Liao Dan Yi. Will love finally creep into the hearts of this cat-and-dog relationship?.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 36 min
Plot tags: parody
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Click your Heart (2016)
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Starring AOA's Min Ah as an endearing outcast who turns the heads of Da Won, Ro Woon, Cha Ni and Ju Ho, this interactive choose-your-own-adventure series unites AOA and Neoz trainees in a sweet string of high school romances.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, sincere, romantic, touching, interactive
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From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (2023)
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With her gloomy demeanor, Sawako has a hard time fitting in. But when an outgoing classmate approaches her, life takes a turn for the better.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, shoujo, romantic comedy, romantic drama, heartfelt
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Missions of Love (2018)
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When an inexperienced in love junior high student and secret novelist discovers a popular guy's secrets by reading his notebook, she blackmails him into performing missions of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, shoujo
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Flower and the Beast (2017)
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Kumi (Yurika Nakamura) is a transfer student at a prestigious high school. She meets Hyo (Yosuke Sugino) who is handsome and kind. Kumi falls in love with him and has her first kiss with him, but Hyo is famous for being a womanizer at school. After she discovers his true side, she gets hurts, but her feelings for him doesn't go away.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
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Scum's Wish (2017)
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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?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, romantic, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, visually appealing, dorama, shoujo
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Happy Marriage!? (2016)
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A rich, handsome businessman, Hokuto, proposes marriage to Chiwa, whose father has a large debt. Hokuto apparently has a secret reason for marrying Chiwa. Will this marriage work out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Rinko-san Wants to Try (2021)
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Rinko Amaki is a successful 27-year-old woman who works at a busy wedding planning agency. She excels at her job to such an extent that she is promoted to lead her unit. She is popular, beautiful, and hard-working, but there is just one thing that frustrates her: Despite being surrounded by loved-up couples and romance all day at work for years, she is still single. And on top of that, she has never made love. She wants to lose her virginity, but has never found the right man. In a twist of fate, her male co-worker Gen Kamisaka, another wildly successful wedding planner is in the exact same predicament. Also aged 27, he has never had any intimate relations with a woman. The duo, having discovered they share the same “problem,” decides to do something about it. But they soon discover that work and physical intimacy are not easy to balance. And while they might have initially envisaged a quick and fuss-free fling, Cupid might have other plans for them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Is this Love Checkmate!? (2018)
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A love story between a 24-year-old office worker who has neither love experience nor communication skills and a 32-year-old female shōgi player he meets on his daily commute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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My Little Lover (2015)
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Shun'ichi Minami possesses good looks and does well academically in high school. Chiyomi Horikiri is a bright girl who likes dancing. They were childhood friends and also their first loves, but after Shun'ichi Minami's father disappeared they hardly talk. On a storming night, Chiyomi Horikiri has an argument with her parents over her future course and leaves home. While trying to avoid the rain, Chiyomi Horikiri wishes that she go back to her childhood. Suddenly, Chiyomi becomes 15 cm tall. Shun'ichi Minami happens to see tiny Chiyomi Horikiri. She tells him that she doesn't want anyone else to see her, and Shun'ichi Minami takes her his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 43 min
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Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season (2018)
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The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing