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Anime Like Bad Buddy

If you loved Bad Buddy's Comedy and Drama storytelling, these anime deliver a similar experience — selected for art style, narrative depth, and emotional impact. Each includes where to stream it now.

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TharnType
7.7

TharnType

2019

Type hated the idea of sharing a room with a gay guy. But now, he's starting to question what he thought he knew.

SOTUS
7.0

SOTUS

2016

A strict senior and a defiant freshman clash under the SOTUS system—but resistance slowly turns into something tender.

Felicity
6.6

Felicity

1998

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.

Love Mechanics
8.2

Love Mechanics

2022

Vee has a girlfriend. Mark has feelings. One moment changes everything, and now they must face what love really means.

I Told Sunset About You
8.6

I Told Sunset About You

2020

Tender emotions and new yearnings awaken in childhood friends Teh and Oh-aew when they cross paths in a Chinese language class during senior year.

Together with Me
7.3

Together with Me

2017

After realizing they want to be more than just friends, childhood buddies Knock and Korn must confront obstacles before becoming an item.

Lovely Writer
7.5

Lovely Writer

2021

Gene, a successful BL novelist, meets Nubsib, a deceptive actor auditioning for the lead role in the drama adaptation of his book. Chaos unfolds.

Love In The Air
8.5

Love In The Air

2022

Rain plots to make Phayu fall for him to ruin his reputation, while Sky grapples with his feelings for Prapai, in this whirlwind of emotions and growing love.

More Anime Like Bad Buddy

Married
6.2

Married

2014

Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their declining sex life and who's driving carpool, they are reminded what drew them together in the first place -- they're best friends. The show also features Russ and Lina's friend AJ, who is recently divorced and pretending he's over his wife, and their other friend Jess, who is married to a much older man who can't keep up with her.

We Are
8.6

We Are

2024

A group of university friends navigate academics, friendships, and romance as they deal with the ups and downs of campus life.

Cold Feet
7.6

Cold Feet

1998

Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?

Your Sky
8.3

Your Sky

2024

Due to an unforeseen situation, a naive freshman and the campus’s popular senior agree to pretend to be a couple — but their fake deal begins to affect their real feelings.

My Love Mix-Up!
9.0

My Love Mix-Up!

2024

Atom has a crush on Matmee, but a mix-up over an eraser makes Kongthap think Atom likes him instead—leading to unexpected feelings and confusion.

Why R U?
7.0

Why R U?

2020

Zon, an aspiring sci-fi writer, faces challenges as romantic tensions arise with Saifah, mirrored in his sister's BL novel, while Tutor navigates his own struggles.

2Moons: The Series
6.3

2Moons: The Series

2017

The story of six university students facing new challenges like: studying hard, making new friends and enemies, and unexpectedly falling in love with the least likely person.

Carmilla
7.8

Carmilla

2014

Laura Hollis, a newly enrolled college student at Silas University, shares a room with Betty, who mysteriously disappears all of a sudden. Little does Laura know that after this fateful night, nothing will be the same in her life, starting with meeting her new roommate from hell, Carmilla Karnstein. "Carmilla" is a single-camera, scripted transmedia series that puts a modern spin on the cult classic Gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It's a story of a young woman’s susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire.

The Sign
8.7

The Sign

2023

Two men join a high-stakes special ops team to solve supernatural crimes, while a hidden connection from their past lives complicates everything.

Emma
7.6

Emma

2009

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.

Cutie Pie
7.8

Cutie Pie

2022

Arranged to marry, a young tycoon and a free-spirited student face a test when one reveals that only duty, not love, keeps them together.

My So-Called Life
7.6

My So-Called Life

1994

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.

Why These Anime Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Bad Buddy (2021): Comedy and Drama themes, comparable animation style, and similar narrative pacing. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface anime most likely to resonate with fans of Bad Buddy.

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