Romance is a universal genre in anime that can be found even in the most tense and depressed action anime. However, in the Ecchi genre, romantic relationships feel forced to give us fan service, unlike other romance animes.
We have ranked the best Ecchi romance anime that serves pretty much more genuine romance than typical Lewd anime. Where the relationship bonds between anime characters feel natural and keep the audience on the toe with a quality plot.
(To make sure, this list doesn’t present any explicit content and only provides overall details about Ecchi romance shows.)
What is Ecchi anime!
You can call Ecchi a lite version of Hentai, which includes panty shots, topless shots, and perverted situations. However, Ecchi anime does not deliver pornish content.
Some anime consumers assume ecchi anime is an adult genre that neglects basic humor. I am sure the below-mentioned animes will change their stereotypical perspective about ecchi genre.
14: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really Loves You
Honestly speaking, the first thought after reading this anime title that comes to mind is, “another trash anime with lots of girls falling in love with MC without any reason.” After watching its mere two or three episodes, I bet you’ll be forced to take back your initial thoughts about this anime because it is that good and unique.
The story follows the 99th-time rejected anime protagonist Rentaro, who was recently rejected by another girl. After losing all hope of getting a girlfriend, he encounters God by himself at a shrine. To his surprise, God has blessed him with 100 girlfriends.
Yup, it sounds good, but there’s a drawback: Rentaro can’t break up with or avoid any girl from his 100-girl list. This will result in the demise of that girl. Let’s see how Rentaro will handle his relationship with 100 girls throughout this Ecchi romance anime.
- MAL Ratings: 7.8/10
- Total Episodes: 12
13: Tenpuru
One thing that you’ll like about Tenpuru is its cozy and quirky slow-paced love triangle relationship building with minimalist fan service. Along with ecchi harem romance with little to no action, this anime also highlights a thought-provoking plot about loneliness and self-discovery.
Akemitsu Akagami is a quite straightforward character who has become lonely since he became afraid of becoming like his perverted father. To purify his mind, he decides to become a monk at the Mikazuki Temple.
He believes this temple to be a male-only order until he finds out he’s the only male character here amidst five beautiful females. One thing common between Akagami and other females is that each of them is trying to discover their true selves.
- MAL Ratings: 6.7/10
- Total Episodes: 12
12: ORESUKI: Are You The Only One Who Loves Me?
Are you tired of watching girls stupidly fall in love with the protagonist in the ecchi/harem genre? time to witness a quite dramatic ecchi romance anime in the shape of “ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?” where MC puts real effort into gaining love interests.
This anime follows your average high schooler, Joro, who one day receives invitations from two flirtatious girls at the same time. In hoping to get confessions of love like a random Ecchi anime, his dream falls apart when the girls reveal their feelings for his friend Sun-Chan.
As Joro was already facing the challenge of being a love counselor, another girl appeared to have feelings for him. To everyone’s surprise, Sun-Chan has feelings for this girl. So it’s a quite funny Ecchi romance anime full of love drama and fan service.
- MAL Ratings: 7.3/10
- Total Episodes: 12
11: To Love Ru
To Love Ru is one of the classic sci-fi ecchi romance anime that has gripped audiences for years with its playful blend of heart, hijinks, and sensuality. However, today’s lads can’t estimate the worth of this Ecchi romance due to its old and less attractive animations.
At the center is our relatable hero, Rito Yuuki, who lives a normal high school life until the day a mysterious alien princess literally falls from the sky into his bathtub. Princess Lala Satalin Deviluke claims she loves Rito and has fled to Earth from her homeworld to escape an arranged marriage.
What follows is a comedic and steamy adventure as Rito finds himself constantly entangled in intimate situations with the overtly affectionate Lala and her sexy sister Momo, who also arrives on Earth with supernatural powers of her own.
But underneath the fanservice beats a sweet romance as shy Rito comes to understand Lala’s kindness and courage. It’s surely a very long-running and masterpiece Ecchi romance show.
- MAL Ratings: 6.98/10
- Total Episodes: 62 within 4 seasons
10: My First Girlfriend Is A Gal
My First Girlfriend Is a Gal sure is an amusing ecchi romance anime with a little drawback, especially for Shounen lovers. Unlike most shonen protagonists, this anime’s MC is a little boring or annoying to watch.
This lewd romance tale where a popular girl falls for MC revolves around an average high schooler, Junichi Hashiba, who makes a bold confession to the school’s popular hot girl, Yukana Yame. To everyone’s surprise, Yukana accepts his proposal despite having a clear personality difference.
As this odd couple begins dating, their quick love story begins, facing the tide of emotional ups and downs. Honestly speaking, this Ecchi tale beautifully displays humans’s inner and outer selves.
- MAL Ratings: 6.3/10
- Total Episodes: 12
9: The Café Terrace And Its Goddesses
As we have promised to include anime with decent plots and realistic relationships in this list of the best Ecchi romances, here comes the newly released romance anime “The Café Terrace and its Goddesses.“
A Tokyo University graduate happened to return to his childhood town to sell his inherited property. Which was a cafe operated by his grandmother.
Soon after checking up his cafe, he encountered five beautiful girls who used to live at his grandma’s residence. After meeting these cafe goddesses, he decided to run this cafe along with these girls. To bring life to this cafe, all these youngsters need to do their best while exploring romantic workplace diversity.
- MAL Ratings: 7.3/10
- Total Episodes: 12
8: Mother Of The Goddess’ Dormitory
Honestly speaking, at some points, this anime really seems to be a pure Ecchi anime fully focused on explicit scenes.
After losing his home and being abandoned by his father, twelve-year-old Koushi Nagumo finds himself the most unfortunate kid. Eventually, his luck changes when Mineru Wachi rescues him and takes him to a female dormitory.
This dormitory brings its own unique challenges for 12-year-old Koushi, as he has to face the unique residents of the dormitory while doing his best.
- MAL Ratings: 6.5/10
- Total Episodes: 10
7: Prison School
Prison School is the epitome of hilariously funny high school-based rom-coms. It will make you lough out loud with its bizarre, risque moments and lewd characters. It also contains a very wholesome romantic storyline that relies on some characters from the main cast.
Hachimitsu Private Academy was an all-girls boarding school until its policy revision, and now boys are also allowed to enroll. In the first semester under the new rule, only five boys were able to enroll. With a 200:1 ratio, the boys went sideline and struggled to make female friends.
After being unable to communicate with any female students, they decided to peep into the girls’ bath but were caught red-handed by secretly operating the student council of the school.
As punishment, they were sentenced to two months in school prison. This is the beginning of an awful journey where their friendship bonds and perverted brotherhood are going to be tested.
- MAL Ratings: 7.60/10
- Total Episodes: 12
6: Vermeil In Gold
Despite being created by a very new animation studio, Vermiel in Gold comes with very lusty character designs and quality animations that make this ecchi romance fully binge-worthy.
Alto is a weak pupil at the Royal Ortigia Magic Academy, whose scholastic achievements are less than average. In order to grow stronger, Alto chooses an unconventional path by casting a spell.
Remaining unaware of the consequences, he summons a powerful she-devil and pacts with her as a familiar. Though she has made Alto pretty powerful, she needs Alto’s mana to recharge her, which happens by kissing and cuddling with Alto.
- MAL Ratings: 6.8/10
- Total Episodes: 12
5: More Than A Married Couple But Not Lovers
This is a perfect choice for ecchi romance anime for beginners who seek rom-coms with lewd scenes along with a little dramatic love triangle story.
Jiro Yakuin is a senior high school student who desires to be paired with his childhood crush Shiori for a compulsory “couple practical” class. “A practical way to evaluate students’ ability to cohabit with a partner of the opposite gender.”
However, destiny has other plans for Jirou, as he is chosen to be paired with Akari Watanabe, who possesses a polar opposite personality to Jiro. As Akari also has a crush on someone else, they decided to collaborate to strive for the top ten ranking in this practical. That will give them the advantage of switching their practical partners.
- MAL Ratings: 7.6/10
- Total Episodes: 12
4: My Dress Up Darling
My Dress Up Darling is a perfect answer to how romance combined with the Ecchi genre can do wonders to entertain the pervy audience. It’s a project of Cloverworks Studios that comes up with the best animations within the ecchi genre.
Wakana Gojou is a high school student who spent his days and nights polishing his art of crafting Hina dolls. A charming school student, Marin Kitagawa, discovers the hidden talent of Gojou in a sewing room.
She reveals her hobby of cosplay and turns to Gojou for help. Following the story, as they participate in several cosplay events, they build a wholesome romantic bond despite having opposite personas in society.
- MAL Ratings: 8.2/10
- Total Episodes: 12
3: Scum’s Wish
Scum’s Wish is a psychological ecchi romance animethath holds the potential to keep the audience in suspense with its fully intense dramatic storyline. Scums Wish is a perfect choice for those audiences who root for forbidden romances along with naughtiness.
Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya look like idol couples to the outside world. But from inside, they’re bound to each other by their unrequited love for others.
Hanabi possesses wholesome feelings for his neighbor and teacher, while Mugi crazily admires his childhood teacher.
Unfortunately, to overcome their shared sorrows, they have decided to become each other’s substitutes. Scum’s Wish holds physical pervy moments with a Seinen storyline that keep even adults on their toes.
- MAL Ratings: 7.1/10
- Total Episodes: 12
2: High School DXD
High School DXD is a superb choice for beginners who are less comfortable with complex storylines.
High School DXD is an 18-plus extreme Ecchi anime featuring the pervy adventures of Issei Hyoudou, a typical high school boy with zero productivity in his life. But his luck turned a corner when he was asked for a date with a beautiful girl.
While enjoying his luckiest moments, he gets killed by his date, who turns out to be a fallen angel. Fortunately, he got revived by the spell of a high-class devil, Rias Gremory and was recruited as a servant of her for the rest of his life.
Now he must train hard to survive in the nerdy world of devils and angels. He needs to get stronger while growing his harem because, at some points, he could need to make sacrifices for his loved ones, like Rias Gremory.
- MAL Ratings: 7.6/10
- Total Episodes: 53 episodes within 4 seasons
1: Domestic Girlfriend
If you’re the one looking to find an ecchi romance anime with the best plot and storyline, Domestic Girlfriend is my utmost recommendation that will keep you engaged from start to finish.
Domestic Girlfriend is the forbidden romance tale of Natsuo Fujii, who gets to sleep with a desperate girl, Rui, before knowing that she is the sister of his actual love interest, Hina.
Everything was normal until his father married Hina’s mother and they decided to live together.
Now his love and playgirl have both become his stepsisters. He has to confront the taboo feeling toward his step-siblings while navigating the darker aspects of love.
If you love anime romances where the female lead is older than the MC, this show can also fall into this category.
- MAL Ratings: 6.7
- Total Episodes: 12
Conclusion:
Whether you enjoy sweet love stories or spicy fanservice, Ecchi romance anime has something for everyone. With engaging characters, lively humor, and heartfelt moments, these shows perfectly blend sentimental journeys with titillating entertainment.
