Bakayarou no Kiss (2022)

similarities
- main characters who have are in a 'closer than friends less than lovers' /'almost lovers' relationship
- one has participated in a dating show

differences
- ML in Love is for Suckers has always been there for the FL and she is the reason why he participated in the show; whilest in Bakayarou no Kiss, he just saw her on TV after she left the ML's hometown (she always transfers school, that's why they had to separate)

Based on a true love story shared on an online bulletin board, Fukuda Yu is a young man who fell in love with a girl that gave him half of her eraser in the second year of junior high school. The unrequited love continued for the next 13 years which was filled with laughter and tears.

The story begins when three boys living in a rural town learn about the news that their classmates who transferred to junior high school will appear in a love reality show.

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Fukuhara Kouta is a college student who has bad luck that causes problems everywhere he goes. One day, he runs into Shinomiya Naoya, a fellow student with the opposite problem - super good luck. Shinomiya decides to help him out. Now, in order to divide the luck between them, they need to be with each other all the time.
~~ Adapted from the manga "Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shika Nai!" by Tsuyu Gamoko

Kuraishi Ena is a high school girl in Minato Ward. She is a gifted girl who was born with the ability to see colors 100 times more than normal people. Therefore, while she was full of talent for drawing from an early age, she was a child who was obsessed with drawing to an abnormal degree, but due to events, she stopped drawing. However, she feels a special color when she first finds her favorite in the perfect boy talent Sonomiya Ren, and she starts drawing. It's also a secret from her classmate's boyfriend Takamori Yuma. Saito Marika, who created Ena's promotion, is happy to have her as a companion, in the meantime, Yuzuki Kotona learns a certain secret.

An audition program that gathers a wide variety of people, such as perfect boy talent Sonomiya Ren and popular band vocalist Shibata Kaede. There are 5 judging criteria; visual power, numa power (attractive force that keeps getting addicted), peace of mind power, hospitality power, and super darling power. Each episode progresses while responding to the themes and situations presented, such as "If you are a national treasure boyfriend, make a confession that you will never forget in your life''.

In the end, the girl who played the opponent gets a score and competes for the total score. Who has the title of National Treasure Boyfriend?!

Kamiya Utako has been unable to look forward to the future due to her complicated family environment since young and a trauma she received back when she was a junior high school student. When Utako entered high school in spring 2019, she got along well with five of her classmates and they formed a group called "Fanfare" to dance and talk about their future dreams. This is the story of some high school students who try to connect with each other despite various threats and barriers that were occurring around them.

Due to family circumstances, high school student Miko Sonoda is forced to live at her uncle's boarding house. However, before she can arrive there, Miko is already met with a bad omen: while trying to find the place, she suspects that someone is following her! When her uncle comes to her rescue, the assumed stalker happens to be one of his tenants, leaving Miko embarrassed on her first day.

Miko learns that she will be living with five unique adults, including the accused man. Additionally, it turns out that he is Jun Matsunaga, a 29-year-old designer who seems to lose his temper easily. Having made such a humiliating first impression, Miko believes that only a miserable life awaits her. But in the presence of Jun, she comes to realize that living with adults is not so difficult after all—and there may even be enough room for romance.