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Anime like I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class

These 12 shows score most like I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class (Seinen) across all six Codex criteria — not just same-genre guesses, but the closest matches on the actual rubric. Ranked by how near their criterion profile sits to I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class.

Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
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Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Seinen demographic.
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
6.92
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
2026Top: Character 7.4

Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Seinen demographic.

Detroit Metal City
7.18
Detroit Metal City
2008Top: Character 7.5

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling — same Seinen demographic.

Sentenced to Be a Hero
7.59
Sentenced to Be a Hero
2026Top: World 8.0

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
7.55
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
1989Top: Character 8.2

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

Parasyte: The Maxim
7.93
Parasyte: The Maxim
2014Top: Character 8.3

Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Seinen demographic.

Nippon Sangoku
7.68
Nippon Sangoku
2026Top: World 8.2

Shared strengths in animation and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

Master Keaton
7.77
Master Keaton
1998Top: World 8.2

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

Black Lagoon
7.75
Black Lagoon
2006Top: World 8.5

Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Seinen demographic.

Gungrave
8.23
Gungrave
2003Top: Character 9.0

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

Drifters
6.63
Drifters
2016Top: World 7.5

Shared strength in animation — same Seinen demographic.

Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan)
6.80
Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan)
2012Top: World 8.0

Shared strength in characters — same Seinen demographic.

Hellsing Ultimate
6.85
Hellsing Ultimate
2006Top: Animation 8.0

Shared strengths in animation and storytelling — same Seinen demographic.

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What anime is most like I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class?
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? (6.92) tops the list as the closest match to I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class on the Anime Codex rubric. Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Seinen demographic.
How are "anime like I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class" picks chosen?
Each show is scored on six criteria. We rank every other title by how close its six-criterion profile is to I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class, preferring the same demographic — so the matches share what actually made I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class good, not just surface tags.