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Lovely Complex

★ 7.9 5K votes 2007–2007 1 season · 24 episodes Ended CBC
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Akemi OkamuraAlejandro SaabAmber Lee ConnorsGianni MatragranoHoward WangJacob Eiseman
Written by
Aya Nakahara
Starring
Akemi OkamuraAlejandro SaabAmber Lee ConnorsGianni MatragranoHoward WangJacob Eiseman
Written by
Aya Nakahara
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Odd-couple comedy that earns its romance honestly"

Lovely Complex follows Risa, an unusually tall girl, and Atsushi, an unusually short boy, who become fast friends bonded by their shared feeling of not fitting the typical mold. Both are dealing with unrequited crushes on other people, and their friendship slowly (and awkwardly) shifts into something more. The show is a breezy, goofy high-school rom-com carried by slapstick comedy, exaggerated reactions, and genuinely charming chemistry between its leads. It leans hard into comedic timing over drama, making it an easy, feel-good watch rather than an emotionally heavy one.

Watch it for

the goofy, big-hearted chemistry between two leads who feel like real, flawed friends first.

Maybe skip if

you want a subtle, low-key romance rather than loud physical comedy and exaggerated reactions.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12007
8.43K249h 36m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Summer of 1st Grade! I Will Get Myself a Boyfriend!7.9
12924 min
▶2The Ex-Girlfriend Love Triangle!?8.1
12524 min
▶3Between the Guy I Like and the Guy from the Past?7.7
11624 min
▶4Kiss! I Like You!7.7
11624 min
▶5Send Forbidden Love Flying!8.2
11724 min
▶6A Maiden's Determination! Love-Love Confession Plan!!8.5
11524 min
▶7Sunk! The Worst Confession in History!!8.2
11124 min
▶8Comeback Impossible! Major Heartbreak!!8.7
10524 min
▶9Resuscitation!! Aim for Girlfriend Status!!8.8
10324 min
▶10A Confrontation with the Ex-Girlfriend?! The Epic Breast-Baring Battle!!8.5
10224 min
▶11Absolute Death! Revived Love with the Ex-Girlfriend?!8.7
10424 min
▶12Recapture Love! Improve as a Girl with Winning Chocolate!8.3
10124 min
▶13Heating Up! A First Kiss in his Room?8.8
10724 min
▶14A Killer Crush on Maity!8.5
10424 min
▶15A Dangerous Man. Maity's Sweet Seduction8.1
10224 min
▶16Maity's Magic! The Transforming Patterns of Love!?8.1
10124 min
▶17Love's Iron Fist! Catch That Maiden's Soul!!8.4
9724 min
▶18The Best Birthday in History9.2
15124 min
▶19Sudden Downturn!! The First Date is the Beginning of Misfortune8.8
10424 min
▶20Declaration of War!! The dangerous Beauty Burns with Envy!!8.4
9624 min
▶21Foreboding of separation?! The separate roads which Risa and Otani walk.8.3
9324 min
▶22Farewell Otani!!!8.2
9524 min
▶23Many Future Paths!! The Circumstances We All Bear8.4
9524 min
▶24Together Forever8.9
11724 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Akemi Okamura Risa Koizumi
Alejandro Saab Heikichi Nakao
Amber Lee Connors Risa Koizumi
Gianni Matragrano Kuniumi Maitake
Howard Wang Atsushi Ootani
Jacob Eiseman Additional Voices
Akira Nagata Atsushi Ootani
Kenjiro Tsuda Ryouji Suzuki
Saori Higashi Nobuko Ishihara
Kazuko Kojima Chiharu Tanaka

Crew

Aya Nakahara

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