The josei genre is targeted towards women and may not have the largest following compared to other genres, but it has a die-hard following. Many people enjoy this genre for its realistic elements, whether those elements are in romance or the ups-and-downs of everyday life.
While this genre isn’t overly populated with anime titles, some stand out above the rest. These anime titles are not only funny and enjoyable to watch, but they also have many realistic elements that allow viewers to resonate with the story. For those reasons, any josei fan who was isekai’d into these stories would be thrilled.
10 Humans & Animals Enjoy The Peacefulness Of A Café (Polar Bear Café)
Polar Bear Café is a slice-of-life comedy about a café that brings people (and animals) together. At the café, both humans and animals can enjoy a nice cup of coffee or tea in a peaceful and relaxing environment. Run by a watchful Polar Bear, a variety of characters frequent the café.
Some of them include a lazy panda who works part-time at a zoo and a penguin who has an unrequited crush on a llama. This is a fun, cute, animal-filled anime that would be perfect to be isekai’d into.
9 Nicoletta Becomes An Apprentice Chef In Disguise (Ristorante Paradiso)
Ristorante Paradiso is a slice-of-life romantic drama anime set around a restaurant. Nicoletta is a young woman who travels to Rome to meet her mother’s estranged husband, who is the owner of a small restaurant in Rome.
He also doesn’t know about Nicoletta or her mother’s previous marriage. But upon arriving at the restaurant, she falls for a quiet waiter. She keeps her mother’s secret, becomes an apprentice chef, and hopefully wins the heart of Claudio. If food and Italy are someone’s favorite things, then this anime would be perfect to be isekai’d into.
8 A High School Student Is Unwillingly Pulled Into His Classmate’s Chuunibyou World (A Destructive God Sits Next To Me)
A Destructive God Sits Next to Me is a comedy anime about Miguel, the God of Destruction, and a knight named Gestöber. These two figures were reincarnated as young high school students Kabuto Hanadori and Seri Koyuki.
The problem, however, is that this is all fictional. Seri, who is “Gestober” is a chuunibyou. Because of this, Kabuto, who is “Miguel,” is pulled into the antics of his classmate, thus slowly destroying his social life. If anyone who enjoys role-playing, this is the anime to be isekai’d into.
7 Art Students Must Find A Way To Achieve Their Romantic & Professional Dreams (Honey And Clover)
Honey and Clover is a school-life romantic drama. Takemoto is attending Art College and having a tough time trying to figure out his future. His roommates, Morita and Mayama, already know what they want and are doing everything they can to achieve their goals.
So, when a beautiful prodigy by the name of Hagu-chan enters the picture, their lives turn upside down. This group of friends must learn to endure heartbreak and conflict, all the while remaining loyal and true to each other. Those who are passionate about art and don’t mind a little drama would love being isekai’d into this anime.
6 Sei Learns To Find Happiness In An Unfamiliar Word (The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent)
The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent is a fantasy romance anime that involves the main character being isekai’d to another world. Sei was an office worker who was summoned to another world to become their Saint, but an error occurred during the ritual and two women were summoned.
Unfortunately for Sei, the other woman was chosen to be the Saint. Making the most of her situation, she learns how to make potions, magic, and finds romance—but there’s more to Sei than anyone realized. If learning magic and making potions sounds like fun, then this world would be a wonderful place to be isekai’d to.
5 An Otaku Comes Out Of Her Shell & Decides To Follow Her Dreams (Princess Jellyfish)
Princess Jellyfish is a comedy anime revolving around Tsukimi, an otaku and jellyfish enthusiast. She, along with her friends, cope with the world by rejecting it. Their days are boring and peaceful as they bond over everything geeky.
But their world changes with the arrival of Kuranosuke. Kuranosuke seems to be a beautiful woman, but she’s actually a beautiful young man. With Kuranosuke’s help, Tsukimi discovers who she truly is and decides to follow her dreams. Outcasts and otakus would love to be isekai’d into this anime.
4 Aoi Works At A Supernatural Bed & Breakfast To Repay Her Grandmother’s Debt (Kakuriyo: Bed And Breakfast For Spirits)
Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits is a supernatural fantasy and romance anime that mythology enthusiasts would love to be isekai’d into. Aoi is a young girl who can see spirits. After the death of her grandmother, an ogre approaches her demanding that she repay her grandmother’s debt.
The ogre offers her marriage in repayment of the debt, but she declines. Instead, she decides to work at a supernatural bed and breakfast to repay what her family owes, but her life will never be the same.
3 A Loner Enters A World Filled With Friendship & Music (Kids On The Slope)
Kids on the Slope is a musical romantic drama focusing on a lonely young boy named Kaoru Nishimi. Kaoru has had to move multiple times because of his father’s profession. When he arrives in Kyushu, all but two of his classmates aren’t nice to him.
The two that treat Kaoru kindly plan to take him under their wings to show him the joys of the world and jazz. Through their friendship, Kaoru begins to learn what it’s like to live. For those who love music—especially jazz—this is the anime to be isekai’d to.
2 A Red Panda Finds Comfort Singing Death Metal (Aggretsuko)
Aggretsuko is a comedy work-life anime where all the characters are animals. Retsuko the Red Panda thought her life as an adult at a corporate job would be everything that she’d dreamed of. Unfortunately, it’s more frustrating and infuriating than she realized.
To help cope with her day job, she finds solace in the most unlikely of places: a karaoke bar where she can belt out death metal to her heart’s content. If karaoke and being an animal sounds like a dream come true, then this is the anime to be isekai’d to.
1 Two Otaku Come Together & Learn The True Meaning Of Love (Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku)
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is an anime that otakus would love to be isekai’d to. Narumi Momose’s dating life has always ended in ruin because her boyfriends could never accept that she’s an otaku, so she never lets anyone know about her secret obsession.
When she meets her childhood friend Hirotaka Nifuji at her workplace and confesses her secrets to him, he offers her a boyfriend option: himself. As a fellow otaku, he understands her obsession, and together, they learn the true meaning of love.
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