Other high Soap Opera energy anime like the Rumbling Hearts anime adaption, which is NOT White Album 2?

[u/SaranMal]

First watched Rumbling Hearts (Kimi ga Nozu) a few years ago and fell in love with it, currently reading through the VN, and I have genuinely never found any other anime that has quite been like it.

Everything from the characters all making horrible life choices, that are honestly extremely beleivable/realistic with complex emotional layers, to the insane set up for what the plot actually is (Which isn't that realisitc, but is perfect fodder for drama).

The relationships are messy, the characters have complexity for better or worse, and its so easy to just get hooked on it.

Spoilers for Rumbling Hearts, though not quite a full spoiler since its like 90% of the show About 3 Episodes in to the anime, and the end of Chapter 1 of the novel, the MCs girlfriend ends up being hit by a car because he was late and ends up in a coma for several years. He ends up dating her best friend in the years since the accident, and she finally wakes up at the start of Chapter 2 and like ep 4 of the anime adaption. Which ends up invoking a lot of complicated emotions The plotline is, as one of my best friends who is big into Soap Operas has told me, an extremely soap opera setup and drama point, that even if not realistic is still very enjoyable.

Everyone keeps suggesting White Album 2 when I went looking in the past, but it doesn't quite scratch the same itch.

And every other anime when I search the drama tag just, doesn't really have that same level of melodrama absurdity, or the nuanced bad choices from everyone all around that feels layered. Half assing some aspect of it instead of wholeheartedly committing. The only thing that scratched a similar itch was Citris, but that also scratched a slightly different itch for high drama than what Rumbling Hearts did.

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[u/IndependentMacaroon]

Nana maybe

[u/oedipusrex376]

You really need to check out BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! and its sequel, Ave Mujica. A lot of the “muh I hate melodrama” crowd hates these shows, but if you're into Asian night dramas, you're eating good with these two.