especially furuba

nichijou

oooh that's a good idea. I haven't seen it but I'd take an excuse to watch that lol

Eizouken

mob psycho 100?

kaguya-sama: love is war

oh I do kind of want her to see mob psycho but she really wants to watch something cute lol

mob psycho is cute

she seen clannad yet? the classics are winners sometimes

I think Ouran High School Host Club would be a good fit

she might also like kakuriyo depending on what she liked about furuba

I showed her the first ep of Ouran and she didn't care for it lol stuff like the twincest is pretty out of left field for normies

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun might also work

also all of me wants to say "orange" but your mom will cry and it will suck

seconding eizouken

and nichijou

Hinamatsuri is more gag-y than Furuba but definitely still hits emotional beats of family and friendship so I think it is in the ballpark there

If I had to say the number one thing she liked about Fruits Basket, it is definitely Tohru

She adores Tohru

A Place Further Than The Universe might also hit the spot, good girls, good fun, very emotional

possibly a Precure

Lupin III?

mom made it through fruits basket without crying so maybe I should test her with Orange lol I don't know what it's about but it could be fun to watch a real feelsy shoujo

bocchi the rock and a place further the universe +1

definitely seconding a place further than the universe, it's great

orange is good! light fantasy element with time travel sort of

A Place Further Than The Universe also deals with teens growing up and finding themselves, the loss of a parent and overcoming the grief of it... it feels similar to Furuba in that regard, without fantasy elements though

Natsume Yuujinchou maybe

I am relaying these to mom now

the society of evil cats?

wait that's a manga only

chi's sweet home?

My Roommate is a Cat is cute

Movies: Your Name, The Boy and the Beast, literally everything Ghibli
Series: Natsume Yuujincho is very good (family feels with Japanese mythology elements) possibly also Komi Can't Communicate?

Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, if she's loving that found family and comedy stuff

Princess Tutu

Seconding Nozaki-kun

I’d also tentatively say Shadows House which is cute with gothic elements

Chihayafuru may be niche but it is VERY normie friendly

Rilakkuma and Kaoru

Technically stop motion but it's that kind of cute relatable slice of life thing. Also maybe Tatami Galaxy because I rec that to everyone.

Lupin III, Monster if she likes suspense/mystery shows. Maybe Honey & Clover?

(But I can't stress how much Monster is a show about a bunch of serial killers and neo-Nazis and so on! It's not light viewing.)

(I made my mom watch it and her main complaint was that it kind of drags on and Tenma is too good.)

lol I tried watching Monster with my dad and we both thought it was boring as fuck. I'm sorry

I have def heard Tatami Galaxy's good

if you found the monster anime boring, you might have an easier time with the manga in that case

But people telling me Monster is a masterpiece and me showing it permanently destroyed my credibility with anime skeptics

yeah, i can see that

it's very much a slow-building mystery and that doesn't always translate well to a tv format

yeah lmfao maybe someday with the manga but def not today

I just can't forgive the Monster anime because I couldn't show him anything after that LOL

And I expected it to be good

Carole and Tuesday for normie anime plus music

oh maybe I should show her Given by those standards lol

Given also very good

given's first season might be fine, but the movie delves into more toxic relationship dynamics

There were some brief tasteful shots of Mafuyu and Yuki banging, if that's a problem

I mean we made it through Evangelion

Oh yeah if she likes Fruits Basket, I could definitely see her liking Carole and Tuesday.

Honey and Clover is also really slow compared to Furuba/C&T, so might also give you credibility issues.

Maaaaaybe Baccano but it might be too hectic and violent for her

oh i was hesitating to rec Tutu purely on the basis of you saying she wanted something cute but if you made it through Evangelion then absolutely Tutu

and back in lighter territory, Azumanga Daioh is generally a good time, even though Kimura-sensei.... exists.......

oh i love azumanga

maybe Tomo-chan?

Actually mom and I already watched Princess Tutu and she liked it

but Baccano made her angry at me whenever I was watching it on my own cause the characters swear in the dub

I bet she'd like it if she was actually watching it but she is a square

She liked Death Note a lot too. But we are just simply not asking for recs for these types of shows at the moment

She wants cute

I'll stick by Eizouken and Azumanga then

It doesn't have to be pure fluff since furuba was the example she really wants more recs like but yea lmao

I feel like Tutu would have still been in the ballpark though if we hadn't already seen it

thank you everyone for the suggestions by the way!

baccano is great but all the stuff they do to czes definitely has turned a lot of people ive recced it to off it

I love Baccano honestly

Wow turns out plurk hid a ton of suggestions. Wtf plurk. I will relay more tomorrow. She seems interested in Bocchi the Rock

Azumanga!

im seconding a place further than the universe tbh

that makes... four???

it is def the most recommended so far lol

And a fifth for it! Also suggesting Yuru Camp, it is as cozy and cute as it gets.