Fans had to wait for over four years forMiss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maidto finally get a sequel inthe Summer 2021 anime seasonand every second was worth it. While the manga is an excellent read, fans have been wanting to enjoy moreDragon Maidcontent on the small screen for quite some time.
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While fans can check out theMini Dragonseries, the Valentine’s Day OVA onCrunchyroll, or theJapanese Hospitality - Attendance is a Dragonspecial episode when it drops, they’ll eventually want to find moreanime that have the same feel asDragon Maidto watch. Fortunately, many talented studios have brought anime with a blend of fantasy and slice-of-life into the world.
Updated July 10, 2025 by Mark Sammut:Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Season 2 was one of the best comedy anime of 2021, setting a standard that precious few shows in the genre come close to matching. Offering stellar animation, lovable characters, nuanced writing, and painfully funny humor, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid blends fantasy and reality seamlessly, creating a relatable experience that also works splendidly as an escape. For those looking for more fantasy slice of lifeanime like Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, a couple of other shows have been added to this article.
13I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level
Slime 300wasan underrated Spring 2021 releasethat follows the adventures of Azuza when she’s isekai’d to another world after dying of exhaustion. She tries to live a carefree life but eventually becomes one of the most powerful people in the universe by grinding to get experience against low-level slimes for 300 years.
Azuza’s growing family of supernatural women from dragons to demons is highly reminiscent of what happens to Kobayashi inDragon Maidand fans will find the familiar magical setting familiar.
12How To Keep A Mummy
Who has not yearned to have a pet Egyptian mummy? Or a dragon? Or an oni? These turns of events are limited to dreams in reality, but anime is free to bring these fantastical aspirations to life.How to Keep a Mummyfollows a group of students who become charges for young supernatural entities, all of which are so adorable they could giveMiss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid’s Kanna Kamui a run for her money. This claim is not made lightly.
As the anime’s human characters take on parental roles with their monsters,How to Keep a Mummy’s tone is more child-friendly thanMiss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. These anime are both wholesome, funny, and charming.
11Konohana Kitan
Fans that enjoyed Tohru trying to understand and adjust to the human world will enjoy the similar vibes presented inKonohana Kitan. Yuzu is a fox girl who lives in a world where humans are just one of the many species inhabiting the world. She takes her first job ever at a traditional hot spring but finds it’s much harder than she initially anticipated and makes many mistakes.
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Yuzu’s journey from total novice to expert attendant with the help of her friends is incredibly satisfying to watch.
10Hinamatsuri
One day, Yoshifumi Nitta, a gangster, finds a strange sphere containing agirl from another dimension, Hina, in his living room. After the powerful child politely declines Nitta’s request for her to leave, the two strike a unique but endearing bond that produces many laughs, heartwarming moments, and even a few tears.
Although Hina and Nitta’s dynamic is quite distinct from Tooru and Kobayashi’s relationship,they both explore how their different cultural backgrounds help define their friendships.Hinamatsurihas a fantastic supporting cast consisting of normal humans and dimension-traveling characters, one of who, Anzu, goes through quite a spectacular journey.
9Hakumei And Mikochi
There are many kinds of slice-of-life shows but few have characters that are only a few inches tall likeHakumei and Mikochi. The two titular characters live in a tree together and the show explores what their everyday lives look like in a world straight out of a fairy tale.
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Seeing how the world works for such tiny inhabitants and how foreign daily life can look like for an entirely different group of people is reminiscent of learning about dragon society from Tohru and the gang.
8The Devil Is A Part-Timer!
The Devil is a Part-Timer!season 2 has been confirmed for Summer 2022, making the anime easier to recommend. Coming out in 2013, the first cour introduced the world to Demon Lord Satan, a powerful entity who becomes stranded on Earth and has to take a job at a fast-food place to make ends meet.
The comedyreverse isekai animepulls a lot of laughs from its fish out of water premise, and Satan’s banter with his demonic companion Alsiel is a constant source of hilarity.The Devil is a Part-Timer!is not a full-blown slice of life anime since the characters are actively working towards a goal so there is a decent amount of plot progression; that said, the show does cover the daily grind of working at a restaurant.
7Gabriel DropOut
Tohru might not be able to cut it out in her original world but Gabriel can’t either and she’sliterallyan angel.Gabriel DropOutfollows her story as she tries to come to Earth to learn about humans to become a full-fledged angel only to end up becoming a videogame obsessed hikikomori.
Fans who like Fafnir and Makoto’s relationship inDragon Maidmay particularly identify with this show.
6Cheat Pharmacist’s Slow Life: Making A Drugstore In Another World
Fans that followed the weekly releases ofMiss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Sshould check out this anime also premiering in the Summer 2o21 season.Drugstore in Another Worldfollows Reiji’s adventures as he tries to run a pharmacy in a fantasy worldhe is isekai’d into. He has to serve people from elves todragonsand find them the perfect medicines they need.
5If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord
Fans who enjoyed watching Kobayashi come into a motherly role with Kanna throughout Dragon Maid will love the similar dynamic in what fans colloquially callUchiMusume. Dale has to balance his career as an adventurer with taking care of Latina — a young devil girl with a broken horn that he saves from the streets and eventually adopts.
The show does have some powerfully emotional moments when it discusses prejudice against demons and Latina trying to feel accepted in a human world so bring along some tissues.
4Restaurant To Another World
Every week on the day of Satur, magical doors appear in another world that opens up to the Western Restaurant Nekoya. Each episode ofRestaurant to Another Worldshows a chef named Tenshu cooking mouthwatering recipes while various fantasy characters interact and tell stories behind discovering their favorite meals and their lives.
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The series looked to be dead after its first season in 2017 but a continuation will finally be released in the Fall of 2021. This unique combination of isekai and slice-of-life dynamics is sure to tickle the fancy of any fantasy anime fan.
