Get totally hooked: A deep dive into ABEMA’s must-watch romance reality shows
On a weekend night, don’t you sometimes want an experience that makes your heart flutter and lets you forget the everyday? Watching someone’s love story unfold and sharing their ups and downs can feel like a soothing emotional detox, right? In this article, we’ll introduce our top recommended shows from the romance reality series available on ABEMA! We’ve gathered only the most stirring titles—the kind that make you shout at the screen with crossed feelings and unexpected twists.
Keep your favorite tea close at hand and dive deep into the whirlwind of romance!
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Get Deeply Hooked: A Thorough Breakdown of ABEMA’s Must-Watch Romance Reality Shows (1–10)
Today, I fell in love.NEW!
This is a hugely popular romance reality show themed around fated love and a coming-of-age school trip featuring current high school students.
Over a short two-night, three-day journey, you can’t help but feel your heart race as you watch them quickly grow closer through one-on-one dates and more.
You’ll also relate to the studio members, including NON STYLE’s Yusuke Inoue, as they warmly watch over the teens’ real romances.
Alongside the sparkle of love, the show also portrays powerful dramas of friendship that may bring tears, tightening your chest with the brightness of youth.
Watch with your favorite tea in hand, and you’ll find yourself completely immersed in where their pure love stories lead.
Love-Filled Weekend HomestayNEW!
Koisuru Weekend Homestay is a romance reality show where high school students living far apart spend only special weekends together.
Affectionately known as “Koiste,” the show’s biggest charm lies in the pure romances that blossom within limited time.
Because there’s time apart on weekdays when they can’t meet, the joy and impatience when they finally reunite feel incredibly real, making viewers’ hearts skip a beat.
Superb songs by popular bands like Young Skinny and Saucy Dog add even more emotion to their awkward yet straightforward feelings.
Why not dive deep into the frustrating twists of young love alongside observers like YuiP and Daiki Kudo?
The neighbor’s love looks greenerNEW!
Have you ever found yourself seeing other people as attractive because of frustrations with your partner or uncertainty about the future? This show is a slightly provocative dating reality series where couples in relationships deliberately break up and live together in a shared house.
Under the rule that cheating is allowed, as they go on dates with other people, complex emotions like jealousy, lingering attachment, and the thrill of new love collide.
With figures like Magical Lovely’s Murakami and Yui Okada watching over the proceedings, you can’t help but be on the edge of your seat wondering who these now-free participants will choose in the end.
There’s plenty to enjoy, including Season 4, which features the theme song “Akazukin” by Wednesday Campanella.
The honest feelings you only realize after spending time apart from your partner are sure to tug at your heart.
Get completely hooked. A deep dive into ABEMA’s must-watch, highly recommended romance shows (11–20)
Sudden MarriageNEW!
This is a highly experimental show that flips the usual order of “fall in love, then get married.” A shocking twist awaits: contestants hold a wedding with someone they’re meeting for the first time, then plunge straight into 30 days of newlywed life.
As their daily routines unfold—money habits, division of chores, and more—you see the real process of aligning values in marriage, and it really makes you stop and think.
Watching participants confront not just the thrill of romance but the practical question of whether they can actually live together is deeply moving.
With Tomonori Jinnai and others watching over them as MCs, you won’t be able to look away from the final decision.
Why not follow the outcome while reflecting on your own views on marriage?
Wedding WarsNEW!
“Wedding Wars” is a romantic survival show on ABEMA where engaged couples take on a grueling training camp, competing for 10 million yen toward their wedding.
Precisely because they’re already in relationships, raw issues like differences in values and anxieties about the future come sharply into focus one after another, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.
Watching the pairs, covered in mud as they face each mission, you can feel their strong resolve to overcome the realities of love and money.
The sharp commentary from studio hosts Emi Suzuki, Kasumi Mori, and Atsuhiro Tsuda of the comedy duo Diane further heightens the show’s tension.
It’s the perfect pick for a weekend evening—brew your favorite tea and root for the couples, rejoicing and lamenting along with every twist in their love stories.
Love Power KingdomNEW!
A fresh, new kind of dating reality show where contestants compete to see how desirable they really are! ABEMA’s original program “Love Power Kingdom” brings together confident men and women proud of their looks and status for a “most popular election”-style romantic survival to determine who’s most favored by the opposite sex.
Contestants who boast “I’m a catch” have their pride rattled by a ruthless “desirability ranking,” baring their anxiety and jealousy—must-see moments.
Sharp quips from studio MCs like Seiya and YOU keep the show buzzing.
Beyond simple romance, the adult mind games and clashing tactics create a gripping human drama that will have you hooked.
It’s a god-tier show, perfect for anyone who wants to dive headfirst into the whirlpool of love!
I want a love like in a romance dramaNEW!
Love Drama na Koi ga Shitai is an original program on ABEMA.
It follows the cast as they live together and train, all striving each episode to become the leads in a romance drama.
The premise—that only the pair chosen in an audition gets to perform a kiss scene in the actual production—is quite provocative.
As you watch, you’ll find your heart fluttering, wondering whether the emotions born through acting are genuine and where a kiss in character crosses into real romantic feelings.
Not only the kisses with someone they like, but also the frustration of not being chosen, will make you share in their real emotional ups and downs.
It’s a perfect show for emotional detox, letting you relive the blurred line between love and acting.