@WashedOutGundamPilot Sorry for your loss, mate. I don’t watch much anime, but a bunch of my favorite manga got adaptations. Take these recs from a source material perspective, rather than endorsing the anime itself.
The anime’s not out yet, but I love the source material of “The Dangers of My Heart” (Boku No Kokoro No Yabai Yatsu). Incredibly cute story, and one of the most natural and believable romance developments I’ve ever read. The artist likes drawing the main girl in some alluring ways, but I’m not sure how much of that will make it into the anime.
The MC is a bit of a cringe edgelord (but not in an IRL cringe sort of way) in the first few chapters, but trust me, it’s super important to see him go from what he is at the start to where he ends up. It’s hard to explain without spoiling, but I’ve had a few people I’ve recommended it to get filtered by the start, so I like warning people.
Another one that’s coming out (sorry) is “The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses” (Suki na Ko ga Megane o Wasureta). Less natural romance, but it’s pretty cute and fluffy. MC is more of a traditional male lead, kinda bland, but kind. No ecchi, but the main girl is very cute in that “I want to head pat” sort of way.
“Tomo is a Girl!” (Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko) is a funny comedy from a 4-koma about a tomboy and her childhood friend who views her as one of the guys, while she desperately wants him to see her as a love interest. Some ecchi jokes, and/but musclegirl, depending on if that’s a plus or not.
“Kubo Won’t leave me be” (Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai) is about a guy whose presence in life is so little that he’s functionally invisible (but he does all the nice things around the school) and the girl who is one of the only ones who can see him. It’s more about his growth and the friendships he makes as he grows, but also as he grows closer to the girl. Similarly sweet as “Forgot her glasses”. No ecchi.
That’s all the romance-focused recs I’ve got. I can dump more of series I liked that got adaptations, but they’re either silly isekai/LN bait or not really related to your listed interests. Hope these helped!