Sasurai no Taiyou

Children mixed up at birth due to error by hospital staff(while in sasurai no taiyou it is for revenge) Them kids grow up in different environments and the concept is interestingly used in sasurai no taiyou whereas in kakkou no iinazuke it is backstory for one of the love interests both are very different kind of shows but i wanted to recommend the drama of Sasurai no taiyou which is akin to that of ashita no joe in its animation and still is entertaining. 

For anyone that is already familiar with Joe, Wandering Sun feels like a transposition of it in the world of music instead of boxing. A young girl from the slums is trying to overcome her miserable destiny by making it to the top against all odds. Although Nozomi doesn't share his rebel side and hate for society but is instead more of a Mary Sue. A lot of the cast is really similar to the one from Joe. She has friends from the slums as well as kids from her class always ready to help her, a boxer boyfriend that has an uncanny ressemblance to Joe, an old black pianist that was once on top of his profession but gave it all up after a big accident,etc... The conflicts in Wandering Sun are way more shoujo-esque at heart and almost reminiscent of some works by Riyoko Ikeda. Nozomi also has the exact same outfit as Joe, which seems to confirms its kind of hommage to it.  read more