Akiba Meido Sensou

These two shows are like sisters. While Idols and Maid Cafes might not seem similar, they are in practice, and the execution of each show is similarly intriguing, avoiding being a generic slice of life and really digging into the dark rotten underbelly of the industries they're about.  

Both Lycoris Recoil and Akiba Maid Sensou are shows that have primarily female casts, working jobs that are basically covers for their darker and more covert activities. In terms of marketing, both really did well in hiding what their true premise was about until their respective air dates. 

Gun-focused action focused on underworld and criminal empires, with comedic undertones and charismatic cast. 

Similarities: - Both about gangs - Weirdly have some extremely similar plot points - The plot also progresses similarly somehow - Both made me cry - Somehow have a similar vibe - Both lowkey very homosexual - Ranko and Ash are basically the same character - Nagomi and Eiji are also basically the same character - Guns and fighting and gang wars Differences: - Akiba Maid Wars is more of a comedy - Banana Fish just has boys instead of girls - In Akiba Maid Wars they are maids 

Two fluffy shoujos with lovable main leads. 

Talking about maid essence. 

- Both have an 'older' maid working in the cafe - Both have a not-so-experienced maid working in the cafe - The plot is not as crazy as Akiba Maid, but it has a similar concept of working in a maid cafe  

Has a very similar vibe with taking itself very lightheartedly with over the top violence and fanservice  

Over the top dark comedy with emotional moments weaved in. 

both of them are mostly about crime, full of violence and bloodshed, cute and dark at the same time. it's also about the friendship or precious relationships between two girls. another bonus highlights is both of the mc working in the maid cafe. 

Both are set in urban fantasy settings in Japan and have player on player battles as well as an upbeat feel to the story as well too. 

the main similarity is an absurd humor, based on distorted reality. keijo is about national sports competition of beating each other with tenASSity, while akiba meido sensou has the maid idols wars, undercover life of idol's clans which kind like of mafiosi's wars. keijo satirizes super power in sports anime, also the akiba does to the idol-maid culture. cute girls doing non cute things by still being cute.  

Maid action, and by action I mean bloody fights. It might be a bit humorous due to juxtaposition of maid as a soldier, but the action is played straight. 

Maids, guns, criminal underworld, great action scenes and drama combined with some comedic undertones by the cast. 

Cute girls with dark themes. Jut by the first ep of Akiba Meido I got same vibes. 

Both animes are allusions to social organizations: in Idol Jihen, the idol groups are political parties, while in Akiba Meido Sensou, Akiba's maids are mafia groups. They fulfill the obligations/adhere to the rules of their organizations. 

Seemly cute girls doing cute things shows have a much darker side than portrayed in the trailers and previewers. Moreover, these shows will leave you guessing what is going to happen next. 

If you like a basic simple premises but somehow they turned it from 0 to 100 really quick. 

Both are based around dumb concepts and are full of action 

The central joke of both premises is presenting a relatively mundane aspect of modern Japanese society like a yakuza movie 

Both are featuring cheerful girls partnered with a more reserved and somber girl and their innocnce is being pushed to the limit in a dark world around them in spite of its cheeryness.