Tendou-ke Monogatari
Tales of the Tendo Family

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The Tendou family and the Agrece family are both quite crazy, with the Tendou family being a tamer more realistic version, since they can't get away with quite as much murder regularly, since they aren't the leaders of a fantasy kingdom. The family dynamics in these series are quite similar, and they explore destroying the main family in different ways. However, the titular Roxana is helping another character escape, while the female lead in Tendou-ke is helping the male lead infiltrate the family. 

Both series are about a self-sacrificing girl who finds herself roped into the affairs of a complicated, messy family who is having leadership problems. Ran of Tendou-ke and Tohru of Fruits Basket are actually quite similar characters, clinging onto the loss of a family member and sacrificing themselves in unhealthy ways, always trying to remain cheerful no matter what. The series both go into dark places with the twisted family dynamics, though the Fruits Basket cast is a lot more likeable than the cast of Tendou-ke Monogatari with the characters seeming a lot more well-adjusted. The Tendou-ke characters are quite crazy, with the more normal ones resembling the more sinister Fruits Basket characters. Fruits Basket feels like an exploration of intergenerational trauma and its negative effects on mental health and self perception, while Tendou-ke takes that dynamic down a darker path where the characters become twisted due to abuse. read more 

They are both manga involving arranged marriages set in historical settings though Happy Marriage has some fantasy elements.