If you liked
Hanayamata
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Flip Flappers
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A rather plain girl has a fateful encounter with an energetic, almost puppy-like girl she's never met before that doesn't quite seem to know how to blend in. They quickly become close. The main character's childhood best friend becomes quite jealous. Though the plots are different, the characters are extremely similar, and it has the same overall happy-go-lucky mood.
If you liked
Akuma no Riddle
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...then you might like
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
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All-girl survival games with yuri undertones.
If you liked
Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai
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...then you might like
Koe no Katachi
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A timid girl has trouble communicating with her classmates and is bullied. Eventually, she makes friends who help her become more comfortable with herself and others, but problems keep getting in the way. The main characters are extremely similar.
If you liked
AKB0048
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...then you might like
Macross Δ
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Sci-fi themed idol anime about an idol group who travels between galaxies to fight enemies and those who wish to join it.
If you liked
Love Live! School Idol Project
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...then you might like
Hanayamata
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A small group of girls trying to start a music-and-dance-related club in their school. They struggle to recruit members, and their goal is to participate in a competition. Cute girls doing cute things.
If you liked
Prism
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...then you might like
Philosophia
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Mature-themed yuri in a school setting. A balanced mixture of drama and fluff.
If you liked
Love Live! School Idol Project
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...then you might like
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yattemita.
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Girls with no experience in entertainment come together to try and become popular idols for the welfare of their hometown. In Love Live, the girls bring attention to their local school, but in Locodol, it's their entire town that they're trying to bring attention to.
If you liked
Seasons
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...then you might like
Koi no Kaori
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Collections of shoujo ai oneshots by the same author. Same beautiful art, same school settings, same kinds of characters. Not so similar that they're not worth the read though.
If you liked
Death Note
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...then you might like
Zankyou no Terror
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The genius, mass-murdering protagonists aren't necessarily the "good guys," and the unorthodox, detective antagonists aren't necessarily the "bad guys." Sometimes you're not really sure who you want to root for.
If you liked
Binbougami ga!
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...then you might like
Sabage-bu!
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Comedies with similar characters and a similar atmosphere.
If you liked
Black★Rock Shooter (TV)
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...then you might like
Selector Infected WIXOSS
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Weird, dark-ish anime about younger girls battling through avatars, in a sense. Some of the girls have a few screws loose. Both shows just generally have the same feel.
If you liked
Pie wo Agemasho, Anata ni Pie wo ne
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...then you might like
Twin Cake
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Cute shoujo ai manga. Twin Cake and one of the one shots have idol-themed stories.
If you liked
ef: A Tale of Memories.
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...then you might like
Isshuukan Friends.
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A boy trying to make friends with a girl who is constantly losing her memories.
If you liked
Shinsekai yori
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...then you might like
Psycho-Pass
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Psychological horror type anime set in a seemingly utopian future. However, that "utopia" turns out to be tragically flawed, and the unusually collected heroine is caught in the middle of everything wrong with her society.
If you liked
Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai: A Lollypop or A Bullet
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...then you might like
Koe no Katachi
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Both are psychological manga that start out with the main character hating a girl that transfers into class. Both deal with depressing topics like bullying and abuse, and you're probably going to cry reading them.
If you liked
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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...then you might like
Vividred Operation
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Both anime have five magical girls and a main character with ponytails that is really interested in a dark-haired mystery girl. They are also both are somewhat dark series.
If you liked
Mirai Nikki
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...then you might like
Mahou Shoujo Site
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Along with many others, the outcast main character gains an immense power. The main character teams up with a classmate who has a similar power to find out as much as they can about the power and defend themselves against the many threats to their lives. Both manga are intense psychological horror and contain a lot of killing.
If you liked
Girl Friends
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...then you might like
Mars no Kiss
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Two girls meet. One of the girls is the dictionary definition of innocence in every sense, while the other is depicted as a little less innocent, and maybe even a little promiscuous. One way or another, they become friends. Both girls believe themselves to be straight at the beginning, but as the story begins, it's clear that at least one of them is romantically interested in the other.
If you liked
Love Live! School Idol Project
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...then you might like
Aikatsu!
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Both are about girls trying to become idols. Both also have similar animation during the dance scenes.
If you liked
Blood-C
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...then you might like
Shingeki no Kyojin
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Gory anime about otherworldly creatures that eat people.
If you liked
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
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...then you might like
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation
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Both are about a group of people trapped in a closed area trying to find the killer among them.
If you liked
Shinseiki Evangelion
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...then you might like
Mirai Nikki (TV)
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Crazy psychological horror about young boys (Yukiteru/Shinji) that are forced to fight despite the fact that they desperately don't want to.
If you liked
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
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...then you might like
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
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The main characters are teenage girls that unconsciously manipulate the world around them with god-like abilities. The other characters fix the problems that the main character creates.
If you liked
Ookamikakushi
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...then you might like
Shinsekai yori
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Young characters stumble upon a dark secret that their small village is hiding, and their newfound knowledge changes everything.
If you liked
Narutaru: Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko
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...then you might like
Black★Rock Shooter (TV)
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Psychological horror anime about middle schoolers being dragged into a strange and creepy world, connected to bodies other than their own.
If you liked
Highschool of the Dead
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...then you might like
Btooom!
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Both anime are focused on survival, and the main characters are constantly worried about betrayal. Rightfully so, I might add. Highschool of the Dead has massive amounts of ecchi and fanservice while Btooom has barely any.
If you liked
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
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...then you might like
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
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Girl believes she has magical powers. Girl appears in boy's life. Boy tries to convince girl that she doesn't have magical powers.
If you liked
Higashi no Eden
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...then you might like
Btooom!
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In both shows, the characters are chosen to be thrust into a survival game. All of the players are given items (bombs in Btooom and a concierge with the power to give you almost anything you want in Higashi no Eden) to either kill others or avoid being killed.
If you liked
Mirai Nikki (TV)
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...then you might like
Btooom!
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Both shows involve intense survival games. In Mirai Nikki, players in the survival game use diaries that can somewhat accurately predict the future to be the last player alive. In Btooom, players use bombs to ensure that they survive. Btooom has more psychological elements to it, but they can both be considered psychological horror.
If you liked
Arakawa Under the Bridge
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...then you might like
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
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You will constantly laugh your head off watching these.