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Muteki Kanban Musume
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...then you might like
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
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A girl works in a restaurant. She is quite aggressive, competitive and full of fighting spirit. Yet, when she crosses the line, she's being brutally tamed by her female boss. She makes different kinds of friends along the way. This description applies to both shows actually.
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Uta∽Kata
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...then you might like
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
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It's partially a "cute girls" trope, but both shows are not easy to watch or to be taken lightly. One of the girls is always, physically, out of this world. The themes in the two shows hover around friendship, memories, difficult choices, loss, and struggle against a kind of exterior evil that lurks around constantly. A similar sensation is to be expected when watching Figure 17 and Uta~kata.
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Flying Witch
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Healer Girl
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Heartwarming shows about very weird professions (witchcraft and voice healing) and about some training the main characters receive in order to adhere there. They also cover daily happy life and friendships. They're both funny, original, and of good quality. Good times, good vibes.
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Rojica to Rakkasei
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Spy x Family
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I know it's a weird one, but the two mangas talk about families that are weirdly arranged, and, surprisingly, it works. Chapters are heart-wrenching, and sometimes mind-blowing or breathtaking, with an omnipresent danger hiding behind obvious comedic elements. And, of course, in "Rojica to Rakkasei" there is a chapter about a big peanut that miraculously came to life. Peanut stories are always worth reading.
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Ashizuri Suizokukan
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Shimeji Simulation
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Not only Shimeji Simulation and Ashizuri Aquarium are surreal and unfathomable experience, but both manga seem to have one recurrent theme: fish. It's omnipresent and helps to understand the reality which is dare I say, "in aqua scribis". With a good sense of humor, we are swimming through the main characters' adventures and we contemplate the authors' creativity.
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Kyoufu Jigoku Shoujo
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...then you might like
Gokicha
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Two completely different stories about girls (or just anthropomorphic beings) being rejected and constantly chased out of society. You'll feel bad reading it.
If you liked
Hoshi no Samidare
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...then you might like
Melancholia
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The Earth's in danger because something's approaching (or just waiting ominously)? People and animals working together in order to prevent it or make it happen? If you are interested in such fantasy course of events, you may find both manga interesting.
If you liked
Tsurezure Children
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Horimiya
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Horimiya was the only anime that had similar vibes to Tsurezure Children and made me feel like watching one of the best short romance anime, again. Cute couples, lots of love, smiles, feels, fun and overall good time. Watch both in order to become a teenager in love once again!
If you liked
Hibike! Euphonium
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...then you might like
Hanebado!
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Goal setting, obsession, rivalry and fair competition, getting better, losing, winning, and many more. But there's maybe the most important thing to it. A last chance to shine and succeed. Not everyone will make it. They're young but it's probably their last time. Both shows draw different line between having fun and assuming serious, professional approach.
If you liked
Oshiete! Galko-chan
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...then you might like
Centaur no Nayami
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Never-ending girls talk! Anime about high school life where girls are not necessarily that cute? Where they are having quasi-realistic talk about, among others, seemingly serious things? Their types are also similar, despite different realms. Nice to watch and compare both shows.
If you liked
Mangirl!
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Comic Girls
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Cute girls drawing manga and becoming friends, basically and simply. These shows focus not only on cuteness of main mangakas. There is (I suppose) some technical stuff that you can get familiar with and pretend that you know the industry and the workshop. Both anime are kinda fun to watch, at least as an undemanding pastime.
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gdgd Fairies
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...then you might like
Joshiraku
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Bunch of cute girls talking about everyday things in a cynical way? Yes. Cute girls having fun in a creative way? Sure. Girls that have chosen a very particular, weird career path... like maybe rakugo performers or fairies? Yeah. Beautiful similarities, equal surprises.
If you liked
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
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...then you might like
Non Non Biyori
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I make this recommendation mainly for extremely cute girls living in the countryside. Cuteness, slowness and wondrous landscapes, that's probably all that both of the shows have in common. Few heart-wrenching moments, too, maybe. Figure 17 has so much of above-mentioned elements that you can easily disregard the redundant sci-fi motifs.
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Aria the Animation
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...then you might like
Violet Evergarden
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Aria and Violet strongly connotate the word "animation" and are renowned for it, explicitly or implicitly. What is more important, these two great anime are about delivering letters or, more importantly, feelings. As abstract as it may sound, some little side stories will make you cry. In uncanny worlds where humanity is quite different than ours: feelings remain the same, and message delivery system never changes, whether you are a post-war "doll" or a human living on Mars.
If you liked
Oh! Super Milk-chan
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Poputepipikku
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Equally dumb and equally intertextual. Milk-chan and Popuko-chan are equally aggressive and fun-dimensional. The one main difference: Oh! Super Milk-chan is schematic, following the same pattern in every episode. Popuko and Pipimi are just unpredictable.
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Fractale
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...then you might like
Flip Flappers
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From images, via imagery, to imaginarium. Beautiful art styles endeavor to express stunning chronotopes. To put it simple, Fractale and Flip Flappers can not only be set together alphabetically, but also regarding their respective overall beauty and creativity.
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Chuu Bra!!
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...then you might like
Love Lab
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There is a motif of working for a lingerie brand in both shows. Furthermore, we can see two school clubs which are semi-legal and gather some girls, seemingly hostile towards each other. They all want to achieve certain goals that can't really be discussed officially at school.
If you liked
Narue no Sekai
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...then you might like
Urusei Yatsura
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A boy from Earth and his girlfriend from outer space. Sounds familiar? Although "Narue no Sekai" isn't exactly an early 2000s direct reinterpretation of Urusei Yatsura, but it takes some liberties to expand the same concept and the result is kinda... heart-warming!
If you liked
Keroro Gunsou
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...then you might like
Narue no Sekai
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How can we live together peacefully with aliens while we don't really know their true intentions? How to tell an alien from an earthling? How to influence each other? Let us watch both of these anime and see for ourselves.
If you liked
Keroro Gunsou
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...then you might like
Doraemon (1979)
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(Un)identified creatures from outer space live peacefully with Japanese families and everyone helps each other in daily life. Similar rakish vibe as for child-friendly shows.
If you liked
Bakemonogatari
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...then you might like
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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Same feeling of an empty, desolate world and main characters wanting to save everyone around them.
If you liked
Zonmi-chan: Meat Pie of the Dead
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...then you might like
Zombieland Saga
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Well, cute dead girls are in both shows, regardless of their artistic and emotional levels. Their attempts to cope with the alive creatures are always fun to watch.
If you liked
Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!: Motenaishi, Nazomeite Miru
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...then you might like
Kimi no Na wa.
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A romantic story of two individuals who constantly miss each other and can't accomplish a regular relationship. It's about first unknown and awkward feelings. It's also shown from two respective perspectives (boy's and girl's). Two heart-warming experiences.
If you liked
Suiiki
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...then you might like
Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi
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In aqua scribis... aquatic folk themes and young girls facing everyday problems. Pretty much the same lenght and volume.
If you liked
Monster
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...then you might like
Princess Tutu
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You wouldn't guess it, would you? It's just the German culture we're speaking of. The two settings included. "Princess Tutu" offers us a big reference to Gellert, Brothers Grimm and, perhaps, Gerhart Hauptmann... and to many more. "Monster" feels like a very good european thriller movie. Apart from German inspiration, both shows certainly don't feel like typical anime.
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Yuru Camp△
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Sora yori mo Tooi Basho
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It’s not about „Cute girls doing cute things” formula. It’s not just about high schoolers traveling here and there. It’s mainly about dreams coming true, fulfilling your passions and being free in such a restrictive world. Nadeshiko and Tamaki are similar characters. They are usually happy and enthusiastic. And they will surely keep making your face smile and your heart warm until the very end.
If you liked
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
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...then you might like
Hinamatsuri
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The common denominator of „Hinamatsuri” and „Figure 17” is a „powerful lolis from outer space who need to acclimatize on Earth” anime trope. Both of these shows also contain a well known theme of superpowers whose use help and damage the lives of our main characters at the same time. Despite almost 17 years of age disparity between the two anime, they’re equally heart-warming, funny and entertaining in general.
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Bananya
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...then you might like
Micchiri Neko
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Same type of abstract cuteness, similar lazy art style, suchlike sense of humor and same director.
If you liked
Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy
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...then you might like
Mitsuboshi Colors
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It's not about magic since just only one show here is mahou shoujo. But it's about adorable girls solving problems and unveiling mysteries in a friendly and charming town. A long-lasting feel-good experience.
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Wallaby
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...then you might like
Latin
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For the lovers of golems and other animated (not only antropomorphic) beings.