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Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
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Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru.
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Both anime follow the developing relationship of a gloomy kid and the light of sunshine that changes their world. Jijou wo Shiranai focuses on the gloomy girl realizing that she can have friends and be happy, despite her "shinigami" moniker. However, the relationship starts out a bit one-sided, since the main boy is incredibly earnest, but very oblivious with the affection he shows the main girl. Boku no Kokoro is more evenly balanced with a mutual progression of them both realizing their love for each other and the gloomy boy coming out of his shell. It's a slow burn, but there's a good amount of development in each interaction that continually builds up. Also, know that both anime are absolute diabetes for the heart, but that Boku no Kokoro can be a bit lewd near the beginning.
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Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii
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...then you might like
Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru.
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These two anime feature extremely genuine, but completely oblivious young boys that constantly speak directly from their heart whenever interacting with the female lead. This often leads the girls to become flustered and blushing hard, being unable to handle or don't expect him to say such loving comments toward them. As such, both series are absolutely adorable from start to finish. While Jijou wo Shiranai's main couple is the same age, Saikin Yatotta Maid's main couple has a large age gap between a young boy and a 20-30-something maid. They keep it clean, but it's certainly something some people might be uncomfortable with, especially since she's also his guardian. I highly enjoyed both, regardless, because it's nice to see characters who truly love and appreciate another character, but also to see them tell that character as much.
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Densetsu Kyojin Ideon
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...then you might like
Macross
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Both anime feature a large cast of characters very quickly fleeing from dangerous aliens in a giant, mysterious, transforming mech to somewhere far away from home. The pilots and bridge personnel in each slowly figure out how to use their respective mechs more tactically while continuously running away and fighting a futile battle. Ideon focuses more on the effect that the relentless attacks of their alien assailants has on the crew. Meanwhile, Macross focuses more on how the aliens react and change after coming in contact with humans and their culture, especially music. So, for Macross watchers, give Ideon a look if you want something more pessimistic and grounded (Be sure to watch the movie sequel, Be Invoked, after finishing the TV anime). For Ideon watchers, if you wanted a more optimistic and lighthearted approach, go for Macross.
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Animegataris
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Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo
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Both of these anime parody classic anime and otaku culture while also being a love letter to the whole medium and culture. Animegataris focuses more on the love of anime and how fun it can be to enjoy and share it with others and dives a bit into meta territory at times while Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo plays it more straight, but still parodies and references classic mecha tropes and otaku stuff. Animegataris' cast has a bit more nuance to it, whereas most of Denchi Shoujo's characters are riffing on classic archetypes, either to poke fun at or change them up in interesting ways. Both of them share a similar plot point where the main cast has to defend the idea of liking anime, despite what the naysayers bring up, which further drives home the main theme of each that the characters, the audience, and the creators just love anime because it's fun and even more so when enjoyed together. While Animegataris could probably be viewed on its own and still be decently interesting, I think Denchi Shoujo is more reliant on the audience being familiar with the medium/culture and already in love with it to appreciate it, otherwise it's just a relatively basic mecha anime.