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Red
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Ten no Taka
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Both Sky Hawk and Red are about Japanese characters coming to America after Japan’s Bakumatsu period of civil turmoil, and getting involved in Native Americans’ struggle for survival. The main difference is in how it’s handled: Sky Hawk is focused on the Japanese characters teaching the Lakota characters Japanese combat techniques and fighting for them (kind of like a Japanese ‘Dances With Wolves’), while in Red the Japanese characters are more on the sidelines. Red’s narrative is centered mainly on Indian characters.
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Earthian
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Na mo Naki Tori no Tobu Yoake
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Gay angels, sent to Earth on a mission, fall in love instead and because of that decide to fight against Heaven’s will.
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Tytania
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Code Geass: Dakkan no Rozé
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Both Tytania and Rozé of the Recapture are scifi anime with a heavy emphasis on politics, with a particular focus on the resistance to a massive empire. Both are able to balance epic scifi battles with more lighthearted, fun scenes.
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Hunter x Hunter
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Sabikui Bisco
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Both series are about adventuring through a really weird world, though Sabikui Bisco's is definitely weirder. Rather than having an overarching plot for the series, each arc of both Bisco and HxH is its own story, with only a loose connection to the other arcs. Both stories meander a bit, but you'll enjoy the ride.
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Hunter x Hunter
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Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi
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Both series are about kids on quests in worlds that really aren't friendly to kids. The personalities of the supporting characters are similar levels of weird, though The Elusive Samurai doesn't have any overt speculative fiction elements like HxH does.
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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
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Dr. Mordrid
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Steel Ball Run and Dr. Mordrid are both adventure stories set in the American West. The protagonists of both manga have to fight supernatural threats not often found in Westerns, such as demons and resurrected dinosaur fossils, as well as unscrupulous humans with powers of their own.
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Shinigami Alice
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Akuma no Riddle
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Both Akuma No Riddle and Shinigami Alice are yuri featuring teenage assassins. Though their stories are quite different, the vibe feels the same. In both manga, one of the leads is a killer who needs to remember how it is to feel human emotions, while the other is a noncombatant who is able to give her that.
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Chobits
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Roid
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Both Roid and Chobits use the potential of a romance between a human and a robot to explore larger questions of the role of robots in human society, and where the line between robot and human can be drawn. Roid focuses more on the technical aspects of robotics, while Chobits is more about the emotions involved.
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Seifuku no Vampiress Lord
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Vampeerz
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Vampire yuri with surprisingly solid storytelling and art for schoolgirl comedies. Both manga feel grounded in their worlds and have balanced casts of characters, making them engaging for the reader.
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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
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Kouya ni Kemuru wa Shi no Kaori
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Both Steel Ball Run and The Smell Of Death Smokes In The Wilderness are westerns with a very similar vibe and art style, as well as a focus on fighting the supernatural. They even both take place in the early 1880s. Unfortunately, at the time of this posting, only the first chapter of Smell of Death has been translated into English, but it's clear that anyone who enjoys one will like the other.
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Hidamari ga Kikoeru
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Hoshizora wo Mitsumeta Sono Ato de
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Both I Hear The Sunspot and After We Gazed At The Starry Sky are sweet gay romances where one of the two leads is disabled: Kouhei from Sunspot has a hearing disability, and Subaru from Starry Sky uses a wheelchair. Sunspot handles the disability aspect better, by addressing the nature of his disability and showing a greater Deaf/HOH community, and delving more into the issues he faces as a disabled person in Japan than Starry Sky does for Subaru, but both are cute and enjoyable.
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Kakei no Alice
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Jujutsu Kaisen
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At first glance, Alice In Murderland and Jujutsu Kaisen are nothing alike. One is a shojo title about a family killing each other for the position of heir. The other is a shonen series about exorcising curses. But underneath all that, thematically the trials Stella and Itadori face are quite similar. From the beginning, both protagonists share their body with an immensely strong but incredibly dangerous entity. They struggle with their own identity and who is in control for which battles. They have to deal with the ones they should be able to rely on wanting them dead. Ultimately, both series are about deciding who and when to trust.
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xxxHOLiC
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Mieruko-chan
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Both series feature lead characters who can see spirits, who really don't want to see spirits, and don't know why they have this ability. Both have comedy, especially toward the beginning, but as the overarching plot is revealed, it gets darker. Mieruko-chan is a little ecchier, and xxxHOLiC has a greater ratio of "good" spirits to "bad".
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Shoukoku no Altair
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Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago
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Both manga are set in variations of the Ottoman Empire. They have a strong historical flavor, with emphasis on politics. Altair is focused on soldiers, so it has a stronger emphasis on warfare, while much of the drama of Drops Of Dreams takes place in the imperial harem. That said, both feature plenty of action and intrigue.
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Gintama
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Uruha no Sekai de Arisugawa
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Both series have similar locker-room styles of humor, and both have a pseudo-historical Japanese setting. Gintama is very long, but complete, while Arisugawa is ongoing, but only has a few chapters translated, so one can fill any hole in your life left by the other. Both stories are very fun.
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Ouran Koukou Host Club
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Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan
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Bisco Hatori was almost definitely inspired by CLAMP School. Aside from the obvious Tamaki/Nokoru similarities, both are fun, sometimes silly series that take place at a huge school with branches for each age group. Both focus on a club made up of cute boys for girls.
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Saint☆Oniisan
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Hoozuki no Reitetsu
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Both feature the daily lives of mystical beings. Saint Oniisan focuses on Jesus and Buddha, while Hozuki is about the staff of Japanese hell, but they have a similar sense of humor regarding things that should seem completely ordinary. Both bring in other famous mythological figures and are a lot of fun to read.
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Shirahimeshou
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Yagyuu Hijouken Samon
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Both are melancholy tales taking place in historical Japan, with beautiful artwork similar to traditional Japanese art. Both tell simple love stories well, but without going too deeply into the characters.