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If you liked Hidamari Sketch add

...then you might like Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! add

If I can say that Manabi Straight was about the beginnings and growth of friendships and what happens before, during and after the process of moving on, then Hidamari Sketch is about the fun times being had when those friendships are already in the growing stage and the future is nothing more than a passing glance. Both have great casts of characters that work together and have fun. Hidamari Sketch is more laid back than Manabi Straight, and the former is a series of standalone episodes compared to Manabi's driven plot, so keep that in mind.

If you liked Hitohira add

...then you might like Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! add

Both series have a group of all likable people who, through trials and tribulations, come together in order to accomplish a number of causes. And we also get a nice dose of reality from both shows in the fact that change is a course of life and that things don’t always turn out right in the process. Of the two shows, Hitohira is more realistic and dramatic about the idea that life goes on, but it won’t always be happy. While Manabi with its feel good attitudes stays away from that angle, Hitohira tackles it full on.

If you liked Haibane Renmei add

...then you might like Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World add

If you're interested in thinking about the world that the characters live in when you watch anime, what important concepts are expressed in anime, or want to still think about a show long after it's over, these two shows work well. While they cover different ideas among those concepts, I feel they both cause similar responses.