If you liked
Bakemonogatari
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...then you might like
Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
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Everyone has talked about how similar these two are, so I'm going to talk about what makes them different. People are under the impression that Bunny Girl Senpai is a downgrade to Bakemonogatari, but I think that it has its own uniqueness. The stories of Bunny Girl Senpai is on a lot smaller of a scale compared to the Monogatari series, but I think that is good in its own way. The simpler storyline makes the idea of "trapped in your own individual world" a lot more significant. Perfect transition, btw, to the next subject of the "self". Bunny Girl Senpai deals with the individual's egoistic individual problems without regards to the outside world. While Monogatari does this in small ways like making background characters vague, Bunny Girl Senpai does this very blatantly such as making our protagonist a loner who, despite having friends, definitely is lonely. Another thing Bunny Girl Senpai has that Monogatari doesn't have is a very scientific outlook on things. The whole selling point of the series, the so called "Adolescence Syndrome" is a scientific phenomena related deeply to Quantum Physics. This gives the show a sort of realism that Monogatari lacks. In the end, despite being very similar, these are two extremely different stories, so don't go thinking that you need only watch Monogatari. These two can be enjoyed for very different reasons