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If you liked Onanie Master Kurosawa add

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I'm surprised no one has suggested this before. Both are dramatic school life stories that can get pretty "heavy" at times. Both main male characters at one point in the story feel intense antisocial tendencies and despise the people around them, both of them intentionally harm others emotionally and commit other kinds of misdeeds that in turn end up leading to painful consequences. Both feature a bullied misfit girl as the female lead. Both series contain a big amount of character development, with clear emphasis on redemption. Both deal with the difficulties of dealing with the consequences of your sins, with bullying, isolation and depression.

If you liked Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou add

...then you might like Yuunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni add

They are both beautifully well-crafted manga with exquisite panel placement and visual flow. They are both treats to the readers who like to take their time reading while carefully analyzing everything each panel has to offer. There is a very well thought-out attention to detail where the visual display is concerned. They both have somewhat long monologues/narrations that induce feelings of melancholia on the reader.

If you liked Death Note add

...then you might like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria add

Geniuses, psychopaths, mental and psychological warfare, strategic thinking, powers granted through a supernatural entity that potentially shape the world according to the user's wishes/desires/ideologies, both these series have these elements in common. They both maintain a heavy grim mood throughout the story with little comedy. They both have a lot of mystery and twists. Both main characters are willing to go to certain extreme extents to live in what they see as the ideal world, even though their views are fundamentally opposite. They present accounts of people who acquire supernatural abilities that can change the world - either more directly (Utsuro) or indirectly (DN) - but end up being psychologically consumed by the power or their lack own lack of control. In a way they both touch upon the "be careful with what you wish for" trope (DN in a much more subtle way since Utsuro deals directly with those wishes and their corruption).

If you liked Liar Game add

...then you might like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria add

In a certain way both of these manga try to explore true human nature. Strong psychological element is present in both, with psychopathic behavior by some characters. Starting by isolating a group of people in circumstances that grant them a certain immunity from society's laws, these people are then thrown into a somehow twisted game with heavy psychological warfare, geniuses and a lot of mystery and twists. Utsuro's story has more variations whereas Liar Game is stuck to a more formulaic structure in most of its arcs. Both have a heavy mood with hints of despair. Both have little comedy.

If you liked Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica add

...then you might like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria add

Right off the bat, generally speaking they both have a grim, heavy atmosphere with hints of despair and hopelessness at times. Besides that, they both deal with wishes and dealing with the results/consequences of those wishes. A happy normal everyday life is broken by said results/consequences. There are further similar points but I'll refrain from mentioning them to avoid spoiling anything.

If you liked Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei add

...then you might like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria add

Both feature High School students that are forced into play-or-die circumstances by a strange/supernatural element that is unknown at the beginning of the story/arc. They both portray the despair of those teenagers before the situation their unable to understand, both have mysteries and psychological warfare or mind games through the "game". Both stories also have a weird "bear" explaining the rules and announcing the developments of the "game". In Utsuro this is more applicable to one particular arc of the story but the feeling of despair is felt throughout the whole story. Danganronpa is a little sketchier, has more comedy to it, Utsuro has a constant heavy mood.

If you liked Suzumiya Haruhi Series add

...then you might like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria add

While the general feel of the two series of novels is considerably different - Haruhi is comparatively more light-hearted and has a considerable comedic element to it whereas Hakomari is more of a dark mystery thriller kind of story - there are a few similarities that are worth noting. Starting with the 2 main characters. Both main male characters value their normal lives, and wish to proceed through High School maintaining said normality. The appearance of the main female character signals the end of their normal lives. Both female mcs are assertive, weirdly charismatic, beautiful but unapproachable, intelligent, forceful and able to do a considerable amount of different things without much effort, also similar is the apathy they show towards most people as of the beginning of the story. Now concerning the setting and the story itself. Fundamentally speaking both series are set in a High School, in a supernatural world. They both contain at least one arc focused on time paradoxes or time loops. Both feature an entity/power that changes and shapes the world according to unconscious will. In hindsight, the entity possessing, controlling or manipulating this "power" is equated to God in both novels. There are also a few other smaller similarities, for example, it is only after interaction with the main male character that the female mc starts forming or expanding a group of acquaintances, acquaintances that willingly or unwilling end up involved with the supernatural elements of the story. There is more I could mention but I think this is enough to warrant submitting valid recommendation.

If you liked Hunter x Hunter add

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They both have some kind of a test, a competition, a bunch of trials to acquire a very desired and profitable status - the status of Hunter for HxH and the status of Ranker for ToG. In both the chances of succeeding are very low. Though ToG's "test" is incomparably bigger and longer than HxH's that only focuses on that in its first arc. They both feature a fantasy-like big world with peculiar characters, mixing dark plot points with light-hearted comedic moments. The biggest difference between them would obviously be that one is a manga and the other is a Korean Webcomic.

If you liked Bokurano add

...then you might like Hoshi no Samidare add

Both feature a group of people that end up being forced into a must-fight scenario in which, as a team, they must defeat the enemies that are beyond their comprehension one at a time with breaks before battles. Their loss results in the destruction of our planet. Both contain heavy character development while dealing with the psychological state of the participants.

If you liked Hoshi no Samidare add

...then you might like Suashi no Meteorite add

Both take a different approach to the usual supernatural battle genre. Suashi no Meteorite is still in its early stages but it already has a feel that reminded me a bit of Hoshi no Samidare. They both have a lot of comedy to start off, while slowly thickening the plot with a somewhat grim plot point. Also in a way both pairs of main characters have a codependent relationship that strengthens their bond fast.

If you liked Another add

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They both have a supernatural/horror element while involving a very peculiar girl who is in a way directly connected to the supernatural element. Besides that they both have some mysteries, both stories develop in a high school and they both have a dark atmosphere.

If you liked Beck add

...then you might like Bakuman. add

The main characters strive to make a dream become reality against the odds. Through the way they fail some times and have internal disagreements between them and even risk breaking up as a group/pair. And both main characters start out living a normal, empty, regular life until something gives them the motivation to move forward.