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If you liked Shuffle! add

...then you might like School Days add

To me Shuffle and School days are two sides of the same coin in the same way Neon Genesis Eva and End of Eva are. Like those, one gently taps it's audience on the shoulder and asks you to consider your own morality and fantasies, the other grabs you by both perverted shoulders and shakes violently. Where Shuffle takes a somewhat sympathetic look at the ramifications of harem anime and the effects such a fantasy would have on the real people involved, School Days does much the same but by having it's male lead take all the harem protagonist's traits and turning them up to 11. That is, of course just a very surface level look at both shows, which conversely have layers of subtle character building and intricate, if sometimes dramatic, stories to tell. Shuffle is particularly focused on using it's fantasy concepts as metaphor for telling stories about mental health and terminal illnesses, while School Days takes a close look at the insidious friend groups and relationships that can form during a teenagers formative - well - school days (pardon the pun). If you liked one, you'll probably enjoy the other, thought be warned both include minor nudity and violence.

If you liked Mirai Nikki (TV) add

...then you might like Guilty Crown add

Aside from the obvious ( a duo of pink haired pycho heroines ) if you enjoyed either of these shows you should enjoy the other. Both have a great OsT and above average animation for the most part and while their stories differ, there more similar then you might initially think. Firstly they both buckle under the weight of their own respective plot holes and contrivance, yet remain enjoyable and highly binge-able. Additionally both start with piles of potential, have a second Act that goes off the rails and a third Act that some-how manages to somewhat stick the landing and tie up many of the lose ends while simultaneously giving characters a degree of pay-off. As mentioned, if you enjoyed one, you'll probably find the other fun two.