 If you liked
Touch
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 ...then you might like
Maison Ikkoku
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Slow-paced but steady and beautifully executed character development. While the characters in both series are very different from each other and are at different parts of their lives, the themes of both are very similar. Both are also produced in the 1980s and gives you a very genuine feel for what Japan was like at the time. If you loved one, you'll love the other.
They're bouth about that serious, grown up love but they have the complete opposite begining and they're bouth from 80's.
Both anime contain a main male character who practically lives with his manager in the case of Maison its the household manager and in Touch its the school baseball club manager.
The main male are in love with this person, but in both anime it seems like the managers are waiting for the males to "grow up" even though they seem to share these feelings.
Touch is a sports anime, however it is not very visible from start to end, it comes more in arcs so that does not take on every aspect of the anime.
The cast growing mid-season 2 (around episode 40) in Touch makes
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Similar type of SoL-Romance anime. Maison Ikkoku tends to have more matured theme and Touch is more teenage-y (coming of age-like story). Though if you found Touch to be irritating, then I wouldn't recommend Maison Ikkoku since it's like 5 times more frustrating.
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Touch and Maison Ikkoku are romance drama series from the 80's and share many tropes and trends that were popular at the time. It's the similarities that make one anime appealing to watch for the viewers of another. So I will make a list of the subtle differences and you be the judge if it's worth watching based on what you like.
1. Alongside being romance and drama Touch is also a sports anime, specifically baseball. There are times when the romantic development takes a break in favor of more baseball and vice versa but the core of the show is still the drama, so baseball
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Touch is probably the closest thing you're going to get to Maison Ikkoku. It tells a similar story to Maison, & has the same grounded nature of the series to boot. The series also has a similar writing style, in which side characters actually give quite a bit back to the story, & help move the plot along. If you've just finished Maison Ikkoku, & want something similar to it, yet it brings its own flavor, Touch is what you're looking for.
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