 If you liked
Brigadoon: Marin to Melan
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 ...then you might like
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru
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Anime that starts with cheerful young girls given what seems to be a typical heroine roles, but then darker consequences of the situation hits.
Both anime involve a cheerful, female middle-schooler as the main character who does their best and wants to help everyone that they can. However, their normal lives are greatly changed in the first episode, and things start to become more intense and serious. The shows get darker, and the characters have to go through trauma and suffering, but they still try to do their best and help others. Yuuki Yuuna is a magical girl show, while Brigadoon has mecha-like action.