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Maria-sama ga Miteru
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Strawberry Panic
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Strawberry Panic is really the same principle, just the drama's less heavy and they take the shoujo-ai/yuri subtext further and out into the open.
This one is easy. They're both set in a Catholic all girls school and share the same themes like yuri and sisterhood relationships. Strawberry Panic takes the yuri a bit more further, though. I think the anime's demographics might be different. Marimite is definitely meant for girls, not sure about Strawberry Panic.
They are both set in all-girl's schools with very close relationships between the students. Strawberry Panic also parodies some events from Maria-sama when the piano is played and when the statue of Mary is shown in the halls. They also have shoujo-ai, though in Maria-sama, it is more subtextual.
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Recommended by SlaughterChichi
Strawberry Panic is pretty much MariMite, but the characters are all raging lesbos. Not that I'm complaining...
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Recommended by gloomheart
All seasons are very good :D it's like Strawberry Panic because they are both Catholic and religious, the love is inevidable~ <3333
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Recommended by AnimeMangaAngel
Though a lot of people say it's almost alike I think it has big differences. In 'Maria sama ga miteru' it's more about bounds and friendship, but still so cute and lovely. I love how the characters react to each otherand the drawing is amazing. It underlines the sweetness of deep bounds and is very romantic and deep at the same time. The story plot is quite boring sometimes but on the other hand all the sweetness in it makes it worth the watch. Also there are so damn funny scenes you'll roll on the floor laughing.
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Recommended by LaineSimone
Maria-sama ga miteru is shoujo-ai, but a lot more subtle than strawberry panic. The two stories have certain similarities, but Maria-Sama ga miteru is not as hyperactive as SP.
Put simplly, both of these anime are about school life in an all girls catholic school, both of the main charaters are new students and have an admiration for their senior which leads as the main narrative structure and share simular personality traits. There is a noticeable yuri theme but only Strawberry Panic takes it further than friendship whereas Marmite seems to centralise more around a school life theme.
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Recommended by Mastahelix
As many stated above series are similar because both are about all girls school only that in Strawberry Panic yuri is straight forward while here it is more of a tease, only Sei came out of closet.
We also have an upperclasman who at first tried to be distant from our main heroine.
What makes Maria-sama series better for me is that not EVERYONE are gay for each other. We actually have some male characters and girls who show some kind of interest in guys, Eriko would be the best example.
So yeh, you should watch the series.
Also in comparison to many other anime, Maria-sama gets better with
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They both include forbidden relationship, and both only have girl main characters in them. Very few guys show up in both animes
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Recommended by fiddleberg
Both about an all girls school, and the new student there. Both are really good, but strawberry panic has yuri just like BAM! there in your face!
General principles of these two shows are the same except slight differences in the amount of drama and Yuri/Shoujo-ai.
Honestly after watching the first episode of Maria, my brain mixed the shows up enough that i ended up thinking i had already watched it.
Strawberry Panic is essentially a love letter to Maria-sama ga Miteru, sharing many similarities with its predecessor. Watching Strawberry Panic after Maria-sama ga Miteru is almost like playing a "spot the similarity" game, in fact. However, Maria-sama is heavier in both the drama and character development departments while much lighter when it comes to the yuri, one particular instance notwithstanding.
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Recommended by Luminously
The setting is very similiar, as well as the characters. They both take place at a Catholic all-girls school. They both have close relationshipS between girls/GirlxGirl couples. They can both be considered shoujo ai series, although Strawberry Panic more explicitly so (Maria-sama ga Miteru is more hinting about it). Shizuma is very similiar to Sachiko, and Nagisa is very similiar to Yumi. Both Nagisa and Yumi are also new students at their respective school, and both Shizuma and Sachiko have high status and are well-respected among the students. Miyuki and Yoko are very similiar as well, they even look alike. In Strawberry Panic, the religious
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