 If you liked
Free!
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 ...then you might like
Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudou-bu
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Free! and Tsurune have the same sort of atmosphere. Both tell of 5 guys working together to learn and improve at a sport (swimming in Free! and archery in Tsurune). The animation is well done and very similar style from KyoAni. They both have a high emphasis on friendship. If you enjoyed getting a glimpse of what goes into a sport, and how people can bond together from one of these shows, you will have a very similar feeling watching the other.
Stories of (mostly) all boys in sports teams at school, one for swimming and one for archery. Lots of similar story beats and themes, especially about overcoming your own fears and weaknesses. Good character dynamics and excellent animation of said sports.
Beautifully animated by KyoAni with struggling MCs that are in somewhat pitted from something in the past and have quit their respective sport.
Both sports anime and many parallels between characters and their personalities. Both MCs are good at their respective sports.
-MC with a past
-Sports and friendship
-Slice of Life
-KyoAni
-GREAT OSTS
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Recommended by zucchinichop
Both made by KyoAni
Both have amazing animation
Both are sports animes
Both have great stories (Tsurunes is really good so far)
Characters and character personalities are similar.
Both shows have a main character who has left the sport due to past hurts and slowly makes their way back through friendship and love of the sport. Very strong focus on relationships, with a bit of a melancholy undertone at times, which I always find intriguing in sports shows.
they have a similar feel to them, in both series, their friendship is built through the sport and they both have bl undertones, although much less noticeable in tsurune
overall free! can give you more depth with the characters while tsurune has more focus on the sport itself
Both anime have similar theme. Main characters were good at one thing but then after some situation they've dropped this activity. Of course they are both about sports and let's be honest not about the popular ones because both swimming and archery aren't that popular. After two episodes of Tsurune KKK you can easily say that this new series have similar "spark".
Same things:
- sports
- friendship
- stubborn but likable main characters
- school
- slice of life elements
same kind of story
a group of teenagers fighting for their purposes
same studio with beautiful arts and soundtracks
-Both main characters have problem with their past
-Both have "the loyal bestfriend" character
-Both have "the cheerful friend" character
-Both have pretty boys as main characters
-Both set in highschool
-Both are beautifully animated
-Both have good backsound music
They both focus on a relatively large group of friends and sports. Tsurune is a lot more slice of life-y and relaxing to watch, but similar to Free! in the way that friendship plays a huge part in the plot. The difference is that while Free! is a swimming anime, Tsurune focuses on Kyudo.
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Recommended by Neko_Netti
idk how to describe it but they’re just very similar. the characters and their relationships and the whole “we work together as a team” message in Tsurune reminds me a lot like Free!
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Recommended by Croissant-
Both have similar visual style (both made by Kyoto Animation) and follows the story of male friends that share their passion for a sports.
Some personalities are pretty similar across both anime and the overall atmosphere feels pretty good for both!
They both have similar characters and story .Both in highschool , and the main character stopped doing the sport they love because something in the past . They both are also from Kyoto Animation .
-BROMANCE/baiting
- amazing character development
- gorgeous male characters
- comedic moments
- working hard to win in a sport by teaming up or practicing
- one character who is the best at the sport and goes through difficulties
- beautiful animation
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Recommended by cocolita22