 If you liked
Clannad
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 ...then you might like
Usagi Drop
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Similarities:
+ Both have "family" as a large theme of the show
+ Some of the characters have poor relationships with their parents and some have great relationships
+ School aspect (though Clannad is high school and Usagi Drop is preschool/first grade)
+ The kids get sick, go through normal growing pains, and their is a good mix of comedy and drama involved with the great characters and their interractions
Differences:
- Clannad is more of a harem-style show from the perspective of a high school boy and is shounen whereas Usagi Drop is from the perspective of 30 year old man and is josei
- Clannad focuses on much more than
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I'd now like to talk about the child dynamic in both shows, and how in both children are left without one of the parens or both, and are then responsible for the child.
Both Okazaki and Daikichi struggle to take care of these kids, they try their best, but end up needing the help of others. Not that needed help from other people is a bad thing, but relying on them too often to do things is.
Not to mention that both shows have HUGE emphasis on family and taking care of one another.
Both Okazaki and Daikichi eventually grow to love and cherish these kids.
I think with
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