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Handa-kun
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Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan
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I find them rather similar with school life setting and comedy. While Saiki has supernatural power and Handa-kun is a well-regarded school idol and prodigy calligrapher, all they wanted just a normal/quiet life but often hilarity ensues.
+These two shows share comedy in the form of Introspection. The main protagonists always have a unique view or way of interpreting mundane things.
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Recommended by dragonhold24
Saiki and Handa Kun are school gag anime that emphasize a similar comedic approach of staying away from classmates due to personal reasons.
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Recommended by SummerMambo
Both anime involve episodic story lines with a male main character that unintentionally gets in the spotlight of their respective peers at school in the most crazy ways possible.
Both series follow a rather comedic and unique cast of characters in the daily high-school lives. Though they have different premises, they are two of the funniest anime I have seen. One deals with a main character, Handa, who is completely oblivious to the fact that the whole school loves him. The other is about a character, Saiki Kusuo, who tries to avoid the limelight and hide his psychic powers. Additionally, both series have great dub and sub voice acting. I strongly recommend both series.
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Recommended by idontevenno
Both shows focus on the comedy theme centering on the MC who wants to avoid dealing with people, yet through misunderstandings becomes the center of attention
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Recommended by Short_Circut
I actually watched Handa-kun first and loved it, so I was thrilled when I started watching Saiki and discovered it was similar in many regards.
Both of the main characters are popular without realizing it and don't really want the attention they get.
They are both a bit sarcastic and standoffish and have a friend group that is introduced in such a way that it is easy for you to remember who is who.
I think the format of both these anime are very easy to digest: Saiki is broken down into 5-minute shorts while Handa-kun has about 2 to 3 different shorts in each episode until
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Both of these anime are completely comedy based with little to no actual story building. The comedy in both of these series are hilarious as well. They are both episodic anime where the episodes don't relate to one another and each episode has multiple little stories in it . Also in both animes many characters are introduced that are minor characters but they still make appearances in future episodes.
The only big difference is the aspect of comedy. Handa can't read anyone emotions at all whereas on the other hand Saiki can read peoples emotions a bit too well.
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Recommended by PandoraAlter
Both shows feature protagonists who don't want any unnecessary attention but attract a colorful cast in spite of that. Both shows are full of extremely hilarious antics
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Recommended by Orkoisfast155
The main character in both shows are surrounded by people they don't want to be surrounded by and all characters in both shows have extreme personalities.
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Recommended by Abroom2003
These two shows both have protagonists who are widely admired by everyone else. They both have similar styles of humor.
Both animes show main characters surrounded by people when they just want to be left alone. In Saiki K, he is a guy with psychic powers, and in Handa kun he is a popular guy idolised by the rest if the school, but he thinks they all hate him. Both characters seem emotionally disconnected and cold. Both series have characters with vibrant and slightly overexaggerated personalities, with a similar sense of humor in its comedy. Both are in a Japnese high school setting, and follow these not-so-everyday characters through their everyday lives.
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Recommended by hazelnut000