 If you liked
Haikara-san ga Tooru
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 ...then you might like
Taishou Yakyuu Musume.
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Both series take place during the Taishou era in Japan. And follow young women trying to fight the archaic Japanese role of women being "seen not heard", being a proper wife (cooking and cleaning and other Yamato Nadeshiko ideology), and submitting to the decisions of male figures in their lives. They attempt to do 'boy' things such as practicing kendo in "Haikara-san ga Tooru" and playing baseball in "Taishou Yakyuu Musume." which ultimately are given grief from their teachers and parents. Granted both anime show the girls putting up a good fight but they do quickly submit to the romance and arranged marriages forced upon
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