 If you liked
Bokurano
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 ...then you might like
Ikigami
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Whilst Bokurano goes in a sci-fi / mecha direction, where as Ikigami has an alternate universe totalitarian Japan setting, the approach these two take is equally grim and different.
Characters are introduced, get their own 3+ chapter mini-arcs and then - after being fully developed - die. There is an overaching narrative in both (more so in Bokurano) that ties everything together but the cycle of characterisation>death remains throughout.
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Both of them deal with a situation where people face a soon and inevitable death. The main theme is the choices that people make under such circumstances, whether it's a revenge or an apologise. Both mangakas ask the same question - what will people do if they have few hours left to live? Of course each manga deal with it's own answers and it's own heroes, but the level of digging into dark human selves is almost the same. The plot structure is also pretty the same: small stories features the background of each character who's scheduled to die next and his or her final
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Both series involve characters that know they are going to die. For Ikigami, they find out with 24 hours (sometimes less) to go, with Bokurano they simply know it will be "soon". Both series also involve the deaths of young people and how they spend their remaining time. If you liked that aspect of one, you should check out the other.