Hanasaku Iroha

Non Non Biyori addpermalink

Both animes are slice of life with good comedy in it. They both have great art & animation with breathtaking scenery of the countryside. The main characters are alos a group of cute girls living their daily lives. 

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Hachimitsu to Clover addpermalink

Both are about finding your place in the world and the process of becoming an adult.  

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Sora yori mo Tooi Basho addpermalink

here between Hanasaku Iroha and Sora yori mo Tooi Basho, Kimari and Ohana face brand new challenges. While Ohana was not looking for them necessarily, both girls harness their inner energy and cheerfulness to try and tackle the daunting tasks in front of them. Friendship is more present than ever as Ohana and Kimari absolutely have to not only make and keep these new friends but rely on them heavily. Ohana did not choose this journey like Kimari did, but they do both face it head on. This anime is one from P.A. Works that you cannot miss! 

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Natsu-iro Kiseki addpermalink

Both have the same protagonist lineup (four girls), and both shows are slice of lives which emphasize in the depth of the story about friendship, family, etc. Similar character design also (Rinko has similar hair with Ohana). 

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Anime: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. addpermalink

Hanasaku Iroha and Ano Hana has both tear jerking drama and splendid animation. Both are also original works. 

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Sakamichi no Apollon addpermalink

These Anime give a nice look into a small aspect of the Japanese culture, one being about the inns that are popular over there while the other deals with an era of change. 

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Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi addpermalink

Both are centered around a ryokan, Hanasaku Iroha is set in our world and Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi is set in the spirit world. 

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K-On! addpermalink

Both shows are centered around females who are trying their best to achieve their goals and improve at what they like to do. Both have different themes, but they do have their similarities: plus, both are enjoyable! Oh, and Yui and Ohana seem very alike - both are pretty clueless in a cute way. xD 

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The iDOLM@STER addpermalink

Both Hanasaku Iroha and The iDOLM@STER are clumsy, humble, honest, and idealistic coming-of-age slice of life anime that do their jobs very well. They focus primarily on the characters themselves as individuals, rather than focusing strictly on their comedic mannerisms. While both have comedic moments, both actually excel at using atmosphere to accent its character-driven drama. Hanasaku Iroha does this through its visual splendor, whereas The iDOLM@STER - a show primarily about music - takes full advantage of silence during critical scenes. Due to their coming-of-age stories, both shows have strong elements of time, where it's used as a slow and melancholic way to highlight changes in plot, setting, and characters during key moments. 

Hanasaku Iroha has some of the prettiest and detailed settings for a slice of life television series, boasting a strong start that establishes its identity as a no-gimmick drama about growing up in an unfamiliar town. Immediately, it portrays itself as less of an anime and more like a live-action drama as it focuses on the stories of all its characters, particularly the adults, as opposed to any quirky mannerism common in slice of life shows. There's romance too, but it plays second to the growth of its characters, serving as a means to measure their maturity over the series. 

The iDOLM@STER is primarily a slice of life comedy, but it begins with quiet scenes of the characters going about their lives - echoing the more dramatic moments later in the series. Despite being an idol show with a male lead, there's very little fan service, there's even less romance, and while most of the characters are in school, there is not one single instance during any episode where a school is shown. The show instead follows the character to different locations, in different outfits, doing different activities as they grow into their roles as aspiring idols. 

To any fans of coming-of-age slice of life dramas, I cannot recommend these shows enough. read more

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K-On!! addpermalink

The main characters (Yui from K-On and Ohana from Hanasaku) are a bit carefree, but work hard to reach their goal. Both main characters have a shy friend (nakochi and mio) and one that is sure of himself (yuina and ritsu)
The opening from the both anime is similar.  

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Tamako Market addpermalink

I found Tamako Market to be similar to Hanasaku Iroha by the romance aspect and how the main characters are not focused on romance, both shows are slice of life each with their own elements but the main drive of the show is not romance in both shows. In fact the romantic interest tended to be a topic avoided and focused more on friendship. 

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Glasslip addpermalink

The female main of these two stories share a similar personality as well as the art of the story. Both stories include romance and the evolution of the main character's friendship with the people they met. Hansaku Iroha & Glasslip may seem different at first but they both give a very similar feeling. 

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Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou addpermalink

There's plenty of realism coming from Hanasaku Iroha and Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou. From a viewer's perspective, the main character goes through a life journey as they move into a new residence. They find new friends and get used to their new life style that I find can be reletable. There's decent comedy, drama, and character interactions. The main characters also forges memorable relationships with others through their development. Both series has a small yet colorful cast of characters that I think people will find attractive with their own dynamics.  

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Gingitsune addpermalink

Both have adorable main characters, who basically try hard to succeed in what they are doing, while developing friendships and learning to be better people, and both shows are sorta feel-good with a happy outlook on life. Nice because even if your heart gets broken a bit during the show you still end up glad you watched it.

Not going to lie, Gingitsune has a more interesting premise since it deals with the supernatural, but Hanasaku Iroha is sorta like its less interesting cousin that you love anyways because its relatable. 

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So Ra No Wo To addpermalink

Both have a very Similar art and the same character designer.

Both have a deepest history than many think about it, because the moe-look resemblance.

Both main characters makes a coming of age and can mature at the end of the series, in Sora no Woto the protagonist joins the military only for the objective to play a musical instrument and join a military band but ends knowing the face of war, in Hanasaku Iroha the main character change the commodities of the city for living in a turistic inn, whose grandmother is the administrator, but she don't have privileges for the family ties and must work as anybody in the inn, earning so wrong the dislike of their workmates. read more 

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Nagi no Asu kara addpermalink

Hanasaku Iroha and Nagi no Asukara are both produced by the animation studio P.A. Works so expect similarities in terms of their visual presentations.

Both series includes a colorful cast of characters involved in interpersonal relationship from friendship, respect, and romance. They also takes the story and narratives into a slice of life form with comedy and drama.

The main female characters from both series are also often insecure about their decisions but deep down does care about the friends they make.  

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Deaimon addpermalink

Working at a family business out of the city, rural culture. Has romance that isn't the focus but exists and incomplete. Like Deaimon, has a relaxing vibe to the whole show, has a lot of happiness filling every episode.  

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Hyouka addpermalink

The art in these two animes are spectacular and very similar to each other despite not being from the same studios. You can also draw parallels between Minko (from Iroha) and Oreki (Hyouka) as well as between Ohana (Iroha) and Chitanda (Hyouka). Both also carry the same gentle and relaxed flow to the story progression. Both can be described as good Summer feeling animes.   

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Ristorante Paradiso addpermalink

These anime actually have more in common more than the synopsis of a runaway mother and an abandoned daughter. They share:

･ Delightful, quaint settings of a traditional Japanese inn (Iroha) and an elegant Italian restaurant (Paradiso), both of which is presented with charming visuals. 

･ An insight into the service industry, particularly food in Paradiso and overall hospitality in Iroha. The eclectic staff and the inner workings of the inn/restaurant is tinged with realism and is rather fascinating to watch.   

･ Female leads who start off fresh-faced and bitter about their mothers, and go through personal growth as they experience life in their new environments. Both  were very likeable.

･ The mother/daughter thing - relationships between the different generations of women (3 in Iroha) are shown as complex and flawed. It's explored well enough to appreciate and subtly enough to feel real. On the whole, a rather impressive portrayal of women of different ages. read more

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Shugo Chara! addpermalink

-Main characters personality are the same. They always try to help others, Amu help Xeggs, and Ohana always try to help her friends problems. 

-Both characters is hard working and tries to get accepted from others around her

-Both Same voice actor

-Both have somebody they like,

-Both met great friends that had actually helped them change. 

-Both Funny and heart warming anime.

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Summer Wars addpermalink

Summer Wars and Hanasaku Iroha has a distinct similarity, that is the family. Both dwell on the problems of each family members and as the story goes on they slowly reconcile. The grandmothers on both side is so silar with each other. They are both the energy of the family. They act strict but the truth is that they care about the family very much. Summer Wars and Hanasaku Iroha both have the same feeling to it. Both have amazing animation and has a touch of romance. 

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Anime: Ikoku Meiro no Croisée The Animation

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée The Animation addpermalink

Both Anime give the reviewer a slice of Japanese culture and they provide for a great learning experience that can likely stand the test of time because they both deal with parts of the culture that come from the history, not modern fads. The girls in the Anime are also both charming. 

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Servant x Service addpermalink

Both are about working at a job, and about service to others while the characters build their relationships with their colleagues. Hanasaku Iroha is about teenage girls and how they deal professionally to make an inn work, Servant x Service is about college graduates who just became civil servants. 

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Tamayura: Hitotose addpermalink

Both of these Anime are slice of life that deal with life and friendship of a group of high school females as the discover and/or work with what they want to be. 

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Hibike! Euphonium addpermalink

Both are gorgeous looking coming-of-age SoL stories. Both have a surprising amount of drama underneath the cutesy style and the characters go through a lot of great self-reflection and development throughout the course of their respective series. There is a strong similarity thematically in that the main characters of both shows want to strongly improve themselves (and what it means to shine brightly) in their endeavors and this pushes their shows forward.  

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Kimi to Boku. addpermalink

Both have the same slice of life feeling, its about the daily life of a group of teenage friends, the difference is that they´re male in KtB and female in HI. Both involve several funny situations and hints of romance, as well as a love triangle.  

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Mimi wo Sumaseba addpermalink

Both have innocent and naiive main characters facing the difficulties of love for the first time in their lives. 

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Omoide Poroporo addpermalink

Both Anime provide a nice look at Japanese culture through slice of life moments, yet utilize warm colors. The main character also comes to terms regarding their families lifestyle. 

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Tamayura addpermalink

A young lady tries to find something out about herself through slice-of-life day to day adventures with the people around her. 

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Gin no Saji addpermalink

Both series focus on teenage boy/girl who for some reason has to move out of the city and completly change his/her environment. 
In both main characters learn the taste of hard work and try to find their own dream. Both are very down to earth series, with no supernatural elements only very nice slice of life with a little bit of comedy 

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Kobato. addpermalink

Both are really nice stories about girls living at their own, trying to reach their dreams while making mistakes all the time.
Both have really cute and determind protagonist. 

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Aria the Animation addpermalink

At first glance these two series might not look like they have much in common but the general atmosphere is very much the same, a feel-good slice of life with some comedy and drama along the way.  It doesn't hurt that they feature similar (not to mention great) background music. 

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