Ranked #1529

Inubaka (Manga)

Just from looking this seems like a bit of a stretch, but they are actually very alike in many ways. While the story is obviously very different - one focused very much on music, the other focused on dogs - the deeper point of each is where they are alike - that is the characters, their interactions, their lives, and the way they change each other. Inubaka and Nodame Cantabile both have the same basics if you take out the music and dogs. The stories both have a chance meeting between a bit of a dimwitted girl and a very talented guy and the events following that, as well as the 'dimwitted girl' in both being actually an amazingly talented person at what they do that entraps the male lead's interest. They follow events that are basically the exact equivalent of each other, their characters progress the same, every character introduced in both are very alike in personalities, the romance unfolds the same way, etc. While they do have a lot of big differences, it's mostly just in the music and dog areas, while everything aside from that is very alike. That might sound stupid, but the focal points of both these series is NOT the music or the dogs (sorry if you thought it was), but the development and relationships of characters.

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While Inubaka focuses primarily on dogs and is a slice-of-life rather than the medical manga Wild Life often is, both obviously have mangaka who are passionate about animals. The main characters are also the happy, cheerful, sometimes-silly but always-earnest type. =)

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