Basara

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori addpermalink

Both series star a young woman and take place in a fantasy setting. The main character in each takes charge of her situation and becomes powerful. Each also has a well-developed romance. 

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The stories to me are similar, while not plotwise, but they both focus on love and war, and the drawings are similar. Either way, if you liked Red River, you'd love Basara, and vice versa. 

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Red River is absolute crap compared to Basara. If you enjoyed Red River, you'll LOVE Basara. Or you won't, because you like trashy shoujo. But that's okay. 

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Both are action adventure shoujo series with a historical setting, a strong and empowered butt-kicking female lead, and a healthy dose of romance throughout. If you like the way any of those aspects are portrayed in one series, I can pretty much guarantee you'll love the other; save for Yuri's modern origins in Red River, they're actually extremely similar in tone and content (without being similar enough to be anything close to boring). 

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both take place a long time ago. theyre not really that similar, but if you like one you'll probably like the other. red river has more romance, more shoujo-esc, while basara has more adventure 

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This two doesn't pass in the same place but with the same vibe. Both have a girl that must be strong to defend what is dear to hear and accomplishing that  make herself a hero.  

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Very involved, powerful female protagonist who realizes her weaknesses-- especially when involving their loved ones.  They both give the same feel-- a sort of mystic love that transcends all boundaries, whether it be time or hate.  Lovers of Basara will find a more one-sided tale in Red River, while Red River transfers will find a truly three-dimensional world where there is a consequence for killing anyone. 

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Both have a very similar vibe and involve a girl who is thrown into war and grows strong in order to defend what she loves. Both series are also from the 90s/early 2000s and have that feel as well. If you like one you should definitely take a chance on the other. 

reportRecommended by MeNaK

both are in a historical war setting, the female leads become badasses, and there's a lot of bittersweet romance  

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I was constantly reminded of Basara while reading this; the two are very similar in that they share a historical war setting, forbidden love, and female protagonists that transform into incredibly strong characters. 

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Both stories have deep character development as well as elements of politics, war, romance, strong female lead, enchanting fantasy world, and extremely addicting story-line. I felt withdrawal after reading both of these. They're so similar, yet different if you loved one, you'll be sure to love the other.

I think Basara is a bit darker and more complex than Red river/Anatolia story. I truly loved both. I hope you do too!  

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Akatsuki no Yona addpermalink

If you like Yona, you will absolutely love Basara. Basara is a bit more melodramatic than Akatsuki no Yona but it has that high fantasy traveling adventure theme with the main characters controlling the destiny of their respective kingdoms. Both have very strong female leads. 

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Both are excellent and are similar in terms of plot and character development. In my opinion Basara has a much more nuanced and complicated plot than ANY while ANY has more comic relief and better art. If you like one you will probably like the other although you will probably need to be in/will get into a very different mood to read each one. 

reportRecommended by MeNaK

Both female characters want to avenge their family's deaths from the king. Both start as seemingly weak characters but grow to be confident and strong with great leadership skills. 

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Epic, fantastical storylines with a lot of action. The female protagonists want revenge on a powerful male king for killing her family. Both heroines learn to be great leaders. 

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Want a heroine that can kick butt? Then look no further! Both ANY and Basara feature a heroine who had her life turned upside down with the death of their loved ones and instead of giving up all hope both girls take up a sword and fight to regain their kingdom. These girls grow up from being weak to becoming a strong leader that people just want to follow.
Along their journeys of taking back their kingdoms both girls also seek out allies to help them fight and continue to grow stronger. Basara has an older art style but it really matches Akatsuki no Yona storyline and is absolutely perfect. read more 

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If you like how a naive, lonely woman tries to stand up on her own feet while trying to act brave and strong and keeps getting more courageous--you will like Basara. Both have female leads that were once flimsy but fate made them strong and their choices made them even better. Both leads take up adventure and make friends and allies along the way.
 

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female lead that grew to become stronger leader, and some part of the story resembles the other. but basara is more serious and have more character development and story line.   

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Akatsuki no Yona is a less intense version of Basara. Both follow similar themes of romance, royalty, strong female lead, adventure, overcoming adversity, personal growth, destiny, politics, etc... Basara explores these themes in a much more mature manner with greater depth of detail sometimes pushing the boundaries which may make some readers more uncomfortable. I personally love this series but I would not recommend it to high school readers. On the other hand, Akatsuki no yona is perfect for the young at heart. It takes a lighter, more playful approach to similar themes. 

Akatsuki no Yona has better art than Basara as well as this is newer. The downside of Akatsuki no Yona is that it's not yet complete which sometimes leads to painful times waiting for updates :P  read more 

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They're both about young heroines, have themes of destiny and whatnot, and an enemy who was someone they loved 

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Kanata kara addpermalink

Both mangas have an epic feel to them, and have a similar situation where the male and female lead are supposed to be enemies, but ... somehow aren't?  The male characters also seem to have a 'dark side'. 

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Saver addpermalink

Epic stories where an ordinary but strong and charismatic female lead is chosen by a prophecy, thrown into battle and forced to dress as a man to survive 

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Legend of Nereid addpermalink

A legendary warrior. Forbidden love. These 2 tittles are scareily similar. The art is also fairly similar. I believe that if you loved one, you'd love the other.... 

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Song of the Long March addpermalink

Both have strong female leads however Basara's story is much more dramatic and elongated. Both have romances involving enemies becoming a love interest. 

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7 Seeds addpermalink

Made by the same author, they share a similar art style and both mangas jump to different views of other characters instead of the point of view of just one. I mostly make this recommendation because the characters share similar personalities and experiences in a post-apocalyptic setting. 

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Fullmetal Alchemist addpermalink

Both Basara and FMA are epic fantasy quests filled with loads and loads of characters, lots of travel, political intrigue, and awesome fight scenes. Basara is easily the superior of the two and adds an element of romance, but if you liked one, you should check out the other. 

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Tokyo Crazy Paradise addpermalink

The guy isn't one is actually a girl with a strong look and fighting spirit.
 

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X addpermalink

These stories are both about one person being the chosen one and blah blah saves the world, what sets them both apart is that the chosen one isnt exactly shure if they want to save the world or if they are even the right person for the job. They contain alot of twists and are both similarly enjoyable 

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Operation Liberate Men addpermalink

Both heroines are trying to save people for freedom in a sense. It's a pity OLM is on hiatus mode 

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In both stories a girl pretends to be a guy and she can actually fight fairly well. The girl is also considered to be special and seen as a savior of the people. Both stories are action and adventure and have some romance in them with multiple love interests.  

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The Queen's Knight addpermalink

Both characters fall in love with the person they really shouldn't.  

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Itsuwari no Freja addpermalink

In both series a young girl has to take responsibility for saving their country by taking the place of an identical boy that people rely on for hope. Sarasa and Freya both go on adventures, gathering allies in order to fight against tyranny. 

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Ragtonia addpermalink

Both of these manga take place in a similar enough setting where there isn't any modern technology. Both also have main characters whose main goal is to eliminate someone who they think is pure evil and who they think is destroying their country. While Basara is much longer and the girl is younger (Ragtonia has adult lead characters, Basara has a teenage lead character), both also have similar themes of losing innocence, bettering oneself, and that nothing is black and white.  

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Manga: Masca: The Tale of the Great Mage of Hessed

Masca: The Tale of the Great Mage of Hessed addpermalink

They both do not really have much in common but they both give out the same feel. A lot of drama and a great tragic romance. 

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Manga: Meteor Methuselah: Kanzen Kouryakubon

Meteor Methuselah: Kanzen Kouryakubon addpermalink

Both have young female leads who are strong heroines and are true to themselves. Both stories have a very well rounded cast of characters and good character development, along with some great anti-heros and epic-adventures 

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Crystal☆Dragon addpermalink

Both started with the village being destroyed by the enemy. In Crystal Dragon, the main female character was a druid apprentice. While in Basara, the main female took the role of her twin brother. Both girls went on an adventure to take revenge/ fulfill their "destiny", and got into some romance with the main antagonist (aka their enemy). Story-telling style is similar: both have a mystical air.  

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Joou no Hana addpermalink

Reading Joou no Hana reminded me a lot of Basara, since they are both historical mangas with tragic and epic plots. Both have a very brave young girl as protagonist and in both the girl goes though a long journey   where she encounters many characters and she deals with political issues. Basara is slightly more epic and old fashioned in the art style while Joou no Hana has a more recent feel, but they're both really great mangas. 

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Skip Beat! addpermalink

Although they might seem to be opposites, both have strong teenaged female leads who initially set out for revenge only to find their goals shaping into something much more powerful/suited to them later on. The romance is slow but very good, and the characters are dynamic with lots of growth and development. 

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Umi no Kishidan addpermalink

The main characters disguise themselves as men and fight. 

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Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen addpermalink

Well its alike inthe sense that the two are enemies who fall in love... love both mangas. A must read!!!! 

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Hana no Kishi addpermalink

They take the place of their brothers, they fall in love with someone they are not suppose to. But the plot is really different 

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Mars addpermalink

It may not seem similar, but the interactions between both Rei and Kira resemble those between Shuri and Sarasa. 
Basara's story is much more large scale, with a large variety of characters, which may give less room for character development, but the romance between Shuri and Sarasa plays a big role. 
Mars' story is very small-scale and focuses on the relationship between Rei and Kira.  

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Kaze Hikaru addpermalink

Kaze Hikaru and Basara have a lot of similarities. Both heroine disguises theirselves as a man to avenge their families death. Both is somewhat a historical piece of work. This two series are not to miss if you love shojo, not only shojo, but a series that offers great entertainment and well crafted storyline. Both contains a strong heroine and cast of characters. Both have its share of romance. Not to mention that both are an award winning piece of work. Underhyped that should not be missed. Check it out!  

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Both of them have the same theme of forbidden love betwen mortal enemies. 

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Fushigi Yuugi addpermalink

Well the two series doesn't have any similarities but they do contain adventures and great character development so I'm recommending that if you read one or the another you might like the other series. So enjoy. Both have great adventure story and of course they both have their fair share of romance. 

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Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago addpermalink

These stories have a similar historical flavor about a girl rising from humble origins to become quite powerful in an unfamiliar land, although Basara's land is completely fictional. 

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Hana yori Dango addpermalink

Both feature strong female leads and slightly twisted male leads that are altered by the experiences they go through with the female lead. Also both have artwork which starts out really rough, but gets progressively better. The two are also from the romantic genre, but other then that, their genres and story lines are VERY different. Basara has a lot more action then Hana Yori Dango, which is purely a romantic tale. 

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½ Prince addpermalink

1/2 Prince is more humorous, but in both, the girl takes on an identity of a man to fight. 

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Tomoe ga Yuku! addpermalink

Both series are written by Tamura Yumi so the artwork and storytelling styles are extremely similar.  Since Basara is longer, it is admittedly more developed with a much more complex story line, but Tomoe definitely still holds its own.  It has plenty of the trademark strong characters, action, suspense, and depth of a great Tamura Yumi work.  Both series are strongly recommended! 

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Meteor Methuselah addpermalink

Basara is a lot longer, and it has more of a serious plot, but immortal rain is just so cute and funny, that you'll be sure to love it if you like basara 

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Spirit of the Ocean addpermalink

Both titles feature star crossed lovers that are meant to be enemies; capable female leads and male lead doesn't inmediately realize that his love interest is also his foe. 

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Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang addpermalink

The relationship of the two main characters is oh, so similar. 
Both have historical setting.
Both have a strong and smart female lead
Both have a strong prideful male lead. 

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Sengoku Blood: Bara no Keiyaku addpermalink

In both:
- Heroine grew up in the shadow of her twin brother who was the "chosen one" and so she was ignored by the villagers and only got along with her twin and her guardian.
- Heroine replaces her deceased twin brother, assumes his identity and becomes the leader of a war/revolution.  

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Manga: Kanashi no Homura: Yumemaboroshi no Gotoku

Kanashi no Homura: Yumemaboroshi no Gotoku addpermalink

Both have as main, a girl that lives as a boy and that meets a cheerful guy and they fall in love, without knowing their identities. The guy actually has another personality, a cold one that he uses when he is in front of others. Many war, fights and mostly, a love story~ 

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Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä addpermalink

When reading Basara it really reminded me of Nausicaa at many moments.

Both mangas have an epic feel and really tough heroines. Both are daughters of their villages' chiefs and have an important 'destiny' that involves healing the world after a lot of destruction. Both characters have a cute pet that follows them around. They also are both very charismatic, easily becoming friends with almost everyone. Basara hints at environmental concerns, while Nausicaa makes it one of the main topics of the story. Sarasa is more inclined to fighting that Nausicaa is. 

Both stories have very emotional moments and a large cast of complex characters. Basara however has a more clear cut, and happier ending (in my opinion). Basara is also a romance (where as Nausicaa is not) and it has a lot more silly moments than Nausicaa. 

Still, if you enjoyed one I think you might enjoy the other. read more

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