 If you liked
Hachimitsu to Clover
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 ...then you might like
Hourou Musuko
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The way I see it, this is one of the series from the list that resembles H&C the most. Both aired on noitaminA, though one came ~6 years before the other.
To begin with, both share a delicate watercolor-like art that is very meaningful, considering how they also deal with delicate themes - those of love, meaningful relationships, conflict, identity. Both are amazingly human in that sense.
The main theme or fact that the cast of Hourou Musuko is made of middle schoolers may raise some doubts, but don't judge based on those. Children are more complex than we like to think once we grow up,
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