 If you liked
Cross Game
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 ...then you might like
Baby Steps
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Both of these are relatively realistic sports anime with underlying romance. Neither has the best artwork, but don't let that stop you from giving them a chance, because they both have very good plots! :)
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Recommended by lavender_cello
This is a line I don’t see being drawn enough, there are far more similarities between these two shoes than there are differences.
Baby Steps and Cross Game are shows centered around sports, with a romance side dish. While watching the show, I felt a strong overlap in art style too. Where Cross Game is a bit heavier on emotions, Baby Steps tends to be light hearted. These two anime know how to create an atmosphere that is worthy of representing sports as a genre. Baby Steps does so in a slightly more technical manner, though.
Baby steps and Cross game are both anime that use slow pacing to great affect (proving that slow pacing isn't necessarily a bad thing).
Both anime are sports anime that feature romance, if you liked the romance in baby steps you will love the romance in cross game, which is good because cross game puts a heavier focus on its romance then its sports elements.