Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro addpermalink

Both share a similar sense of comedy, so much so, I couldn't help thinking about DKnN while watching CnT. 
One is centered around high school boys and the other being centered around a high school girl. Both are really silly and poke fun at "relatable" scenarios with added mischief. You could place an episode from one anime into the other and hardly tell the difference, theme-wise, that it's from another anime. Atmosphere and characters are both alike. I like to imagine both anime take place in the same world... wouldn't be surprised if Chio and Hidenori were somehow related... 
CnT has a bit more adult humor compared to DKnN though. But other than that, there are hardly any differences between these two anime. If you enjoyed one of these anime I strongly recommend you give the other a try. read more 

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Yuru Yuri addpermalink

Both are about single-gender groups of friends doing hilarious things in a skit format.  I got similar vibes when watching both.  Both have a straight man with black hair surrounded by crazy characters doing crazy things. 

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Azumanga Daiou The Animation addpermalink

Close group of friends in hilarious skits 

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Gintama' addpermalink

DanKou and Gintama share comedic aspects; Gintama and its sequel are superbly funny and Dankou's situational comedy is similar to it. Both the first Gintama series and DanKou share the same director, music director, producer and a number of seiyuu. 

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Kyou no 5 no 2 (TV) addpermalink

both share the same kind of comedy where kyou no go no ni takes place more in the school setting with middle school kids 

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Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! addpermalink

Both are high school comedies, with three best friends as main characters.  

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Kill Me Baby addpermalink

Random stuff happens in these animes!

The Similarities are
1)the unique and random humour 
2)about "friends" 
3)about school 
4)4-koma sense to it (with little skits throughout an episode)

The diffrences are that Kill Me Baby has almost an all female cast and Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou has predomiantly male charactors/cast 

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Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge addpermalink

Both anime are similar in a way where the characters just live their everyday life and fun to watch. 

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Gugure! Kokkuri-san addpermalink

Looking for a laugh? Then you've come to the right place! Anime focusing on comedy and humour through character interactions and strange/interesting situations. Though they have two completely different themes (supernatural - Gugure! Kokkuri-san, High-school life - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou) their large emphasis on comedy and humour will hopefully incite some laughs and bring out your silly side. 

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Osomatsu-san addpermalink

2 self-aware episodic comedy shows with a similar sense of humor where episodes are comprised of several shorter (mostly unrelated) sketches.
Each show has a handful of running gags and neither is afraid to break the 4th wall.
Both have a main cast of almost exclusively young male characters. 

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Mitsudomoe addpermalink

just imagine this series as the little girl version of this show. NOT FOR LITTLE GIRLS, but the characters more specifically, Both Hilarious in their own way with short scenarios  

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Prison School addpermalink

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou got a really nice humor making fun of stereotype situations out of everyday life mixed up with the crazyness originating from the infinite boredom of our highschhoolers. And Prison school is basicly the same only on a whole new level of sexual perversion.
There is only one real difference aside from perversion and that is prison school actually having a plotline.
But if u enjoyed the humor of the highschool boys you will enjoy the "prison boys daily life" as well ;) 

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K-On! addpermalink

Both are slice-of-life comedies set in one-gender highschools (All Girls/Boys School).

"K-On!" is focused on female main characters while "Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou" is focused on male main characters. 

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Anime: Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! addpermalink

Both directed by the same person, comedies about boys in high school. However, one is about magical boys and the other one is just daily lives. Both can be considerably hilarious. 

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Acchi Kocchi addpermalink

-Both contains School Life/ Slice of Life/Romance and is centered around comedy.
-Both animes are compiled of short stories, and are full 30 minute episodes. 

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Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku addpermalink

They both have segmented partly continues story telly format. And are both ridiculously funny. They also focus on one gender but still don't completely exclude the other. 

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Working!! addpermalink

Both comedies involve the antics of high school students. The humor is off the wall, sometimes pushing the "willing suspense of disbelief" that a person has. 

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Yuyushiki addpermalink

Visually, they are of the complete opposite. You don't like both of them because "the art is similar, they both look the same lol" like in most recommendations go.

Anyway, it's their audio offering that make them similar. They are among the recently popular, dialogue-heavy slice-of-life anime that simply shows you what the main casts talk about during their normal days in life. 
Of course, by normal, it's their normal and not your normal, thus probably not boring. Making boring daily life interesting is the heart of this genre. More important than the extreme reaction or breathtaking story, dialogue is preferred over any other kind of selling point, as far as recent comedy goes.

Also, I do not like to admit this, but Yuyushiki art is pretty much what fits in the recent category of "moe" style. And for some reason, when people see this kind of art, they somehow automatically assume the story would sucks, and They are right most of the time.
I can't deny that, but when you get better at Japanese and stopped relying on subtitle, you might get into the dialogue better. You will overlook the style and get into the substance soon enough. The enjoyment of watching Yuyushiki and Danshikou came from "understanding dialogues" and not "awesome visual" like the usual action-packed anime. Gotta admit you can't get into the heart of dialogue-heavy anime that easily, but if you try, I ensure sure it will worth your while. read more 

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Tonari no Seki-kun addpermalink

Both are hilarious gag anime with school setting. In both series characters come up with very ingenious and, well above all, rediculous ideas. 
If you liked one check the other, too! 

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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei addpermalink

Despise the fact that SZS is fucking surreal and DKNN never ever defy gravity in the slightest, they both share notable similarities.

Humor, the vein of all comedy show. It's True that black comedy in SZS is way different than puns and slapstick used in DKNN, but you could see that the pacing is pretty fast in both of the show. Sometimes they slow down to let audiences catch their breath and get a hold of the joke, but for most part they are Speed Racer.

Pacing, like I say in the humor part, they both are blazing fast. DKNN is a proof that slice of life don't necessarily need to have an easy-going sleep-inducing pace like Aria, Honey and Clover, or Natsume Yuujinsho.

Voice acting, and I am not talking about the cast. It's the instruction the actors received. Their script are all about over-reacting for most part of the show except explanation phase or non-slapstick time. Not exactly Japanese-learning environment.

Setting. If you ignore the occasional dimensional warping in SZS, they are both school comedy with plenty of students discussing nonsense you never actually talk about back in high school. Or did you?

That's pretty much it. A comedy lover like you will casually enjoy both. But if you have stricter taste and dislike either run-of-a-mill daily jokes or sarcastic black comedy with some gores you might find one of them less interesting than the other. read more

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Seitokai Yakuindomo addpermalink

Both anime are pure-fun comedies
The characters in both anime are quite Delusional
Both are anime based on high school students

The types of jokes are different

The only significant difference would be that Yakuindomo is about hilarious girls and 
Danshi Koukousei is about some really funny guys 

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Hataraku Maou-sama! addpermalink

Although they have extremely different premises, they incorporate the same type of humour.  If you're looking for something fun and absurd, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou and Hataraku Maou-sama! will fit this requirement! 

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School Rumble addpermalink

Both have the same type of humor - over-the-top characters that make fun of anime stereotypes, and ridiculous action sequences that will leave you laughing your head off. 

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Detroit Metal City addpermalink

Both hilariously random with episodes comprising of many short segments. 

DMC focuses over the life in a death metal band while DKNN focuses on the lives of highschool boys. DMC is also a little bit more vulgar.  

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Anime: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen addpermalink

Similar, sketch-sequence dynamic across the episodes.  Very frantic and entertaining and even in a school setting.  Both a must watch. 

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Barakamon addpermalink

Both have a lot of comedy and really strange situations which make it a little ridiculous but hilarious  

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Anime: Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken addpermalink

Both really funny slice of life anime which seem to be episodic, but sneakily end up with genuinely endearing stories about companionship, with good character development and get you attached to deep, interesting characters. Both have a lovely end and a similar feel. As well as good lessons to take away.

Both contain some level of reference to anime and manga culture, if not otaku culture.

Differences:

- Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou( literally "Daily lives of High School Boys") is about high school boys and adolescence while Danna Ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken is about married life. 

- Danshi Koukousei is longer(20 minutes vs 3 minutes) and is arguably funnier. Danna ga Nani makes up for it by being sweeter.  read more

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Beelzebub addpermalink

Both series are comedies that are centered around high school students. They also have really funny and likable characters. So if you liked Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, you should definitely check Beelzebub (and reverse). Why? Because they are hilarious! Do you need more?! 

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Hetalia Axis Powers addpermalink

Hetalia and Danshi are both very very comical.

Hetalia is historical and a whole parody of countries, while instead Danshi is slice of life and a strong parody of "normal" high schoolers
They are both short series (Hetalia has around 50 episodes of ONAs who don't last more than 5 mins, and Danshi is a short tv-serie who counts barely 12 eps of 20 mins each) so you don't need to spend a lot of time to complete either of them.

If you are searching for a smile or you simply like to laugh then both series are very highly recommended ;3 

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Hinamatsuri (TV) addpermalink

Two comedy shows with a similar style of humor, if one makes you laugh out loud, the other should, too. 

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Horimiya: Piece addpermalink

skit-like structure with sparse plot points with mostly comedic value 

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Africa no Salaryman (TV) addpermalink

- same slice-of-life vibe going on
- has a small joshikousei portion at the end of each episode
- both are funny gag anime 

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Kimi to Boku. 2 addpermalink

Both follow a group a high school boys in their daily lives with many hilarious situations along the way 

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Joshiraku addpermalink

Both about daily lives of young people, their problems, crazy and sometimes senseless but very funny. 

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Megane-bu! addpermalink

Both anime are about a group of immature boys hanging out, with lots of hilarious boyish jokes. 

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Nami yo Kiitekure addpermalink

They both have similar senses of humor, and are both great at catching you off guard with their jokes. While they offer different reasons to watch them, if you want lots of unique humor then either one are great. Nami yo Kiitekure felt more intentional, better directed, and generally higher quality, but I feel that Daily Life of Highscool boys doesn't really try (or need) to compete in that way. 

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Sabage-bu! addpermalink

Exactly the same. Both of them have parts in each episode in which they do something and afterwards it skips to another part in which they do something else and all that happens in one episode, both of them are episodic animes.

Strongly recommend if you up for some hard laughs! 

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Oshiete! Galko-chan addpermalink

Similarities: 
•Both stars 3 main characters. 
        -Both have people in glasses, blond hair and black hair.
•Both the anime tells short stories in each episode (no actual main plot).
•Similar settings (mainly takes place in school)
•Similar genres (comedy, slice of life, etc.).

Differences: 
•Danshi Koukousei has 3 male main characters while in Galko-chan, they have 3 female main characters.
•Danshi Koukousei is 25 minutes long per episode while Galko-chan is only 7 minutes. 

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Tsurezure Children addpermalink

If you are sad or feeling down after a long day and look for animes that might cheer you up, then you've to definetley watch these two! 

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Senyuu. addpermalink

These two are full-on comedy anime, where the main character is often teased or otherwise abused for laughs by the other characters. While Senyuu takes place entirely in an RPG world, the main characters in Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou share a love for RPGs and will parody it sometimes as well. 

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