Kokoro Connect

They're different, but the feeling you have after a certain awesomesadfunnycrazy moment in either one of them, now THAT is very much alike. Actually these series will flood you with so many different feelings that you'll find yourself confused at times.. BUT there is one feeling that I remembered experiencing a lot while watching these two, and that is <frustration>. BUT again, it was worth it. 

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A group of friends, consisting primarily of 2 guys and multiple girls, deal with strange phenomena. In Kokoro Connect it's supernatural effects that start with personality-swapping. In Steins;Gate it's standard science fiction fare with teleportation/time travel. 

Both are darker and more serious than they first seem. 
Both are more character-driven than plot-driven. 
Both are excellent anime that put their own spin on their respective genres (slice-of-life, science fiction). 

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Both are very emotional series about a group of people trying to deal with a major problem at hand.

Kokoro Connect deals more with social and mental issues while Steins;Gate deals with more worldly issues. 

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They have a small group of people trying to deal with supernatural phenomenon. Kokoro connect has a more romantic feel to it, and Steins;Gate has a more sci-fi feel. 

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Ano Natsu de Matteru addpermalink

-Supernatural things and unexpected events happens in their summer
-School life/slice of life anime 

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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! addpermalink

The art and the animation for both animes are very similar altough one of these two is not KyoAni animated but is heavily influenced by KyoAni's style of Art.

Both Animes have a group of friends having some weird ocurrences in between.

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Glasslip addpermalink

Kokoro Connect & Glasslip both involves the process of friendships being destroyed and repaired again. Having similar genres, these two may seem different but in the end, it's mainly about how the friends went through a lot and came back together.  

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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai addpermalink

The student cultural society and the neighbors club are very similar in their scope. The lack of it being a conventional club, in addition to both clubs helping out the students social lives, means that they’re very general settings for both of these animes are very similar. 

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K-On! addpermalink

-Both anime's animation look really similar because they are created by the same character designer (Yukiko Horiguchi) and they both surround school life, comedy, drama, slice of life, as the story focuses on their daily life in their respective clubs.

Only difference is that K-ON's story focuses on comedy and the daily life of a group of girls, while Kokoro Connect focuses on drama/romance. 

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Orange addpermalink

A group of teenager struggle to save their friend(s) from the complex problem they had. Iori's and Kakeru's problem are a bit similar (their parent issue, which indirectly affected their life). Both school anime with a lot of drama. If you enjoyed one, try the other one! 

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Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo addpermalink

These two series give off the same feeling. They are similar for two big reasons:
1) the animation looks a lot alike and
2) the relationships that the group of students hold in each series are similar
Sakurasou does not have that supernatural element though. 

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Clannad addpermalink

Starts off as your typical comedy/romance school anime through the first few episodes and takes a turn in the opposite direction with more deep, serious, and sometimes dramatic tones.   

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Angel Beats! addpermalink

Comedy and funny moments are superficial in addition to profound themes and meanings. 

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White Album 2 addpermalink

Even though the shows have very different settings, the dynamic between the male main protagonist and the 2 female characters ( one being the cherful silly character, the other the more distant "coldish" character" feels excactly the same.
If you like one of these shows for the romantic dynamic I highly recommend checking the other one out.

I´ll admit that the cheerful character in Kokoro can get annoying. therefore the show includes a larger count of main character and therefore more interaction and impact the whole lovetriangle has on the group.

tl;dr
If you liked the love triangle in one of these, check out the other :) 

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Anime: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku addpermalink

Centered around the same club at high school, The main character is also a self-sacrifice, and The romance develop in a pentagonal way 

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Bakemonogatari addpermalink

Both have supernatural elements, romance, complex stories, and multiple arcs each featuring another "supernatural element". 

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Natsu-iro Kiseki addpermalink

-Supernatural things and unexpected events happens in their summer
-School life/slice of life anime 

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Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. addpermalink

They don't have the same premise but both Kokoro Connect and Henneko reflects on experiences of youth. From those experiences includes romance that details of a main male protagonist and the interactions he has with girls and friends.

There is supernatural themes in both series that takes on a more abnormal way of expressing youth. There is also a lot of catchy dialogues and cute moments. Both series are also lighthearted but at times contain emotional moments as well.

They both take place at a school life setting with misunderstandings ensuring.  

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Death Parade addpermalink

Lots of psychological themes throughout both of these shows.

Be advised -- Death Parade has a lot more gore in it. But seriously, did you expect something happy? It has the word "Death" in the title for crying out loud. 

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Kyoukai no Kanata addpermalink

Both anime have similar story telling. They start as comedy, and slowly, episode by episode, more and more drama comes in. Also, the art style is quite alike. Both shows include supernatural elements as well as a certain amount of romance, and the main characters are school students. Kyoukai no Kanata has more action, but both shows are really worth watching. 

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Anime: Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de

Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de addpermalink

Both have a group of people in a club who obtain supernatural abilities from an unknown person.  Inou-Battle is much funnier and light-hearted than Kokoro Connect, which has some dark themes. 

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo PV addpermalink

- Similar Genre: Comedy, School, Romance, Supernatural.
- Have Body Switching in the First Impressions without warning and explanation.
- Member: Kokoro Connect in Cultural Research Club while Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo in Supernatural Studies Club. 

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SKET Dance addpermalink

   Strange phenomenons happen around and in the bobies of the club members and characters.
    Kokoro Connect is more serious.
 The cause of the phenomenons are different, but the phenomenons that happen to the club members are very much alike. 

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Little Busters! addpermalink

These two anime could both be recommended if you're looking for something 'uplifting', 'light' and 'comical'. Both Kokoro Connect and Little Busters have a sense of mystery underneath the more obvious 'high school-plot'l and both will probably make you laugh, even if you're in a bad mood.  

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Sankarea addpermalink

Both Sankarea and Kokoro Connect present themselves as a supernatural romantic comedy - and they indeed are. However, on top of that, they also deal with a lot of darker and more serious drama; and blend these two aspects together very well. Both also entail a few people trying to keep a supernatural secret, exploring the depressing backstories of the main cast; and two female characters being in love with the male lead, though he only loves one of them. 

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Anime: 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru

100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru addpermalink

This recommendation may seem weird, but there are aspects that are very similar.

In both shows a higher entity manipulates a group of kids which leads to interesting character and social developments. In Kokoro Connect this happens through abilities that suddenly appear and allow things like reading the minds of other group members, swapping into their bodies, reverse ageing etc, while in 100-man throws seemingly randomly chosen kids into 'another world' where they have to work together to complete quests.

In both cases the group and individuals get taken to their limit and develop over the course of the show.
The production values in both shows are also very similar (bad) which hurts 100-man a bit more since it actually has some action and more different environments, while Kokoro Connect gets away with the low production values a bit better since it is just a normal school setting, but both shows are no eye candy.

Still if you are interested in the social experiment aspects of either of these shows you might also want to check out the other. read more 

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Musaigen no Phantom World addpermalink

How the ever fast changing world twirls the past and presence of a group of teenagers together, and the interactions and incidents stemmed from it alter courses of their lives, for better or worse. 

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Anime: Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai addpermalink

Both shows show you the thoughts and feelings of a group of people that are all connected in some way. In Kokoro connect there are supernatural forces that make those feelings known and in Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita the characters deal with it themselves.  

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Bokura no addpermalink

The same feeling of "someone else is controlling my life" even though Bokurano as of yet is a lot darker than Kokoro Connect 

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