Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo

Pet of Sakurasou is very similar to Clannad they are both Slice of life anime.They both take you on emotional roller coasters and how sometimes life isn't always fair. Clannad takes you on the emotional roller coaster more often then Pet of Sakurasou. Clannad is also longer than Pet of Sakurasou if you take into consideration that Clannad has two seasons of at 23 episodes making it 46 episodes long. If you haven't watched either of these you might want to take a look pet of Sakurasou to see if you like this type of show because its shorter than Clannad. I personally like both of them, i would give Pet of Sakurasou an 8/10 in the category of slice of life  and Clannad a 9.5/10 in the slice of life category. read more 

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-Both series include multiple love interests for our main protagonist.

-Both series include people with fairly distinct personalities; Including but not limited to a girl who lacks social skills and generally is clueless on how society functions.

-Both series are mainly driven by the caring personality of our main protagonist. 

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Supporting a friend. Sakurasou and Clanand both follow an odd MCs paired up with another regular, with some quirks, MC. The time these pairs spend with one another getting to know each other and just having fun, creating turning into a memorable journey. 

Sakurasou follows abnormal cat-loving Sorata paired up with eccentric Shiina on their journey to find out a path for what they would love to do. Clannad is about delinquent Tomoya and rejected Nagisa helping out others with their personal issues.

Both are great rom-coms with a good amount of drama. 

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Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko addpermalink

In both series, there is a main male protagonist who has to take care of a strange girl. From there on and out, the two forms a strange relationship with one another as he tries to take care of her and teach the girl about things around the world. (i.e. common sense)

Both series has a lot of drama and comedy that is presented as being lighthearted. 

Both series also has an entertaining start/pilot episode that kicks off the plot. Often or not in both series, the dialogues (especially between the two main protagonists) are very humorous to listen to. 

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Ano Natsu de Matteru addpermalink

Both set in high school and are both are comedies with romance also with a lot of sexual humor. You'll see similar relationships between characters in both shows though one deals with aliens and has a slice of life feel.  

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Anime: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. addpermalink

Similar main love triangle - "Special" female lead that has lots of people attracted to her unique personality, a secondary female lead that is really talented and more down to earth but has her own issues and the male lead who is in love with the special female lead. 

Both shows have a similar setting - a normal town, a group of friends, partially school setting. Also, the script writer is the same and both are the type to induce feels. 

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Ansatsu Kyoushitsu addpermalink

Both of these anime are pretty much based around a class of rejected students who are put into their own rejected class (or dorms) away from the main campus, who learn to accept their place in the school system as rejects.
We watch the two classes work towards their end goal, which is, though a little different between the two shows, ultimately to graduate and figure out what they want to do in the next stage in their lives. 

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Both have a central idea for each episode. While Assassination Classroom deals more with virtues and morals in contrast to Sakurasou's expression of concepts of emotions and aspects of society, each episode is structured in a similar fashion as to express their respective ideas. Both stories center around a cast of misfits and their attempt at advancing themselves and at a much grander scheme. 
One contrast between these two series is their ways of showing the theme of perseverance. While Assassination Classroom focuses on the sucess that follows hard work and the fruits of effort in order to convey the importance of perseverance despite the odds, Sakurasou focuses on dealing with and overcoming failure. It contrasts the choice of accepting the fact that the failure is a sign of a lost cause with the choice of reflecting on the failure to improve. Both shows have their own approach to this subject, and both convey their own message magnificently.
And both are very effective in their use of comedy. read more 

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Both are in school settings and are about improving yourself with your friends
They are very emotional and humorous 
Similar art style 

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Class of misfits. Assassination Classroom and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou both revolve around the times of individual outcasts of a bigger order.

Though the stories differ quite a bit, Assassination Classroom uses the misfits from Class 3-E and shows their journey of trying to kill their teacher Koro-sensei. Sakurasou uses their eccentric characters and gives their respective characters the story of their time with the other residents of Sakurasou.

Both anime are for the comedy tastes within a school setting, with Assassination Classroom adding action, and Sakurasou adding romance.  

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun addpermalink

- Both stories are revolving around an expressionless high school boy/girl who's clueless about romance and even common senses but are writing romance manga. 
- Both are surrounded by unique casts with almost every one of them has their own pairings (they aren't harem)
- Both has romance
- Romance in Nozaki-kun isn't as serious as Sakurasou, since its strength lies at its comedy. Meanwhile Sakurasou has some romance. 

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Kokoro Connect 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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Anime: Oniichan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!

Oniichan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne! addpermalink

Almost all characters live under one dorm. Story about daily life, and romance between protagonists 

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3-gatsu no Lion addpermalink

Finding yourself. Finding a place to belong. The way characters care about each other. I believe in terms of heart-warmness these shows are similar and I am amazed no one has made this recommendation before. The art style in both series is also really well done. So if you are looking for similar aspects in those regards, here you go.  

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Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. addpermalink

They are both produced by the same company: J C Staff. The main characters from both series act similar in way. Also they have similar a atmosphere and execution. They are also both humorous and emotional.

 

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Mayoi Neko Overrun! addpermalink

The heroines are very similar and there seems to be an underlying lost cat theme in both shows. 

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Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai addpermalink

-both female mc are foreigner
-female mc are weird in their own way (teresa is shogun otaku, mashiro can't even live normally)
-female mc has foreigner friend too (alexandra and rita)
-the mc's friend (same grade) are afraid of the female mc's friend (kaoru and ryuunosuke)
-the female mc are joining an art class/club (painting and photography) 

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Sword Art Online addpermalink

Our main character from both series share many traits. Sorata and Kirito are calm, determined, and passionate. They both idealize the creator of said game. Kirito=Kayaba who created SAO while Sorata=Fujisawa who is a game developer. These two main figures have influenced their life. In both anime, our main characters has friends/allies who help achieve his goal. We see his ups and down but always goes back up. Add some drama too.  SAO  involves players trapped and trying to get out while Sakurasou deals with dreams/aspiration/passion. On the romance side, Kirito falls in love with Asuna who changes him. Sorata meets Shina who does the same thing. Shina made Sorata choose his calling in life.  Kirito and Sorata both have the same seiyuu:  Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu.

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Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu addpermalink

School life, and love triangle. And I couldn't help but notice the similarities between characters: Mizuki relate to Mashiro in that they are both really talented. Minami relate to Nanami, they feel in love with the main guy. Akihisa relate to Sorata, they want to protect (take care) of the talented girl.
Shouko and Yuiji, childhood friend in love (Jin and Misaki in sakurasou)
The differ in the fact that baka to test is funnier 

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Kuragehime addpermalink

Kuragehime and Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo very similar as both main protagonists live in their respective apartment complex/dormitory, also while living with unique characters and their strange mannerisms. Both have comedy, and romance. The difference is Kuragehime is josei, so the romance will focus on the female. 

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Anime: Kono Bijutsu-bu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!

Kono Bijutsu-bu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! addpermalink

Both shows feature artists who is are prodigies, but instead of doing fancy paintings, they opt to draw stuff for the otaku culture instead much to the disapproval of others.  In Sakurasou, the female lead opts to use her talents to be a mangaka instead of a painter leading to others pressuring her to go back to painting, while in Konobi the male lead draws 2D girls leading to heavy criticism from his fellow art clubmate.  Both shows take place in a grade school environment. 

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Plastic Memories addpermalink

both main female characters of these series dont even know that they shouldnt change in front of the main male guy but try to create memories and learn the love 

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Imouto sae Ireba Ii. addpermalink

These two anime discuss the world of creators, wrapped in a comedy with some eccentric characters. Both involved drama, friendship and romance that stemmed from unspoken rivalry. They have similar message and atmosphere, but Sakurasou feels more serious compared to the more comedic ImoSae. 

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Anime: Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru

Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru addpermalink

Similarities:
-Both are very funny
-Set in a high school
-Romance subplot between characters 
-Main character goes through a series of misunderstandings and awkward situations with the people around him.  

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Gin no Saji addpermalink

Both anime have protagonists that are confused about what they really want to do in life. Around them are all these people that are pursuing what they want to do (and excelling at them), while the protagonists feel frustrated about not even having a true goal. Both protagonists also live in an environment they don't really belong to, and as a result are surrounded by a weird and rowdy group of people.

Ganbare Hachiken and Sorata! 

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Ao Haru Ride addpermalink

Futaba(Ao Haru Ride) & Sorata(Sakurasou) is same.
Both character want to become better person in future without being burdened by the past or present.
This topic become main theme in Sakurasou but not in Ao Haru Ride.

Both anime also featuring love interest between character. 

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Absolute Duo addpermalink

An awkward but original romance is a summary for both animes. The two anime's involve an interesting plot filled with creativity and interesting characters. Both anime's have a responsible male lead with a not so responsible female lead who are forced to live under one roof. The female leads both seem like characters who have a few slices short of a loaf. They are shy characters that don't mind being seen naked or near naked. But as time flows they grow accustomed to each other. Both animes involve schools and a harem. 

If you enjoy innovative animes filled with romance you'll be sure to be entertained by either of them. read more 

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Fruits Basket 1st Season addpermalink

Slice of life, lessons on morality and solving personal issues with others.

Fruits Basket is more about accepting others, trying to get to know each other better, and learning about the personalities of each person.

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is more about being there for each other, solving issues together and how hard work sometimes doesn't pay off.  

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Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai addpermalink

Regular guy with bizarre people. We Never Learn and Sakurasou follows regular students who end up having to build relationships with other bizarre people around them.

We Never Learn's Yuiga is made to tutor the atypical "math maestro" Ogata and "literature legend" Furuhashi. While in Sakurasou, Sorata is made to become a resident in the Sakurasou where he is made to take care of a quirky Shiina, whilst living with other insane characters.

Both are good rom-coms with addons harem for We Never Learn, and drama for Sakurasou. All in a school environment. 

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Sunohara-sou no Kanrinin-san addpermalink

Both have a group of characters in a school dormitory and spring strange relationships 

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5-toubun no Hanayome addpermalink

Similarities:
Both are harem, and romcom series. 

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Anime: Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken

Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken addpermalink

This anime also highlights the romance that develops from relationships between neighbors. 

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No Game No Life addpermalink

At first Sakurasou and NGNL don't look all that similar, with one being a highschool romance and the other a Trapped-in-another-world story. But if you take a closer look you'll find them to be more similar than most.

The first thing any fan of NGNL will notice is the protagonists Sorata and Mashiro share voice actors with Sora and Shiro. Shiro and Mashiro are very similar in characterization, but Sora and Sorata are a bit more different. Ultimately the protagonists of Sakurasou feel like what you'd get if Sora and Shiro never met as children.

While the plot isn't too similar thematically the series are almost identical. Both explore how the exceptional fit into and warp the world around them. While Sora of NGNL became the man he was in an attempt to meet Shiro half way, Sakurasou's Mashiro starts his journey over the course of the story, going from a hollow and empty man with no ambitions or goals to a driven and motivated hero, trading the safety of mediocrity for the gamble of exceptionality.

Another similarity both series share is their unique visual flair. While NGNL has the more distinctive art style, Sakurasou still has it's own visual identity, a trait few shows can boast.

Overall Sakurasou feels like a spiritual prequel to NGNL. If that sounds like something worth checking out I highly encourage you to do so. It should at least tide you over until the movie. read more

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Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate addpermalink

Some dose of romance and drama. Well-balanced in both series.
In both series, there is a group of students that fight to protect something.
Both series give off similar warmth. 

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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai addpermalink

Both are great Dramas with multiple girls liking the MC. Both MC's are outcast from most of their classmates for either wanting to keep cats in the school dorms where it is strictly prohibited or because their hair makes them look like a delinquent. Both find peace and tranquility... cough cough, that's what they were hoping but no, they both end up with madness all around them.

Difference is in Sakurasou, the MC makes up his mind between the girls whereas in Tomadachi he doesn't 

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Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu addpermalink

- Both has Tsundere's / Kuudere's/ Dandere's/ but don't have yandere's [ omg thank you creators ]

Both have similar game creation theme or anime or whatever.....

OP's are nice...

SLOWPACED....ehhhh....

Jokes/funny scenes in these two animes are hilarious AF....

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Tsuki ga Kirei addpermalink

First of all, both are exceptional school romance anime with relatively slow paced story and character build up.

Both anime showcase the reality and crude side of the real world whereby hard-work might not be enough to catch your dream, however, the 'never give up' spirit might turn things around in the future.

Both anime come with dramas that might get emotional and bring back the feeling of when we first time fall in love.

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Special A addpermalink

Both are about a group of special kids who experience love for the first time.  Both have main characters have issues that normal people do not have, well they are very similar, so check the other out if you watched one. 

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Kotoura-san addpermalink

 Both center around two girls with some kind of power, which harms people around them.
Also both main females need help from the main male.
 

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Anime: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai addpermalink

Both have a very similar humor style, though both shows actually have more serious elements to them despite being comedies. Both seem to be a bit more suited to more adult audiences though, if you dont mind a little fanservice and cheeky humor then you cant go wrong with either of these. 

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Rec addpermalink

Both have an intresting storyline, and both develops around the "voice acting" (It's a minor thing on Sakurasou, while it's one of the main theme of Rec). 

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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san addpermalink

-Both male protagonists have to take care of a peculiarly eccentric girl
-Both animes are school life that have a balance of comedy/romance/drama 

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo addpermalink

Main girl with similar personality. Both have similar paths of falling in love. 

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Medaka Box addpermalink

Both of these two keep a strong focus on geniuses, as well as the normals surrounding them, and they both portray the hardcomings of both types dealing with the other. Sakurasou has light drama, while Medaka Box has special abilities and shounen battles. 

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Sora no Otoshimono addpermalink

The female main heroine of the series are both quiet, innocent, and their presence gives a somewhat similar atmosphere. Ecchi element is also can be taken as consideration, but sora no otoshimono is more direct than sakurasou.
Viewers can also experience a touching moment in both series. 

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