Aku no Hana

Oyasumi Punpun addpermalink

Both of these seinen titles feature dark narratives involving adolescents and young adults. In Aku no Hana, it is prevalent from the start. In Oyasumi Punpun, the plot gradually takes a dark turn. 

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Both got similar dark atmosphere. Relationships of main characters are weird and kinda erotic. Both are well drawn and you just can't stop reading them, wanting to know what will happen next with each chapter. 

I recommend reading manga and i warn all of you who want to watch Aku No Hana anime version, just read the manga because you will ruin great story for yourself. The anime is so badly made, it's such a shame. 

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Both are psychological manga that follow the misadventures of the protagonists and have many dark themes (Oyasumi Punpun has more comedy, but it is very dark humor). They are "coming of age" stories and follow the protagonists during several different stages of their lives as they chase after different things including the girls they love (though Oyasumi Punpun has more time skips). 

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Both Oyasumi Punpun and Aku no Hana focus on a story of a normal kid dealing with both the joys and agonies of growing up. The two are depressing coming-of-age narratives that touch some sensitive and mature themes such as suicidal thoughts, sexual assault, abusive relationship, divorce, feelings of alienation and so much more in a realistic and surreal way at the same time. If you like one, I wholeheartedly recommend checking out the other. 

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A coming of age story involving troubled, socially awkward boys. Both are almost nihilistic in nature and vary greatly from your standard romance, slice-of-life manga. The depressing nature of each will not appeal to everyone, but will be an invigorating breath of fresh air for those looking for something different.  

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Both have a depressive character who is slowly finding his true personality. This suffers internally and takes refuge in a girl who gives you happiness. 

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Wonderful coming-of-ages narratives, exploring sexual awakening, what it means to be 'normal' and the dark underpinnings of a young mind. Mature themes conveyed via powerful art and very nuanced characters and writing. 
Shit happens, but life goes on. Masterpieces of their genre. 

reportRecommended by JoePanichelli

MC suffers for MH with a simmilar despair felling. 

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both explore a journey of a boy to discover himself despite them having some sort of complex within themselves and find a relatively happy ending 

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They both picture social and romantic lives of young people that are considered socially awkward, the story goes on through their lives as they grow up and go thru misfortunes.
the series are both very cynical and dark. however Aku no hana is less dark than PunPun. 

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Oyasumi Punpun and Aku no Hana accurately portray what it's like to grow up, and the impact that peer relationships can have on a person in their future. These psychological dramas are blessed with stunning visuals, thought provoking philosophies, and extremely realistic characters that almost anyone can relate to in some way or another. 

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Truthfully, I don't think that there is any manga that can hold a candle to Oyasumi Punpun, but if you liked Oyasumi PunPun, chances are you would like Aku no Hana as well.  They both follow kids who are experiencing the more difficult, darker side of youth; seclusion, sadness, and confusion.  They contain sexual themes, most of which are presented in a gritty, shameful way instead of a sensual one.  The romance is muted at times, reminding the reader about the complications relationships can have while still having a captivating love story (remember dark doesn't mean its not rlly freaking good).  Both are fantastic psychological mangas, which I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone, so check it out. read more 

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Leaves you feeling empty inside.  

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Both manga are about growing up. The main character slowly falls into a path of darkness from which they can't leave. Oyasumi Punpun has more philosophy while Aku no Hana has more symbolism. Anyway, if you liked one you'll probably like the other. 

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Both are some pretty edgy and bleak seinen stories that focus on the darker side of growing up as a kid. 

reportRecommended by Disapeared_Ghost

Both are psychological mangas with young main characters. If you liked Punpun you'll like Aku no Hana. 

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Both mangas have a depressive coming-of-age theme and follow the male protagonist as the relationships he creates (most importantly different romantic relationships) affect and change him psychologically. They both have dark (and sexual) themes and a similar atmosphere but Oyasumi Punpun is definitely darker. If you enjoyed one of them, you should give the other a try. 

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Altought the story it's not that similar they left the same taste on your mouth.
Both of them reflect about phylosophical themes like the sense of life,what's the meaning of being good or bad,god,etc.
Oyasumi Punpun it's the story of a person growing,being affected because of people and society,wich leads our chick to crazyness,when in Aku no Hana,we have a guy that became crazy because of a simple action seen by a classmate, and he trying to rehabilitate from that.
Also if you're a fan of Asano Inio I would recommend you to read the works of Shuzo Oshimi.
I hope that this review will be helpful for you!
And sorry for my trashy english haha read more 

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Both dark coming-of-age stories. The MCs of both these mangas are totally fucked up lol. Both of these stories have female leads that are also very clearly not normal. Both MC's meet a crazy chick first then meet a less crazy chick who makes them a little better. 

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Both protagonists deal with not beiing able to fit while growing up and doing fucked up stuff,  as well as doing stuff because they're under a spell that a girl put on them, as well as both having to cope with not being able to see that girl again 

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Both mangas gave me off the same "this went really wrong" feeling and both have girls with a dubious sanity influencing the protagonists' way of life in a bad way. 

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These series are both written in a way similar to each other. They both have dark under themes that deal with characters decision. These two really feel the same overall and they both had me crying and scared in the end.  

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Onanie Master Kurosawa addpermalink

The nutty female loner of your class catches you doing naughty-naughty at school. There's only one solution: become her slave and do what she says, in the hope of avoiding the truth coming out.

Onani is one of the best character-focused psychological manga around. Aku Hana begins more along the lines of a trainwreck where logic is defied, before becoming something much more ominous and disturbing--perhaps THE most unsettling psychological manga read. 

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Both series consume their protagonists into the dark pits of their subconscious so as to ask them to be abnormal. 

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Aku no Hana is the closest manga to Onani that i've read. Both are about introverted high school boy who starts to hanging out with the weirdest girl in class. Because of that girl they start to do ''stupid'' things. Feeling of guilt, anxiety, being separated from class..  

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A little off tangent but the blackmail is sort of similar. The protagonist in Aku no Hana is spineless though. 

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Eerily similar premise. Both comics have a introvert student with a nefarious secret that only the odd girl loner in his class finds out about and uses it to take advantage of the male protagonist, eventually resulting in a struggle for redemption and a new beginning. Aku no Hana focuses more on the darker psychological aspects and how guilt and desire for love can torment the human mind while Kurosawa is more about learning to appreciate the comfort of social relations. Both comics are excellent psychological dramas (and comedy for OMK) that I am sure the fans of the genre can enjoy. 

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Both are somewhat chilling bildungsromans (coming of age stories) that deal with finding yourself and the dark aspects of school life. Unlike Kurosawa, Aku no Hana tops this off with amazing symbolism to add to its creepy atmosphere. 

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The world doesn't care about your feeling, the world will judge you based on what you're doing in life.

Everything that you're doing in the present life, whatever it is, will give an impact for the future you even if it just a little, not to forget that the people will also judge you.

This will makes you realise that you're still living in the world of causality and no one can escape from that fact. 

Both have a great story dealing with this 'You Rope What You Sow', and give you a lesson to act a little more mature how to dealing with life. Watch your step, and be more careful for what you're doing in life.

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The have some similarities about doing something "Sinful" in school, and getting blackmailed for that particular thing, and also growing in that environment.
however the overall themes do not match, Onanie master Kurosawa was a bit more optimistic than Aku no Hana. 

reportRecommended by FarKiD

Both show a pair of troubled students
Both have a serious and grim tone
Both have themes of guilt, obsession and hopelessness 

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Extremely similar premise, nerdy looking quiet girl turns out to be a weirdo, and catches the weirdo protagonist doing weird stuff. They get blackmailed and made to do what the girl wants them to do.

Also deals with themes of depression and suicide. 

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vewy similar I won't explain why it is but there are  a lot of reasons. though onanie isn't realy a romance it does have some parts of, which almost make it one but not realy. if you liked one you shall probably like the other I guarentee it!(though it makes no sense to guarentee this cause it's a probability :p) 

reportRecommended by Zehennagel

Both stories about secondary schoolers that are blackmailed by a female student into doing things they wouldn't normally. 

reportRecommended by Nightmare_Eyes

Both are coming of age stories, with similar plot and themes, so if you liked Aku No Hana the odds are high that you're going to enjoy Onanie Master Kurosawa as well. 

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Both main characters are controlled by a girl who knows their 'secret' and both of them find happiness later because of that girl, both series have the same type of story the only difference is that the main characters personalities are different. 

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These two is STRIKINGLY similiar, trust me.
If you like one, you will definitely like the other one. 

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Insecure school boys do weird shit and end up in a loop of progressively more weird shit because an equally insecure and weird girl saw them do it. Both stories are bangers imo. Also both very popular so this might be redundant, but the similarities are too uncanny for me not to point out. 

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Shounen no Abyss addpermalink

A rural schoolboy with a lot of pent-up feelings and an identity crisis meets a mentally unstable girl who becomes a catalyst for his self-destructive unraveling.

What Boy's Abyss lacks in nuance compared to Flowers of Evil, it makes up in sheer tragedy. 

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Sundome addpermalink

Similarities include: odd relationships which has been manifested by desire; male protagonists who are submissive to the female protagonist; and narratives that carry dark tones and aesthetics. 

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Dark, psychological romance, with a relationship driven by a sadistic, dominant, and fairly mysterious female. The beta male protagonist ends up changing (either for the worse in the case of Aku no Hana, or better in the case of Sundome) due to the relationship.

Sundome is more heavy on the ecchi, but uses the theme of "perversion" to a greater effect than Aku no Hana. As deconstructions of the coming of age genre, both manga also deal with a ton of teen angst. 

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Both are psychological, romantic dramas that take place in a school. A wimpy guy follows a girl around yet he is always somewhat scared of being rejected by her or hurt by her. Both guys go through a lot of development over the course of the manga. The girls also grow closer to the guys.

Slight Differences: 
Sundome is ecchi though while Aku no Hana is not. The girls are different in their own ways despite having similar effects on the guys, and there are also two other girls in Aku no Hana while there is just one main girl in Sundome. 

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Both have perverted protagonists though Sundome is way more perverted than Aku no hana and sundome is not as much inclined on the 'Psychological Thriller' side as compared to Aku no Hana  

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Sundome follows a more "episodic" format but the story and characters are similar. Both follow a dysfunctional male and female and their awkward and sometimes abusive relationship. The two manga also explore the darkness within the minds of the teenagers and their deepest fantasies/thoughts.

In both, you can find the hopeless and wimp male MC that is persuaded and somewhat corrupted by a female character with a dark and secret background they idolize and obsess with. Doubt, betrayal, sex, obsession, etc... You can see why they are similar by now.

There are also some striking differences. Aku no Hana has a fantastic artwork whereas Sundome's artwork is only remarkable during the ecchi scenes. Sundome also feels longer but in my opinion, it was too long for its own good due to its episodic formula. read more 

reportRecommended by INU4SH4

If you liked the weird relationship between the main characters Sundome 10x that with showing you more of it. 
They are both about what would a highschool kid do for his first love.  

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Both are bleak and dark psychological theme stories (though sundrome is more on the ecchi side of things) and focus on a more somber side of growing up. 

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Boku wa Mari no Naka addpermalink

Written and drawn by the same mangaka, both contain perverted & mysterious high school girls, introverted and weak minded male protagonist that has to face some unusual situation 

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Chi no Wadachi addpermalink

Both by the same authors, very similar feel between the stories, with complex and disturbing relationships between the characters 

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Bokutachi ga Yarimashita addpermalink

Both stories about wrong choices and consequences. Aku no Hana goes deeper on the mind and loneliness of its characters; BokuYari relies more on relationships between them.

BokuYari deals a lot more with mature themes like sex and drugs. Aku no Hana deals with contained perversion. Both explore its themes in fashioned ways.

Kasuga is a niche nerd; Tobio is just your average guy. Both lifestyles define the way they deal with their problems during the story.

The motto is the same: Karma is a bitch and will make your brain melt.

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Ningen Shikkaku addpermalink

These two managed to unsettle me more than almost anything else, and I didn't even realise why Aku Hana disturbed me so greatly until re-reading Usamaru's No Longer Human (NLH) manga. As an example of how much NLH in particular affected me, my username came to be after watching the anime adaptation (Aoi Bungaku) of NLH. It struck me that the irony of the author's semi-autobiographical suicide note disguised as a novel was that, rather than him not being human, his struggles were very much that of a human. His failing was that he was too human, if anything; too sensitive to what others were not.

I have always assumed Aku Hana is a story destined to end with suicide. I was unaware at the time of this being due to the striking similarities Kasuga and his character arc share with NLH's Yozo. They both feel a need to put on a public facade and feel uncomfortable around others; as if they have to pretend just to fit in. The idea of being ordinary and leading an ordinary life scares them on a subconscious level, yet they find themselves drifting along, helplessly. But various encounters with sexualised female characters in both stories end up pulling the characters off the rails until they become rebels without a cause. They both have an artistic ideal of purity: Kasuga putting Saeki on a pedestal as his angel before realising she's just a girl in Aku Hana and Yozo, despite having slept with countless women, finding 'salvation' in the form of his very own virgin angel in NLH. If there's a difference between them, it's that Yozo begins as an older, more mature, far more calculating person than Kasuga.

...So, yeah: although Aku Hana was inspired by a book of French poetry, I get the impression that's mainly in terms of symbolism. It has too much in common with NLH for it to be purely coincidental. I won't spoil (I haven't even finished it, out of disgust) but Aku Hana disappointed me since the author suddenly decided not to follow-through with what he started. You only have to watch how the anime was adapted to get an idea what sort of vibe the manga gives off to different people. NLH's manga also shied away at the last, but given the complete mental destruction that came before, it was less of an issue. But, either way: I STRONGLY recommend these two to anyone looking for psychological despair that is sure to resonate with anyone that can relate... and is able to overlook Aku Hana's early lulzy antics.  read more 

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Life addpermalink

Both stories seem to be the same and have the same kind of feel to it, its starts out with a girl pissed off and wanting to pretty much bully the weaker person and then the whole class startes to join in and falsely blames the main character. 

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Umibe no Onnanoko addpermalink

Girl on the Shore is like a FAR more sexualised/smutty companion piece to Aku Hana. 

The same intoxicating, utterly depressive vibe as kids at school enter into manipulative relationships as a depressing, suicidal tone permeates everything. Kids dealing with sex and fetishes more casually, in contrast with the purepure 'first kissu' approach of practically every other manga/anime. 

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Kuzu no Honkai addpermalink

reading Kuzu no Honkai reminds me of Aku no Hana. Both series is somewhat psychological. As the stories keep progress, there are some pretty twisted things (it's up to readers to decide whether those twists are good or bad)  

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Ana Satsujin addpermalink

Both revolve around psychopathic girls that can't relate to regular people. 

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Koe no Katachi addpermalink

Both are dark dramas about children that commited some actions that they regret with the time and that they try to overcome little by little. 

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Fire Punch addpermalink

Both manga have really similar narrative styles and tones in their stories, and the main character journeys share a lot of the same themes. You can also see a clear inspiration/resemblance in the panelling and direction of the overall manga structure. 

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Sweet Poolside addpermalink

If you're looking for a better manga of the same author, you're looking for aku no hana.The stories are pretty much similar and both has the same artwork; since shuuzou oshimi use the same psychological threads you always feel that characteristic embarresment. 

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School Days addpermalink

Two works that go from a boy who is attracted to one girl, while being harassed by another, being used to fulfill the whims of this one. Where the protagonist will try to decide for his platonic love or a love that makes him feel free to do what he wants. Surrounded by indecision about what is right and what is wrong. Although you can already imagine by which direction it will go, no? 

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Nozoki Ana addpermalink

Both stories involve a mysterious, somehow perverted girl who always keeps the male character on edge and has some sort of control over them. 

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Henshin addpermalink

Focuses on the life of a teenager and how it becomes a toy, how feelings get confused, while wounds are opened. The protagonist gets involved in the struggle over her life, becoming addicted to a relationship that does not know where it will go.
A journey through life, where you discover the dark world, you make wrong decisions, you get depressed by the mistakes you've made, where everything can go worse, where you see the innocence where you started and end up lamenting for everything: Love , Sex, Family, Friendship. And I'm not only talking about your life, but two mangas to reflect. 

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Okaeri Alice addpermalink

Unleash a tribal lust. A disgusting tale of teenagers who find their way, understanding a little too much about "what is". On the side of the sexual sides with both tales, you will be met with no punches pulled in this psychological leap into the abyss of Freud's id and the primitive/transcendental nature of man. 

Flowers of Evil, with Nakamura trying to get a few perverted, albeit honest, words out of Takao in his love life. Really going into the depths of the mind of how we feel and do about seemingly trivial matters. Welcome Back Alice, a tale focusing on love and lust and the conflict one can have between the two. It also questions the gender roles of humans as to whether or not such should even be applicable at all at the end of the day.

Both are good psychological stories. Fast to read, and something that knows how to keep drawing you into the next chapter. Truly amazing stuff. Of course, both are made by the same author Oshimi Shuuzou. read more 

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Yuutai Nova addpermalink

Authored by the same mangaka, both series devolve the psychological mind frames of various characters; particularly in regard to the question, "What do we truly desire?" 

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Yakedo Shoujo addpermalink

The darker side of highschool-set MPDG exploration.  

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Kanojo wa Sore wo Gaman Dekinai addpermalink

Both serialisations not only place heavy emphasis on desire, but also prominently feature characters who move between depressed and heightened states. 

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Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii addpermalink

Similar power dynamics between the characters and some abuse too, but way less yuri and sexual in general. 

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Gogo Monster addpermalink

Both mangas have a similar theme which is the "coming of age"
most importantly, both of them have a kind of negativity on the idea of growing up. The biggest difference between them is the art and storytelling but both are amazing mangas 

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Kakegurui addpermalink

Both have a similar MC and it just gives that vibe of being mysterious. Though the story aren't similar, it's setting is in a highschool, just like the beginning of Aku no Hana. 

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NHK ni Youkoso! addpermalink

Both of them deal with similar themes overall, but Welcome to the NHK is a particularly interesting take especially if you liked the latter part of Aku no Hana. It is a more grounded yet still enjoyable and reflective experience. 

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Oboreru Knife addpermalink

Very strong stylistic match and similar coming-of-age themes 

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Kokou no Hito addpermalink

To be fair, there are works a lot more similar to Aku no Hana and they have more differences than similarities but I think they might appeal to a particular niche of readers.

In case you're looking for a manga that follows a main character that has a distorted view on society and can't establish healthy relationships with "normal" people, both have that. Aku no Hana MC also really reminded me of Kokou no Hito MC due to the tendency for both of them to picture the darkest side of society in their minds and at some point in the story be corrupted by a girl. Both artists also use heavy symbolism to represent what's going inside the mind of the protagonist.

But yeah, Aku no Hana has nothing to do with sports and Kokou no Hito only uses a high school setting for the first couple of volumes and then uses a time-skip to adulthood. read more 

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Berserk addpermalink

Yes, I think it's really similar. Both have a similar style of narrative, so they quickly arouse interest. A significant change of the main characters throughout the plot in both series. Also, both series at any time can surprise with cruelty, violence and strange, but interesting dialogues. 

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Death Note addpermalink

If you read Death Note and your favorite parts were the moments of psychological analysis, this is the series to turn to next. The development of the main characters in each of these series', despite going in different paths, branch from similar mindsets. The themes of nihilism are palpable and very heavy at times, making for a truly dark (and not just in the "dark" sense of many TV anime) and compelling breakdown of our main characters, similar to that of Light Yagami. 

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Sayonara Eri addpermalink

Both MCs try to cope with regret and trauma through fiction
Both works have the appearance of a girl who would later change their whole perspectives on the world and how they should live their lives 

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Annarasumanara addpermalink

A dark and melancholic atmosphere. In the center of attention is a mysterious person. Also, both have a psychology genre with a similar idea. 

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Kakusan addpermalink

Refer to my review 

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Anne Freaks addpermalink

A psychotic school girl manages to wrap a weak willed school boy around his finger, because she knows a deep, dark secret of his that he doesn't want anybody to know. This aimless boy likes being bossed around by this girl, and he eventually develops romantic feelings for her. Does he confuse emotional dependency with love? Who knows? However, the girl has much bigger plans on her mind to pay heed to such emotions. 

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Waltz addpermalink

Written by the same mangaka, I'm not surprised to see that Waltz can easily be called a very condensed version of Aku no Hana - it's basically the same premise, same art style, same male and female protagonists, and similar dynamics between the two.   

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Jinx addpermalink

Incredibly toxic and straight up abusive "couple" where for a large part it's not clear if the other party actually even likes the main character or if they're just having fun toying around with him, and he seems to just go along with it due to being a pervert and having no self esteem

Nakamura and JJK are also kind of similar in that you have no fucking clue why they do the things they do 

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High Score Girl addpermalink

Although it may not seem like it, both manga are similar. Both manga have a main character boy, who likes one girl (oona, namakura) but not the other. In both manga, the girl who is not liked by the guy (Koharu, Saeki) ends up trying to harm the boy in some way. I enjoyed both series, but Aku no Hana is definitely for an older audience, as it deals with suicide, and other things, while High Score Girl is focused on video games and love. 

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Yajirushi addpermalink

They're both about messed up relationships 

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Watashi no Shounen addpermalink

Both of these stories address similar themes: difficult relationships that don't have a clear path to success, self-discovery, and coming to terms with the past. Aku no Hana explores them through a dark coming-of-age story, while Watashi no Shounen does so through a complex relationship between a young boy and an older woman. I think Aku No Hana is slightly more dramatic than Watashi no Shounen, but they have similar levels of intensity. 

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Blue Flame addpermalink

psycho woman x disturbed boy
just really similar over all definetly check it out 

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Nekojiru Udon addpermalink

Aku no hana shows the negative aspects of society, and like nekojiru human nature.  

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Ibitsu addpermalink

Both are told from the perspective of a male MC that lacks identity to a certain degree.
Both tell a story, that is actually the story of a female misfit character, who is invading the MCs personal life in a very dominating way.
Both are dirty, kinky, borderline-self-destructive, questionable.
Both have meaningful and thought-provoking endings to their story.
Both leave the conclusion up to you. 

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Shoujo Fujuubun addpermalink

Both stories present a fleeting and perverted encounter with a mysterious and problematic girl, mixing together themes of maturity, desperation and angst, before finally presenting the redemption of the main characters. 

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Kokkoku addpermalink

Tempting background in a dire state of mindless twisted plot between in depths of our catastrophic society 

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Kisshou Tennyo addpermalink

-School setting
-Beautiful/potential love interest ends up making the protagonist's life worst
-Beautiful/potential love interest indirectly makes the protagonist commit to dangerous acts
-Protagonist already has a lover/crush on someone else besides the Femme Fatale 
-Protagonist begins to take a liking to Femme Fatale 
-Protagonist slowly change overtime due to Femme Fatale
 

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Manga: Zenbu Kowashite Jigoku de Aishite

Zenbu Kowashite Jigoku de Aishite addpermalink

Very similar distructive vibes. Same character types. 

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My Heart Is Beating addpermalink

The basic premise is the same - a young high school boy is caught by someone doing something perverted, and fear of getting himself exposed forces him to give in to his blackmailer's demands, which usually end up putting him under the spot. However, while Aku No is dark, disturbing and psychological in nature, My Heart is more slice of life that focuses on the troubles of the MC and his new found group of female team members, and how they overcome those teenage struggles of theirs.  

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Happiness addpermalink

These manga's were both made by the same mangaka so the art style is very similar... but i noticed both manga's had a similar atmosphere, the clash between the psychological and social norm is expressed in both of these manga's. The only difference is aku no hana doesn't really contain supernatural elements. 

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Yuureitou addpermalink

If you're looking for a psychological thriller, then consider giving Aku no Hana and Yuureitou a try. Both series crafts a story with dark themes involving insightful characters. There is manipulation and plot twists throughout both series that plays influence on their progression. In addition, both series has cryptic dialogues and metaphors with creative meanings. Recommended for fans of psychological fiction. 

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Iris Zero addpermalink

While both series aren't on the same level of psychological tendencies, they both have bits of that background. 

Both series also takes place at a school life setting where the main male character meets another popular female character. However, between the two of them, they often deal with strange circumstances.

There is also somewhat of a 'love triangle' although it's played as less dramatic but rather in a more psychological way in both series.

In general, both has a more serious tone than traditional romance manga titles.

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Hyouryuu Net Cafe addpermalink

Same author, same style, similar psychological threads going on with the dramatic main story. Slow paced series overall, much like most of the author's other works. 

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Nozo x Kimi addpermalink

While Aku no Hana is a little more 'deep' both have protagonist who have a dark secret and a girl who's trying to blackmail them into doing their bidding.  

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Himegoto: Juukyuusai no Seifuku addpermalink

Both mangas deal with taboos and secrets shared by a group of characters, creating abusive and disturbing relationships betweent them. 

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Manga: Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai: A Lollypop or A Bullet

Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai: A Lollypop or A Bullet addpermalink

The more I read it, the more I thought of Oyasumi Punpun (already recommended), and Aku no Hana. Let's just say there are really messed up things in all three of these manga. 

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Bokura no Fushidara addpermalink

they both are really dark themed, they really show the darkness of people and makes you think about it. 
and if you did not like the ending of Evil Flower you will love the ending of this one. >:)   *evil grin*  

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Nijigahara Holograph addpermalink

Drama, Romance, Psychological, Mature... You get the same feelings reading any work by Asano Inio, so if you liked Aku no Hana, give them a chance. 

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Himizu addpermalink

These two series are not only dark, but they also highlight the mental breakdown of its protagonists. 

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Prison School addpermalink

The innocence of youth, (implied) perversion within human nature, as well as the purity of life, with more than just a hint of salt. 

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Nanika Mochigattemasu ka addpermalink

A fellow student wants to change the world, and leads our main character (who has something they want to exploit) down a path of evil. 

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Mirai Nikki addpermalink

Both about a psychotic girl who brings an innocent guy into a huge amont of problems. Very psychological and crazy. 

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Chikan Otoko addpermalink

Both are about loner guys who get caught up in a love triangle and another girl (in Aku No Hana the other girl comes later and in Chikan Otoko the other girl is how everything gets started). Both guys are pretty clueless when it comes to romance and are slightly perverted. 

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Manga: Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai

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Both are by the same mangaka and have very similar art and fairly similar characters and  drama. Both main characters often stutter, especially early on, and are somewhat socially awkward. A girl forces the main character to step outside of their comfort zone in both stories. 

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Babel no Toshokan addpermalink

Nutty girl with big ideas and her meeting with reality. Also featuring the boy who really tried to live up to her expectations but couldn’t. A story worth reading over and over again.  

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Kawaisou ni ne, Genki-kun addpermalink

- Similar protagonist and character roles 
- Highschool themed 
- Uncommon fetiches  

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Tokyo Ghoul addpermalink

Both AnH and TG have bibliophile nerds as their main characters. Both are students. Both MCs were dragged into tragic chain of events by their crushes/ girls. Both start off as weak and indecisive at first but later become more mature and stronger. (But the change is more drastic in Kaneki's case)

Both are seinen.

However, TG involves supernatural power and the non-human ghouls with the Tokyo city as a setting while AnH is simply about normal human relations with setting surrounding a small remote town. 

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Shinseiki Evangelion addpermalink

When things happen, things that change your way of being, you become a fearful person who needs to understand their own existence, not wanting to hurt anyone, but you still do it. 

Two animes that reflect the life of a teenager who struggles with his existence, with depression every day, forced to face the most traumatic events. 

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Ciguatera addpermalink

Both of them deal with a dark aura and leave you a similar feeling.
Ciguatera has more comedy but it should be enjoyable if you liked Aku no Hana. 

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Boku dake ga Inai Machi addpermalink

I don't know if it's just me but when I was reading Boku dake ga Inai Machi, I constantly get reminded of Aku no Hana. Maybe because Kayo and Nakamura give the same vibe as a character. These two manga may not be similar by plot but I assure that if you liked one of these, you'll definitely like the other. 

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Magi no Okurimono addpermalink

I won't claim that Magi no Okurimono is as dark or as avant-garde as Aku no Hana, because it isn't. But both mangaka use their art extremely well to excellent effect. Both also deal with romance and growing up, but whereas Aku no Hana is more psychological, Magi no Okurimono is more emotional. If you liked the non-psychological or non-avant-garde parts of Aku no Hana, Magi no Okurimono would be a good read. 

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Cheese in the Trap Season 1 addpermalink

Both are psychological dramas which take place in school. 
The protagonist also deals with a form of bullying.
Although (probably not to the same degree) the narrative does tend take the darker aspects of life. 

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Nana to Kaoru addpermalink

Features the main character's of both manga's being a pervert in secret not wanting anyone to find out.
Both involve a love triangle filled with some very high moments and very low and depressing moments for the MC's
Both stories demonstrate that its hard for the characters to show their true self and how to express there feelings to one another.
The stories have Drama, Romance, school, and seinen elements  

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Misumisou addpermalink

There is a similar vibe in both mangas. Similar themes such as a small town in which both series take place, a form of bullying and a strange outlook on life of some characters. The art style is also pretty similar. 

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Manga: Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen

Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen addpermalink

Despite the obvious difference between Alive which focused on preventing apocalypse with super power ability and Aku No Hana which more likely has the sense of bringing the apocalypse, but I found both of them to be dark and depressing yet tickling my curiousity .. and I hope you'd feel the same. 

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Pupa addpermalink

They seem to internalize the human mind with its history and show the evolution of the characters in this way 

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