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Pastel and Ichigo100% are similar in a lot of things. The main male character is a hopeless person yet he gets surrounded by beautiful women all the time. Pastel has a much more romantic side than Ichigo though and the main male character tends to be much more reliable than Manaka. If you liked Ichigo then you will definitely LOVE Pastel. I did. :) 

In many ways, Pastel is a retelling of Parallel. It is almost as if the author decided to recycle many things in Parallel in Pastel. If you enjoyed one, you will definitely enjoy the other. 

Starting with love at first sight and some or little misunderstanding!  

Main character has problems expressing his true feelings to female lead character. Harem type situations. 

Someone recommended Parallel for Ane Doki, so I'll recommend Pastel. Well this is by the same mangaka - and this is the more successful work. It also has romance between a boy and a girl of the same age living in a house together. It's definitely a more developed version of Parallel, so give this a try if you're willing to try Parallel. This is rather lenghty though, but stick through for the 90 chapters, you might get bored, but don't give up until you've broken through 90 chapters! As for Pastel fans? Ane Doki! is definitely going to be enjoyable for you. Wonderful art, very fun read too. 

the characters and plot are similar. A beautiful girl from big city(Tokyo) goes to live together with an average boy, that she barely even knows in the small town. the story eventually leads down a rather similar paths. Also the both main characters are both kind and are good at cooking. 

The settings are slightly different, where Pastel is more on school life and teenagers, whereas Yume de Aetara is more between working lives and adults. However, they are similar in the slow romance type, and the gradual building of relationships, with a lot of hurdles along the way. Also, the side characters are gradually being built on along the chapters, and they make progress in their lives too, including romance. Both have conservative main male and female characters. 

Pastel is Horimiya with more ecchi and a little bit of harem. Mugi, the mc of Pastel, has lots of other girls liking him but he stays with the Yuu (female mc) throughout the story, just like Miyamura did with Hori. The first half of pastel is more romance-heavy, specifically until the male and female MC got together. But after that, it becomes more comedic/slice of life, just like Horimiya. Pastel tells lots of story and character building of Mugi and Yuu's friends, just like Miyamura and Hori's gangs. I think that Horimiya has better comedy contents but Pastel has better slice-of-lifey contents. Pastel creates this warm-nostalgic feeling, probably also because its beautiful potrayal of the city of Onomichi as its settings. read more 

Similarity: Similar genre (comedy,romance,harem) protagonist living with various girls/sisters Both focuses on romance main heroine kind of tsundere gives similar vibe Difference: Umi no misaki has kind of supernatural touch. Pastel is more of a shounen umi no misaki has a better plot  

A young boy has a problem... Multiple girls are in love with him (he didn't realise this before) and he doesn't know who he loves... Will he be able to make the right decision before it is to late? Or will all the weird situations he get into ruin it? If you like these kind of setting, these manga are perfect for you! 

The artwork of these two series is similar. Also, the mood for the story is more or less the same as the first arc of gacha gacha. 

Two very simple and cute, albeit cliche, takes on romance. 

Both are set in the city of Onomichi. 

Both serialisations maintain slow relationship development for its characters. 

Almost identitical in style. both harems with extremely similar characters. 

Boy and girl not related by blood living together, parents barely around. Boy loves girl. 

Do you like pointless, shallow drama that will inevitably just leave you back in square one - with no plot development whatsoever? Do you like it when that hero is so dense it's stupid? Do you like it when that heroine is the ideal girl but she just keeps getting the short end of the rope just because of that idiot she likes? Well my friends, Pastel/Open Sesame is for you! Get frustrated today reading about stupid indecisive boys and girls with complimenting art that completely misses the par of a good shounen romance like Ichigo 100%. Try, try, try!