Saishuu Heiki Kanojo
SaiKano

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Both feature the same atmosphere - a prodigious young girl enrolled in a special army unit, and her distant love. 

Both series are about children being weaponised. Chise gets turned into a weapon, while the children in Bokurano are forced to fight in a giant robot against other robots. Dark themes fill both of these manga series, with characters suffering through hardships alone and together. Both series are also on a very large scale, but Bokurano includes more characters. Friendship and love is also a focus of these comics. 

If you like a depressing yet beautiful love story then Lament of the Lamb is a nice short 7 volume manga. The art work is simple and relaxed but conveys the emotions required for this kind of story. Similar to SaiKano in the sense of depressing nature (god that sounds awful doesnt it?!) but both are tragic and both have lovely art work and will make you have a lump on your throat as youre reading through the series. I love manga like this, good length at 7 volumes and very engaging. 

The two stories feature young couples whose love endures through the hardships of war. Expect lots of drama and tragedy. 

Cute and innocent murder cyborgs. With a touch of depression. These two touches on a lot of similar issues, like death and life and all that, but Saikano is taking it to a global level. 

I burned through these in nearly one sitting each. They both have an excellent balance of humour, drama and conflict while maintaining pacing for character and romantic development all the way through. They also feature enjoyable spins on the common genre stereotypes. - - The male mains are average intuitive, hardworking, scary-looking high school students. However, calling them run-of-the-mill would be doing them a disservice. The females both have supernatural characteristics, one being a vampire and the other being a military experiment. Despite seeming strong, their existences are flawed and fragile, something which is progressively revealed. - - The endings for 'Chibi Vampire/Karin' and 'My Girlfriend, the Ultimate Weapon' are bittersweet but satisfying. One final thing to note is that the latter has some sexual content, though it is touched upon in a mature and minimalist manner which I felt enhanced the story rather than acted as a distraction. read more 

Warfare drama about the impact this kinda conflict can have in teenagers with normal school lifes in small towns. 

- A relationship that is set up to be tragic - Male and female leads spend time together living each day like it's their last - Male and female roles are reversed (Saikano: female battles while Devil's line: male battles) - Gives you the feeling that "the world is a mess and beyond hope, but they had each other" 

The glasses guy! He is introverted, but not a geek, he is smart, but he overrates himself due to never daring to go into competition with anyone. He's an island, and if it wasn't for his childhood friend/neighbor who's a cute girl who can destroy the earth, he would be completely alone, completely unaware of the grand scheme that is threatening to destroy everything. In Saikano this poor fellow never team up with other poorly understood individuals though, it's a bit of a one man show, which I'm sure he prefers better anyway. Oh and Saikano isn't funny either. 

Both series feature a few main characters in a sci-fi impacted world where things get progressively darker and darker and the characters have inner monologues about their suffering. Both about teenagers, high schoolers, and friendship (but no love in Alien 9).  

Touching, dramatic, sci-fi manga in which the main character is a mass destruction weapon hidden in teenage human shape. Both manga involve war, romance, and the hope for a better future. 

Enjoy extreme tragic figures masked by innocence? You must check out Saikano and Wings of Vendemiaire. Despite their flaws and melodrama, they feature innocent children in extreme situations and are essentially slaves to entities out of their control while they struggle and try to cope with their realities. Saddening, shocking yet beautiful. 

Seinen high school romances with a similar "quiet" feel. Some sci-fi, and the girlfriend is someone amazing who has to protect the world from ending.  

Girlfriend is a superweapon, battles devastate the city, and a world full of surprises.