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Your Lie in April (2014)

Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?

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  1. 01

    Kids on the Slope

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 24 min · Animation · Drama

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    Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Horimiya

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    2021 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama

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    A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. In a chance meeting, they both reveal a side they've never shown. Could this blossom into something new?

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  3. 03

    March Comes In Like a Lion

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    2016 · 25 min · Animation · Drama

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    This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
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  4. 04

    My Dress-Up Darling

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    2022 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama

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    High schooler Wakana Gojo wants to become a kashirashi—a master craftsman who makes traditional Japanese Hina dolls. Though he's gung-ho about the craft, he knows nothing about the latest trends, and has a hard time fitting in with his class. The popular kids—especially one girl, Marin Kitagawa—seem like they live in a completely different world. That all changes one day, when she shares an unexpected secret with him, and their completely different worlds collide.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  5. 05

    given

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 30 min · Animation · Drama

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    Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  6. 06

    ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me?

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    2019 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama

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    Kisaragi Amatsuyu is invited out alone by the cool beauty upperclassman Cosmos and his childhood friend Himawari. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. But Cosmos and Himawari both instead confess to Amatsuyu that they like his friend. Amatsuyu fights this lonely battle, but there is another girl who is looking at him. She is a gloomy girl with glasses and braids. Amatsuyu finds that he hates her, because she's always turning her sharp tongue only on him and finding enjoyment in his troubles. But it turns out that she's the only one who actually does like him.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and romance
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    The Dangers in My Heart

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    2023 · 23 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro's not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna's a bit odd herself!

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Monogatari

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    2009 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama · Mystery

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    Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, finds himself constantly encountering girls afflicted by supernatural "oddities." He dedicates himself to helping them, often with the aid of the eccentric specialist Meme Oshino. Each arc talks about a different girl's unique struggle and the mysterious cause of their affliction. The series explores themes of adolescence, personal growth, and the complexities of human relationships. It's known for its witty dialogue, stylistic animation, and unique narrative structure.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and romance
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  9. 10

    We Never Learn: BOKUBEN

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    2019 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and "the Thumbelina supercomputer," Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!?

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
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