Kannagi
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Mikuriya Jin makes a woodcarving from the remains of a guardian tree, but he gets much more than he bargained for when girl materializes from the statue! Her name is Nagi, the troublesome and at times violent deity of the land; and with nowhere to go, she announces that she will stay with Jin. Now, with Jin’s help and a magical girl wand purchased at the local convenience store, Nagi aims to exorcise the impurities that are infecting the land. Though when the sacred tree is finally uprooted, it is only a matter of time before her powers will diminish; thus, a new object of worship is required, and what better object than Nagi herself! However, obtaining your goal of becoming a popular idol is not so straightforward, especially when you have to compete with your sister, who is unwilling to share her fan base and plans to sabotage you at every step!
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Ah! My Goddess
Alt titles: Oh My Goddess!
- OVA (5 eps)
- 1993
Keiichi Morisato is just your average college student until one day, fate interjects as he makes a call for take-out food. Unknown to him, he reaches the Goddess Help Line, and contacts a goddess named Belldandy, who grants him a wish. Thinking it to be a joke, Keiichi wishes for her to be his girlfriend 'forever'.
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add recBoth deal with "Gods" that come down to earth and live in the same house with unsuspecting male protagonists .... both stories evolving into harem situations!
the plot line for these 2 anime are pretty similar: a goddess suddenly appears before a young man, completely turning his life upside down. The young protagonist must learn to live, and deal with opposite sex which results in numerous awkward albeit comedic situations.
Toradora!
Ryuuji Takasu has an eventful life: his classmates think he's a delinquent due to his 'killer' eyes; his crush Minori seems ever out of reach; and he’s just had an unfortunate encounter with 'palm-sized Taiga' – a feisty and dainty wench in his class. With different cleaning habits and tempers, the two clash like night and day; that is, except for the fact that Taiga and Ryuuji have crushes on the other's good friend! With school rumors abounding, the duo must now work together to play matchmaker for each other. Who will end up with their true love?
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add recIt is the same silly romance!
the characters act distant but are secretely close!
Both similar in comedy and writing, with excelent animation.
If you were drawn to the love story in either of these shows, you would be likely to like both. They both have strong female leads (although Taiga is a bit stronger) with couples that almost refuse to recognize that they are as close as they are, even though they live in the same house (or, in Toradora, spend almost all day together and eat at the same table). They have similar, silly fights, and a similar, tender caring for each other.
Elfen Lied
- TV (13 eps)
- 2004
For Kouta and Yuka, finding the bloody naked young girl on the beach would change their lives forever, for better or for worse. Unable to speak or function as a normal human being, she is named Nyuu by the duo, and taken into their home in an effort to save her. But what neither teenager knows is that this innocent young girl is actually a killing machine -- an experiment gone terribly wrong -- and it is only a matter of time before the murderer in her awakens again...
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add recThough they aren't in the same genre, Kannagi and Elfen Lied are uncannily alike in a sense. They both feature a boy living by himself with an over protective childhood friend checking up on him all the time. They also both proceed to have a strange girl enter their life and move in with them followed by additional girls every few episodes. Of course the over protective childhood friend doesn't like this at all, so she more less moves in too.
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
Alt titles: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
- TV (14 eps)
- 2006
The eccentric Suzumiya Haruhi wants nothing more than to meet aliens, time travelers and espers… but she’ll have to settle for the everyday Kyon instead! Along with the mysterious Itsuki and the vacant Mikuru, the duo forms the SOS Brigade – a club whose mission is to discover the mysteries of the world. Armed with a razor sharp wit and a skill for manipulation, Haruhi will stop at nothing to have fun at all costs, even at the expense of Mikuru’s dignity!
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Kamichu!
- TV (16 eps)
- 2005
On a day like any other, average middle-school-student Yurie Hitotsubashi got the surprise of a lifetime – she became a goddess! Unfortunately, even with her newfound powers, Yurie still can’t manage to find the courage to confess to Kenji, her crush. With Yurie’s fame comes others’ fortune; Matsuri, caretaker of the local shrine, names Yurie the shrine’s new goddess and becomes her manager – for yen and glory! Along with Yurie’s faithful best friend Mitsue, the trio set forth on an adventure to find out what it really means to become a goddess.
