Rec
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Fumihiko Matsumaru is a salary man who works in the marketing department of a snack company. As a bachelor, he tried to date a girl from his company; but coincidently, he met Aka Onda, a rookie voice actor, instead. Through another stroke of fate, Aka’s house burned down that very night. With nowhere to stay and no family to aid Aka, Fumihiko took her in; and the next day, Fumihiko’s new marketing idea was accepted, and Aka’s being hired for the product’s voice actor! As the relationship of Aka and Fumihiko deepens, the more difficult their relationship becomes. Can they live together under the same roof while keeping the secret of their relationship safe?
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Please Teacher
Alt titles: Onegai Teacher
- TV (12 eps)
- 2002
Kei Kusanagi is a shy teenage boy with no romantic experience whatsoever... until he finds out that his hot new teacher is actually an alien! In order to conceal her identity, the two are forced into a pretend marriage... but is it really a pretense, or are they actually falling in love?
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add recLiving together doesn't assure the success of a relationship. It may be, actually, just a new beginning where you still have lots to learn; and it may (and probably will) bring the relationship various problems. In both Onegai Teacher and REC this aspect is present, Onegai just explores it a bit more; also, while the characters of both series live together and love each other, they still need some time to actually understand and get used to their feelings (being afraid is just part of the process) and become a "real" couple.
Please Teacher takes on a supernatural, unrealistic approach whereas Rec could potentially happen to someone however the main characters in each have to find a new beginning and keep their relationship a secret. They are also each filled with awkward moments and sexual tension between the two main characters
Joy of living together for the first time brings happiness and frustrations that can lead to better understanding of one's feelings for the other. Rec is sweet for its realistic slow to admit love story, whilst Please Teacher is sensational for its ecchi yet emotionally engaging love story. Both have stronger career female vs weaker male striving to establish himself. Both have good romance that brought light laughs and a tear or two in several eps, with satisfying endings. Must watch for real romance fans!
Welcome to the NHK!
Alt titles: NHK ni Youkoso!
- TV (24 eps)
- 2006
Tatsuhiro Sato is a university dropout and a "hikikomori" – a person suffering from social withdrawal. To Sato’s dismay, his self-imposed exile from the world is rudely interrupted when a mysterious girl knocks on his door. She has charged herself with the task of curing Sato of his hikikimori ways! Now, as new problems ranging from hentai games to internet suicide spring up, can Sato manage to overcome his hermit-like ways, or will the imaginary N.H.K conspiracy force him to remain a hikikomori forever?
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add recBoth Rec and Welcome to the NHK are interesting and are aimed at adults. I can't name any other similarities, but it doesn't mean that there aren't any. Keep in mind that Rec lacks Welcome to The NHK!-like drama, though it has a lot of romantic comedy elements, which NHK only has from time to time. Still, you should give this title a try.
Welcome to the NHK goes a lot deeper as the story goes on, but just like Rec there are a lot of romantic comedy aspects which provide some good laughs, but keep the anime fairly serious. Both are great anime is you want to take a break from all the plot-filled anime, but still want something serious to watch.
For some reason, both have a similar 'feel'. They're quite different animes, of different themes, and purpose. However both deals with how people cope with life in general; NHK - Satou being a hikikomori, Hitomi as a civil servant , REC - Aka as a new seiyu and Matsumaru as a fledging salaryman.
Both are romances, REC more openly, and the characters are similar.
Aka and Misaki are both oddball kind of forward girls younger than the male lead.
Matsumaru and Satou gain inferiority complexes, and both acts relatively cold and harsh at times.
Mainly a recommendation based on the lead's relationships.
I''s Pure
Alt titles: Aizu Pure
It's Christmas Eve and Ichitaka, with his friend Yasuo, await a double date. While waiting for Iori and Nami, Ichitaka reminisces about his experience with his life-long crush Iori. There were many opportunities to finally confess his love to Iori, especially the time when the two were selected to arrange the freshman entrance ceremony; but Ichitaka was either to shy or often misunderstood. The biggest misunderstanding of all was when Ichitaka's childhood friend, Itsuki came to live in Ichitaka's home all the way from the United States...
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add recI''s Pure, like Rec, is another short romance where love and success play a delicate balance in the lives of the main characters.
The characters in both Rec and I''s Pure have to deal with the problem of choosing between love and a career, but the relationship between the main characters is slow to evolve in both shows. Seto may be much more hopeless than Matsumaru, but you should give I''S Pure a try anyway.
Both of those Anime are great quick watch romantic comedy with dosage of misunderstanding and embarasment. I'm sure that if you liked one you will love another too... This is quite good pause beetwen havy Anime of diffrent kind...
Honey and Clover
- TV (26 eps)
- 2005
Art college: cradle of romance, home of bittersweet moments. Takemoto is struggling to find his direction in life, while his roommates Morita and Mayama are moving confidently - or recklessly - towards their goals. Enter Hagu-chan, the childlike and beautiful prodigy whom everyone admires; and thus the love triangles begin. Together, the trio explore the pain of first love, the trials of romantic conflict, and our loyalty to those annoying people who happen to be our closest friends.
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add recHoney and Clover is one of the best relationship drama anime around. If you liked REC's short take on young-adult crisis of love and life, you should like Honey and Clover's as well.
Rec is way more childish and less dramatic then Honey and Clover, but both are very subtle in showing the topic of love. Both deal with relationship between adults , and therefore include topics like job or money (as an addition to romance of course)
And lastly - both are concerned with artistic problems. Whether it is art school (in H&C) or being seiyu (REC)
Love Hina
- TV (25 eps)
- 2000
Keitaro Urashima is somewhat of a failure. In order to fulfill a promise he made to a girl fifteen years ago, he has tried time and again to get into Tokyo U but has never managed to pass the exam. However, fate smiles upon him and he ends up working for his aunt, managing an all-girls dorm! Living with the feral Kaolla, the timid Shinobu, the sake-loving Mitsune, the blade mistress Motoko and the punch-happy Naru, can Keitaro keep his focus and keep his promise? And will he ever end up meeting that girl from his past?
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add recBoth Rec and Love Hina deal with a protagonist who is a failure when it comes to love. Love Hina's main character is a student who keeps failing to get into the college of his choice, who wants to reunite with a childhood love. REC's main character is a business man who constantly gets shut down by women, especially a specific woman he likes from work. Both protagonists meet a random woman who begins to change their luck, and both anime are excellent romantic comedies.
