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Ouran High School Host Club

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Ouran High School is a prestigious private academy where money and status count for everything. Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at the elite school, and is appalled by the lazy attitude of the rich and powerful students towards their studies. The Host Club is a clear example of this: a group of six attractive and wealthy boys spend their time entertaining the female pupils for a profit. When Haruhi accidentally breaks a ¥8,000,000 vase belonging to the club, they force her to work off her debt as one of the club's members; and to do so, she must masquerade as a boy! Can Haruhi keep her gender a secret from the club's exclusive clients?

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Hana-Kimi

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Mizuki Ashiya is a teen Japanese girl growing up in the USA. After seeing Japanese track star Izumi Sano on TV one day, she became instantly enamored with his grace and style, and became determined to find him and confess her love. She's able to transfer to his all-boys school by hiding her feminine identity, and finds herself as his roommate in the process. However, while the rest of her classmates simply suspect she's a very girly boy, Sano sees through her façade in time, and together they must try to keep Ashiya's true gender a secret. Now, Ashiya must not only try to confess to the man she loves, but also help him work through his personal issues and keep her secret safe from the school in the process!

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nanjamar

well for starters its about a girl that is mistaken for a guy (or in hana kimi its on purpose) and both have rip snorting good laughs (sorry i just had to say that )

Bessie

'Host Club' fans would like 'Hana-Kimi' because these two manga have a lot in common. Though their plots are a kind of different, the main characters are girls, pretending to be boys. And they get trough lots of funny - and sometimes not - adventures.

liltootsiepop

Both of these long-running romantic comedies explore the same themes in different ways; both of the female protagonists have to dress as males and trick classmates in order to achieve a goal.  They also explore homosexuality and cross-dressing to some extent.

Hana-Kimi is slightly more serious and to-the-point but still has elements of comedy.  The romantic elements are done in quite the same way and the art style of both series are of very similar tastes.

Fruits Basket

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Tohru Honda might just be the unluckiest girl around. After a series of unfortunate events Tohru has no place to call home - that is, until the wealthy yet cursed Sohma family offer to take her in, in exchange for performing the household chores. However, soon Tohru discovers that there's much more to the Sohma family than meets the eye. Though shocked and surprised, Tohru promises to keep their secrets; but will the Sohma family approve of an outsider knowing who they really are?

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MechaTama31

Both are about a kind girl hanging out with a harem of bishounen (pretty boys) and helping them fight their personal demons (psychological, not supernatural).  Ouran is the more comedic of the two, but both are quite funny at times, while touching and even sad at others.

elmodoodle

If you're enjoying Ouran, then you're bound to love Fruits Basket, too! Some aspects of it are similiar to Ouran, but there is definately individuality between the two mangas. The added "mystery" factor to Fruits Basket makes it an intruiging read, and you'll definately laugh out loud for half of it. You'll fall in love with the characters (all you Honey-senpai fans will definately appreciate this for Momiji Sohma's enchanting childish character!) It is definately worth a read, so I would seriously recommend it!

Lovely Complex

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Koizumi Risa is very tall, and Otani Atsushi is very short; thrust together into the same class in high school, they rapidly develop a natural conflict, constantly picking at each other in a friendly way to the great amusement of teachers and classmates. Yet as time goes by, they both realize that what they feel for each other isn't friendly rivalry, but love. How will they overcome the difficulties that this new relationship poses, without losing their friendship?

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liltootsiepop

These two comics are very popular romantic comedies, both having several TV adaptions. They are both quite long running; Ouran High School Host Club being the longer series of the two.

The main storyline is centred around romantic tension between the main characters and their love interest(s) (Lovely Complex has more of an obvious direction in that regard).  Both the protagonists of each series are female and have very distinct and unique personalities compared to comics of the same genre.  Most if not all the characters in both series are fleshed out and at the very least likable and the comedy is really, really good for this type of series.

High School Debut

Alt titles: Koukou Debut

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Haruna has never been feminine; she was the star pitcher of the softball team in middle school and didn't focus on relationship, but now that she's in high school she has a new goal: to have a shoujo manga-style relationship. While Haruna tries to be attractive and get a boyfriend, she has no idea how to accomplish her goal; and thus, she recruits the reluctant Yoh as her coach. Yoh is very attractive and dislikes women and the problems they cause, but is impressed by Haruna's determination and agrees upon one condition: she promises not to fall in love with him. Thus begins the crazy relationships of Haruna, Yoh and their friends as they all struggle to find themselves and their true loves.  

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wickedshizuku

Though both of these mangas are worlds apart there is one thing they do have in common. Girl without a clue. One on dating and the other gender. From one situation to the next the mangakas tackle serious issues with a load of humor for accompanyment. If you enjoyed one you'll love the other.

Sket Dance

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  • Vol: 8+; Ch: 98+
  • 2007 - ?

Life can be difficult in high school. Luckily for Kaimei Gakuen High there is a club called the Sket Dance. Defined as the "Campus Support Group," this club is dedicated to solving the problems of their school. However, due to the lack of important jobs, the Sket Dance is often overlooked and mostly used to do boring handiwork tasks rather than solving actual problems. But when they do get a job, like finding the culprit of bullying or taking care of a classmate's pet monkey, they are able to show their true skills. The Sket Dance has three members: former delinquent and violent Himeko, information and technology-loving otaku Switch, and atypical leader Bossun. Whether it's solving problems or just fixing up the storage shed, the Sket Dance will always try their best and give each job their all!

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poetax

Both manga focus on the development of High School club activities. Oran High School Host Club, and Sket Dance are clubs that exist to help the people of their schools. They both contain small story arcs and rely on recurring supporting cast.  They are so similar that it's impossible to read one without being reminded of the other.