Suzumiya Haruhi Series

Similarities : 
-Both have a lazy protagonist 
-Both have a cheerful , energetic heroine
-Both of them revolve around a club 
-The characters are really interesting 

 

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Kokoro Connect addpermalink

They both center around a group of 5 high school students, both having 3 women and 2 men that were thrust into a newly created club (or in haruhi's case a brigade) and then face a multitude of supernatural events. The difference in the supernatural events in these stories is what the catalysts of these events are, and how they handle them. Both tend to evoke a feeling of powerlessness against the supernatural in their storytelling, but personally moreso in kokoro connect, because of the fact that compared to haruhi suzumiya, the main characters' resources to fight the supernatural is much more limited.  Suzumiya Haruhi focuses more on the lives of Kyon and Haruhi, and doesn't go into much detail about the lives of the other three members, Kokoro connect's stories focuses a lot more on all of its members, although more so with the Taichi, Inaba, and Nagase than with the other 2 members, Kiriyama and Aoki.  read more 

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Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria addpermalink

While the general feel of the two series of novels is considerably different - Haruhi is comparatively more light-hearted and has a considerable comedic element to it whereas Hakomari is more of a dark mystery thriller kind of story - there are a few similarities that are worth noting.

Starting with the 2 main characters. Both main male characters value their normal lives, and wish to proceed through High School maintaining said normality. The appearance of the main female character signals the end of their normal lives. Both female mcs are assertive, weirdly charismatic, beautiful but unapproachable, intelligent, forceful and able to do a considerable amount of different things without much effort, also similar is the apathy they show towards most people as of the beginning of the story.
Now concerning the setting and the story itself. Fundamentally speaking both series are set in a High School, in a supernatural world. They both contain at least one arc focused on time paradoxes or time loops. Both feature an entity/power that changes and shapes the world according to unconscious will. In hindsight, the entity possessing, controlling or manipulating this "power" is equated to God in both novels. There are also a few other smaller similarities, for example, it is only after interaction with the main male character that the female mc starts forming or expanding a group of acquaintances, acquaintances that willingly or unwilling end up involved with the supernatural elements of the story. There is more I could mention but I think this is enough to warrant submitting valid recommendation. read more 

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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai addpermalink

Girl forms a club with reluctant boy in order to make friends. It's narration and style is very similar. 

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"Bungaku Shoujo" Series addpermalink

A girl is inspired to follow her dreams by a mysterious boy ,whose identity she does not know. While in the high school she meets the same boy who changed her life and forcefully make him joining her club. These stories are two sides of the same coin, one with paranormal and comedy, the other with slice of life. 

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Seishun Buta Yarou Series addpermalink

-A lot of dialogue and banter
-"normal" protagonist surrounded by supernatural phenomena
-high school setting
-similar genres (comedy, drama, some romance, etc)
-Likable main characters 

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D-Frag! addpermalink

In both series, the protagonist is forced to join an extraordinary club. Protogonist in both stories is a Tsukkomi type, which helps to create humor in the story. 

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