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Ping Pong

1996, Manga, 55 ch, 85%

Recommended by 4 Hanaotoko fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka “Peco” Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don’t fully realize, the coach recruits them for…

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  1. Cover of Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White
    Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White

    1993, Manga, 33 ch, 80%

    Recommended by 5 Hanaotoko fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

  2. Cover of Sunny
    Sunny

    2010, Manga, 37 ch, 83%

    Recommended by 3 Hanaotoko fans on AniList. Both have Rural, Family Life.

  3. Cover of Straight
    Straight

    1986, Manga, 23 ch, 62%

    Recommended by 4 Hanaotoko fans on AniList. Both have Baseball.

  4. Cover of Moriyama-chuu Kyoushuujo
    Moriyama-chuu Kyoushuujo

    2009, Manga, 11 ch, 69%

    Recommended by 3 Hanaotoko fans on AniList.

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    Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

    1994, Manga, 144 ch, 86%

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    Kyojin no Hoshi

    1966, Manga, 235 ch, 68%

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    Blue Spring

    1993, Manga, 7 ch, 65%

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  8. Cover of March Comes in Like a Lion
    March Comes in Like a Lion

    2007, Manga, ongoing, 88%

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  9. Cover of Takemitsu Zamurai
    Takemitsu Zamurai

    2006, Manga, 84 ch, 84%

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  10. Cover of Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow
    Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow

    1968, Manga, 171 ch, 89%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  11. Cover of Golden Kamuy
    Golden Kamuy

    2014, Manga, 314 ch, 86%

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  12. Cover of Skip and Loafer
    Skip and Loafer

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 86%

    Both have Iyashikei, Rural, Coming of Age.

  13. Cover of Veil
    Veil

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 87%

    Foreign, Heterosexual, Primarily Adult Cast

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    Spice & Wolf

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    Omniscient Reader

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    Both have Philosophy.

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    Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Genten ni Itaru Monogatari

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    Both have Philosophy.

  17. Cover of Little Mushroom
    Little Mushroom

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    Blue Giant

    2013, Manga, 80 ch, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  19. Cover of Real
    Real

    1999, Manga, ongoing, 89%

    Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

  20. Cover of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
    The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

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  21. Cover of One-Punch Man
    One-Punch Man

    2012, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Both have Philosophy.

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    Yotsuba&!

    2003, Manga, ongoing, 89%

    The same kind of story: heartwarming makeshift parenting.

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    Delicious in Dungeon

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    Both have Philosophy.

Anime for fans of Hanaotoko

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About Hanaotoko

1991, Manga, 40 ch, 75%

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and a kid at heart, infatuated with the sport of baseball.

Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father, and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father).

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