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Three Days of Happiness

Mikkakan no Koufuku

2013, Light novel, 1 vol, 88%

Recommended by 53 Starting Over fans on AniList. The same kind of story: existential psychological spirals.

HOW MUCH IS LIFE TRULY WORTH? Kusunoki used to believe he was destined for great things. Ostracized as a child, he held on to a belief that a good life was waiting for him in the years ahead. Now approaching the age of twenty, he's a completely mediocre college student with no…

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    Itai no Itai no, Tonde Yuke

    2014, Light novel, 1 vol, 84%

    Recommended by 35 Starting Over fans on AniList.

  2. Cover of Koisuru Kiseichuu

    Koisuru Kiseichuu

    2016, Light novel, 1 vol, 81%

    Recommended by 10 Starting Over fans on AniList. The same kind of story: existential psychological spirals.

  3. Cover of Kimi ga Denwa wo Kakete Ita Basho

    Kimi ga Denwa wo Kakete Ita Basho

    2015, Light novel, 2 vol, 80%

    Recommended by 7 Starting Over fans on AniList. The same kind of story: existential psychological spirals.

  4. Cover of The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    2019, Light novel, 1 vol, 84%

    Recommended by 5 Starting Over fans on AniList.

  5. Cover of Jisatsu suru ni wa Mukanai Kisetsu

    Jisatsu suru ni wa Mukanai Kisetsu

    2017, Light novel, 1 vol, 82%

    Recommended by 5 Starting Over fans on AniList.

  6. Cover of Bokutachi no Remake

    Bokutachi no Remake

    2017, Light novel, 12 vol, 81%

    Both have College.

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    Spice & Wolf

    2006, Light novel, ongoing, 87%

    Economics, Kemonomimi, Heterosexual

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    Nidome no Natsu, Nidoto Aenai Kimi

    2015, Light novel, 1 vol, 74%

    Recommended by 4 Starting Over fans on AniList.

  9. Cover of Sagrada Reset

    Sagrada Reset

    2009, Light novel, 7 vol, 80%

    Both have Philosophy.

  10. Cover of Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring

    Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring

    2020, Light novel, 1 vol, 86%

    Male Protagonist, Time Manipulation, Achronological Order

  11. Cover of Kimi wa Tsukiyo ni Hikarikagayaku

    Kimi wa Tsukiyo ni Hikarikagayaku

    2017, Light novel, 1 vol, 83%

    The same kind of story: existential psychological spirals.

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    Buying a Classmate Once a Week

    2023, Light novel, ongoing, 89%

    Yuri, Coming of Age, Primarily Female Cast

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    Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru

    2015, Light novel, 2 vol, 88%

    Female Protagonist, Magic, Henshin

  14. Cover of Overlord

    Overlord

    2012, Light novel, 18 vol, ongoing, 85%

    Anti-Hero, Skeleton, Magic

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    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    2002, Light novel, 1 vol, 84%

    The same kind of story: existential psychological spirals.

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    Both have Philosophy.

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    School Club, Coming of Age, School

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    2007, Light novel, 12 vol, 86%

    Both have Philosophy.

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    86―EIGHTY-SIX

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    Both have Philosophy.

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    2014, Light novel, 1 vol, 86%

    Primarily Female Cast, Urban Fantasy, Coming of Age

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About Starting Over

2013, Light novel, 1 vol, 80%

On his twentieth birthday, a man is sent back in time to when he was the age of ten. Intending to repeat the same choices and actions he had made in the past, he discovers that things don't always play out according to expectations.

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