
Shows that feel likegiven (2019)
If you loved given, the closest series we have are This Is Us (2016), Another (2012) and Blue Box (2024). All three share given's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Carrie (2026).
If given hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: romance

Two things both keep coming back to: suicide and tragedy
The difference: Trades the romance of given for an angle of its own

Both are working the same pair: high school, slice of life
The difference: Easier on the melancholy than given

Common ground: suicide
The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than given does

Both are built on the same subject: romance

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath
The difference: Sits closer to sci-fi & fantasy than given does

The same two preoccupations: school, and based on manga

One thread runs through both: high school


Melancholy animation in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: slice of life

Common ground: tragedy
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