 If you liked
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
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 ...then you might like
Little Busters! Refrain
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Both of these shows are their respective & decisive resolutions of the over-arching mystery that has loomed over their preceding season. They're the culmination of story arcs which highlights overcoming the pain of the past, abuse, mental health struggles, overcoming fear & the mistakes made from one's self.
The emotional weight and gravity of their narrative will make you reflect on the value of friendship in retrospect of it's effects on mortality.
(duly note that both being the second seasons of their anime series, I choose those because they were most a like)
Yes this seems like a BIG jump, but is it really?
Both are hardships animes, all about friendship, no friendship then everything will fall into pieces. This is about trust, this is about development of friendship and it is about doing what ever to save one another, the sacrifice.
Of course the big difference is that Higurashi has all its gore and horror elements and Little Busters being much more light hearted with the comedy (but still heavy with its feels).
But without spoiling both then they
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Both are sequels to anime that are tonally different to their prequels, also revealing important plot elements that change the perspective of everything that happened to that point.
I know these are second seasons but if you found the first season of these series boring, the second season is a VAST improvement.