just finished csm, need an anime/manga that’s a little happier/has more hope but still has themes of depression and loss and stuff.

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Mushoku Tensei

Violet Evergarden

Frieren

Shinsekai Yori

'Violet Evergarden'

'Plastic Memories'

'The Tunnel To Summer: Exit of Goodbyes' (movie)

'I Want To Eat Your Pancreas' (movie)

Fruits Basket though its not very focused on the mc but a main cast

Read fire punch

Literally all the works of Tatsuki Fujimoto.
You can try them all.
Firepunch,17-26,Look back , another one shot Goodbye Eri

I'm gonna go with hare nocchi guu, it's mostly a crazy drogue fueled comedy, but when you back out a bit the village is definitely a pretty depressing place to be in.

The main character being 8 and being much more mature than the rest of the cast play with this too.

Depression and loss is really on point for NHK ni youkoso, but that would probably be too much, there's hope, but man is it hard to see when you're in a bad place.

Girls' Last Tour

March Comes In Like a Lion: main character has crippling anxiety, loneliness and depression, but mostly gets it sorted out by the end of the first season. Pays it forward in the second season by helping his friends work through shit

Journal with Witch: ongoing, but just in the first two episodes I'm blown away by how it depicts complex grief and then models healthy relationships between flawed humans

Clannad