| Hello, the name's M. I'm new to the forums so yo-ro-sho-ku! ;) I have seen Death Note twice as of now, I watched it for the first time when I was 13, and my jaw dropped upon reaching the 3rd episode and was hooked from there on. Years later, the hunger I have developed from being unable to find an anime that makes me feel the way the aforementioned anime did, I have decided to watch it again. The second time is still not as good as the first time. Therefore, I have come to this forum in hopes that someone would suggest an anime that can potentially fill this void that I've had in my heart for the past 10 years! :( Regards, M. |
theWannaBecriticMay 21, 2019 11:32 AM
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| You're not going to find any anime quite like Death Note, it's one of a kind. There are some similar anime though. I recommend trying: https://myanimelist.net/anime/1575/Code_Geass__Hangyaku_no_Lelouch https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster https://myanimelist.net/anime/37779/Yakusoku_no_Neverland https://myanimelist.net/anime/22535/Kiseijuu__Sei_no_Kakuritsu https://myanimelist.net/anime/28223/Death_Parade https://myanimelist.net/anime/23283/Zankyou_no_Terror https://myanimelist.net/anime/239/Gankutsuou?q=ganku Most of these are quite different from Death Note but might be able to scratch a similar itch - it depends what aspect(s) of Death Note really drew you in. You can also check the recommendations section on the Death Note page for more options. |
| Yeah Death Note is truly amazing. Difficult to find anything like it. I did find that Code Geass is really good though and was almost as good as Death Note. I also really really loved Kingdom, just as much as I loved Death Note, but a major part of that is that I'm a major history buff. |
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| Probably because you're not 13 anymore. You're harder to impress now because you've had more experience, seen more shows. Imo it's futile to chase the exact same feeling you got when you first got into anime and found your favorites. That is generally more related to the hype of discovering something new and unique for the first time, and less related to the specific show that made you feel that way. A lot of good shows could have done that job if you watched them at the right time. As we grow older the way we process shows and they way we feel and express enjoyment can easily change. So imo it's best to learn to appreciate those new ways instead of chasing how you felt during your early teens. Many things feel more intense as a kid or a teenager, that's just how it is. But you can't go back in time. |
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Pullman said: Probably because you're not 13 anymore. You're harder to impress now because you've had more experience, seen more shows. Imo it's futile to chase the exact same feeling you got when you first got into anime and found your favorites. That is generally more related to the hype of discovering something new and unique for the first time, and less related to the specific show that made you feel that way. A lot of good shows could have done that job if you watched them at the right time. As we grow older the way we process shows and they way we feel and express enjoyment can easily change. So imo it's best to learn to appreciate those new ways instead of chasing how you felt during your early teens. Many things feel more intense as a kid or a teenager, that's just how it is. But you can't go back in time. Honestly it wasn't that long ago that I watched Death Note for the first time, I was 20, I'm 21 now, and I know exactly what the OP is talking about. |
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theWannaBecritic said: Hello, the name's M. I'm new to the forums so yo-ro-sho-ku! ;) I have seen Death Note twice as of now, I watched it for the first time when I was 13, and my jaw dropped upon reaching the 3rd episode and was hooked from there on. Years later, the hunger I have developed from being unable to find an anime that makes me feel the way the aforementioned anime did, I have decided to watch it again. The second time is still not as good as the first time. Therefore, I have come to this forum in hopes that someone would suggest an anime that can potentially fill this void that I've had in my heart for the past 10 years! :( Regards, M. Sadly there is nothing like Death Note. Its the best anime ever in my opinion, you should check what people suggested in relation with the death not entry in the MAL system |
Ryuk9428 said: Pullman said: Probably because you're not 13 anymore. You're harder to impress now because you've had more experience, seen more shows. Imo it's futile to chase the exact same feeling you got when you first got into anime and found your favorites. That is generally more related to the hype of discovering something new and unique for the first time, and less related to the specific show that made you feel that way. A lot of good shows could have done that job if you watched them at the right time. As we grow older the way we process shows and they way we feel and express enjoyment can easily change. So imo it's best to learn to appreciate those new ways instead of chasing how you felt during your early teens. Many things feel more intense as a kid or a teenager, that's just how it is. But you can't go back in time. Honestly it wasn't that long ago that I watched Death Note for the first time, I was 20, I'm 21 now, and I know exactly what the OP is talking about. Well, let's talk again once 10 years have passed like they did for OP, assuming you keep watching anime throughout all that time. It's a bit of a different story when it's still fresh in your memory compared to trying to recreate a feeling you had 10 years ago. Also you have not seen very much so far according to your list, so while the part of my post that was about age does not apply, the part that was about experience still does. The more you watch the harder it is to get really hyped in that intense way. I'm almost 30, and it still happens sometimes, but when I think back on how many shows made me feel like that or similar back when I was 13 and first got into anime I know I'm never getting that back to the same degree. Also have you rewatched it already? Did it still feel the same? For some people or some shows rewatching can recreate that initial feeling, but apparently for OP it didn't really work that way which makes me think something about him must have changed since he first watched it, since the show is still the same. I rewatch Bebop every year and it never gets less enjoyable and always makes me feel like that first time, if not even moreso, but that's probably because it became one of my favorites when I was already a couple hundred shows into the medium. I can't really say the same about any of the favorites from my very early days. Rewatching Death Note for example is still nice, but it's much less intense than the first time around and doesn't really compare to how I feel when I rewatch one of my current favorites. And I used to feel about it just like you two do for quite some time after I first saw it. Another way to put what I was trying to say is that every viewing experience is unique and it's meaningless to try to replicate one instead of just trying to find new and different ones. When not even a rewatch of the same show can duplicate how it made you feel, how can you expect a totally different show to do the job? For me it was important to realize that enjoyment can come in different forms, and the sheer intensity that stems from that feeling of novelty that you get so 'easily' when you're still new to anime is hard to find after a while. But on the flip side with more experience you can get a deeper appreciation for some titles and enjoy them in ways that you would not have been able to when you were younger or less experienced. So yeah, age does not have to be a defining factor, it can just be part of it. But the point is that you should treat and judge every viewing experience on its own, if you always compare everything to your greatest viewing experience so far, you might just miss out on enjoying shows in their own, slightly different ways that might not be as intense as that Death Note viewing, but can be just as good or enjoyable. |
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| Death note was amazing, I remember first time watching it back in 2007. If you want an anime similar or even better in my opinion in terms of story telling and anti-hero setting like light yagami try watching Code Geass. Psycho-pass was also a masterpiece in my opinion that you should try if you liked death note. That being said my fave anime right now that is mind blowing the shit out of me is attack on titan season 3... I have never been this hyped to find out whats going to happen in an anime. |
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theWannaBecritic said: For years, I wondered this same thing, except for me it was Kiddy Grade, and not Death Note, and it was the eighth or eleventh episode or so rather than the third.Why can nothing make me feel the way Death Note did?! I wondered whether it was for a variety of reasons, possibly including: * that I'd gotten older? * that my life circumstances were different? * that I approached stuff with a different mood? * that I approached stuff with too many expectations, or the wrong expectations? * that I'd gotten "more experienced" and became more critical? * that nothing else was as great as it? I eventually came to one conclusion though: No two watching experiences are ever going to be exactly alike. No two shows are ever gonna give me the same experience from watching them through. They may be similar, but nothing else will ever quite give you the same experience. So, treasure the experience. |
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| I won't recommend Code Geass to Death Note fans.. To be honest, Code Geass is not as strategic as Death Note (I know Death Note is not perfect as well, but Death Note had a big focus in character's mind whereas CG doesn't really).. People only like recommended them just because two MCs are similar.. Legend of the Galactic Heroes or even Promised Neverland are the better recommendations ... |
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| Lmao trying to rewatch Death Note around a year ago made me realise how lame it actually is. Watch first season of Prison Break maybe idk |
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Cota119 said: Others have mentioned it, but Zankyou no Terror is an incredible anime that nails some of the things Death Note did very well, specifically the idea of a cat and mouse detective game with innocent lives in the crossfire. It also has a wonderful OST to boot. Okay, I'll admit I'm shilling a bit as it's one of my favorites, but I do think a case can be made for similarities between Terror and Death Note. At the very least it can't hurt to give it a try if you have nothing else on your plate. I watched Zankyou no terror for this reason and although it's good I don't think it's comparable to Death Note or gives anything like the feeling of watching it the first time. I think Code Geass gives a more similar feeling. To @Pullman I did re-watch it with my dad. I did get se of the same feelings but not quite as intense. I like the idea of waiting a year to watch it again. It's kind of like a song, you loved a song but lose interest then listen to it a year or two later and it's the same feeling again. |
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| this kind of anime is 10/10 and one of MUST watch. Code Geass and Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood maybe the anime that you looking for. |
laviha said: changelog said: I mean Code Geass is Death Note but better so you should watch that. There is a reason as to why Code Geass' protagonist is number 1 on this site and L isn't. Try not to push your opinions on others. Code Geass is not death note, just the mcs are similar I don't think the MCs are that similar really. Light and LeLouch are nothing alike. It's more about the psychological element to me. |
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| Monster is very similar to DN, and slightly better in my opinion |
Mythologically said: laviha said: Try not to push your opinions on others. Code Geass is not death note, just the mcs are similar yeah i agree they are not similar whatsoever haha those 457 users that wrote recommendations calling geass and death note similar only did so because of the mcs being similar haha Try not to push your opinions on others on a forum. Oh wait, that's the whole purpose of a forum, isn't it. To share your opinion with others. Huh. The only similarity between Light and LeLouch is their intelligence and desire to change the world. Otherwise, LeLouch actually displays a much higher moral compass and will not let his mission get in the way of protecting the people close to him, LeLouch would never sacrifice somebody he truly cared about in order to win (at least not intentionally). Light Yagami didn't care about anyone, he had no feelings of affection for anybody whatsoever, not his family, not the girls he dated, not even the people who agreed with his mission. Everyone was just a tool to him. LeLouch got accused of doing this, and he even pretended to be bad, but on the inside he never was like Light Yagami. I consider Code Geass and Death Note similar because of the feeling they both create, and the psychological battle that takes place. But I don't think Code Geass is quite as intelligent as Death Note is. |
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| I have personally found several anime that have given me a similarly deep love, some examples are: Code Geass Steins;Gate Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Hunter x Hunter Granted, these anime are essentially the best of the best, but that's also what Death Note is. You have to understand that very few, if any, anime are going to be as good as that in your eyes |
| Re-watched Death Note about 15 times since 2008; nothing is quite like it. You could try Kiznaiver, Gosick, Requiem for the Phantom and Rainbow. Monster and Zankyou no Terror are good recommendations, even Gungrave, but they are depressive IMO. |
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| Death Note is good, but it is extremely overrated to be honest. I tried rewatching it, but it does not have rewatch value, at least for me that is. It is still a good Anime to be honest. |
| Also, people saying that Code Geass is better than Death Note make me laugh really hard. Ratings and favorites do not mean a damn. |
laviha said: Ryuk9428 said: But I don't think Code Geass is quite as intelligent as Death Note is. Exactly! That's because code geass doesn't have as intelligent rival as L was for Light. Although Lelouch did have the empire against him but we didn't even get to see much of their planing or anything like we had in Death Note where we got see how both Light and L thinks and plans everything out against each other. Yeah to me Code Geass feels more like LeLouch using his intelligence to beat a much better equipped and more powerful enemy whereas Death Note was more about two evenly matched opponents trying to outwit each other. But in Code Geass, it was more LeLouch using his intelligence to annihilate his enemies while Kira uses his intelligence to fight against an equally intelligent enemy. Also I felt that Death Note showed the reasoning behind their plans and explained it more than Code Geass does. You are made to think carefully about all the little details that cover up or expose plots. I remember being amazed at how quickly L was able to narrow down everybody in the world to basically a few guys in Japan. In Code Geass, there's more moments where LeLouch pulls off something incredible but its not explained to you how he even knew to do that or what lead him to think of doing that in the first place. |
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| Good afternoon (according to my time zone), I would first like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for all of the suggestions, your posts were super welcoming and friendly and that made me feel at home. What started out as a frustration post turned into a journey through my own psyche and the multitude of different recommendations and explanations that have not only opened my eyes but have put me on the path of finally breaking this wall that I feel has been stopping me from truly enjoying anime for what it is and judging each "viewing experience" according to Pullman separately and I wouldn't have done it without you guys. As of now I am on a death marathon of trying to catch up with One Piece, I've made it to episode 395, and I hope that I'm able to achieve my goal within the coming 2 months. Once I'm done however, I will definitely check out all of the animes that you guys suggested. Stay awesome and thank you once again! ^_^ Regards, M. |
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| here is some less friendly but more realistic advice, get a life. dont get hung up on your teenage years. Everything seems better when you are a teenager. Dont fall to nostalgia, see the good in front of you. your teenage years are like 10% of your life, dont be the guy who peaked in highschool. If anime isnt doing it for you, then do something different. Have different experiences and have a life. Then maybe in a few years youll come back and find a show that resonates with the new you. |
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| I genuinely hope I never see anything like Death Note again. It was terrible, poorly written trash. I understand and accept this is against popular opinion, but I believe the older you get the more likely you are to see Death Note for what it actually is; pure, try-hard edge in anime form that wears a mask of intelligence but actually has very little as well as being littered with plot holes, deus ex machinas and the famous supreme over-reliance on inner monologue. |
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HopefulNihilist said: Phraze said: Re-watched Death Note about 15 times since 2008; nothing is quite like it. You could try Kiznaiver, Gosick, Requiem for the Phantom and Rainbow. Monster and Zankyou no Terror are good recommendations, even Gungrave, but they are depressive IMO. Monster certainly has drama in it, but I wouldn't call it depressing. Light had a comfortable lifestyle and future, which he willfully and consciously discarded. This that I've said before also adds to what I mean by "not as depressive", considering what it could've been meant to be. Light had choices, and plenty of chances... even till the end. Monster was as such that the MC never had a choice to begin with, besides the timeline the story was set in. |
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| because death note possessed unbelievable amounts of nuance it's either authoritarian trite or some radical vigilante without much of an in-between with dn's ideas of justice and fixing society take ur pik trooly deep and thot pervoking |
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| I checked your Anime list and to be quite frank it seems like you just have bad taste in Anime. I mean you gave Dragon Ball GT 9 points, but NHK 5?? |
| The real question is why does everything need to feel like *insert any series here* to be great. To me being great is just the destination, there are lots of different ways to get there besides the Death Note path. |
KruszerMay 23, 2019 2:33 PM
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| I wouldn't recommend Code Geass unless you want a show with a lot of plot holes, deus ex machina, retconning, and pretentiousness. I would recommend Monster though. That was a lot better than Death Note. |
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FlatErik said: I checked your Anime list and to be quite frank it seems like you just have bad taste in Anime. I mean you gave Dragon Ball GT 9 points, but NHK 5?? *Warning: this post contains Dragon Ball GT spoilers so stop reading if you want to avoid them. Greetings FlatErik, I have to say that your comment hit me right in the feels. XD Nonetheless, taste is purely subjective and I can understand why you would say that, the reason for my scoring however was that I had a very rough childhood filled with a lot of physical confrontations with people of the same age and older and a lot of the time I would end up being blamed for starting the fight even after clearly being the one who was in the right (on top of that I would be the one that technically lost in the fight, aka I got hit a lot more than the other person XD) as a result a lot of the time I would end up lashing out on innocent people and what was worse was that sometimes I would take out my anger on my friends and family instead of manning up and doing the right thing, and the guilt of those actions still haunts me to this day. I was also rendered insecure, paranoid and constantly scared of any confrontational situation with another human being even if it's someone who isn't capable of causing me any harm to me. This continued until I was 21 years of age, until one night the guilt of all of the suffering I have caused my friends and family and the pain I have withstood while not standing up for myself suddenly caused me to start shaking and crying in my bed uncontrollably. My parents rushed me to the hospital only to find out that it was not a physiological issue but a psychological one and soon after I went through psychotherapy. Ever since then, I have become a lot more confident, honest, aligned with my conscious. The same issue would still pop up every now and then but I would try my best to overcome it. Sometimes I succeed but other times I don't. 2 months ago however, I have been really pushing myself to fix this problem or rather to find a way of dealing with it such that any time it would arise overcoming this mental obstacle would become almost systematic as opposed to the existential threat that it feels like now. I have made a lot of progress but I can't say that I am there yet and this is all thanks to the fact that I've only finished watching Dragon Ball GT during the aforementioned time period. Seeing how Goku constantly fought for what was right given his limited intellect and the hugely disadvantageous situations he was in was very inspiring, especially how he chose to sacrifice his life at the end of the show as compensation for Shenron not destroying planet Earth. Welcome to the NHK however made me feel guilty all of the time because the whole show was just a guilt trip and the ending was very disappointing. That is way I gave GT a 9 and NHK a 5. Regards, M. |
theWannaBecriticMay 24, 2019 7:26 AM
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| Probably because you were still a "virgin" in some way back then. "the 2nd time is still not as good as the 1st one" That's obviously part of the nature of most common thrillers. You should invest time in other kinds of stories (be them animated or not, video or not). |
theWannaBecritic said: FlatErik said: I checked your Anime list and to be quite frank it seems like you just have bad taste in Anime. I mean you gave Dragon Ball GT 9 points, but NHK 5?? *Warning: this post contains Dragon Ball GT spoilers so stop reading if you want to avoid them. Greetings FlatErik, I have to say that your comment hit me right in the feels. XD Nonetheless, taste is purely subjective and I can understand why you would say that, the reason for my scoring however was that I had a very rough childhood filled with a lot of physical confrontations with people of the same age and older and a lot of the time I would end up being blamed for starting the fight even after clearly being the one who was in the right (on top of that I would be the one that technically lost in the fight, aka I got hit a lot more than the other person XD) as a result a lot of the time I would end up lashing out on innocent people and what was worse was that sometimes I would take out my anger on my friends and family instead of manning up and doing the right thing, and the guilt of those actions still haunt me to this day. I was also rendered insecure, paranoid and constantly scared of any confrontational situation with another human being even if it's someone who isn't capable of causing me any harm to me. This continued until I was 21 years of age, until one night the guilt of all of the suffering I have caused my friends and family and the pain I have withstood while not standing up for myself suddenly caused me to start shaking and crying in my bed uncontrollably. My parents rushed me to the hospital only to find out that it was not a physiological issue but a psychological one and soon after I went through psychotherapy. Ever since then, I have become a lot more confident, honest, aligned with my conscious. The same issue would still pop up every now and then but I would try my best to overcome it. Sometimes I succeed but other times I don't. 2 months ago however, I have been really pushing myself to fix this problem or rather to find a way of dealing with it such that any time it would arise overcoming this mental obstacle would become almost systematic as opposed to the existential threat that it feels like now. I have made a lot of progress but I can't say that I am there yet and this is all thanks to the fact that I've only finished watching Dragon Ball GT during the aforementioned time period. Seeing how Goku constantly fought for what was right given his limited intellect and the hugely disadvantageous situations he was in was very inspiring, especially how he chose to sacrifice his life at the end of the show as compensation for Shenron not destroying planet Earth. Welcome to the NHK however made me feel guilty all of the time because the whole show was just a guilt trip and the ending was very disappointing. That is way I gave GT a 9 and NHK a 5. Regards, M. Wow, I originally intended it to be just a small joke, but who could've known that such a interesting story would be behind it. I apologize for hitting a nerve and hope you'll be able to best this mental obsctacle, you seem to be on just the right track. In that case let me recommend you Anime I feel are motivating regarding overcoming mental problems. 3-gatsu no lion Angel Beats Run with the wind Mob Psycho 100 Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou Ping Pong the animation |
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