Shigofumi

Jigoku Shoujo and Shugofumi involves interaction of normal human life and the supernatural. The two of them features different sets of characters and different cases in each episode, but the story ultimately led to the main characters who happens to be the key in all of what's happening. 

Similar protagonist with a talking object as their companion, although Shigofumi isn't all about exploring different people and so on like Kino's Journey is, as Shigofumi actually contains a major story. Also, the character designer of the original Kino no tabi did the first draft character design for Shigofumi, just thought that was worth mentioning out of interest. 

This anime has the same level of thrill. It's not as good as the death note masterpiece but it is really good. I recomend it to all thrill seekers 

Playing around the theme of death, they both start off as seemingly episodic only to dive into more personal stories later on. A lot of your enjoyment will either come or go depending on your opinion on the main character(s), but if they aren't up your alley, a good deal of others probably will carry some of the episodes for you. Both shows aren't exactly fast-paced, the tempo seems to fluctuate while mainly staying around slower sections. Best watched one or two espidoes at a time. 

Altought Shinigami no ballad has less episodes it still looks like shigofumi. Both have girls who work for the afterlife and in shigofumi they have an staff and SNB has a cat. Every episode is a diffrent story in both anime. 

imagine life as a coin... the lighter part of the coin you see and the dark part behnd.. are somewhat the same analogy i can give them both 

They both are episodic, supernatural and deal with society's matters such as suicide, school bullies, sexual abuse... with a mature look at them. Though Paranoia Agent is more psychedelic and dysfunctionnal while Shigofumi is more bittersweet.  

While their settings and surrounding premises are drastically different (Violet Evergarden being a steampunk slice of life while Shigofumi is a supernatural urban thriller), both are emotional narratives revolving around their lead characters as female kuudere protagonists, whom are emotionally withdrawn and their job is to deliver letters on behalf of their clients. Both shows have both standalone and story-driven segments. 

dramatics beyond belief (you are kept constantly on the edge of your seat), extremely bittersweet taste, leaving u feeling reflective. deep deep dramas on the human essence of life and aspects of life.....powerful 

both delivering letters to their destinations 

Similar in their depths of exploring darker human emotions in social situations, destructive mental states, and the seeking bonds with others. In contrast Shigofumi is lighter in tone than that of Elfen Lied. If you wish to expand upon themes, you might be interested in Elfen Lied. 

Both feature teenage girls who chose a severe form of escapism in order to get away from their abusive fathers. 

Both revolve around female leads with a dark past... Its hard to know how much I can say without spoiling but if you like Shiki/Fumika you'll probably like the other. 

Both of them concentrate about death. Jigoku Shoujo is sending people to hell and in Shigofumi you recive letters from dead people. Both tells not only about main characters but also about random people and their problems, for example bullying. Jigoku Shoujo has every episodes in creepy climat, Shigofumi has half of episodes like this. 

Both about things related to the afterlife. Shigofumi follows some stories related to students and how they cope with their life and what lead to certain situations which is basically the whole premise of Colorful. 

both highlight the weaknesses of humans, as well as their strengths. emotional, dramatical, psychological anime which has you thinking a lot. both has excellent character development and storylines, though uta kata is more magical girl (but very very dark) whilst shigofumi is more hellish in that it is letters from the dead. both good watches 

I'm freaking surprised no one else recommended Madlax. The reason that I'm recommending Madlax is because; -They are both darker, with some lighter filler episodes -They are both of the "Girls with Guns" genre, although Shigofumi doesn't have as many gunfights as Madlax -At the end of each series it will make sense as to the connection (I will not spoil it)  

Both series conveys the theme of death, its aftermath, the consequences that may have caused it, and ones own faults. Additionally, both anime(s) have an eerie-like soundtrack that reflects the view of the mysterious atmosphere of the show. For those who enjoy psychological series and thriller themes, these two series are a must-see. 

When I was watching Pandora Hearts, the psychological aspects so far seemed similar to Shigofumi. 

Both shows deal with "life after death," sort of themes and the afterlife colliding with the normal world to form some disturbing results. 

Both shows use contemporary dark fantasy, supernatural powers and horror to look into a number of delicate themes from the perspective of young teenage girls. Themes include child abuse, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, suicide, forbidden relations and other taboo subject matters. Both share a similar narrative structure and atmosphere. In the respective first halves, in an episodic monster-of-the-week style the unnatural death of a deceased side character is handled by a protagonist using her supernatural ability to communicate with the dead and bring redemption. Then the focus shifts to the traumatic backstory of the protagonists themselves in more detail. Both shows only slowly unravel the mystery of their worlds and the nature of the supernatural power. read more 

The delivery of important letters that help those in darkness in some way or another, that is the overall theme of these two anime, though there comes a difference with the genera and place, the feel of those letters being delivered is awsume 

The feeling exuded by both series may be best described as lovers whose fingers reach out for each other, yet barely touch despite all the hard effort. The two series are dark mood wise, yet mildly so. The characters manage to keep the target audience at the edge of their seat, and yet action really isn't either series specialty. Both series are good for an emotional pull, yet also twists which - while for some may be predictable, end up being an enjoyment for others. 

Both series have a beautiful, yet no-punches-pulled view of the society in which they were made, even if they have a supernatural theme. Also, episode 3 of Shigofumi I feel gives us the other side of the story of the first Kara no Kyoukai movie.  

Interesting that no one mentions this two shows as alike, maybe because both of them are not really popular. If you remove Madoka-like stuff from Mahou Shoujo Site you will get shigofumi topics - school bullying, domestic bullying, fans who lose their minds, very low overall empathy of people and a lot of psychological violence. Well, shigofumi is much more phylosophic while MHS tries to be as edgy as possible, but I still think that MHS is a wild mix of Madoka and Shigofumi ideas. 

These two anime shows are completely unrelatable in terms of the build up through their own genres but commonly fall under Supernatural. These two anime shows signifies the importance of the psychology in one's state of mind by using supernatural events as means to define the importance. These supernatural events can be pertained to the "Adolescence Syndrome" in the long-named anime and the "Letters From The Departed" in the short-named one. They're entirely different because the syndrome creates a phenomenon and the letters are the last words the dead wish to say towards their chosen receiver. 

You'll find something similarities about these anime at first, they're both leading a mysterious girl, thrilling plot, same concept of attire. Unlike shigofumi, boogiepop has more brutal scenes hat gives more thrilling of the story at same time it is more confusing. But I swear into you guyzz that it is worth watching :). 

Both have similar dark, supernatural themes. They include a lot of conflict that deals with humans and society. Shigofumi is a lot heavier on the bullying aspect while Mawaru Penguindrum focuses on relations between people. In both, there are girls with split personalities though in MP it's a different entity entirely. 

Paranormal letters. Shigofumi and Orange both follow letters which have been delivered due to MCs due to some paranormal force at hand. Shigofumi uses messenger Fumika to deliver messages from the dead called, Shigofumi. Orange is the same but messages from Naho and her friends' future selves are sent back to them with the sole mission of recusing Kakeru. Both are great anime answering the question, "what would you do if this person had died?". With Shigofumi having a darker atmosphere, being a psychological drama, Orange is an interesting sci-fi for the shoujo demographic.  

They both have a reflective and contemplative view on life. While in Shigofumi, you see how humans react to the unaltered and unaffected words of the dead. In ef, you see the reactions and encounters of people who are nearly dead (in an emotion sense) but yield interesting enough personalities, dreams, ideas, and activities that they began to rediscover their passions in an all too well-flowing story. This is the biggest similarity between the two shows as Shigofumi also takes lessons from a few of its short arcs and builds its main monotone character as well. 

Dedication. Kiki's Delivery Service and Shigofumi both follow delivery people who have a fine dedication in completing the work they have been set with. Delivery Service has a witch, Kiki, delivering items in order to better herself in becoming a witch. Shigofumi follows a stern Fumika and delivers the letters from the dead, the shigofumi. With Delivery Service being a nice s.o.l family movie, Shigofumi is a dark anime with multiple psychological elements.  

Both have mysteries surronding the female main charcther and they have similar music. 

Both GTO and Shigofumi attempt to address some of the more mature/darker topics in high school. These issues include bullying, suicide, isolation. GTO's approach is funny and inspirational while Shigofumi can be very depressing. However, both anime give the audience an overall feeling of hope. 

Both series contain theme of supernatural dealing. The story is not like kuroshitsuji, but the atmosphere is a bit like. They both have dark, sad atmoshere. In Shigofumi then people died he become shigofumi, in kuroshitsuji then people kill himself he become shinigami, and nothing remember. 

Daily work. Cowboy Bebop and Shigofumi follow an episodic series of duos in a job taking on different missions. Cowboy Bebop has bounty hunters and Shigofumi has postal deliverers sending shigofumi letters. Though Cowboy Bebop is a great classic sci-fi adventure, Shigofumi is more dramatic and psychological. 

They both have crazy teens up to no good with knives in their hands. More importantly, Shigofumi and School Days do show students having pretty messed up lives a ton of which focuses on real-life tragic moments extrapolating all the way to school life. Shigofumi does this with the deaths of others making an impact on the living via the Shigofumi letters, in ways usually negative. School Days does this with a love story that turns into anything but, unfaithfulness and interceptions around every corner. Both are pretty well made psychological anime.  

Both involve trust and betrayal and are highly emotional. These are the only two anime that made me cry. You care for the characters and feel their pain. Both series are very intriguing and keep you interested to the end. Shigofumi is somewhat episodic but it still has a strong central storyline. 

Both have Shigonami, though in Bleach it is the concept that they take the souls to their final destination, in Shigonami, it is deleivering the last message of the dearly departed to the living. Appologies for the spelling of a certain word. 

Both shows star girls doing important work for the good of the world, at the price of certain negative alterations to their bodies (robotic implants in GG and losing the abilty to grow older in Shigofumi). They also both have structures that are based on smaller, one-episode plots that build up the story of the main chracters. 

H2O is much more romance slice of life drama, whilst shigofumi is episodic and supernatural, however both are excellent dramas and shows the psychology of humans; having both unique characters and the influence on other humans on each other. both also have a very dark feel to them. and both a brilliant watch. 

supernatural, psychological, action-packed thrillers. both are expressed in different arcs, consisting of unique and very clever storylines. darker than black however is more based on the strange phenomena of people having strange powers and "hell's gate" whilst shigofumi is based on letters from the recently dead; but both are very dramatic dark anime which has lots of character development and intriguing twists and turns as well as tension and even gruesome parts. both good watches which require some thought (darker than black more so).  

both are episodic, brilliant dramas, with lots of action, tension, horror and twists and turn to each unique story. both have excellently thought out characters and their influence on each arc. shigofumi is more violent and psychological, whilst xxxholic is more comedy based, however both are supernatural and have a dark meaningful insight into the ways of humans. 

the same school/youth setting. both good dramas, and has good action. ghost hunt is more supernatural (crime involving supernatural phenomena) whilst shigofum is more serious and darker/more gruesome (letters from the dead which stir up trouble), but both are good watches. also has a very small touch of comedy to both of them. 

Both of these shows are pretty misleading at first, with Shigofumi seeming like a magical girl anime, and Higurashi a harem/slice-of-life show. Both shows are also school-muder-dramas, and both shows have characters who scream "USODA" repeatedly. 

supernatural stuff. shigofumi is much more dark and has violence, whilst mushishi is more relaxing and less dark/action. both good though 

The anime is the same because -Characters same personality, shy, quiet, ect. -Both experience horrible past -Both main character's real body is in a coma -Deals with Magic  

Both series contain theme of supernatural dealing with the afterlife mixed in with comedy, drama, and more emotional moments later on. Both series has a small cast of characters but yet are insightful and intelligent delivering it in a steady pace storyline. Both series also has good soundtrack pleasurable to the ears. 

They both involve a girl who is neither dead or alive and a boy who tries to rescue her. Both have supernatural means to influence the past or future. Both have a strong city aesthetic. Shigofumi is more grim but both have a happy ending. Shigofumi focuses more on grim happenings such as the main conflict in Kimi no Na wa rather than romance. This will probably hook you after the first episode if you enjoyed Kimi no Na wa. Shigofumi on the surface looks very dated compared to Kimi no Na wa. Don't be fooled; both are beautiful (obviously Kimi no Na wa had a bigger budget). It holds up very well in 2016. read more 

Completely different genres however both are Psychological and Thriller. Colse atmosfere ant tipe of episods (structure), but the Shigofumi more easier Psychological. 

Shigofumi was heavily inspired by concepts first explored in Human Zoo. 

Both characters designs were designed by the same person and you can feel the same calm atmosphere in both series. =] 

Although they have different settings, both Shigofumi and Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi deals with the concept of death and takes it to a supernatural level. A main female character from both series gets involved with tasks dealing with the dead. There's a majestic feeling in both series that is quite unique. Then, there's some mysteries and twists that may surprise viewers. Among other things though, both series connects the concepts of death towards the main character as they deal with various events throughout the story.