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If you liked Mousou Dairinin add

...then you might like Boku dake ga Inai Machi add

Mousou Dairinin is probably what you should get as a rebound for Erased if by chance you get hung up when Erased finishes. Both these mysteries are about a serial killer (as what most mysteries are. Actually in Mousou Dairinin's case, it's more of a serial knocker) and revolves around kids...-ish. What makes Paranoia Agent (english title) unique is it's more psychological than Erased. And oh yeah, no time travel. And while Erased is heavily focused on just one victim (two including the mom but that's a bit of a stretch), Paranoia Agent explores the daily life of the victims of Shonen Bat (the series' main villain) and how, in their own ways, are a little kooky themselves. If you're still not convinced, it's directed by Satoshi Kon and made by Studio Madhouse─ That alone should make you consider checking it out.

If you liked Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. add

...then you might like Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso add

Your Lie in April is basically Anohana's second coming, having both done by A-1 Pictures and both having the intention of ripping your heart out in pieces. One thing that both shows share is that there is a good portion of the story being about the childhood of the characters, and even the conflict on both shows started in their childhood. But what separates them from each other is Your Lie in April is more on music while Anohana is more on childhood nostalgia. My personal preferences: If you're a person who've watched Your Lie in April first and is going to watch Anohana, I prefer you watch in a minimum of 1 episode per day. Because Anohana is a show that will do everything in it's power to make you cry in every episode it has. Granted, it's shorter (11 episodes) so it's kinda understandable. Some of you might be fine with that but in my own experience, I didn't cry as much as other people did because I watched it in one sitting and when a dramatic scene does come in an episode, I just feel numb because I'm still not over about the dramatic scene in an episode prior.

If you liked Hyouka add

...then you might like Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo add

Now you might be wondering why I'm recommending a mystery anime from a slice of life anime. Well the reason is despite Hyouka being mystery-driven, it managed to put in a story ─the same kind Sakurasou has which is the feeling of not being good enough at what you do (or what you want to be) because there's somebody whose exponentially better than you (or better than what he/she does). But the twist is this: In Sakurasou, our main protagonist is the one who "looks up". The guy who is basking in these unbelievably talented people surrounding him and the one who feels sorry for himself. In Hyouka, our protagonist IS the unbelievably talented person but doesn't want to admit it. The drawback of recommending Hyouka though is, of course, its genre. Being a mystery anime, it has to put it's attention and screen time on the mysteries. So what they do is they crank up the ambiguity and subtlety. The effect of this is you might not understand or even pick up the narrative it's trying to tell. But, if you're like me who gets into mysteries by drawing his/her own conclusions based from the clues given, then you'll be alright. It's funny because the story from Hyouka is like a mystery itself that you have to find out.