If you liked
Death Note
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...then you might like
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
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The series use the same exact fuel to power the plot, and that fuel is mind games. If you love super smart characters battling each other out in a game of life and death only using their brains, both series are for you. I have not yet seen anything that would stand to Death Note's level of depth and complexity in thinking over the next step of your opponent, but Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji comes VERY close. I have been looking for a series like this ever since I watched Death Note, and finally when I got to it I had no regrets. Obviously both series are a little different. Death Note has a very distinct thriller vibe to it with almost no place for humor in it. Kaiji brings a bit of that black humor, contrasting it with some very serious and dark episodes that I would say are way beyond Death Note's level of DARK. All in all, Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji is the first anime that comes to mind when someone asks if I know anything similar to Death Note. The drawing style may be completely different, but the plot and shenanigans between the main character and the antagonists (and the world as well) is what makes the experience akin.