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Death Note
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Billy Bat
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Both involve a supernatural being coming into the human world in the form of manuscript. The supernatural being causes mayhem throughout the world while it sits back and observes amusedly. Police, detectives, and government powers are all involved in pursuing the manuscript linked to the supernatural being. There is lots of mystery, suspense, and darkness. Both MCs are consumed with pressure, responsibility, and power which makes them descend to madness.
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Angel Beats!
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Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
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Angel Beats was a good watch, but nothing special personally. However Assassination Classroom does everything Angel Beats does and makes it a million times better, making it deserving of a 10/10. An underlying interesting mystery, romantic undertones, a cast of compelling characters each with unique impactful backstories, an emotionally powerful ending having to do with graduation/self-growth. Both shows offer lessons of embracing the past, having empathy, appreciating one's life. Both shows are about a group of students in a school setting working together trying to uncover and fight against an underlying mystery. They work in groups doing assassinations (assassination classroom) or operations (angel beats). Throughout the story, backstories of side characters are explored, leading to character development. The endings of both are impactful, and the ending of assassination classroom in particular is legendary.
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Mirai Nikki (TV)
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Darling in the FranXX
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the romance is very similar; a guy just trying to live his life and things aren't really going his way, then all of a sudden a bold girl with pink hair changes everything. Interestingly, the guy and girl have the same hair and eye colors. both yuno and 02 have similar personalities. Obviously yuno is much more of a yandere, but 02 has those moments where she goes crazy and does some aggressive things and is also madly in love with her darling in the middle of both shows, the SAME EXACT thing happens: the guy gets hurt as a result of the girl's overly ambitious actions, then the girl tries to reach out but the guy rejects her as a result of his friends. This is a major point of the story (In future diary it's the episode where yukki and his friends leave the abandoned building that yuno trapped him in. In DITF it's when Hiro is hospitalized after Strelizia goes berserk, and 02 sees him but Hiro calls her a monster) in both shows, the romance is kind of uncalled for because it's a mystery to the viewer at first why the girl is so in love with the heroin. Later we learn of Hiro's actions as a child and Yukki's conversation with Yuno about their future careers. There are a lot of unexpected but sort of satisfying ships that manifest. For instance, Mitsuru/Kokoro and minene/nijishima. In the last couple episodes, a big plottwist occurs and the main character has to fight a completely different villain. (In future diary, it turns out that Yuno was the winner of the first world, which leads to fighting between Minene/Yukki and Yuno/her Murumuru. In DITF, it turns out that the Klaxosours aren't necessarily the bad guys and they have to fight aliens instead). The ending of both shows have to do with one of the romantic partners desperately searching for the other partner, who was lost due to some supernatural circumstances. (In future diary, 3rd world Yuno has to go to another dimension to find Yukki. In DITF, Hiro must go into space to find 02's bodiless soul which is now attached to Strelizia)
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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
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Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai
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- the main character (male) is surrounded by female friends, but it isn't a harem - the main character is attracted to the main girl who holds a high status position (actress/model, candidate for royal selection) - the main character harnesses a form of time travel to rescue the main girl - both animes have a side girl in love with the main character. the side girls in both animes have similar personalities and are voiced by the same person.