 If you liked
Death Note
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 ...then you might like
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
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-Both feature a psychological duel between two main characters in order to achieve an important objective
-Both take themselves very seriously during these scenes and feature similar buildups and use of musical scores
-Both do an excellent job at developing both their primary and supporting casts, adding to the believability of the environment the story takes place in
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Recommended by thelectricow
Both titles are about the psychological warfare between two characters. They feature the mind games of two strong protagonists who will make you root for both of them at the same time. Obviously Kaguya-sama is a romance based mind game, while Death Note is a detective series.
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Recommended by tenshibeat
Both are series involving battles of wits between two geniuses from different parts of society who really, really, really want to go to bone town on each other.
Two different geniuses who engage in a dramatic mental battles with one another, with incredibly unrealistic yet entertainingly complex and over the top strategy.
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Recommended by SadSceneryBoi
While having contrasting tones, both shows heavily focus on mind games and psychological warfare between the 2 protagonists into confessing (literally in Kaguya-sama, figuratively in Death Note)
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Recommended by Short_Circut
Both Kaguya-sama and Death Note have a mental game between two great minds.
The comparison might be a little odd but both manga involve a lot of mind games and intelligent characters trying to trick eachother just unlike Death Note Kaguya sama is all about romance.
So if you are interested in a Death Note without the philosophy but love instead this is the manga for you.
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Recommended by xShinigami3125
Both series contains battle of wits between the main casts. Kaguya is more comedic in tone, whereas Death Note is more mature. The main duo of each series are well developed and likable.
They're an intense psychological battle in between the minds of our main two protagonists who are both smart and cunnng. They think of every possible decision and what can go wrong if they choose the wrong option. They also try and get the other person to admit to something that is important to the story. One difference is that one is a romantic comedy, while the other is a psychological thriller.
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Recommended by fitemeillreku
Kaguya sama is, like one user has noted, the lighthearted rom-com adaptation of Death Note. The battle of the minds, but instead of a global scale of death and destruction, of two student council members.
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Recommended by Animemes_chan
This might look weird, to compare this two shows, but Kaguya-sama shows what would happen if L and Yagami fell in love. Both characters try to “hunt down” each other. However, Kaguya-sama as a very light, comedy, funny tone. Not so dark as Death Note
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Recommended by Christian-anime
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It's weird but Kaguya definitely has Death Note vibes, that's while those shows are completely different in tone. They don't actually have much in common, exept one big nuance
- Both are focused around characters, that think a lot
In Death note there were lots of smart thoughts, in Kaguya there was a lot of fun "overthinking"
If you like a masterpiece like Death Note, then you might also like Kaguya-sama wa kokurasetai. Both anime titles include a battle of wits, in which two characters are fighting a tough fight to surpass each other, Kaguya-sama is more comedic and funny anime, with a school theme, and Death Note has a more mystical and serious atmosphere, I recommend that you watch kaguya sama wa kokurasetai, you will definitely like it, I'm sure!
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Recommended by _Mixonic15
Psychologically driven both are based upon manipulative mind games played by the main two characters. Although Love is war is a romantic comedy, it brings that same feeling of suspense that death note has. If you enjoyed death notes battle of wits, give Kaguya-Sama a chance.
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Recommended by Saucyphino
kaguya is actually light vs l but with straight relationship and more funny
both using brains to make the others lose
Misa looks like chika but chika is more useful and cute
Similarities:
Both animes include two MCs battling in a psychological duel to achieve their main objective
Overall, death note is more mature while Love is War is a lot more comedic
The inner dialogue along with the banter between the two main characters makes this show similar but in comedy form.
If you liked cat and mouse chase aspect of Death Note then this anime is perfect for you.
It might be romance but I assure you if you like constant outwitting between two characters you will enjoy this show very much
Both shows are a battle of wits between the two main characters. However,
- Kaguya-sama is a rom-com in which both of the MCs try to make the other confess their love.
- Death Note is a psychological thriller in which both of the MCs try to take down the other because of their differing beliefs in justice.
A battle between two strong will, that want the other to confess
The similarity between these two anime is so big that you could make a description of it and don't put there genre it would be the same. I really recommend this anime for the newcomers in anime.
Light is a murderer, and L is a detective in Death Note. The murder investigation has devolved into a cerebral battle that will only be resolved if one of them dies. Love is War: Kaguya and Miyuki know they like each other, but neither is willing to admit it, so they are now attempting to force the other to confess. The first person to confess loses! Love is War is essentially a rom-com version of Death Note, and Death Note is essentially a dark suspense version of Love is War
Kaguya sama is in many ways the romantic comedy version of deathnote while also providing a more realistic view into high schoolers lives. If you enjoyed the "mind games" aspect of deathnote and are willing to look into other works with similar structure (apart from code geass) I think this is a great anime to look into
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Recommended by ChickenClicker
Both have two really characters in a battle of the minds and getting into each others heads. But Kaguya-sama is not serious and dark like Death Note. It's basically what Death Note would be if it was a romantic comedy.
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Recommended by Koshi_the_Cat