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Death Note
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Munou na Nana
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Main character is a genius who kills people, who thinks they deserve to die.
Secondary main character is another genius, who tries to expose them.
Basically: "I know that he knows that I know, but I lack evidence."
A cat and mouse game between the two leads where one is trying not to get caught while committing murders, and the other is trying to piece together what is happening. The lead investigator later shown to be suspicious of the other lead keeps investigating as to how and why they're committing the crimes.
Munou na Nana has a lighter tone, while Death Note is more serious.
Talentless Nana is a lot less of a battle of minds than Death Note, but it still features a lot of similar aspects. The relationship between Nana and Kyouya is a lot like the one between Light and L, and in general both shows rely upon their deceitful MC outwitting their enemies. Both have very similar thriller vibes, and tactics rely upon a blend between the unpredictable supernatural and the main characters' wits.
I will say Death Note's a significantly better show (especially early Death Note) but I've been pleasantly surprised by Talentless Nana this season.
These are completely similar in tone and theme, their dark, psychological, thriller anime with calculating serial killer mc's that have ice in their veins. Both of these mc's are ruthless pathological liars and the only thing that surpasses the cold blooded indifference they have for their victims is their razer sharp and dangerously unparalleled intelligence. Which they exploit every chance they get in order to keep everyone dancing to their tune right in the palm of their hands. All the while piling up body's with almost no one the wiser, there seems to really only be one character in each story that can even hope
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Cat and mouse game where the main character's objective is to kill a whole lot of people without getting caught.
Death Note but the Notebook is replaced by abilities, L lacks basic deduction skills, Light is a girl who is bad at lying and killing while everyone else is mentally challenged and aren't skeptical in the least
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Recommended by JeagerSRPH
Both of these shows feature a good psychological mystery between the supposed protagonists and the antagonists trying to catch each other in a trap to proof that they are good and the other one is evil, both shows doing so while giving the main character a leg up with some knowledge unknown to the other. They are cut from the same cloth.
They are both kind of a detective type of anime where someone is trying to kill bad people and they are solving who is the impostor
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Recommended by Yan-AnsonI
Both anime is a battle of wits between two brilliant minds in the point of view of the "killer" of this story going against the "detective" to rat out this "killer." Who in the end is going to win? Who knows...
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Recommended by not_pettan
They both have the bitter rivalry between two genius characters.
Light and Nana are similar to each other; they both strive to wipe out the "bad guys".
L and Kyouya are similar to each other; they both try to expose these murderers.
Both have characters solving mysteries to defeat the main character, who is a very unlikable villain. The show has some really nice supporting characters and watching it blind is easily the best way to watch it. Also, Munou na Nana is better because it has a good ending.
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Recommended by Hunterconnor
It's basically L vs Kira but in a world with people that have superhero powers.
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Recommended by Sonnyman45
Munou na Nana is a cat and mouse game about a killer and someone trying to find who it is. The main character is a normal high school student and the detective is a superhuman anti-social genius who is constantly on the tail of the killer. We watch as the killer has to kill fellow characters in creative ways as the detective soon finds the scent trail.
Both have mind games. In my opinion Death Note first half is better here.
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Recommended by Shashank3736
i would recommend death note. the relationship between kyouya and nana reminds me a lot of L and lights relationship.
Talentless Nana is similar to Death Note, just a more cutesy style. Every new discovery leaves you on the edge and both the protag and antag (at the moment) have extreme analytical skills that allows them to worm their way through their situations and flip things in their favor also I would want to add some of the best aspects of it but It's better if you don't get spoiled too much. Just trust me on this one.
i don't know how to explain how these two shows are similar without going into heavy spoilers for munou na nana so i'll try to be as vague as possible ( as in i'm not gonna say names ) , anyways both series have a main character who wants to get rid of criminals in... their own way, both have another main character who is trying to expose them, both have some sort of fixation on details, objets and logical consistencies, plus both are thrillers and a edgy but fun watch
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Recommended by May_chan567