Kakegurui

Series Similar to Kakegurui

If you enjoyed Kakegurui, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

   2006 · Drama, Anime, Horror, Mystery · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

2. Hyouka

   2012 · Drama, Anime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   The story follows a boy named Houtarou who is not assertive about getting involved, but was ordered by his older sister to join the classic literature club. In the club, he gets close to the truth about an incident, involving a female member's uncle, which happened 45 years ago. The energy-saving boy is joined by an inquisitive girl in this adolescent mystery.

3. Koukyuu no Karasu

   2022 · Drama, Anime, Fantasy, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Deep within the inner palace lives a special consort who does not serve the emperor despite her position, known as the Raven Consort. People who have seen her say she looks like an old woman, while others say she looks like a young girl. Stories talk of her use of mysterious arts and how she can take on any request, be it death curses to finding lost things. Koushun, the current emperor, goes to visit the Raven Consort with that intention, without knowing that their fated meeting will become a taboo that will overturn history.

4. ReLIFE

   2016 · Drama, Anime · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

   The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

5. 91 Days

   2016 · Drama, Anime · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Anime profile.

   During Prohibition, the law held no power and the mafia ruled the town.The story takes place in Lawless, a town thriving on black market sales of illicitly brewed liquor. Avilio returns to Lawless after some time away, following the murder of his family in a mafia dispute there.One day, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious sender, prompting him to return to Lawless for revenge. He then infiltrates the Vanetti family, the ones responsible for his family's murder, and sets about befriending the don's son, Nero, to set his vengeance in motion.Killing brings more killing, and revenge spawns more revenge. How will the 91-day story of these men guided by a tragic fate end?

6. Ping Pong The Animation

   2014 · Drama, Anime, Sports · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, highly rated (8.2), hidden gem.

   Makoto Tsukimoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Yukata Hoshino (nicknamed Peco) since childhood. They're both in the local table tennis club and both have a natural talent for it, although Smile's personality always enables him from winning against Peco. The club teacher, however, notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.

7. Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin

   2010 · Drama, Anime, History · ended86% match

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

   Seven teenagers must find a way to live in a reformatory in Shio, while dealing with their past crimes and learning to start their lives anew.

8. [Oshi no Ko]

   2023 · Drama, Anime, Fantasy, Mystery · returning84% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Mystery profile.

   Sixteen-year-old Ai Hoshino is a talented and beautiful idol who is adored by her fans. She is the personification of a pure, young maiden. But all that glitters is not gold.Gorou Amemiya is a countryside gynecologist and a big fan of Ai. So when the pregnant idol shows up at his hospital, he is beyond bewildered. Gorou promises her a safe delivery. Little does he know, an encounter with a mysterious figure would result in his untimely death—or so he thought.Opening his eyes in the lap of his beloved idol, Gorou finds that he has been reborn as Aquamarine Hoshino—Ai's newborn son! With his world turned upside down, Gorou soon learns that the world of showbiz is paved with thorns, where talent does not always beget success. Will he manage to protect Ai's smile that he loves so much with the help of an eccentric and unexpected ally?

9. Accel World

   2012 · Drama, Anime, Science-Fiction · ended82% match

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, also on MBS.

   The year is 2046. Haruyuki Arita is a young boy who finds himself on the lowest social rungs of his school. Ashamed of his miserable life, Haruyuki can only cope by indulging in virtual games. But that all changes when Kuroyukihime, the most popular girl in school, introduces him to a mysterious program called Brain Burst and a virtual reality called the Accel World.

10. Rilakkuma and Kaoru

    2019 · Drama, Anime, Family · ended81% match

    Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

    When a woman in her thirties begins sharing her apartment with a soft toy bear that has decided to take up residence there, she finds that the secret to life is sometimes as simple as relaxing.