Shows Like Chainsaw Man

Yuji Itadori, an unnaturally strong high schooler, swallows a cursed finger belonging to the King of Curses and becomes a vessel for an ancient evil. Now enrolled in a school for s…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Jujutsu Kaisen delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same brutal and funny energy throughout.

In a world where 80% of people have superpowers called Quirks, Izuku Midoriya is born without one — and still dreams of being a hero. When the greatest hero alive passes his power …

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, My Hero Academia delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same funny and emotional energy throughout.

Shigeo 'Mob' Kageyama is the most powerful psychic alive, and he couldn't care less. What he wants is to be normal: good at talking to people, fit enough to impress a girl, brave e…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Mob Psycho 100 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same funny and emotional energy throughout.

Gon Freecss, a 12-year-old who grew up on an island, takes the notoriously dangerous Hunter Exam to find his absent father. What starts as a shonen adventure about a boy with a big…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Hunter x Hunter delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

Young Thorfinn watches his father — a legendary warrior turned pacifist farmer — murdered by Viking mercenaries. He joins the mercenary band to get close enough to their leader to …

If you loved Chainsaw Man's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Vinland Saga delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same brutal and dark energy throughout.

Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. Now they search for t…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same funny and dark energy throughout.

David Martinez, a broke kid in Night City, installs experimental military cyberware after his mother is killed. He becomes an edgerunner — a mercenary operating outside the law — a…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.

Season 2 of the survival horror epic. In the aftermath of the Green Home apartment's collapse, survivors scatter across a world that is fully monstrous — and Cha Hyun-su grapples w…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Sweet Home delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

Takemichi Hanagaki, a washed-up 26-year-old, learns his middle-school girlfriend was killed by a gang called the Tokyo Manji Gang. He time-leaps back to middle school and tries to …

If you loved Chainsaw Man's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Tokyo Revengers delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

The final chapter of the monster apocalypse saga, as Cha Hyun-soo and surviving humans face the collapse of civilization and the final confrontation between human desires made fles…

If you loved Chainsaw Man's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Sweet Home Season 3 delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — desire and sacrifice — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.