2011
24 eps
TV Saitama / Crunchyroll
Sci Fi Thriller Drama
A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nightmare when he realiz…
If you loved Death Note's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2023
29 eps
Tokyo MX / Crunchyroll
Drama Mystery Thriller
A doctor who's a superfan of an idol named Ai is murdered and reborn as her son. His twin sister is also a reincarnation with her own agenda. When their idol mother is killed by a …
If you loved Death Note's rug-pull ending that reframes everything you thought you knew, Oshi no Ko delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
6 eps
Coupang Play
Thriller Mystery Drama
A woman tells a small lie to impress someone, and that lie spirals into an entirely fabricated identity — a stolen name, stolen credentials, stolen life. Anna is a slow-burn psycho…
Both are built around an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2026
8 eps
Netflix
Crime Mystery Thriller
A Korean-American woman builds an elaborate false identity as a high-society luxury brand executive, targeting the ultra-wealthy elite of Seoul. When her fabricated persona — and t…
If you loved Death Note's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, The Art of Sarah delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2016
12 eps
Fuji TV / Crunchyroll
Mystery Thriller Sci Fi
Satoru Fujinuma has an involuntary ability: he gets sent back in time moments before a disaster, just far enough to prevent it. When his mother is murdered, the ability sends him b…
If you loved Death Note's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Erased delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2021
20 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Crime
A justice-seeking rookie cop and a detective hunt a serial killer while questioning if psychopathy is genetic.
If you loved Death Note's narrator you can't quite trust — and love for exactly that reason, Mouse delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
16 eps
MBC
Crime Thriller Mystery
Park Chang-ho is a mediocre lawyer with a 10% win rate. When he takes a murder case to save his career, he gets framed as "Big Mouse" — a legendary criminal genius no one has ever …
Both are built around the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2019
16 eps
OCN
Thriller Crime Mystery
Three people with shattered lives — a detective whose wife was murdered, an internal affairs officer whose career was destroyed by corruption, and a crime profiler caught in the mi…
If you loved Death Note's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Watcher delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the pursuit of justice in a system that was never built for it. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2013
87 eps
NHK / Crunchyroll
Action Dark Fantasy Thriller
Humanity lives behind walls built to protect them from Titans — monstrous humanoids that devour people without reason. When the outermost wall is breached, Eren Yeager watches his …
If you loved Death Note's everyone operating in shades of grey — no clean heroes, no simple villains, Attack on Titan delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a credible, painful slide from good intentions to unforgivable choices. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2023
8 eps
Disney+
Thriller Action Crime
By day, Kim Ji-yong is a top police academy cadet. By night, he tracks down criminals who escaped justice through legal loopholes — and kills them. When a tenacious journalist begi…
If you loved Death Note's relentless game of predator and prey where the tables keep turning, Vigilante delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about an obsession that consumes a character completely and thrillingly. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.