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2017
13 eps
TBS / Crunchyroll
Thriller Mystery Drama
Hidden Genius School Hierarchy
The Advanced Nurturing High School gives its students almost complete freedom — access to everything, no rules except one: graduate or leave. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka appears to be perfe…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: social hierarchy.
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2014
12 eps
tvN
Thriller Mystery Drama
Game Show Thriller Odd Couple
An intensely trusting, naive young woman gets recruited into a high-stakes psychological game show where contestants win money by deceiving each other — and enlists the help of a b…
Like Kakegurui, it leans hard into psychological warfare.
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2016
16 eps
tvN
Romance Drama School
Campus Romance Mysterious Male Lead
A hardworking scholarship student becomes entangled with the eerily perfect senior who seems to engineer trouble for people he dislikes — then inexplicably starts helping her. As t…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: social hierarchy.
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2023
12 eps
Coupang Play
Action Drama Thriller
Vigilante Justice Underdog
A former national boxing champion turned high school PE teacher goes rogue when the school system fails to protect students from a sadistic bully who happens to have powerful conne…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
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2025
8 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller School
Genius Fighter Protecting The Weak
Yeon Si-eun transfers to Eunjang High School, still carrying guilt from the violence that claimed his closest friend. Determined to never lose anyone again, he forms unexpected bon…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
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2023
10 eps
TBS
Thriller Psychological Drama
Psychologically Intense Superior Pressure Test
Torikawa Toko is a police academy instructor with a method: extreme psychological pressure designed to identify and eliminate candidates who cannot handle the real demands of polic…
The pacing is relentlessly intense — it doesn't really let you breathe.
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2022
12 eps
Disney+
Thriller Mystery School
School Mystery Vengeful Vigilante
A girl investigating her twin brother's suspicious death at a prestigious high school uncovers a vigilante targeting bullies.
Revenge of Others scratches the same itch as Kakegurui — different world, same emotional frequency.
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2020
10 eps
Netflix
Crime Thriller Drama
Dark Anti Hero Good Student Gone Wrong
A model student secretly runs an illegal escort protection service to fund his college tuition.
Extracurricular scratches the same itch as Kakegurui — different world, same emotional frequency.
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2022
6 eps
Coupang Play
Thriller Mystery Drama
False Identity Impostor
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…
Anna scratches the same itch as Kakegurui — different world, same emotional frequency.
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2023
8 eps
Coupang Play
Thriller Mystery Drama
Dark Secret Unreliable Setting
A woman discovers a corpse buried in her garden — and her perfectly arranged suburban life begins to unravel around the secret. Her neighbor, controlling a quiet home with a brutal…
Lies Hidden in My Garden scratches the same itch as Kakegurui — different world, same emotional frequency.