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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
8.7/10on IMDb
First aired
Start here if you miss watching a brilliant teenager turn a supernatural advantage into an elaborate plan. Lelouch can issue an irresistible command, but his rebellion still depends on what other people believe about him. The battles are bigger than Light’s, and so is the trouble when he gambles on loyalty.
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Monster (2004)
8.8/10on IMDb
First aired
For the slowest, most unnerving option, follow Dr. Tenma as he tries to stop Johan, the boy whose life he once saved. A surgeon chasing the consequences of one decision gives you a very different kind of cat-and-mouse story. The series takes its time showing what Johan can make other people do.
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Moriarty the Patriot (2020)
8.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Putting William Moriarty at the center turns familiar Sherlock Holmes material into a study of calculated crime. If you liked having an investigator and a mastermind worth following in their own right, watch how much this show lets you understand about a scheme before Holmes comes anywhere near it.
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Psycho-Pass (2012)
8.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Akane works in a system that tries to score the risk someone will commit a crime. Watch it when you want the argument over how to judge people to drive the thriller, especially as the investigators come up against people whose behavior the system can’t account for.
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Talentless Nana (2020)
6.9/10on IMDb
First aired
An isolated school for students with unusual powers makes a good room for secrets. The opening is best watched cold. The appeal afterward is watching people test one another’s alibis, with enough time to wonder which ability would leave visible evidence.
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LIAR GAME (2026)
First aired
A competition about deception is a good bet if what you miss is watching the same rules serve two very different plans. Honest Nao has to navigate the game with Akiyama, and the players’ guesses about each other can matter as much as anything written in the instructions.
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
8.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Grace Field House is where the children have to work out what the adults know and how much of their own plan they can safely share. The first season is the strongest match if you want the tension of a quiet conversation that can undo weeks of preparation.
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Terror in Resonance (2014)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Two teenagers leave riddles for the authorities as Tokyo tries to find them. The show is a good fit if you want the investigation to carry a sense of urgency, with a public clue that can affect the suspects, the detective, and the people watching the city react.
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Platinum End (2021)
6.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Death Note’s creators return to a contest shaped by supernatural rules. Here, angels give candidates powers for a competition to choose a new god, with Mirai struggling over what using his would mean. Pick it for the moral dilemma and the rules, with more of the story spent in open conflict.
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The Future Diary (2011)
7.4/10on IMDb
First aired
A phone that supplies glimpses of the future is as tempting as a notebook with supernatural rules. Yukiteru finds himself among competitors with different versions of that advantage. Try it for the frantic puzzle of what happens when one person acts on knowledge another person doesn’t have.
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Death Parade (2015)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
A bar where strangers are made to play games is enough to put people under a revealing kind of pressure. Try it if you liked the uncomfortable question of who gets to judge a life. It tells shorter, more self-contained stories before you get a wider sense of what the bartender is doing.
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Tomodachi Game (2022)
7.6/10on IMDb
First aired
When friends are pushed into games over a debt, a suspicion about who signed them up can be a bigger weapon than the rules. The show suits you if Light’s best scenes were the ones where getting another person to distrust the right friend did more than one clever move.
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Kaiji (2007)
8.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Debt pulls Kaiji into dangerous wagers, and the show makes it easy to follow the thinking as the odds turn against him. Watch for the moments a player realizes the same rules looked different to everybody who entered the room. Kaiji’s panic makes this a less cool-headed but very tense bet.
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One Outs (2008)
8.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Pitcher Toa Tokuchi treats baseball as a way to read opponents, and his contract attaches a financial reward to each out and a penalty to each run he gives up. It’s a good sideways pick if you want to see one person turn the other team’s assumptions against them while everybody else is watching the scoreboard.
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Akagi (2005)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
A young mahjong player puts the fear into people already comfortable betting their necks. Go in for a lead who can make a pause feel like a threat. The games ask for attention, but a lot of the suspense comes from knowing who in the room can afford to look calm.
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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
7.7/10on IMDb
First aired
An elite school gives its students a points system and puts different classes in competition. Pick it for an understated lead and the slow work of spotting when a helpful classmate has a reason to control what everybody else knows.
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Kakegurui (2017)
7.1/10on IMDb
First aired
The school’s popularity contest is built around gambling, and Yumeko gets a charge from real risk. It’s a louder, more theatrical option than Death Note, but the pleasure of discovering the trick behind a seemingly unbeatable game is familiar.
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Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)
6.7/10on IMDb
First aired
Akira gets pulled into a series of fights where a competitor can’t assume they understand another person’s ability. It works if you want the bluffing part of Death Note turned into a more overt tournament, with a lot riding on what the other person thinks they just saw.
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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (2026)
6.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Yuki already plays lethal contests for a living when a new one puts her in a mansion with five other players. Try this for the unnerving gap between people still learning how a game works and someone who has had to learn its logic to get paid.
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ERASED (2016)
8.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Satoru gets a chance to revisit his childhood before a classmate disappears. Watch if you want another mystery that makes a small decision matter, with the tension coming from what one person remembers and how much he can persuade others to believe.
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ID: INVADED (2020)
7.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Investigators enter strange mental worlds to follow clues left by killers. The device gives you a new puzzle every time somebody has to work out what the world is showing them. Start here if you want deductive leaps to have a visual form and a cost for the person making them.
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