10 Best Anime Like “Mirai Nikki” (The Future Diary)

Yukiteru Amano is a lonely young man who fills his time by writing in his diary. He converses with Deus, the god of time and space, who hands him another suspicious Diary. That Diary forces Yukiteru to compete in a battle royale with 11 other people in order to ensure his own safety.

Mirai Nikki (The Future Diary) is an engaging thriller that will blow your mind with all of its twists. So, if you’re looking for anime like the Future Diary, here are some suggestions.

10. School Days

Makoto Itou, a freshman in high school, first notices Kotonoha Katsura at the start of his second semester. He is immediately taken with her beauty, but his shyness prevents him from approaching her, despite the fact that they ride the same train every day. Instead, he secretly takes a photo of her and sets it as his phone’s wallpaper: a charm that, if kept hidden, is said to help you realize your love. Sekai Saionji, a classmate, notices the picture and, instead of reporting him, offers to help him set up with Kotonoha, even befriending her just for him. As a result, the trio forms an impromptu friendship.

School Days follows the lives of three teenagers as they navigate the high school experience’s ups and downs. In a story full of romance and melancholy, the story of these three students will linger in the mind long after the dramatic conclusion.

9. Shiki

Life is idyllic and unassuming in Sotoba, a small town where everyone knows everyone. However, tragedy strikes when Megumi Shimizu, a young girl with high hopes, dies unexpectedly from an unknown illness. As more unexplained deaths occur around the village during the hot summer months, the town’s doctor, Toshio Ozaki, begins to suspect that something more sinister than a simple disease is at work.

Toshio joins forces with Natsuno Yuuki, an apathetic and aloof adolescent, and Kaori and Akira Tanaka, two of Megumi’s friends, to solve the dark mystery surrounding the deaths in Sotoba. The investigation leads them to an eerie secret concerning the new family in the Kanemasa mansion as a result of their combined efforts.

8. Elfen Lied

Lucy is a “Diclonius” human, born with a short pair of horns and invisible telekinetic hands, which makes her a victim of the government’s inhumane scientific experimentation. However, when an opportunity to flee presents itself, Lucy, corrupted by confinement and torture, unleashes a torrent of bloodshed as she flees her captors.

During her breakout, she suffers a crippling head injury, which leaves her with a split personality: a harmless child with limited speech capacity. In this state, she comes across two college students, Kouta and his cousin Yuka, who unknowingly take in an injured fugitive, unaware of her murderous tendencies. This act of kindness will transform their lives, as they are soon drawn into the shadowy world of government secrecy and conspiracy.

7. Happy Sugar Life

Satou Matsuzaka is a lovely high school student with a reputation for being open to men. A chance encounter with a young girl named Shio Koube, on the other hand, makes Satou realize that this is her first and only true love.

Satou, who claims to live with her aunt, secretly shares an apartment with Shio. Despite her innocent appearance, Satou is willing to go to any length to protect her beloved, even if it means resorting to desperate measures to keep their “happy sugar life” intact.

6. ChäoS;HEAd

A series of murders dubbed the “New Generation Madness” gained widespread attention throughout Shibuya. As these crimes gained notoriety, they became a hot topic of discussion among the locals. Nonetheless, Takumi Nishijou, a high school otaku who frequently experiences delusions and believes he is constantly being watched, is uninterested in these “New Gen” murders.

Takumi spends his time playing online games and watching anime, unconcerned about the real world. His normal life is upended, however, when he receives a horrifying image of a man staked to a wall from a user named Shogun. Takumi, after calming himself at an internet cafe, witnesses the exact same murder scene depicted in the image, along with a pink-haired girl covered in blood calling out his name.

Takumi, who is conflicted about the nature of reality, struggles to decide where to put his trust as he becomes involved in the “New Gen” murders, believing that the murderer is out to get him.

5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are ordinary middle school girls living ordinary lives until they meet Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, a new transfer student.

Kyuubey makes an offer: he will grant any of their wishes in exchange for them becoming magical girls with enough power to fulfill their dreams. Homura Akemi, a magical girl herself, advises them not to accept the offer, claiming that not everything is as it appears.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is a story of hope, despair, and friendship that explores the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one must pay to make a dream come true.

4. Death Note

The human world is polluted by heinous murders, petty thefts, and senseless violence. The realm of death gods, on the other hand, is a mundane, unchanging gambling den. Light Yagami, a brilliant 17-year-old Japanese student, and Ryuk, the sadistic god of death, share one belief: their worlds are rotten.

Ryuk releases his “Death Note” into the human world for his own amusement. Light comes across it and laughs at the first of its rules: the human whose name is written in this note will die. The temptation is too strong, and Light experiments by writing a felon’s name, which disturbingly reenacts his first murder.

Aware of the terrifying godlike power that has fallen into his hands, Light—dubbed “Kira”—follows his wicked sense of justice with the ultimate goal of purging the world of all evildoers. The meticulous mastermind detective L is already on his tail, but as Light’s brilliance rivals L’s, the grand chase for Kira becomes an intense battle of wits that can only end when one of them dies.

3. Deadman Wonderland

It appeared that Ganta Igarashi and his classmates were about to embark on a class field trip to Deadman Wonderland, a prison amusement park where convicts perform dangerous acts for the amusement of onlookers. Ganta’s life, however, is quickly turned upside down when his entire class is massacred by a mysterious man in red. Ganta is sent to the very jail he was supposed to visit after being framed for the incident and sentenced to death.

But Ganta’s nightmare is just getting started.

The young protagonist is thrown into a world of sadistic inmates and enigmatic powers, where he must live in constant fear of the lethal collar placed around his neck, which can only be slowed by winning the prison’s deathly games. Ganta must bet his life to survive in Deadman Wonderland, a ruthless place where it’s not always easy to tell friends from foes, all while trying to find the mysterious “Red Man” and clear his name.

2. Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East)

On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not result in any casualties, earning the moniker “Careless Monday.” Society quickly forgets and resumes their normal lives.

Three months later, during her graduation trip to America, friendly college student Saki Morimi’s life is forever changed when she is saved from unexpected trouble by Akira Takizawa. Takizawa is upbeat, but odd in many ways—he’s naked and has amnesia, believing himself to be a terrorist. He also has a strange cell phone that is loaded with 8.2 billion yen in digital cash.

Saki quickly befriends Takizawa despite his suspicious characteristics. However, she has no idea that this is just the start of a thrilling death game involving money, cell phones, and the salvation of the world. Higashi no Eden follows Saki’s quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding her savior, while Takizawa battles other people armed with similar cell phones and recalls memories that reveal his possible connection to the event from months ago.

1. Btooom!

Ryouta Sakamoto is unemployed and lives with his mother; his only significant accomplishment is that he is Japan’s top player in the popular online video game Btooom! His peaceful life is about to change when he finds himself stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere, clutching a small green crystal in his left hand and having no memory of how he got there. To his surprise, someone has decided to recreate his favorite game in real life, with the stakes being life or death.

The players are tasked with killing seven of their fellow participants and stealing their green crystals in order to return home, armed with a bag full of unique bombs known as “BIM.” Ryouta, who initially condemns all forms of violence, is forced to fight when he realizes that many of the other players are not as friendly as they appear. Together with Himiko, a fellow Btooom! player, they attempt to escape the island, getting closer and closer to the truth behind this death match.

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