Post-Chainsaw Man depression? We get it. Here are 7 shows the community actually stands behind for fans of Action and Fantasy.
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Idly indulging in baseless paranormal activities with the Occult Club, high schooler Yuuji Itadori spends his days at either the clubroom or the hospital, where he visits his bedridden grandfather. However, this leisurely lifestyle soon takes a turn for the strange when he...
Hole—a dark, decrepit, and disorderly district where the strong prey on the weak and death is an ordinary occurrence—is all but befitting of the name given to it. A realm separated from law and ethics, it is a testing ground to the magic users who dominate it. As a race...
Sentenced to death, ninja Gabimaru the Hollow finds himself apathetic. After leading a blood-soaked life, Gabimaru believes he deserves to die. However, every attempt to execute him inexplicably fails. Finally, Sagiri Yamada Asaemon, a fledgling member of a famed executioner...
Reeling from her recent breakup, Momo Ayase, a popular high schooler, shows kindness to her socially awkward schoolmate, Ken Takakura, by standing up to his bullies. Takakura misunderstands her intentions, believing he has made a new friend who shares his obsession with aliens...
Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to...
All of a sudden, they arrived: parasitic aliens that descended upon Earth and quickly infiltrated humanity by burrowing into the brains of vulnerable targets. These insatiable beings acquire full control of their host and are able to morph into a variety of forms in order to...
Naota Nandaba is an ordinary sixth grader living in a city where nothing amazing ever seems to happen. After his brother Tasuku leaves town to play baseball in America, Naota takes it upon himself to look after everything Tasuku left behind—from his top bunk bed to his...
Both are modern dark battle shounen with cursed/devil-like enemies, brutal fights, and young characters pulled into violent supernatural organizations. Jujutsu Kaisen is cleaner structurally, while Chainsaw Man is more chaotic and cynical, but the urban horror-action overlap is huge.
Dorohedoro matches Chainsaw Man's grimy weirdness: grotesque bodies, violent comedy, bizarre powers, and a cast that feels morally cracked rather than heroic. Fans who liked Chainsaw Man's unhinged tone usually understand Dorohedoro immediately.
Both use demonic transformation, sexuality, gore, and apocalyptic dread to tell a story that feels emotionally raw. Devilman is shorter and more tragic, but the sense that humanity and monstrosity are collapsing into each other is very Chainsaw Man.
Both follow a young man who becomes part-monster and gets dragged into a violent hidden world. Tokyo Ghoul is more brooding and tragic, while Chainsaw Man is more absurd and abrasive, but the body-horror identity crisis is the clear shared element.
Parasyte is a common rec because it also pairs body horror with philosophical questions about what separates humans from monsters. It is more restrained than Chainsaw Man, but fans of transformation, gore, and uneasy coexistence with a non-human power usually enjoy it.
Fans who liked Chainsaw Man tend to recommend Jujutsu Kaisen, Dorohedoro, Devilman: Crybaby the most. Both are modern dark battle shounen with cursed/devil-like enemies, brutal fights, and young characters pulled into...
Chainsaw Man has a 8.42 on MAL from 2,018,403 ratings. That puts it in the top tier — most fans love it and recommend it without hesitation.
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