Shows Like Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
If you liked Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016), a animation and mystery series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
- 1

Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and mysteryBeing just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a…
- 2

Monogatari (2009)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mysteryKoyomi Araragi, a high school student, finds himself constantly encountering girls afflicted by supernatural "oddities." He dedicates himself to helping them, often with the aid of the eccentric specialist Meme Oshino…
- 3

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and mysteryTo be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
- 4

Another (2012)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and mysteryWhen Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and…
- 5

SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and mysteryKobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading…
- 6

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animationPuberty Syndrome—a rumored, mysterious syndrome that only affects those in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The bunny girl's real identity is Mai Sakurajima, a…
- 7

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animationSocially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends…
- 8

Mieruko-chan (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mysteryShe can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
- 9

D_Cide Traumerei the Animation (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and mysteryThe story takes place in Shibuya. Ryuhei had always looked up to his older brother as a child. Even after witnessing his mysterious death, Ryuhei grows up to be a cheerful high school student. One day after his daily…
- 10

The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animationFuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to…
- 11

Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and mysteryKiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month…
- 12

Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)
★ 8.5/10Also animationAfter dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."
- 13

Takopi's Original Sin (2025)
★ 8.8/10Also animationA Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain…
- 14

Blood+ (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also animationUnable to remember the past, high school senior Saya Otonashi must rediscover her destiny in order to defeat the chiropteran vampires that threaten her loved ones' existence.
- 15

My Clueless First Friend (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animationOne lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he…
- 16

Sonny Boy (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and mysteryOn August 16, midway through a seemingly endless summer vacation, middle school third-year student Nagara, transfer student Nozomi, classmates Mizuho, Asakaze and their entire class are suddenly transported from their…
- 17

Parasyte -the maxim- (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also animationA species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming…
- 18

Great Teacher Onizuka (1999)
★ 8.4/10Also animationA former gang member wants to be Japan's best teacher. When he's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases, it's his chance to prove himself.
- 19

Sagrada Reset (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and mysteryNearly half the population of Sakurada, a small town near the Pacific Ocean, has some sort of unique power. These powers range from being able to enter the mind of a cat, to resetting the world back to a certain point…
- 20

Horimiya (2021)
★ 8.5/10Also animationA secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart…