Mystery anime like Dark Gathering scratches a certain itch for its viewers that relies on atmosphere and clever writing that makes them think and experience epiphany moments. That sense of wonder and awe is not only good for brain health but is a sensation you cannot mass produce in just any show, and finding the gems can often be an arduous task.
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Dark Gathering follows a boy who has the ability to sense ghosts and other spirit apparitions. He is an easily scared boy, however, he cannot help to smile whenever he is utterly terrified. He is tasked with tutoring a small girl who not only can see ghosts but seemingly enjoys tormenting them.
10Digimon: Ghost Game
Unlike Dark Gathering, Digimon: Ghost Game will create a much more surreal world setting thanks to its signature blending of our own modern technology with a slight evolution and/or twist. This is due to theDigimonthat inhabits the human world by passing into it from the digital one.
This version of the popular series will come with plenty of atmosphere and mystery, along with a light-hearted tone that can be enjoyed by fans of any age group and mindset.
Another takes a significantly darker tone from Digimon: Ghost Game. It is about a boy who transfers to a new school, only to learn it harbors an incredibly dark secret. There is someone who is not supposed to be in the class, someone who is no longer alive.
The protagonists the story follows must figure out which classmate is the one that should not be there, and until they can figure it out, students of the class will continue to be killed.
8Mieruko-Chan
Just like in Dark Gathering, the title character of this anime has a special ability that lets her see ghosts and other apparitions within the world. This is utterly terrifying for her, but she tries to just ignore them and go on with her life.
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There is a massive contrast between how bright and cheerful the music can be and how ominous and horrifying the designs of the ghosts are in this anime. This is one of its biggest charms, as it can make the viewers' state of mind sway back and forth.
7Natsume’s Book Of Friends
This story follows Natsume Takashi, a boy with the ability to see yokai. Yokai are one of the many different kinds of supernatural entities in Japanese folklore. People have always found Natsume strange, and this has led him to have a hard time making friends and has also seen him move between different guardians growing up.
When his grandmother passes away, she leaves behind a “Book of Friends” that Natsume inherits. This book contains the names of many spirits that served under his grandmother and is something that many others want to get their hands on.
6Persona 4: The Animation
Persona 4: The Animationis the animated adaption of the wildly popularPersona 4video game, one of the bestanime-style video gamesever made. In the game, the protagonist did not have a dedicated name, and many guides refer to them as MC, or Main Character. In this anime, he is named Yu and follows the main story of the game.
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High School students have the ability to summon powerful constructs known as Persona that they must use to uncover the mystery of why people are dying after a mysterious fog appears and who might be behind it.
5Paranoia Agent
This is an anthology series, a medium used throughout the decades to help tell many unrelated scary and mystery stories under a single umbrella name. However, all these separate stories are, in fact, connected by the story of a detective trying to capture the culprit responsible for assaulting the protagonist of each of the stories.
This assailant has been branded Little Slugger and has been attacking anyone under severe psychological stress. They are known for wearing gold-colored rollerblades and carrying a gold-colored baseball bat.
The story of Hyouka follows listless high school student Hourarou Oreki. Hourarou has a motto he lives by, “If I don’t have to do it, I won’t. If I have to do it, I’ll make it quick.” He joins a school club by request of his sister to help prevent it from becoming disbanded.
This anime has a big focus on presenting its viewers with various thought-provoking stories with the intention of having them think about the stories and what the outcomes at the end might be prior to them being revealed.
3Death Parade
In this anime, whenever someone has died, they end up in a bar. These bars act as the middle point between life and death. Before they can move on, they will need to partake in Death Games that will determine the fate of their soul.
While the premise may be far from similar to Dark Gathering, what catapults this anime past other entries is how similar it captures the feel of Dark Gatherings and how viewers will find a similar feeling of enjoyment watching it.
2Future Diary
This story follows Yukiteru Amano, a boy who records pretty much every single thing he does in his diary. If he sees a rock, he will tell his diary he sees a rock. He is thrust forth into a “survival game” where he will compete to the death against others.
Each of the people taking part in this survival game is a candidate to become the next God, and each of them will have a special ability to assist them. They each get to see their own diaries' next entries appear before they happen.
1Death Note
A true crown jewel of mystery anime,Death Notehas been heralded as one of the greatest stories ever told in the industry, and for good reason. The consistent back-and-forth twists that occur constantly surprise and captivate its audience and give them non-stop awe moments and realizations of what has been taking place before them without noticing it.
The cast is very diverse, and the supernatural elements allow for brilliantly executed curveballs to happen in the story. There areplenty of episodesthat will leave its viewers jaw dropped.
