13 Best Anime like Chainsaw Man You MUST Watch!


Chainsaw Man is one of the biggest Dark Fantasy Shounen manga right now. It began serialization in December 2018 and has ever since sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Its anime adaptation is currently ongoing, which started airing early October. While waiting for the next episode of CSM to be released, here are some of the best anime like Chainsaw Man that you can binge!

If you’ve watched the anime and are looking for some similar ones, then you’re in the right place. Some of the anime in this list may be a little lighter on the horror element, but I can promise that you’ll definitely fall in love with these shows’ excellent storylines and characters. 

Chainsaw Man Plot

Denji spends his days hunting devils with the help of his devil pet, “Pochita.” Due to the debt left behind by his father, he is forced to work for some bad people. This leads him to live the worst life possible.

One day, he is betrayed by the people he was working for and gets killed. To save him, Pochita merges with his corpse and revives him, giving him the powers of a chainsaw devil.

Now, with his new powers, he must work together with official devil hunters. Will he ever be able to have the simple teenage life he wants so much?

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Best Anime like Chainsaw Man

  1. Jujutsu Kaisen
  2. Demon Slayer
  3. Tokyo Ghoul
  4. Bleach
  5. Parasyte-The Maxim-
  6. No Guns Life
  7. Dororo
  8. Elfen Lied
  9. Kemono Jihen
  10. Another
  11. Dorohedoro
  12. Claymore
  13. Sankarea: Undying Love

Jujutsu Kaisen

JJK is last year’s hit anime and it is one of the hottest, latest anime like Chainsaw Man. In a world where demons and curses prey on humans, there existed a powerful demon named Sukuna. To prevent him from destroying the world, he was sealed away. The fragments of his body were scattered around the world.

If a demon consumes a part of his body, it will become powerful enough to endanger the entire world. Fortunately, the Jujutsu sorcerers make sure that such powerful cursed items remain sealed.

Yuji Itadori is a normal high schooler, but he possesses immense physical strength because of which every sports club in his school wants him to join them, but he would rather spend his free time with the Occult Research Club, talking about everything supernatural.

One day, the club members somehow manage to get their hands on a strange object believed to be cursed. Soon, Itadori’s life changes completely, and he ends up at Jujutsu High School as one of the students.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Since ancient times, it has been believed that bloodthirsty demons lurk in the woods at night. This is why no one is allowed to venture out at night.

Tanjirou and his family live in the mountains. After Tanjirou lost his father, he took it upon himself to earn money for the family by selling charcoal in the village. Life wasn’t easy, but it was a blessing.

One day, when he got too late selling charcoal and couldn’t return to the mountain at night, he ended up spending the night in the village, and when the next day he went back, he found his entire family dead except for his younger sister Nezuko, who had become a demon.

The demon slayer Giyū Tomioka, realizes that Nezuko is not like other demons and decides to spare her life. 

Now, with the help of the demon slayers, he must find a way to cure his sister and find the one who killed his family. 

Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul is considered one of the darkest animes of the last decade. It is easily one of the darkest anime like Chainsaw Man.

The story is set in a world where people live in fear of the flesh-eating creatures known as Ghouls. But none of that matters to the college freshman, Ken Kaneki, a bookish and ordinary student who just wants to go on a date with the girl he likes, Rize Kamishiro.

He somehow manages to ask her out on a date, and while on the date, she suddenly bites his shoulder when no one’s around and reveals that she’s a ghoul.

As he is about to die, several metal poles fall on top of her which alerts the nearby people, who then call an ambulance.

Rize died in the accident, and the doctors decided to transplant her organs into Kaneki’s body to save him. After waking up, he realizes that he’s no longer human. He became the first-ever half-ghoul.

Now, trapped between two worlds, he must learn more about being a ghoul and how to control his newfound powers with the help of some fellow ghouls.

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Bleach

At first glance, Ichigo Kurosaki seems like a normal 15-year-old teenager with a doctor father and two caring sisters. But, as long as he can remember, he’s been able to see ghosts and spirits.

His peaceful life undergoes a drastic change when his family is attacked by a strange creature and a girl named Rukia, who calls herself a Shinigami, comes to his house in search of the creature.

He soon learns that there’s more to the supernatural world than he had thought. Vengeful spirits known as Hollows exist and roam the world to devour souls, and Shinigami –soul reapers hunt these Hollows.

Ichigo somehow manages to fight the hollow, but he is still just a human fighting a powerful evil spirit. Just as he was about to lose, Rukia tries to share some of her powers with him. But something goes wrong and Ichigo’s body absorbs all of her powers, making him a Shinigami. 

Now, Rukia is stuck with Ichigo until she can find a way to get her powers back. Meanwhile, Ichigo must fulfill her duties in her place. His everyday life ended the instant he took the sword in his hand.

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Parasyte –The Maxim- 

Parasyte is another horror-thriller anime similar to Chainsaw Man.

An alien parasite race invades Earth with the mission to take over human bodies and thrive in secret.

Shinji is a normal high school student. One night, while he was sleeping, one of the parasites tried to enter his body through his nose but failed when he woke up.

Mistaking it for a snake, Shinji tries to kill it when suddenly it attacks him. He manages to stop him using his arm, but the parasite crawls inside his arm.

When the parasite fails to take over his body, it reluctantly strikes a truce with Shinji.

Now that both of them are stuck with each other, he will provide it with energy so that it can keep living. In exchange, it will give him extraordinary strength and protect him from other parasites that will not like the fact that Shinji’s mind is still working.

Will the two be able to work together to protect each other?

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No Guns Life

After the war, two things changed the world. One was the growing power of the Beruhren Corporation and the other was the development of special humans that have been physically altered and turned into powerful weapons known as “Extends”. 

Inui Jyuuzou is also one such Extended human, with a huge gun for a head. In a city filled with many Extends and Non-Extends, he works as a processor who deals with any trouble related to Extends.

One day, he gets a visit from an Extend criminal on the run along with a young boy. The Extend leaves the boy with him for protection.

Soon, he gets involved with all kinds of dangerous people from street gangs to the most powerful organization in the world, Beruhren.

Who is the kid that Beruhren wants back so badly? Why did the Extend bring the kid to him?

Dororo

Dororo is an anime similar to Chainsaw Man in terms of the MC having a weaponised body and dark plot.

Though not as violent as some other shows on this list, Dororo has a great storyline with its dark and disturbing moments. 

Lord Daigo Kagemitsu was hungry for power and decided to make a deal with 12 demons for the prosperity of his lands. 

The demons would make sure that his land flourished, and in exchange, they would each take a part of his unborn son’s body. 

His son was born without eyes, ears, tongue, hands, legs, or even skin, but he was still alive. On the lord’s orders, the child was abandoned and thrown into the river. But, he survived…

Years later, young thief Dororo meets a strange boy named “Hyakkimaru”, with blades as arms, wooden legs, and the mysterious ability to somehow sense monsters and demons.

Elfen Lied

Elfen Lied might just be one of the most violent animes of the early 2000s. The show paved the way for many upcoming fantasy horror anime and helped the genre become more mainstream.

Lucy is a young Diclonius, a human with horns and long invisible arms called Vectors. Possessing incredible strength, her invisible arms allow her to kill anyone within range. While escaping from the facility where she was being held captive, she falls into the water and ends up at a beach, naked and with no memories.

High schooler Kouta and his cousin Yuka find a naked Lucy at the beach. They decide to let her stay at their place and help her regain her memories. Now, named Nyu by the two, she ends up living with them for the time being.

Bringing a killing machine into their home isn’t exactly a good idea. Fortunately, she’s lost her memories, but it’s only a matter of time before the murderer in her wakes up again.

Kemono Jihen

Kemono Jihen or Monster Incident is one of the best anime like Chainsaw man which has a dark plot, but executes it in a cool, cute manner.

Special detective Kohachi Inugami received a report about a strange phenomenon happening in a remote village in the countryside. The village had many animals, but all of a sudden, in one night, many of the animals were found dead.

Inugami arrived in the village to investigate the incidents. There, he meets a strange boy named Kabane who agrees to help him, but there’s something strange about the kid.

Little by little, he uncovers the mystery behind the killings and also finds out that Kabane is the hybrid son of a ghoul and a human. 

He decides to take Kabane with him to Tokyo and hire him for his detective agency to help in resolving supernatural cases. 

Another

There is a legend surrounding the third-year classroom in a middle school. About thirty-six years ago, a popular and talented student named Misaki was mysteriously killed. The sudden death caused her classmates to be in shock, and the whole class felt haunted.

Soon, the class started to act as if Misaki didn’t die and that she was still alive. Then, at the graduation ceremony, in the class photo, Misaki was there. 

Years later, 15-year-old Kouichi Sakakibara has just transferred into the infamous classroom. He soon noticed that something was off in the class, especially in his classmate Mei Misaki.

Misaki warns him not to get involved with her, but he continues to get close to her and figure out the mystery of the class. And soon, the students and teachers are put at high risk as people start dying.

Dorohedoro

Dorohedoro is an anime like chainsaw man where the MC has turned into a monster, yet remain as human as they can be.

The Hole is a dark and desolate town where magic users go to test their powers on the weak people living there. The strong prey on the weak, and people dying is a normal occurrence. The magic users think of the residents of the Hole as nothing more than insects.

Kaiman used to be a normal human living in the Hole but then one day, a magic user used a spell on him that transformed his face into that of a lizard, and there’s even a strange man inside his mouth. Unfortunately, he lost his memories and can’t remember who the magician was.

Now, with the help of his friend Nikaido, he hopes to find the man by biting the head of every magic user he can find so that the man inside him can determine the culprit.

Set in a gritty and cruel world, Dorohedoro is a great post-apocalyptic anime with a healthy mix of comedy, death, and blood. 

Claymore

In the Middle Ages, people lived in fear of the demons known as Yoma. These demons hunted and devoured humans mercilessly. Stopping them was difficult because of their ability to take on the appearance of anyone they eat, making them look like any other human being.

The only ones who can detect a disguised demon and kill them are the Claymores, half-demon, half-human women. Hated by everyone, Claymores are powerful women capable of fighting a demon with the strength and speed they get from their demon blood.

One day, when a demon appears in a small village, the villagers decide to hire a claymore named Clare.

In the village, she meets young Raki, whose parents were killed by the demon. Raki is not afraid of Clare like the others and is strangely drawn to her. 

After Clare kills the demon, Raki decides to join her in her adventures. Will he be able to help her in her struggle against her demon side?

Claymore is a great anime if you’re looking for a good revenge story, as Clare searches for a former claymore who gave into her demon side.

Sankarea: Undying Love

The final anime like Chainsaw Man on this list is, Sankarea: Undying Love.

High schooler Chihiro Furuya is a big fanatic of everything related to zombies and horror films, collecting zombie video games, movies, anime, and manga. He finds the idea of being with a zombie girl really hot.

One day, after his pet cat passes away, he decides to bring his cat back to life using an old manuscript that describes the procedure for making a supposed resurrection potion. 

Every night, he sneaks off to an abandoned hotel and attempts to brew the potion. One night, a beautiful girl named Rea Sanka comes to the building to commit suicide and ends up drinking the potion, believing it to be poisonous. 

Following a disagreement with her father, she falls off a cliff and dies, but is resurrected as a Zombie because of the potion.