Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-108.18.138.169-20170519220856

I am new to anime, but I really liked Tokyo Ghoul, and I was looking for some suggestions for anime like Tokyo Ghoul. Since every one here probably knows a ton about the anime, I thought that I would ask here.

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First, though, here is some background information (feel free to skip it...):. Last year I watched Death Note, and I really liked the constant thinking and strategy (as well as the... shall we say... either horror or psychological elements) that it had. Then, I watched Sprial: Bond of Reasoning (suizi no kizuna?). I also really liked that it in that it made me think just as much as Death Note. It was not as violent, but it was still very enjoyable.

More recently, I have finihsed watching Tokyo Ghoul. ALthough it did not have any thinking, I completely feel in love with it. It had super-powers, horror, drama, action, and some psychological elements.

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Right now, I am looking for an anime similar to Tokyo Ghoul. The things that I am looking for are: boy gains super-powers; gore (but not overly gory like Elfen Lied or Corpse Party... it's just excessive gore that does not add anything.. and Corpse Party is just too terrible for me); horror; drama; *a nice person who goes through some torture or torment and ends up going crazy (but fierce/strong)... just like Ken Kaneki did—this is one of the KEY parts—; mystery; action. I like the thinking part (as in Spiral and Death Note), but those other things are the ones that I am most looking for right now.

I have tried Seraph of the End, which, although a decent anime, does not show the personality change that I am looking for (although it does have the obtaining of powers that I am looking for). I have tried Baccano!, but it really does not have what I am looking for either... it is focusing on many characters and... welll... it just doesn't seem to fit the bill (although it is fun). I briefly tried 'Another', but I found it lacking in what I was looking for to.

Anyways, if you could suggest some anime for me to watch, I would really appreciate it because I have not been able to find anything that really mathces what I liked so much about Tokyo Ghoul.

Thanks so much!

(So far, I've seen Parasyte, Dead-Man Wonderland, a bit of Ajin (but it was hard to get past the CGI...), and Umineko no Naku Koro Ni.) 