Any good dark anime - trauma, make you rethink life

Hi,
This maybe asked before but I'm looking for some good dark anime - something maybe like berserk: makes you rethink things leave a trauma.

And for f*** sake don't recommend
AOT, parasyte they are not dark

I've already watched:
Berserk, Devil man crybaby, death note, steins gate, Monster, redo of healer, darker than black !

Thanks !

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Affectionate-Can-2312026-01-10 07:51

Fate/Zero, 91 days.

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-10 07:57

Already Watched. Liked both but i won't call zero a dark anime !

Any other suggestions like 91 days ?

Affectionate-Can-2312026-01-10 08:11

Garden of sinners???

AdrianFr0st2026-01-10 09:58

Garden of Sinners is a masterpiece.

Affectionate-Can-2312026-01-10 10:05

You have excellent taste 🫵🏾

AdrianFr0st2026-01-10 10:10

Thanks! 😁 I am a big fan of the whole lore Fate, Tsukihime, Witch on the Holy Night, Garden of Sinners etc. It is all so incredible.

HojoTokiyukisama_692026-01-10 07:52

Evangelion the scene where Asuka was lying in the hospital bed and Shinji did something😳

Kingqueenkemi2026-01-10 11:07

Ooof yeah. That was a tough watch

Itzz_D4rk2026-01-10 07:53

hellsing ultimate

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-10 07:54

Great anime, watched it 5 yrs ago.
Any other suggestions ?

Sea-Cap-46512026-01-10 07:58

Parasite dolls and perfect blue

BubbleUniverseTheory2026-01-10 07:59

Shiki

Still-Building81162026-01-10 08:00

You want trauma?

Midori (1992 - OVA)

rinimeni2026-01-10 08:02

Dororo

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-10 08:07

Great anime. I don't know why people don't talk about it more.

AdrianFr0st2026-01-10 09:57

This.

maullidothethird2026-01-10 08:02

Samurai flamenco

AccordingCricket50832026-01-10 08:08

I related a little too much to Welcome to The N.H.K. and had to quit before it affected me. Erased was a nice a short cinematic series, but dark-ish. There's one on the tip of my brain that isn't coming to me .

ItsyaboiIida2026-01-10 08:08

Dark Gathering can get kind of fucked up at times, especially some of the backstories on the spirits.

Thandasp2026-01-10 08:11

Death Parade, lowkey made me to deny any idea of $uiсide

MonoMonMono2026-01-10 08:15

Takopi

Barefoot Gen

FullmetalGin2026-01-10 08:20

Now and then, here and there. It really fucked me up. If you like isekai, this is a more realistic take on it. Don’t look anything up, just go into it blind, you will thank me.

Chadzuma2026-01-10 08:26

If you need an anime to make you rethink your own life, you are not yet as profound as you believe yourself to be. Perhaps that's why you could not appreciate Parasyte, as its subject matter deals in universal truths bigger than any one person. The most profound stories are often the ones that appeal to the human condition rather than directly to the viewer.

Anyways popoff over, don't take it personal about me defending one of my fav shows. I get you in the sense that it's not really that dark past the middle part anyway, it's more just a commentary on nature and killer instinct. Onto my actual recs. Goblin Slayer deals heavily in trauma and the struggle of living beyond it in its themes and is filled with Berserk influences in equal parts to all its D&D and LotR allusions. Even if you don't like the anime [(a feat in itself)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_VBzONOP2U), the manga is amazing and the art HEAVILY evokes Miura's style. The prequel manga in particular is awesome esp since there's no anime adaptation.

Madomagi and Takopii are 10/10 trauma overload with incredible depth, insight, and vision. Madomagi is more of an allegory while Takopii is direct and in-your-face but hyperbolic to drive its point home even further. Two different styles of storytelling, both masterfully executed.

I also just finished Gakkou Gurashi earlier today and man that one hurt. That show was just peak levels of "damn they got me" over and over, absolutely savage, so mean and so beautiful. Highly recommended, absolutely coasting into a supremely easy 9/10.

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-10 08:54

I am not saying Parasyte as a bad anime at all. I have watched it 3 times. One of favorite animes but I'm saying it didn't feel that dark to me.

I'll check out the rest. Thanks!

Chadzuma2026-01-10 10:30

Yeah I got you bro. [Play Demon's Roots if you haven't already it's fuckin peak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKQIT89pYE)

SeventhAscendant2026-01-10 08:32

I don't know how you consider Stein's Gate dark but not AOT or Parasyte, but anyway.

Made in Abyss might suit your tastes.

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-10 08:56

I'm not saying steins gate as dark I've just read it as a recommendation in another thread at multiple places, so wanted to avoid that.

I'll check out made in abyss. Heard good things about it !

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-13 11:34

Where can I watch made in abyss s1 ?
I can't find it anywhere

Prestigious_Door55212026-01-10 08:35

This is anime subreddit, but if you have chance to read, oyasumi punpun is good read.

Evangalion.
Girl's last tour

Not sure if you count chainsawman or not, probably not.

J1mbr02026-01-10 09:03

Watch Redo of a Healer...[again](https://youtu.be/Ry001BLw48E?si=oMRZ8v0bf4tLmO4J&t=0m40s)

Lovelys_Queen2026-01-10 09:23

Dark Gathering - Ghost Hunting Small Girl & Her Friend c every episode at night it will be feel good & thriller but not best spooky horror or gor

Haunting-Orchid-46282026-01-10 10:16

Serial Experiments Lain

Matholyte2026-01-10 12:20

Shin sekai yori, infinite ryvius, made in abyss, Tokyo ghoul, psycho-pass, madoka,yuuki yuna, claymore, chainsaw man?, houseki no kuni. It really depends on your definition of dark.

LongjumpingShip36572026-01-10 22:40

The original Mobile Suit Gundam and it's sequels

Mobile Suit Gundam -> Zeta Gundam -> ZZ Gundam -> Gundam CCA -> Gundam F91 -> Victory Gundam

Here's an example [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8W78-Dvnw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8W78-Dvnw)

One-Knowledge-70722026-01-10 23:20

Might not be a common recommendation, but Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Watching it really punched me in the gut.

Mr_Rock-haley2026-01-11 03:28

Takopi's Original Sin, Midori, and Made in Abyss are the most traumatic of all. If you like reading, I suggest Punpun

Swimming_Ad_35812026-01-13 11:34

Where can I watch made in abyss s1 ?
I can't find it anywhere

Mr_Rock-haley2026-01-13 13:54

on Netflix and, if I'm not mistaken, on Hidive