Binge Worthy Psychological Anime

Two teenage boys calling themselves Sphinx carry out a terrorist attack on Tokyo and dare the authorities to figure out who they are. On paper, they're the villains. But the more you watch, the more complicated that becomes. The question isn't just who wins. It's why any of this is happening at all and who the real villains are.

A mafia family murders our MC's entire household. Seven years later, he returns under a false identity as Avilio Bruno, gets close to the don's son, and begins methodically destroying the Vanetti family from the inside. This is an old, gripping revenge story that asks whether revenge actually fills anything at all.

Rainbow is a dark and emotional anime that follows six teenage boys from completely different backgrounds that end up sharing the same cell in a brutal reform school. What they find in that cell is each other and an older inmate who becomes the backbone they all lean on. The bond these boys form under the worst possible conditions is some of the most genuine brotherhood you'll see in anime.

This story follows Rintaro Okabe, a self-proclaimed mad scientist who accidentally discovers a way to send text messages to the past. What starts as playful sci-fi slowly becomes an emotionally devastating time travel story. Steins;Gate is widely considered one of the greatest anime ever made, and the reputation is completely earned.

Welcome to the NHK follows Tatsuhiro Sato, a university dropout who hasn't left his apartment in years. He's convinced a shadowy organization called the NHK is behind a conspiracy to keep people like him isolated forever. One day a mysterious girl knocks on his door and tells him she wants to help him. What follows is one of the most honest, uncomfortable, and quietly funny portrayals of depression, social anxiety, and the many ways people avoid dealing with their lives.