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Shows that feel likeBanana Fish (2018)

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

If you loved Banana Fish, the closest series we have are Girl from Nowhere (2018), My Name (2021) and The Glory (2022). All three share Banana Fish's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Devilman Crybaby (2018).

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If Banana Fish hit the spot, these will too

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Girl from Nowhere
2018–2021 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeNetflix

Common ground in both: rape and revenge

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Banana Fish does

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

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My Name
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.8crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

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The Glory
2022–2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: anti hero

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

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BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023– · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.7action & adventure · animationNetflix

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

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The Queen of Flow
2018– · 3 seasons · Caracol TV
★ 7.5drama · crimeNetflix

Both land stillness and grit at once

Seventeen years after being wrongly imprisoned, a talented songwriter seeks justice against the men who caused her downfall and killed her family.

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Tokyo Revengers
2021– · 1 season · MBS
★ 7.7animation · action & adventure · crimeHulu

Relentless animation, and it commits to that

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.

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Who Killed Sara?
2021–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.4drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Both lean on twists more than on drama

Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister's murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime's real culprit.

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24
2001–2014 · 9 seasons · FOX
★ 8.4action & adventure · drama · crimeHulu

Action & adventure with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

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Lupin
2021– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Twisty mystery in both cases

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

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Oz
1997–2003 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7crime · dramaMax

The same two preoccupations: prison, and drugs

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1990s show

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

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Taboo
2017 · 1 season · BBC One
★ 8.3drama · mysteryPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: conspiracy

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

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Devilman Crybaby
2018 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: tragedy

The difference: Leans harder into sci-fi & fantasy than Banana Fish does

With demons reawakened and humanity in turmoil, a sensitive demon-boy is led into a brutal, degenerate war against evil by his mysterious friend, Ryo.

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