15 [Similar Anime] Like Blood Lad

The action in each show is really nicely animated, with Blood Lad going for a mere stylized approach than Noragami does, but both definitely a lot of fun when they choose to let loose. Noragami is perhaps the more serious of the two shows, but never forgets to lighten up the mood with some well placed, and amusing comedy.

But that's not all that's changed. Her life becomes involved with supernatural beings that revolves around cases that puts her life in danger. The male protagonist strives to protect them and hopefully restore things back to order.

Expect action, drama, comedy, and humorous dialogues.

There is a lot of comedy in both series. Despite the main male protagonist portrayed as being powerful, they also seems to lack common sense and often or not seems to need help with logic of the real world. Both series also seems to make fun of popular culture and has references as well. There is also action that are sometimes exaggerated. The main female character in both series are a bit different but has an awkward relationship with the mc throughout the series. On the other hand, Fuyumi (Blood Lad) and Chiho (Hataraku Maou-Sama!) has some similarities.

The comedy in each show is fairly similar a lot of the time, so fans of one will likely find the other enjoyable.

The main male protagonist from both series are hot headed but does care about his friends and companion. The main female characters contrasts quite a bit from both series but do also play some pivotal roles in the stories. They often encourage their companion to believe in themselves at what they do.

Both series has a lot of comedy and strange gags. This is presented in more of a lighthearted tone that occurs out of random sometimes. Additionally, expect some action as there are conflicts in involved from both worlds.

Blue Exorcist's main character, Rin Okumura, is a demon who was raised as a human and chooses to get stronger to protect humans. In Blue Exorcist's world, the demon world and human world are in constant conflict as humans try to protect themselves from malevolent demons.

Blood Lad's main character, Staz C. Blood, is a vampire who is the leader of a gang taking up a territory the size of a large city. He meets a human girl for the first time but lacks the desire to simply eat her, and ends up wanting to protect her. She immediately dies and becomes a demon ghost, so he decides to do whatever it takes to revive her as a normal human.

Both main characters have extraordinary power that makes them potentially more powerful than most others within their own universe. Both characters tend to act like they can do whatever they want, or at least want to act that way. Neither character likes to think too hard about what their doing, but in the case of Blood Lad, Staz seems to easily and immediately pick logical choices while Rin is a bit more of a "think later" type of character.

They both involve the concept in which a normal character who recently died returns to life but no longer are the same as they are before. They must adjust to their new living conditions and often faces new strange twists with the "life" they live now.

Both series has a lot of comedy and fun dialogues. The character interactions are also amusing to watch. At the same time, expect little bits of romance development along with supporting characters that also gets caught into the mix.

Another similar aspect is that both characters have a hidden power within them.

Among other things, there is a LOT of comedy in both series. Even some of the action scenes has this so the mood is very lighthearted. Then, there's the strange misunderstandings that happens around the communities of both series. Furthermore, there are demons present in both series. The main female protagonist are a bit different though but they have a strange relationship with the main guy.

Both series contains the supernatural element although in different form. They involve a normal main protagonist meets an abnormal character gifted with strange powers. They have a strange relationship as well.

There is a lot of humor and references used in both series. Action is present too although presented not as too serious but does follow the tone. Both series' main character also has a goal they are trying to accomplish through many means with various results.

Blood Lad is a must watch if you like otaku humor, shonen and funny references to other anime. Sadly the anime only has 10 episodes. It's more a promotion for the manga with an open ending, but still worth watching.

One Punch Man is a must watch if you like comedy anime that involves just as much fighting, awesome animation, epic fights, episodic storys with a greater story progressing parallelly.