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Topic	Kokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi 09/11/17 12:14:07 AM #52:	64. Maria the Virgin Witch https://myanimelist.net/anime/26441/Junketsu_no_Maria Maria the Virgin Witch is what I'd call a coming of age story for our main character Maria. She is a girl (a witch obviously) hate violence and conflict and uses her powers to intervene in them. Seeing this Michael (the angel) makes a decree that if Maria was to lose her virginity she would also lose her powers. The setting is the 100 years war but there is not much actual war in the show. Instead it's more about a story of what happens when extreme idealism is met with the world and more the effects of it. The show tackles several big social issues within its air time and some of them are better addressed than others. The show also does not shy from things that might make the viewer uncomfortable as it does pretty well at making the viewer feel what the characters are in a given situation. Maria is the star and gets a lot of development and backstory. The rest of the cast is more supporting, but Joseph also gets a strong development arc. A lot of the show does have some clear "this guy is good and this guy is bad" type things where I think more morally gray characters would have benefited this title greatly. The show is pretty much is a big hodgepodge of genres going from drama, comedy, thriller, action, romance, and so on. It even has some fan service tossed in there for good measure. While it doesn't excel at any of these things it doesn't do any of them poorly. Their placement in the show might be a little off but the reflection the shows tone at a given moment when compared to a characters mindset is noticeable. Maria the Virgin Witch is a show I think has a hard time finding an audience because it doesn't really have a lot for anime fans (who normally appreciate very specific traits of anime) and because it's not really extraordinary in any way to make it a classic. However, I still think this is a show that should be on a watch list. 63. New Game! https://myanimelist.net/anime/31953/New_Game New Game is a slice of life comedy set in a small game development studio. However, if you're looking for a show that is like about the industry... this is not the show for you. It has some hints about it and uses parts of it for like plot points, but it's basically cute girls doing cute things. I will say though that the second season's tone is different and is closer to what people wanted this show to be to begin with. Any slice of life comedy is going to be reliant on characters and the comedy. Starting with the characters it's interesting that all of them are adults, but many of them don't act as so? Or I say that but honestly most of them are like early to mid 20s and based on the workplace environment they are in I often find this complaint to weak at best and unfounded at the worst points. That said I think the entire cast is fun but no one really stands out as like a centerpiece or carry for the viewer. Aoba (the main girl) is cute and easy to root for but doesn't quite have the personality to draw people to her. I will like to mention Kou, who I wish would just not wear pants at all, she does relatively little in the show but also has pretty high waifu level potential. But if I had to choose a favorite it would be the genki, Hajime Shinod (who has legs for days). The comedy is decent enough. It's really more cute than funny I'd say. There are not a lot of real jokes in the show with punchlines more situations that are funny. It's hit and miss at times and I think the comedy level of the show is what places this a little lower than some other shows in the genre that have ranked higher on this list. Don't get me wrong there are very funny parts but not all of them hit the mark. Despite that this is a good pickup for anyone who likes the moe genre. It has cute characters, serviceable comedy, and some of the best art I've seen for the genre in a while. Praise Dogo Kobo. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016. <cite>KokoroAkechi posted [p:886387421] in Kokoro's t... [t:75719223]...</cite> <quote>64. Maria the Virgin Witch https://myanimelist.net/anime/26441/Junketsu_no_Maria Maria the Virgin Witch is what I'd call a coming of age story for our main character Maria. She is a girl (a witch obviously) hate violence and conflict and uses her powers to intervene in them. Seeing this Michael (the angel) makes a decree that if Maria was to lose her virginity she would also lose her powers. The setting is the 100 years war but there is not much actual war in the show. Instead it's more about a story of what happens when extreme idealism is met with the world and more the effects of it. The show tackles several big social issues within its air time and some of them are better addressed than others. The show also does not shy from things that might make the viewer uncomfortable as it does pretty well at making the viewer feel what the characters are in a given situation. Maria is the star and gets a lot of development and backstory. The rest of the cast is more supporting, but Joseph also gets a strong development arc. A lot of the show does have some clear "this guy is good and this guy is bad" type things where I think more morally gray characters would have benefited this title greatly. The show is pretty much is a big hodgepodge of genres going from drama, comedy, thriller, action, romance, and so on. It even has some fan service tossed in there for good measure. While it doesn't excel at any of these things it doesn't do any of them poorly. Their placement in the show might be a little off but the reflection the shows tone at a given moment when compared to a characters mindset is noticeable. Maria the Virgin Witch is a show I think has a hard time finding an audience because it doesn't really have a lot for anime fans (who normally appreciate very specific traits of anime) and because it's not really extraordinary in any way to make it a classic. However, I still think this is a show that should be on a watch list. 63. New Game! https://myanimelist.net/anime/31953/New_Game New Game is a slice of life comedy set in a small game development studio. However, if you're looking for a show that is like about the industry... this is not the show for you. It has some hints about it and uses parts of it for like plot points, but it's basically cute girls doing cute things. I will say though that the second season's tone is different and is closer to what people wanted this show to be to begin with. Any slice of life comedy is going to be reliant on characters and the comedy. Starting with the characters it's interesting that all of them are adults, but many of them don't act as so? Or I say that but honestly most of them are like early to mid 20s and based on the workplace environment they are in I often find this complaint to weak at best and unfounded at the worst points. That said I think the entire cast is fun but no one really stands out as like a centerpiece or carry for the viewer. Aoba (the main girl) is cute and easy to root for but doesn't quite have the personality to draw people to her. I will like to mention Kou, who I wish would just not wear pants at all, she does relatively little in the show but also has pretty high waifu level potential. But if I had to choose a favorite it would be the genki, Hajime Shinod (who has legs for days). The comedy is decent enough. It's really more cute than funny I'd say. There are not a lot of real jokes in the show with punchlines more situations that are funny. It's hit and miss at times and I think the comedy level of the show is what places this a little lower than some other shows in the genre that have ranked higher on this list. Don't get me wrong there are very funny parts but not all of them hit the mark. Despite that this is a good pickup for anyone who likes the moe genre. It has cute characters, serviceable comedy, and some of the best art I've seen for the genre in a while. Praise Dogo Kobo. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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