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Topic	Kokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi 08/30/17 2:28:57 AM #10:	95. Joshiraku https://myanimelist.net/anime/12679/Joshiraku Joshiraku is a comedy series about a group of girls who do rakugo (a type of story telling entertainment). There is not really any focus on that as most of it is just them hanging out for each of the various gags. It follows the five girls as they go on their misadventures. The cast of this show is pretty good overall. Each girl has a distinct personality trait, that while at times seems to be blown out of proportion for comedic effect, really meld well together with the rest of the cast and a lot of the jokes in the show. One of the girls, Kukuru is especially negative in everything she says to the point where just her talking becomes funny. All of the names are a play on words of sorts (something I would not have actually known at first glance). I mean that's not really important but a neat little tidbit. The show shines more because of the interaction of the characters rather than there being a stand out. The comedy set ups for the show are pretty spot on. They have a good mix of instant laughs but imo the set ups it has for some of the jokes (such as the ghost one) were really good. It's not always the funniest show but the diverse amounts of personalities should keep someone entertained. This is a show though that does represent among the largest cultural gaps on this list. Even someone like me who watches a lot of anime and knows a bit about some Japanese culture and current events would have struggled without things like translators notes explaining some of actual references. Even so don't let that scare you away. I still don't think this is a new viewer show but if you're looking for something a little different in the slice of life comedy department this is a good fit. 94. Kamisama Kiss (S1+2) https://myanimelist.net/anime/14713/Kamisama_Hajimemashita Kamisama Kiss is going to be the first of several shoujo romantic comedies that are going to appear on this list. I generally find the good shows in this genre to be really good (albeit the bad ones are almost always unwatchable). This one is about a young girl Nanami who becomes the Earth Goddess of the a shrine in order to not be homeless anymore. She gains the help of several spirits to learn about her duties and the spirit realm, most notably the main love interest of the show, a fox spirit named Tomoe. The show is pretty lighthearted for the most part, but later in the first season and the second it gets into more serious story points to further the relationship between the two mains. The show is a shoujo so a majority of the characters are male, but none of them are really love interests, more differing personalities for the viewer to enjoy. The characters themselves are fun but honestly most of them don't add much versus a change of pace or some comic relief in a show that doesn't need that much to begin with. That said, the two mains do get ample focus and development. They maintain their personalities but their actions towards each other and others changes over time in differing ways. Even with all of that some of the romance parts are not always too strong. A lot of it his backloaded at the end and they seem to happen in like sudden spurts than seem more natural. I guess the current pinnacle of the genre is Toradora and it's not as good as that but has its moments and the comedy aspects more than make up for some of its shortcomings. If you're looking for an introduction to the genre that aired recently this is a pretty good start. It's pretty low on melodrama (something a lot of shows in this genre has) has an appealing art style, and good comedy. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016. <cite>KokoroAkechi posted [p:885701163] in Kokoro's t... [t:75719223]...</cite> <quote>95. Joshiraku https://myanimelist.net/anime/12679/Joshiraku Joshiraku is a comedy series about a group of girls who do rakugo (a type of story telling entertainment). There is not really any focus on that as most of it is just them hanging out for each of the various gags. It follows the five girls as they go on their misadventures. The cast of this show is pretty good overall. Each girl has a distinct personality trait, that while at times seems to be blown out of proportion for comedic effect, really meld well together with the rest of the cast and a lot of the jokes in the show. One of the girls, Kukuru is especially negative in everything she says to the point where just her talking becomes funny. All of the names are a play on words of sorts (something I would not have actually known at first glance). I mean that's not really important but a neat little tidbit. The show shines more because of the interaction of the characters rather than there being a stand out. The comedy set ups for the show are pretty spot on. They have a good mix of instant laughs but imo the set ups it has for some of the jokes (such as the ghost one) were really good. It's not always the funniest show but the diverse amounts of personalities should keep someone entertained. This is a show though that does represent among the largest cultural gaps on this list. Even someone like me who watches a lot of anime and knows a bit about some Japanese culture and current events would have struggled without things like translators notes explaining some of actual references. Even so don't let that scare you away. I still don't think this is a new viewer show but if you're looking for something a little different in the slice of life comedy department this is a good fit. 94. Kamisama Kiss (S1+2) https://myanimelist.net/anime/14713/Kamisama_Hajimemashita Kamisama Kiss is going to be the first of several shoujo romantic comedies that are going to appear on this list. I generally find the good shows in this genre to be really good (albeit the bad ones are almost always unwatchable). This one is about a young girl Nanami who becomes the Earth Goddess of the a shrine in order to not be homeless anymore. She gains the help of several spirits to learn about her duties and the spirit realm, most notably the main love interest of the show, a fox spirit named Tomoe. The show is pretty lighthearted for the most part, but later in the first season and the second it gets into more serious story points to further the relationship between the two mains. The show is a shoujo so a majority of the characters are male, but none of them are really love interests, more differing personalities for the viewer to enjoy. The characters themselves are fun but honestly most of them don't add much versus a change of pace or some comic relief in a show that doesn't need that much to begin with. That said, the two mains do get ample focus and development. They maintain their personalities but their actions towards each other and others changes over time in differing ways. Even with all of that some of the romance parts are not always too strong. A lot of it his backloaded at the end and they seem to happen in like sudden spurts than seem more natural. I guess the current pinnacle of the genre is Toradora and it's not as good as that but has its moments and the comedy aspects more than make up for some of its shortcomings. If you're looking for an introduction to the genre that aired recently this is a pretty good start. It's pretty low on melodrama (something a lot of shows in this genre has) has an appealing art style, and good comedy. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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