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Topic	Kokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi 09/10/17 1:16:38 AM #48:	68. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. https://myanimelist.net/anime/33255/Saiki_Kusuo_no_%CE%A8-nan_TV Saiki K is a series of shorts of five minutes each that were combined each week into a episodic formats. So it technically does not actually qualify for this list but it's my list and I doubt anyone here saw this in its original format anyway. It's about Saiki Kusuo, a teenager with psychic ability, but he's showing us how they are more a curse than a blessing. As far as pure comedies go, this is probably the funniest show I've seen since Nichijou. Right off what holds it back though is that the characters lack the same appeal overall. Don't get me wrong the characters are really funny, like the magician who is constantly bailed out by Saiki's powers and every time he exclaims "AMAZING". Or the Chuuni who fucking follows Saiki everywhere. The main thing is all the character are really jokes in themselves. Like I said the comedy is great and very consistent overall. It has jokes that hit right away and some that take the entire skit. However, it doesn't have like that single scene that you're really going to remember. Instead characters basically have their own running gags that make up most of the jokes. Besides that nothing else too it. No real story or anything or real character development. This was a huge surprise for the season it aired and I think everyone can like this show no matter what genres they like. 67. Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited - Hyoubu Kyousuke https://myanimelist.net/anime/16005/Zettai_Karen_Children__The_Unlimited_-_Hyoubu_Kyousuke This is a spin off of Zettai Karen Children, but it has little real connection. Much like Tokyo ESP to Garei zero. Thankfully this show is much better than Tokyo ESP. It does share a similarity where it is about ESPers. In this case they are led by the title character, who wants to protect other ESPers and put a stop to the humans who mistreat them. If you think Hyoubu's character sounds like Mageneto... you're right. There are differences though, Magneto is often clearly a villain where Hyoubu take the role of antihero. He gets significant development through flashbacks and the present time story. An interesting note is that Hyoubu is indeed the bad guy in the original work. The other characters worth noting are Yuugiri, kind of like the "bonding element" for the other characters and Andy Hinomiya a character with the ability to negate esper powers. Overall the structure of the show is similar to what you'll see in Darker Than Black as the overall concepts are very similar. In the end this show deals with some more moral gray areas that DTB and I think had a higher ceiling, but DTB overall has a better cast and a much more fleshed out world. Being a spin off does tend to hurt this show in that regard. This is a very good show that have no real reasons not to be picked up if you're looking to watch a short action type series. It's easy to get into and is very western friendly overall. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016. <cite>KokoroAkechi posted [p:886334005] in Kokoro's t... [t:75719223]...</cite> <quote>68. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. https://myanimelist.net/anime/33255/Saiki_Kusuo_no_%CE%A8-nan_TV Saiki K is a series of shorts of five minutes each that were combined each week into a episodic formats. So it technically does not actually qualify for this list but it's my list and I doubt anyone here saw this in its original format anyway. It's about Saiki Kusuo, a teenager with psychic ability, but he's showing us how they are more a curse than a blessing. As far as pure comedies go, this is probably the funniest show I've seen since Nichijou. Right off what holds it back though is that the characters lack the same appeal overall. Don't get me wrong the characters are really funny, like the magician who is constantly bailed out by Saiki's powers and every time he exclaims "AMAZING". Or the Chuuni who fucking follows Saiki everywhere. The main thing is all the character are really jokes in themselves. Like I said the comedy is great and very consistent overall. It has jokes that hit right away and some that take the entire skit. However, it doesn't have like that single scene that you're really going to remember. Instead characters basically have their own running gags that make up most of the jokes. Besides that nothing else too it. No real story or anything or real character development. This was a huge surprise for the season it aired and I think everyone can like this show no matter what genres they like. 67. Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited - Hyoubu Kyousuke https://myanimelist.net/anime/16005/Zettai_Karen_Children__The_Unlimited_-_Hyoubu_Kyousuke This is a spin off of Zettai Karen Children, but it has little real connection. Much like Tokyo ESP to Garei zero. Thankfully this show is much better than Tokyo ESP. It does share a similarity where it is about ESPers. In this case they are led by the title character, who wants to protect other ESPers and put a stop to the humans who mistreat them. If you think Hyoubu's character sounds like Mageneto... you're right. There are differences though, Magneto is often clearly a villain where Hyoubu take the role of antihero. He gets significant development through flashbacks and the present time story. An interesting note is that Hyoubu is indeed the bad guy in the original work. The other characters worth noting are Yuugiri, kind of like the "bonding element" for the other characters and Andy Hinomiya a character with the ability to negate esper powers. Overall the structure of the show is similar to what you'll see in Darker Than Black as the overall concepts are very similar. In the end this show deals with some more moral gray areas that DTB and I think had a higher ceiling, but DTB overall has a better cast and a much more fleshed out world. Being a spin off does tend to hurt this show in that regard. This is a very good show that have no real reasons not to be picked up if you're looking to watch a short action type series. It's easy to get into and is very western friendly overall. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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