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TopicKokoro presents: The top 100 anime of the decade (according to Kokoro).
KokoroAkechi
01/16/20 9:32:31 PM
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25. Tantei Opera Milky Holmes S2
https://anilist.co/anime/11341/Detective-Opera-Milky-Holmes-2/

Milky Holmes is a dumb franchise, the only season that is good is the second one with the others varying from very bad to okay. The comedy in the second season is just amazingly on point. It takes the incredibly simple quirks of each character and uses them so well. The premises for each episode is great. The first one they literally become farmers because they forget they are detectives and Cordellia (who sings all her lines basically) goes crazy because their flowers get destroyed. Or one where they go to jail and go on a search for "hope". Or an episode where they fight a giant monster of lard. The villains are great too. This is also the anime where the super genius of 3000000 IQ comes from, Kokoro Akechi.

24. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
https://anilist.co/anime/10719/Haganai/

On its surface Haganai is a run in the mill haremesque comedy where the cast is inhabited by a bunch of misfits without any friends, who ironically, form the neighbors club to make friends. The backstories of the characters are pretty overly tuned to push some of the character drama for the romance angle, but they also their circumstances as reasoning for why characters might act like they do. In terms of entertaining quality, the cast is fantastic. Even the annoying ones (like Maria) add levels of flavor to the show as the other members of the cast get to play off of them. There are fine lines of comradery and animosity between Sena and Yozora, which for the most part is handled quite well when their personalities clash. Then you have the best girl, Rika who has some not only the best comedic scenes but some of the best dramatic ones as well.

23. Aggrestuko (Netflix)
https://anilist.co/anime/101571/Aggretsuko/

In terms of overall relatability and a level of almost too close to home storylines, Aggrestuko is the anime to beat. An incredible mix of a very cute Sanrio model style and real life adult life situations this is one of the most impressive displays of character building and storytelling I've seen in a show. While the anime does not really add a lot to the side characters, they add different insights for Retsuko as she goes through her ups and downs. When the anime does choose to focus on someone there is a surprising amount of information you can gain because it might match up very well to known experiences from the viewer. In a lot of cases this could be seen as somewhat lazy as it means viewers need to fill in blanks, but here there is just such a level of "knowing" the situation when you see it that it's great.

22. Land of the Lustrous
https://anilist.co/anime/98707/Land-of-the-Lustrous/

If you want to talk about the presentation, art, and animation style Land of the Lustrous is a top tier anime. It looks incredible. Some of the most impressive visual animation sequences of the decade. The other aspect that carries the show is Phosphophyllite, who might be the best realized character of the decade. I'd go as far to say that she is also the best acted character too (although she does have competition here). Her transformation and character journey is pretty much unmatched. The only thing that keeps this from breaking into the true upper tiers is that there is pretty much no closure with the anime ending.

21. Kill la Kill
https://anilist.co/anime/18679/Kill-la-Kill/

Kill la Kill is a completely unabashed show that uses a pretty ridiculous premise for the sake of massive fan service everywhere to drive a greater narrative. But they don't let that take away from the characters personalities or how they add to the story either. The main cast is well developed and have personalities that really make viewers feel attached to them. I really like Mako and Ryuuko. Mako is maybe the best best friend of the decade and Ryuuko has pretty much become the postergirl for badass females in anime since her introduction. The action is great too, the messy and chaotic nature of the animation add a ton to how the show moves visually. There is also a level of poking fun of a lot of common anime tropes and just running with them. Also, on the "Goku Uniforms" or Gokuseifuku I'm not sure if the name relation to a very popular anime character who clearly has some parallels with the battles power scope here was intentional because it literally translates into something like Ultra Uniform or something, but I can see enough thought going into the naming that they purposely picked the name for the double meaning.
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