Board 8 > Anime of the Decade - Results

(+) Yeah! (+)

Wish we would have done these last decade somehow, because as much as I love these parings, Eureka x Renton is several times better than even my +5 for me. That's the end all be all in fiction.

I guess there was technically content for it this decade, but uh...2010's E7 content is not gonna get my votes.

I wish we had done a most dissapointing category for the decade so I could +5 The Eureka Seven franchise.

Best Couple
+5 Araragi/Senjougahara
+3 Sakuta/Mai
+1 Arata/Chizuru

probably should have swapped 2nd and 3rd (or had Kumiko/Reina or Yuu/Touko) but whatever, first place was the only one that mattered and the rest are all pretty close

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2014: Kazunari Usa x Ritsu Kawai Kawai Complex
2015 - Takeo Gouda x Rinko Yamato Ore Monogatari
2016 - Satoru Fujinuma and Kayo Hinazuki Erased
2017 - Chito and Yuuri - Girls Last Tour/Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara - Owarimonogatari 2nd Season 2018 - Mai Sakurajima x Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does not Dream of Bunnygirl Senpai)
2019 - Kaguya Shinomiya x Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya-sama)

Going by past top couples, where was the Kawai Complex love!


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I forgot about it

Kawai Complex sucks.

Best Couple
+5 Gouda x Rinko (Ore Monogatari)
+3 Araragi x Senjougahara (Monogatari)
+1 Arata x Chizuru (ReLife)

Didn't have Araragi and Senjou in top spot since Bake's from the previous decade, but they're still great.

Wish Kurisu x Okabe had gotten second instead of Mai x Sakuta.
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Best Couple
+5 Okabe/Kurisu (Steins;Gate)
+3 Kumiko/Reina (Sound! Euphonium)
+1 Rei/Hina (March Comes In Like a Lion)

Not that invested in Araragi/Gahara or especially not Sakuta/Mai.

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Fight of the Decade

Honourable Mentions: Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa, you guys couldnt agree on what the best Mob fight wasor the best My Hero Academia fightor the best Jojo fight

3rd Place: Saber Alter vs. Berserker Fate/Stay Night: Heavens Feel II

https://vimeo.com/355372287

Runner up: Saitama vs. Boros One-Punch Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXfj3sbIfU

Winner: Netero vs Meruem Hunter x Hunter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTj4vUgyGxM

Topping this award is the fight between the strongest guy the series had been hyping up for a while and the new prodigy hotness that exudes invincibility. But as powerful as Netero was billed, it was all too clear that he was overmatched from the get go.
Would we still get to see and nice epic back and forth fight? Or maybe hell be performing a heroic sacrifice buying time or exposing a weakness for others to capitalise on down the line! Heck, he could also just get squashed to add further despair. We got none of those things.

Netero gave Meruem his best shot, it didnt do much, so he pulled the plug on the fight. Before this all went down we were shown just how strong Meruem was, we also got to see what Netero had to do to achieve such powerful techniques, none of that mattered. A cheap bomb is what ended everything. Not Gon and Killua teaming up, a mass produced WMD activated whenever Netero felt like it was time. It was the best case scenario for humanity, but it also tells us that the world was never truly in danger. Had Meruems threat level escalated, this weapon would have eliminated him sooner or later. Perhaps with a lot more civilian casualties, but it would have worked.

Saitama vs Boros was what that season of One Punch Man was going to have to do at some point. Ever escalating threats coming to the scene, each one flashier than the last.and its like.ok? Boros was the same as the rest, but he came with his own lighting rig!

Im a big Fate fan, a lot of us are Fate fans, but outside of the anime fandom is Fate mainstream yet? Maybe in Japan, but its probably not there yet west side. I say this because so much Fate related content comes with these kickass fights, but they dont interest casual fans. DBZ, Naruto or One Piece fights can get them hyped up, but a visually stunning battle like Saber Alter vs Berserker wont move the needle. I think in part thanks to FGO, weve been getting a lot more Fate animated content of late, so things will change, but of whats already out this fight is special. Weve already seen a ton of great Fate fights not just with Ufotable, Kaleid Liner, Apocrypha, FGO: Babylonia all also had had some shining moments, but here the movie format really helped.

I think if I had made this into something more like Show with the best fights, I may have gotten more centralised results.

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Ayyyyyye excellent results.

Fight of the Decade
+5 Berserker vs Saber Alter Heavens Feel II
+3 Netero vs Meruem Hunter x Hunter
+1 Altair vs Everyone Re:Creators

Best Couple
+5 Sora x Shiro (No Game No Life)
+3 Togashi Yuuta x Takanashi Rikka (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
+1 Waver Velvet x F/Z Rider (Fate/Zero)

None of my picks made it but the winners were all solid.

Fight of the Decade
+5 Midoriya Izuku vs Todoroki Shouto (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season)
+3 All Might vs Nomu (Boku no Hero Academia)
+1 Kirin and Saya vs AR-D and RM-C (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season)

Maybe I should have put a third Boku no Hero Academia fight on the list so I would have had a higher chance to match with someone else.
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I actually had Sora x Shiro on my list for a while, heh.

+5 Netero vs. Meruem (Hunter x Hunter)
+3 Re:Creators final battle (Altair vs. Everyone)
+1 Saber Alter vs. Berserker (Fate/Stay Night Heavens Feel 2)

Saitama vs. Boros didn't blow me away.
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Fight of the Decade
+5 Levi vs Beast Titan (Attack on Titan)
+3 Caulifla & Kale vs Goku (Dragon Ball Super)
+1 Meruem vs Netero (Hunter x Hunter)

Fight of the Decade
+5 King Crimson vs Metallica (Jojo)
+3 Berserker vs Saber Alter (Fate)
+1 Mob vs Teruki (Mob Psycho 100)

A bit disappointing but eh I didnt expect my +5 or +1 to hit, and the Mereum vs Netero fight is fine

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Fight of the Decade
+5 Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable (Jojo)
+3 Mob vs Koyama (Mob Psycho 100)
+1 Kiritsugu vs Kotomine (Fate/Zero)

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5 to Haikyuu
3 to Mob v Mogami
1 to Netero v Meruem

Sure
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Best Couple
+5 Koyomi x Hitagi (Monogatari)
+3 Mai x Sakuta (Bunny Girl Senpai)
+1 Madoka x Homura (Madoka Magica)

Woo best couple.

Fight of the Decade
+5 Araragi vs Kiss Shot Heart Under Blade (Kizumonogatari Reiketsu)
+3 Araragi vs Episode (Kizumonogatari Nekketsu)
+1 Tanjiro and Nezuko vs Rui (Demon Slayer)

LMAO fucking rip me on best fight.

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Some previous big name fights:

2015 - Shirou vs. Gilgamesh Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
2016 - Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy - Haikyuu
2017 - Deku vs. Todoroki - My Hero Academia 2nd Season
2018 - All Might vs. All for One (My Hero Academia)
2019 - Levi vs Beast Titan (Attack on Titan)

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Fight of the Decade
+5 Itou Kaiji vs Foreman Ootsuki (Kaiji Hakairoku-Hen)
+3 Peco vs Smile (Ping Pong)
+1 Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa (Haikyuu)

smh all of you who ignored the first two

Yeah but Kaiji vs the Bog was more exciting!

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voltch posted...

Yeah but Kaiji vs the Bog was more exciting!

I really don't agree, actually. The Bog had the long, slow buildup, sure. But the dice game wasn't excessively drawn out and was basically every quirk and trope that makes Kaiji great condensed into an easy-to-digest arc

The thing i liked about the Bog was the slow setbacks just drove home the zawa~ and these accumulated defeats made the eventual payoff that much better.
As each step of Kaiji's ridiculously convoluted plan works out, you're going nuts as a viewer, but you're also seeing the bad guys lose their shit in the most dramatic ways possible.
It's like when you've cracked the killer in an Ace Attorney case.

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Best Ending:

Show of hands, who here skips EDs more often than not? With an OP sometimes youre too lazy to skip through it.

Ok so of course I was the only one to back Uchiage Hanabi! With an entire decade to pick from we were gonna get a really broad range of nominations for both song categories. Weve never had an ED category before though until this year theyve never won the combined category. So this was the chance for the best of the best to stand out

But here are some of the EDs of the decade as voted by you:

5th Place: STYX HELIX Re: Zero Starting Life in another World-

https://animethemes.moe/video/ReZero-ED1.webm

4th Place: Refrain Boy Mob Psycho 100

https://files.catbox.moe/65qsge.webm

3rd Place: Wareta Ringo - From the New World

https://files.catbox.moe/7ysev5.webm

Runner Up: Magia Puella Magi Madoka Magica

https://files.catbox.moe/2idic3.webm

Winner: No, Thank You! K-On!!

https://files.catbox.moe/fc5obb.webm

Hehe, didnt think heading into this K-On of all the Kyoto Animation projects would be the one to claim their first (maybe only?) win!

K-On EDs have generally had better receptions than the Openings, I think if wed done the previous decade, Please Dont Say Lazy would have also gotten some traction. But No Thank You! does stand on its own. It kinda continues that thing K-On EDs have where instead of being super happy go lucky like in the intros, they have a more blank expression and the animation comes off more like a music video. Also Mio takes the lead and shes a way better singer than Yui

It beats what I thought would have been the expected favourite in Kalafinas Magia, when that show took a dark turn, it was the kind of ED you wanted to reflect the shows mood.

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Best Ending
+8 Asobi Asobase - Inkya Impulse
+5 Mob Psycho 100 - Mesosepia
+3 Sarazanmai - Stand By Me
+2 Land of the Lustrous - Kirameku Hamabe
+1 Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai - Yume we Minai

Well fuckin RIP me but I wasnt expecting much from this one anyway, I'm sure there's some that I forgot that I would have wanted to vote for

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Wow. I was really hoping to see Asobi Asobase.

Best Ending
+8 Inkya Impulse - Asobi Asobase
+5 Hold Me Now - Carole & Tuesday
+3 Drown - Vinland Saga
+2 Fukashigi no Karte - Bunny Girl Senpai
+1 Sayonara no Yukue - Monogatari

EDIT: Magia and STYX HELIX were both on my list but ended up being cut before I even hit top 15 :v

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I think between Bane, Prof and me we're at 14 different songs getting votes unless I'm not reading correctly LOL

+8 Love Your Enemies (selector destructed WIXOSS)
+5 There Is A Reason (No Game No Life Zero)
+3 Futuristic Player (Saki Episode of Side A)
+2 Magia (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
+1 Last Game (Steins;Gate 0)

Wow, didn't expect to get any backup on Refrain Boy!

Best Ending
+8 Sugar Song to Bitter Step Kekkai Sensen - https://youtu.be/g2KEeGZ62UI
+5 Magia Puella Magi Madoka Magica - https://youtu.be/70MlhVkOxz0
+3 Flap Flip Flap - Flip Flappers - https://youtu.be/mGKjPD_BNAE
+2 Absolute Hope Birthday Danganronpa 3 Despair Arc - https://youtu.be/oyx1CdZ4Y3s
+1 Refrain Boy Mob Psycho 100 - https://youtu.be/i8Yjk7KedVg

Never seen the K-ON one. That show is from the wra of me bit carrying about KyoAni.

I am legit shocked that Sugar Song and Flap Flip didn't rank here. Assumed they were locks to at least place.

@voltch how many points did the #5 ED get?

Best Ending
+8 Psycho-Pass ED1 - Namae no Nai Kaibutsu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF0QLtk3YH0
+5 Itsuka Tenma No Kuro Usagi - Utsusemi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeneAgwOM-c
+3 Wixoss Movie ED - Love Your Enemies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wKKWFMWLw
+2 March Comes in Like a Lion S2 ED2 - I Am Standing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pddnFTBeyY
+1 Valvrave ED1 "REALISM" - https://files.catbox.moe/iwdyql.webm
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Best Ending
+8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NggC8Ga8vI
+5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt8gQgwOZS0
+3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_cyl6c8pMI
+2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jKT40EWHEA
+1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2-488JHDU

Fight of the Decade
+5 Saitama vs Boros (One-Punch Man)
+3 Saitama vs Genos (One-Punch Man)
+1 Puri-Puri Prisoner vs Sea King (One-Punch Man)

Best Couple
+5 Sakuta and Mai (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunnygirl Senpai)
+3 Ymir and Christa (Attack on Titan)
+1 Ryo and Akira (Devilman Crybaby)

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wasn't 100% sure that the Jojo one would even count given that it's licensed music but I couldn't bring myself to choose anything else as #1

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Best Ending
+8 - No, Thank You! (K-On!!)
+5 - Magia (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
+3 - More One Night (Girls' Last Tour)
+2 - Star overhead (FLCL Alternative)
+1 - Namae no Nai Kaibutsu (Psycho-Pass)

Wow, I wasn't even sure anyone else would vote for No Thank You at all. Really surprising winner.
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Didn't vote in best fight since it's just not something I'm too interested in.

Best Ending
+8 Kirameku Hamabe (Land of the Lustrous)
+5 Everyday World (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Season 2)
+3 FLIP FLAP FLIP FLAP (Flip Flappers)
+2 Kimi no Kirei ni Kizuite Okure (Princess Jellyfish)
+1 Magia (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Wasn't expecting too much from this besides Magia since I don't think any of these are really that popular? Glad I wasn't the only one to give points to Kirameku Hamabe though I guess. That ED is beautiful. Had some sliver of hope that Everyday World might get in since iirc it had a few other fans here, but ultimately I wouldn't have bet on it or anything.

A bit surprised at Wareta Ringo. I like the intro to the song but beyond that I personally don't see anything in it.

Inkya Impulse was my #6 for whatever that's worth. Would have liked to see it do well.
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Best Ending
+8 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. ED1 - secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 years after ver.)
+5 Black Bullet ED1 - Tokohana
+3 Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX ED2 - Rebirth-day
+2 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! ED - INSIDE IDENTITY
+1 K-On!! ED2 - NO, Thank You!

I had low expectations for "NO, Thank You!" so a win is surprising. The entire Top 5 is solid even if I only voted for 1 of them. Although Magia would have been my 6th.
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Best Ending
+8 Sugar Song and Bitter Step (Blood Blockade Battlefront ED1)
+5 Trust Me (Durarara ED1)
+3 Tutti! (Sound! Euphonium ED1)
+2 Magia (Madoka ED)
+1 Roundabout (Jojo Phantom Blood ED)

Real shame the BBB ED didn't even make it in. The song and style is just head and shoulders above anything else I have seen from the decade.

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Actually, not seeing Secret Base on the list is really surprising to me tbh.
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Secret Base is all about being an insert. It being the ED is almost inconsequential IMO.

Sceptilesolar posted...

+1 Roundabout (Jojo Phantom Blood ED)

oh good I wasn't the only one

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It has been brought to my attention that the following ED is the real #4 ranked song.

Bump everything else down accordingly

4th place: "Inkya Impulse" - Asobi Asobase

https://files.catbox.moe/y8la46.webm

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

alright that makes my night

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So did it have an unposted vote or is the BBB/Kekkai Sensen ED1 also tied with it >_>

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Lolol, can't complain a out that.

Re:Zero ED you're still damn fine.

Best fight an couple were about as expected. I always skip endings so it was hard to come up with this category. Pretty nice to hit on two of those

Best Ending
+8 From the New World - Wareta Ringo
+5 The Tatami Galaxy - Kami-sama no Iu Tri
+3 Vinland Saga - Drown
+2 Hyouka - Kimi ni Matsuwaru
+1 Mob Psycho - Refrain Boy

Fight of the Decade
+5 Saitama vs Boros (One Punch Man)
+3 Shichika vs Hakuhei Sabi (Katanagatari)
+1 Mob vs Toichiro (Mob Psycho 100)

Best Couple
+5 Kaguya/Miyuki (Kaguya sama Love is War)
+3 Shichika/Togame (Katanagatari)
+1 Araragi/Senjougahara (Monogatari)

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man meruem vs netero sucked

should get around to watching HF! any legal free means?
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Best Couple
+5 Oono x Haruno (High Score Girl)
+3 Takagi x Nishikata (Skilled teaser takagi-san)
+1 Yuuko x Teiichi (Dusk maiden of amnesia)

Best Ending
+8 No, Thank You! (K-On!!)
+5 Study x Study (High School DxD)
+4 Wareta Ringo (Shinsekai Yori)
+2 Wiseman Theme (Last Period)
+1 Pulse (Asobi Asobase)

Fight of the Decade
+5 Joseph vs Kars (JJBA)
+3 Naruto vs Pain (Naruto Shippuden)
+1 Meruem vs Netero (Hunter x Hunter 2011)

pyresword posted...

A bit surprised at Wareta Ringo. I like the intro to the song but beyond that I personally don't see anything in it.

Wareta Ringo has been popular since like the moment it came out.

Those ED choices are amazing. All 6 of them are in my top 8. Good taste, B8. Hectopascal and Flap Flip Flap are the only ones missing. Plus No Thank You finished first, which is the correct answer.

Also, Yuu and Touko were robbed. Possibly my favourite fictional couple, full stop. So many good couples that I would have liked voting for, but those two are head and shoulders above any other. Don't think it's just manga bias, either.

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For some reason I had been not reading the winner and just assuming it was Don't Say Lazy, despite that being from 2009. On the other hand that also means the winner is very very forgettable. Doubly bad pick then.

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Best Ending
+8 Mob Psycho S1 Ending
+5 Re:Zero Ending 1
+3 Antarctica Ending
+2 Erased Ending
+1 Re:Zero Requiem of Silence (Episode 15)

didnt put much thought in endings

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profDEADPOOL posted...

So did it have an unposted vote or is the BBB/Kekkai Sensen ED1 also tied with it >_>

After double checking it tied.

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Best Opening

Honourable Mentions: Ringo Mogire Beam Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, God Only Knows The World God Only Knows, My Dearest Guilty Crown, This Game No Game No Life

3rd Place: Great Days Jojos Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

https://files.catbox.moe/p4r5g5.webm
https://files.catbox.moe/cniqee.webm
https://files.catbox.moe/u02be2.webm

Runner up: Kogarashi Sentiment Monogatari Series

https://files.catbox.moe/vnzx93.webm

Winner: Raise Your Flag Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

I liked IBO as far as Gundam series go, but I know its not to everyones taste. Good opening though. Man with a Mission caught the eye with Log Horizon, then they nailed it with Gundam. From the animation you could tell it would have a lot of things youve seen before. A deadly but quiet protagonist like Heero/Setsuna, a Relena type lady, and a blonde villain that sets off Char alarm bells. Then the tone is set by showing this crew is tough, theyre muscular and you get less beams and more heavy swinging of big thick weapons.

I thought Monogatari would LFF itself through the sheer volume of Openings it had this decade. Sure Renai Circulation cant qualify, but Platinum Disco does! The animation being a throwback to an older style of anime it a nice look, I think fansubs threw in yellow subs to enhance that retro feel this was giving off.

There's a lot of good OPs, heading into this one I was fearing past winners like Your Lie in April or Death Parade would come out ahead. Wouldn't have been surprised if an OP with a ton of views on Youtube like Tokyo Ghouls did well, but we've had a time to see what holds up.

But yeah, while for the yearly stuff OP is usually a formality, for decade the fields had more variety than Waifu when that used to be a thing.

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Best Comedy:

Honourable Mentions: No Game No Life, Humanity has Declined, Nichijou, Asobi Asobase

Is Humanity has Declined really that good? I only saw the first ep (maybe 2) and besides having a catchy theme song, it didnt grab me straight away like the top 3 shows did. Asobase was the best of the rest, in what was a crowded field for school comedies.

3rd Place: Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun

https://images8.alphacoders.com/691/thumb-1920-691946.png

Runner Up: Kaguya-Sama: Love is War

https://image.myanimelist.net/ui/5LYzTBVoS196gvYvw3zjwDwv3h5BAkSoURXdfTfuEME

Winner: KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!

https://www.gamerbraves.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Kono-Subarashii-Sekai-Ni-Syukufuku-Woi.jpg

Im pretty happy with this top 3, school settings + some romance gives an ideal feel good atmosphere when watching these types of shows. Both Nozaki-Kun and Kaguya have solid casts, good recurring jokes, and specific character combinations that work well. With Nozaki-Kun the most common scenarios are split between jokes in Nozakis apartment and how absurd his shoujo manga can be, and skits at school which means more Seo and one of the better wildcards.

Kaguya for the most part is about the stuff taking place in the Student Council Room and the gags are tied to the showdowns between Shirogane and Kaguya. With the two often refusing to back down, laughs come from what kind of trap theyve laid down or the comebacks they use. With Chika being ruining all those carefully laid plans.
Is KonoSuba the best Isekai of the past decade? I know its my favourite of the series in Isekai Quartet, but clearly fans embraced a series that didnt take the concept too seriously. All of the main characters are terrible people and they more often than not get whats coming to em. But as terrible as these guys are, theyre also pretty endearing.

Although we like to dunk on Deem for their many underwhelming shows, theyve at least gotten this one right.

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Uh wow get better comedy taste guys. So much hilarious stuff without even an honorable mention :(