Kicking this off My Hero Academia Season two. I believe this series needs
no introduction at this point. Noku no hero season 1 was in my top 10
of last year. I mentioned how I started this interesting story but then just
suddenly stopped. So how was season 2 especially with it
being doubled the length? To be perfectly honest I really really wanted to love
this series. On paper has everything I would love including a very likeable
main character with Deku. For a lot of season 2 I just felt that it was
alright. Here and there he did have a lot of great parts sprinkled in. That was how
I thought after watching it the first time anyway, but just to be fair let me
just say that I did watch season 2 in a really really terrible way that was out
of my control at the time. I am also gonna be that guy and say that
I think that the manga was a bit better. Sure without a doubt the action scenes
are better seen animated into anime but for everything else I think I prefer the
manga version a lot more. This is especially true of the comedic bits and
it's funny since it was because that I had seen the anime first that the manga
was just that much better for me. But hold up later I did watch boku no hero
academia season 2 again. Having read the manga once this then enhance anime
watching experience for me. But anyway this really just boils down to a long
way of me saying that I've slowly come to love boku no hero academia, the anime
and the manga. I think this series has easily become one of my favorites in
2017. I just love seeing that developing relationship between Deku and All Might.
It's gone from master and apprentice slowly changing to that of father and
son. This is why I'm super excited to see
season 3 this year!
Made in Abyss. This anime introduces you into this mystery that is the hellish
abyss. It constructs this unique world where the focus of everyone's life fully
revolves around this giant hole right next to them. Kids from an early
age are trained to become miners. Their purpose is to travel down searching for
mysterious objects and then bringing them back to the surface to sell. About
the abyss itself it's got several layers only God knows how deep. Every layer
functions as a different environment with various dangerous animal monsters. The
deeper you go in the higher the chances are that you'll never make it back out.
Oh and once you get past a certain level you literally cannot go back to the
surface and that's really due to something called the curse of the abyss.
Let's say you got to layer it three want to go back up you're gonna find yourself
bleeding literally out of every hole in your body. As for the story here Made in
abyss focuses on the orphan protagonists Riko. One day she's finds his mysterious
robot Regu that came out of the abyss. Riko herself has his unknown connection
to the abyss so she ventures into the abyss together
with the robot kid. From there on it's pretty much sunshine and rainbows as
these two descend down layer after layer. Throughout the first few episodes you're
constantly told about how this place is so so dangerous. Personally I never
really felt that these characters were really in any danger and then that
happened. I couldn't believe what I was watching. I was like this can't be real
it must be a dream! Just thinking about it right now makes me feel bad for them.
If you've seen this anime you definitely know what I'm talking about.
Anyway there's a lot of good stuff here although let me mention one issue I had
here that it personally had with the series and that was just that I really
didn't have a character that I was really rooting for. The blonde girl and
the robot kid weren't bad they were just alright. I think I've Made in abyss were
longer I would slowly start to like them more and more. My favorite character from
the series actually didn't show up until near the end of the series. By far my
favorite was poor poor NanaChi. What was really keeping my interest at the time
was a mystery of the abyss. For a while I was really debating about whether to put
this here or as an honorable mention instead.
Out of the 50-plus anime I saw in 2017 Made in Abyss is perfect example of an
anime that suffers from being only 13 episodes. It really does feel like it
stops part of the way in the middle of an arc. It'd be like if Attack on Titan ended
after Eren turned into a Titan for the first time or if ReZero ended after
Suabru and REM got friendly with each other. I would feel really bad
recommending this without giving you this disclaimer made in abyss does not
tell you a full story. It stops like right in the middle of it just be ready
for that going in. Thankfully a sequel has been confirmed otherwise it would be
a shame to end it here. That's why I'm looking forward to descending further
into this hellish abyss!
Third anime, little witch academia/ This is the latest creation from the
trigger studio that brought you kill la kill. You could really think of little
witch academia as anime Harry Potter the starting premise is super similar. The
story here focuses on Akko as she attends the magic Academy. Akko is just beginning
her journey to become a full-fledged witch and I do have to say that this
anime is totally focused on Akko. Akko herself is a total screwup as a witch.
she reminded me a lot of Naruto. I mean how could you call yourself a witch when
you can't even ride a frickin broom? Thankfully she wasn't annoying unlike
that Fox kid. Unfortunately this does bring up a negative for this anime.
There's a huge cast with a bunch of side characters that are just briefly touched
on including her roommates. I really do wish they had given more time to some of
these characters especially Sucy. This anime needed a lot more from her. Anyway
a lot of people are wondering how little witch academia compares to something I
kill a kill or Gurren Lagann and I think that's a little unfair. I didn't
find a little witch academia to be on that level. Still little witch academia
was very enjoyable. I especially liked the blend of magic
with modern technology during this series. Forget about 4g Wi-Fi let me get some of
that 4G wireless magic! I should also mention that I'm not necessarily sure if
I like what the story built up towards in the end although the journey itself
was super enjoyable. I found it really fun to see this screwup that was Akko. I
found myself thinking a lot, did she really just do that? Again? What come on
Akko! And out of the 50-plus anime I watched in 2017 little witch academia
definitely felt the most lively. I got to give it up to the trigger Studio for
that . I'll finally mentioned that little witch academia had this Disney like
feeling especially with the conclusion. For some of you watching that may be a
negative but it really wasn't for me. I do hope that hopefully one day we'd be
able to see the continuation of this adventure.
Up next housenki no Kuni also known as land of
the lustrous. Out of all the anime I watched last year there were two times I
thought to myself wow this anime really feels refreshing! And this series is one
of those. But anyway what is a CG anime about? The story for this one revolves
around these gem girls living on this island. All of them are made of different
materials like diamond. This means that every one of them has a different range
of hardness and I only mentioned this because you often see them breaking, yeah
breaking! But don't worry thankfully it is possible for them to glue themselves
back together. In fact these gem girls are old! Some of
them range from hundreds of thousands of years old.
Others are millions of years old. So really they're practically immortal
needing sunlight only to function. In the story all these girls lived on this lone
island in the middle of nowhere with their sensei. Randomly throughout the
day their island is attacked by some mysterious lunar soldiers. It's then up
to the girls to battle them to keep them away until next time.
These soldiers could be seen as their natural predators they are capable of
breaking these girls into pieces including the hardest diamond girls. At
that point you see them collecting the body fragments and taking them to
who-knows-where to do god knows what! You know these moon guys really reminded me
of the hollows from Bleach just randomly appearing. Anyway did you get all of that?
Was it clear as mud? To be honest when I was first watching this I was completely
lost for the first six or seven episodes. It slowly does start to make sense later
and gets more interesting as a main character Phos develops. Remember Akko
from little witch Academia? My God Phos reminds me of her but even more useless!
Thankfully you do get to see her develop and grow this does mean you're gonna see
her body shatter a lot! This anime is also very beautiful to look at and I
know there is a strong dislike for CG animation for anime but I'm telling you
it definitely works right here!, especially for the gem girls. Anyway you
might be wondering why this isn't higher my list . It turns out that this is
actually the last one I picked to be my top ten. Originally it was only going to
be an honorable mention. Still I can't deny that the cutoff point in the finale
is a huge negative for me. This is one of those series that suffers a lot from
being only 12 episodes. There's some really interesting reveals and events
that took place at the end but then it just stops.
So same issue has Made in Abyss only here I felt that it was much much worse.
Another season for the series could definitely fix it. That's why I'm hoping
that season 2 happens. If not perhaps I'll just check out the manga after it's
all done.
The last of the first five anime Food Wars the third plate. Pretty much any
of these first five had a similar ranking. They're so close to each other! I
recently mentioned in my upcoming anime video of 2018 about how I first thought
that the concept of food wars sounded really really dumb but nope instead I
was the dumb one for judging too quickly. Years later I'm super glad I took the
first bite of food wars season 1. This anime has only gotten better and better
for me with every season. Season 3 takes everything that the previous two seasons
set up then continues to build on it. Funny enough food war season 3 was the
only anime I binged watched last year, which is not something I do at all. In
this latest season it continues as usual with Yukihira stepping up to his next
challenge. At the start of this he has his sights set on the elite ten.
Unfortunately for him Aizen just happens to show up in season three, yeah Aizen. I
immediately notice how this guy and Aizen were voiced by the same guy. With this
guy introduced it really does seem like Yukihira plus friends are fighting against
food Hitler. And I know I've seen some complaints about this already but I do
know where this story is heading so I'm enjoying every second of it. I've also
loved how Erina has become less of a bitch now. I mean don't get me wrong I
did enjoy her character beforehand but now she is really growing up and just
like every past season the only bad part about food Wars is that you can't try
any of that delicious food you see in front of you! And that's another thing
watching food Wars actually makes me feel pretty useless in a way since I
don't cook like at all. And I like that feeling. It really is
inspiring watching these guys do their thing in the kitchen. It really is
pushing me to start doing the same so maybe this year. Anyway I am hungry and
starving for the next plate of food Wars so bring it on!
Let me quickly squeeze in an honorable mention Recovery of an MMO junkie. This
anime really doesn't have a complex story and it's super short too at only 10
episodes. The story for this one focuses on this lady that quit her job and
pretty much decides to play this MMO 24/7. The interesting part is that she
decides to make this male character and then one thing leads to another.
Later she joins a guild but everyone thinks that in real life she's actually
a male college student. At the same time she may not be the only guild member
with this little secret. The poster and the opening for the series really gives
it away ,not like it wasn't extremely obvious anyway. Let's just say that she
becomes super friendly with someone doing the exact same as her except they're a
guy in real life. Anyway I found this series to be super relatable. I think
you'll feel the same too if you ever played any MMO or online game. The show
itself is filled with a lot of fun moments sprinkled all around. Overall it
is easy to see where the story's leading up to. This is why I like the first half
more than the second but if you love seeing really awkward situations. You'll
definitely get a kick out of the second half! Definitely let me know your
thought if have you've seen it! Hey guys thanks for watching click that like
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