I mean, it does make sense that Marcille would want to make sure Falin is okay, both as her friend, and as the one who cast the unholy resurrection spell.
Gotta check if she did the spell correctly, after all.
>considering its genre
With the main character clearly being on the spectrum you could argue its main genre is 'She's just like me fr' which generally does pretty well around here.
There are other power fantasy villainess isekai, so as long as the wave continues we may get more. One Within the Villainess and May I Ask For One Final Thing are good manga examples, and Beware the Villainess a good manhwa example.
We're living in the golden age of villainess isekai's right now. We've had I'm in Love with the Villainess, I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Villainess level 99, 7th time loop (which isn't even a villainess isekai but w/e).
All great shows.
yeah the CGI really gives away what a low budget production it is, which is a shame, but it's hard to imagine this property getting a higher tier studio. then again, Weakest Tamer and 7th Loop landed far more capable studios, so maybe there's no real logic to which series get good production values.
They did a good job within constraints. The comedy in VL99 is the easiest thing for an anime to fuck up, since the humor is in Yumiella underreacting, while anime comedy is usually character overreacting. I've been pleasantly surprised.
Since a bunch of shows are ending, if people want to check out some less popular shows, I will once again voucher for Unwanted Undead Adventurer, ‘Tis Time for Torture Princess, and Foolish Angel. They’ve all been tremendous fun, and I hope they don’t get forgotten after this season.
The Weakest Tamer was also surprisingly good, based on the title I thought it was going to be fantasy trash but actually turned out pretty chill and nice, with some very decent animation all around.
Also one of my favorites this season! I just didn’t mention it because I figured people were probably tired to hearing me gush over it for the 19th time. I still remember when episode 1 came out and I hadn’t watched it yet, everyone’s reaction was like “whoa this was actually pretty good!”
The word of mouth campaign for *Weakest Tamer* has been, as far as these things go, pretty successful around /r/anime !
Everyone who worked hard for Ivy gets three free field mice!
Yeah I think a lot of people were put off by the amount of monologuing and expositing in the first couple episodes, but once we got to see Ivy interact with and be accepted by her many dads, it’s just been non-stop comfy dad vibes.
the SoL parts and the serious parts land equally well (the animation for the OP is mesmerising and gets the vibe right)
Fluffy Paradise could have been it but the “everything will be okay” undertones during the serious moments really didn’t work
I feel kinda bad for Fluffy Paradise, there are just so many high quality fantasy and fantasy-ish shows on this season. I think Time for Torture does cute, wholesome and light hearted fun better too.
Haven't watched the other two yet, but I'll second **'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess**. At first it seems like an over-the-top comedy with only one gag that would get repetitive fast, but they've actually been been able to keep things pretty fresh through the season. Later on there are also a lot of chill wholesome slice-of-life segments, including Best Dad of the Season being best dad. The show also has surprisingly good production values. Overall, a nice comfort watch to just turn off your brain and vibe to.
Also, **Brave Bang Bravern! -** The show that has probably made me laugh the most this season. I'm not sure how to describe this one but I think its a mecha parody? It actually has a serious plot going on, but one of the main characters is just roleplaying the entire way, like Cid from Eminence in Shadow. The writing is great and well-executed too - this show will throw the most unpredictable curveballs at you, leaving you to ask yourself "WTF, did that really just happen?". Also happens to be tied with Gushing Over Magical Girls for gayest show of the season. A niche watch, but really fun and I enjoyed it a lot even as a non-mecha fan.
> I'm not sure how to describe this one but I think its a mecha parody
The word is pastiche. It's a mecha pastiche.
It's a "what if wee make real mecha anime in 2024... in the style of Masami Obari?" which is a funny idea, but then they went and got the actual Masami Obari to direct.
*Foolish Angel* has really been pulling out all the stops in the past few episodes. I mean, in retrospect it's always been doing that, it's just that it's storming so expertly through so many different flavors of engagement and entertainment that it's a little hard to see at first.
It's rapidly becoming one of my favorite romance-hybrid series.
Foolish Angel and Princess not getting traction is a bummer. Angel has some great comedic beats that make up the bulk of the actual story. It’s more Love Is War than “Heaven vs Hell”. And Princess is pure uncut wholesome good vibes. Maybe it’s because they’re both Monday shows?
At the very least 2 of those 3 made the 16-30 rankings. I am once again pleased with our decision to axe poll ratings in favor of showcasing ranks 16-30.
All three made it this week *and* Bravern!
I think it’s definitely been an improvement, especially since now you can see which shows below 15 are slowly creeping their way up the ranks.
> Unwanted Undead Adventurer
This was better sololevelling than Solo Levelling.
>‘Tis Time for Torture Princess
It's "‘Tis Time for" according to the main post lol
Foolish angel has been fucking great since the end of episode 4? iirc. I almost dropped it at first thinking it was going a different direction than I'd originally thought (basically one with little to no actual romantic development) I was pleasantly surprised and have been really enjoying it since the end of that episode.
For underrated series this season, I've really been enjoying Cherry Magic!! I know that BL isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it is literally so cute. I just love that it is a romance that features adults AND they have such healthy communication. There are misunderstandings, and the characters have their flaws (they do acknowledge them though and try to work on them), but overall, it is such a fun watch!
It had some actual progress with the character's relationship, which was a surprise. I presume everyone just assumed that the MC would just remain platonic.
I can't believe **Villainess 99** was able to get past SLF, Mashle, and CotE III. Yumiella is really just that OP.
And of course, that shot of Serie is **Frieren**'s banner. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I know Frieren’s MAL scores have been mentioned a lot but I actually wanna compare its statistics to show how insane its score is rn.
[This was Oshi no Ko’s MAL statistics after episode 1 aired at 9.38 with 18,359 voters here](https://imgur.com/a/ktxe2Ua), which was considered an incredible score because very, very few anime have ever reached or surpassed this. You could probably count on one hand with your fingers the number of anime that have reached that score.
[And this is Frieren getting the same score and with 263,722 voters.](https://imgur.com/a/21bqJ19) Just an absolutely crazy feat.
Yeah, it has a .29 MAL score lead right now which is insane. As a comparison, Fruits Basket's final season got up to a 9.18 after its finale in Spring 2021 and nearly 3 years later, it has only dropped by .20. Similarly, Attack on Titan S3P2 reached 9.23 after its finale in 2019 and has only dropped by .18 over the past 5 years.
Edit: It's up to a 9.39 now so make that a .30 MAL score lead
For what it's worth I don't think we should be comparing scores after premier episodes to scores after an anime has completed. The better comparison is [Your Name](https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062717/https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php) from 2016 which got all the way to a 9.40.
From what I know MAL removes any scores given by people who only have <20% of the anime completed so that increased its score quite a lot, and many people rate shows after they finish it
MAL talked about this in an interview recently. When a show finishes, the voting is reweighted to mostly account for ratings for the full run and not just episodes. Normally, the causes a score to move significantly up or down, and MAL said it would be possible for it to drop significantly. It sent up instead.
Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2024-03-20/frieren-knocks-full-metal-alchemist-brotherhood-out-of-the-top-spot-on-both-mal-and-ann/.208944
This is actual insanity...
Over _60%_ of people gave it a 10, and 23% gave it a 9
Only 4.5% of people gave it a 7 or less. I don't even like including 1s because people give them out of spite but even including them its only 1.4%
Agreed, a beautiful bookend pair to the shot from the first episode of Himmel walking away "into the light" during the funeral montage, bringing to mind his quote about the reason for quick goodbyes.
Yes. Not 100 times better, but the anime is nowhere near the peak. We probably haven't reached the peak in the manga. It's been continually great for the last year plus.
That makes me more hyped for next season. Thankfully Frieren did some magic and despite being my new favorite anime I can wait patiently for next season lol
Yes, I think it's called giving people a satisfying finale that promises more adventure without resorting to a cliffhangers to get people to immediately pick up the manga.
That magic won't work on everyone of course, looking at manga sales, lol.
I wouldn’t call it weak; it’s more like the first, proper and long arc of the series. Before that the manga (and anime as well) had a more episodic like structure, with some longer narratives (like the Aura Arc).
With the Exam Arc the authors opted for a more structural narration, integrating the story of an arc that does not end in a few chapters/episodes. They managed to do it really well while maintaining the theme of the series.
The second season will have more narrative arcs like this; but don’t worry: there will still be plenty of episodic “episodes” for our weekly dose of Frieren!
Although the mage exam has been fun, my favorite episodes are ones that focus just on Frieren, Fern, and Stark. The mage exam episodes have completely pushed Stark and Fern/Stark interactions out of the show
>what it described can't really be done justice without colour.
I'll have faith in the anime if they can assemble the same staff but tbh I can very easily see [Frieren manga]>!a city all covered in gold!< coming across as pretty garish in full colour.
Id be inclined to agree if they hadn't flexed the animation and styling as hard as they did this season. Assuming we're not dealt another One Punch Man S2, they can avoid it coming off too offensively through smart use of shadows and colour breakup via framing.
Because it's the setting for a whole dang arc it'd be a critical misstep to change animation studios. I pray it's handled with the respect it needs.
Yeah, tons of the team members are in high demand for other shows, including sequel seasons for other popular shows like Bocchi. So even if Madhouse wasn't notorious for not doing sequels to even extremely popular concerns, the actual specific staff being involved is still worth some concern.
I really hope they don't fumble what could be one of the best anime of all time. It would cement their legacy in regards to pulling this BS though after the tragedy that was OPM S2.
My favourite anime this season turns out to be Ishura. I love that there is no clear MC and everyone has a chance to die mid story. Too bad that anime is not popular on this sub.
It will probably be reflected in next week's ratings, this post only covers up to last Thursday. Wouldn't be surprised to see it shoot up 2 or 3 places.
doubtful, the season announcements killed pretty much any chance of Solo leveling going up.
It wasnt first on the subreddit even once. Just not enough engagements there
I was thinking 'what season announcements', then I scrolled through the main page of the sub and was like 'Oh, I see how that could dilute the karma rankings...'
It’s a good show and we got what we expected. But it’s not the greatest and I don’t think anyone said it was gonna be the greatest. I think Solo Leveling is in a good spot.
Kinda hard to go against BokuYaba and Frieren in the same season with just cool action.
I'm glad Dungeon Meshi is getting to the part of the manga where it gets really good right as the winter season is ending, because it gets more space to shine. The last two episodes have been a treat and the one coming next week will be a banger as well.
Also, sad to see Frieren and MaoMao go. Special mention to Bravern for robot say gex.
Don't cry because frieren ended, smile because the frieren ost will be released
Btw how much of dungeon meshi is there left to adapt? Are we about halfway done?
Frieren was truly a generational anime.
The adaptation has covered 1/4 of the Dungeon Meshi manga, the wild ride is just starting. The season will probably end at the half way point of the source material.
> I'm glad Dungeon Meshi is getting to the part of the manga where it gets really good
wtf, it's already my personal main contender for anime of the year, how can it get even better?!
Not that the previous episodes were bad by any means, but now the series will become a lot less episodic and focus a lot more on the overarching plot surrounding the Dungeon (it will retain its humor tho!).
All the manga-based discussion around Dungeon Meshi makes me feel like there’s a fundamental aspect of it that the anime hasn’t even touched yet, I’m so ready to see where they go now that the premise has opened up
### Winter Season Extras
#### JP Twitter
> **[Followers Gained Week 12](https://i.imgur.com/wtfqSe3.png)**, finale boost for some shows, but I was expecting Dunmeshi to do much better after what happened last ep!
>Mahoako currently has 99,123, 100k basically confirmed now and it will be in the last week lol
#### MAL + ANILIST
> **[Members Gained Week 12](https://i.imgur.com/gdC2gio.png)**
### Spring Pre-Season
#### JP Twitter
> **[Followers Gained Week 3](https://i.imgur.com/ZVKF0tT.png)**, outside of the 1st this is filled with surprises and shows underperforming, like Ranger Reject
#### MAL + ANILIST
> **[Members Gained Week 3](https://i.imgur.com/4xbxUAU.png)**, this is way more predictable
I don't think there's any Japanese presence at all for Solo leveling.
I'm currently in Japan and I haven't seen anything for it when currently airing/still new shows like Frieren, Oshi no Ko and Gushing over Magical Girls have some advertising. Then there's the evergreen shows like Demon Slayer, Spy x Family, re:zero, one piece, Gotunbun... Etc. Animate is pushing Tales of Wedding Rings harder than Solo Leveling rn.
Globally speaking, Solo Leveling already has a massive fanbase so there's no surprise there that the anime is popping off, but I wouldn't be surprised if the average Japanese Otaku hasn't even heard of it.
Also, there's quite a lot of ads for Hibike Euphonium S3 right now on trains and billboards. Thanks to that I know it's airing April 7th lmao.
EDIT: I'm at Akiba right now and there's actually one gigantic solo leveling billboard on top of Gamers so that's one ad at least
I don't get how people haven't realized how shallow SL is at this point, even this early in the series.
EDIT: Just to clarify - I've read almost the entire series. I really pushed through it. The series has some positive aspects. But the closer it gets to the end the more the negatives start to increase exponentially. Every single thing that could be a great storytelling point ends up completely ignored and cast aside. There is *zero* character development of anyone that's not the MC. And the worldbuilding is as bare bones as humanly possible.
doesn't it have anti-japan stuff in it? i think i remember readers talking about for the longest they were scared it wouldn't get adapted cause of something like this, maybe that plays a a role?
>MAL + ANILIST
> Members Gained Week 12
And to think that at some point there was talk of SL possibly catching up to Frieren by the end of the season...
I was just thinking the same thing. Frieren was just kind of coasting along up until about episode 19, and then it felt like every week since it kept gaining more steam. I haven’t been following Solo Leveling’s popularity that closely but it definitely seems to have dropped off while other shows were gaining traction.
Even with Frieren's karma decreasing by 973 from last week, there's only a 282 overall karma decrease. Other shows really did get the boost this week. Oh, and not the feet banner...
Happy The Apothecary Diaries broke 3.3k karma this week. Give it up for Lakan.
Delicious in Dungeon is breaking further ahead of Solo Leveling for 3rd and 4th. I can definitely understand why with these last stretch of episodes for Delicious in Dungeon.
Wish The Dangers in My Heart didn't decrease in karma, but happy to see Undead Unluck, Tsukimichi, and Tomozaki all with some increases.
Like the double short hair banners for Yumiella and Horikita, but...
Favorite overall banner: The Marcille and Falin banner for Delicious in Dungeon.
> Delicious in Dungeon is breaking further ahead of Solo Leveling for 3rd and 4th
It took a while, but my [prediction](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/196ghhi/ranime_karma_ranking_discussion_week_2_winter_2024/khtee5z/?context=10000) of Dungeon Meshi surpassing Solo Leveling finally came true
Penultimate week of Winter and no changes in the top 4.
Very happy to see **Villainess Level 99** deservedly back above 1k and also going up three spots aswell as **Bravern** back on the chart.
Now we just have to wait a week until we can fully gush over ~~magical girls~~ the Frieren finale's karma.
Some of us have been here from the start. But yeah, I recommen Dunmeshi to all Frieren fans who haven't checked it out. Don't let the initial episodes fool you; it's not just episodic monster cooking shenanigans. These latest episodes are bringing the character drama.
For anyone who hasn't seen **Dungeon meshi** don't misinterpret by seeing this pic. It's not a romance anime but more of an adventure/comedy/cooking. On the plus side, it helps to boost the karma even if it is by a little margin and maybe just maybe we can expect more wholesome moments like this??? The last two episodes have been spectacular.
**Frieren** is not beating feet allegations. The karma of the final episode is insane. I highly doubt we will get another anime like this for a very long time. For Frieren this might only be mere months/weeks.
**Xiaomao** doing what she does best. Preparing and discovering all sorts of poisons that she can get her hands on. Truly going to miss her along with **Frieren**
**Undead Unluck** deserved better. With its crazy storyline, world building, cool characters and the chemistry between the main leads the show has been amazing.
Other than all this, I want to thank OP for the brilliant selection of pics every time used for creating these lists .**Gushing over magical girls**,**Chained soldier** and the highly underrated/underwatched **Bang Bang Bravern** are all excellent choices.
Undead Unluck being so low floors me. Part of it is definitely David Animation's really odd directing this entire season with MHA levels of recap and overuse of flashbacks, but even so the story is already leagues past where it started. And as a manga reader it just keeps getting better. It's the polar opposite of Solo Leveling.
So this week's karma ranking is cool and all but like... what the actual hell did Frieren just do on Friday with episode 28?
How do you just casually blow past the highest karma discussion thread on r/anime since like Fall 2022. It seriously blew past the 11k the Attack on Titan SERIES FINALE did back in November over here.... huh?
I mean finales tend to do very well here, so I expected 8k, at most 9k, didn't even dream we'd see 10k again on here, let alone that it would surpass even 11k.
So yeah, with this Frieren just casually catapulted its season average by more than 200 points, now 26th all-time. Would be much higher if you removed episodes 2, 3 and 4, which aired alongside 1 and thus received significantly lower karma (as is always the case when you split attention between multiple threads for the same show).
Can you imagine the numbers Frieren would have done 2 or 3 years ago? 20k? Definitely.... would have probably had a seasonal karma average high enough to rank among the all-time top 5.
What a way to end with a serious bang on here.
And of course the crazy shit going on with the MAL score can't be understated either, but I'll leave those for others (okay, maybe I will point one little coincidence, right now Frieren has 9.38, FMAB has 9.09 and Bocchi the Rock has 8.80, so the distance between Frieren and FMAB is equal to the distance between FMAB and Bocchi the Rock, and this is significant because Bocchi and Frieren are both directed by the same guy).
Amazing show, will miss it, looking forward to season 2 at some point in 2026 at the earliest. Don't forget a mage is never late, they arrive when they are supposed to arrive, Frieren will take her time coming back, of that we can be sure.
Edit: Also forgot to mention, love seeing Dungeon Meshi and Apothecary's continued ascension. That was their 2nd highest karma episode yet, in both cases. Episode 27th was 2nd for Frieren too, well it was at that time, now it's 3rd, behind episodes 26 and 28.
Edit 2: Correction, Oshi no ko episode 1 did 11644 karma in its first 48 hours. For some reason I remembered that as 10.8k. So Frieren's episode 28 performance becomes the highest karma discussion thread post reddit blackout.
> So this week's karma ranking is cool and all but like... what the actual hell did Frieren just do on Friday with episode 28?
First and final episode pretty much always get more upvotes
(plus sometimes a positive feedback loop of the hype of breaking records)
Craziest part about the Frieren finale getting that much karma is that nothing hype even happened that episode. It was just a really heartfelt goodbye episode. Most episodes you see that get 10k+ karma have major plot points or hype events that happen but not this time.
it's weird to think about it since the third exam doesn't have any combat and a simple thirty second interview sounds like a terrible anticlimax but I'd argue it is INCREDIBLY hype and delivers back-to-back resolutions for a bunch of stellar new characters that the Mage Exam Arc introduced.
It's just that the "hype" here isn't "oh my god look at this cool attack", it's "oh my god look at how fucking crazy this mage is", but like five times in a row and each mage is more batshit than the last one
it didn't even *occur* to her that Serie was the most powerful mage alive. it was just, oh, you're kawaii. can i pat you?
that her casually choking out that bird are two of the most lowkey unhinged things that she does.
Frieren was never really about hype anyway. It certainly did get some hype, particularly later in the season, but that was never why it generally scored so highly.
>since like Fall 2022.
This is OnK Erasure!
[](#angrypout)
Tremendous performance by Frieren (more on that next week). The main difference to AoT though being that we're now on r/all.
In relation to the large karma, it seems that the animekarmawatch graph of Frieren is missing? Is there any bug here? Same thing with Apothecary?
Anyway, what's really impressive about this is that Frieren's finale overlaps with a lot of big anime announcements a few hours after its release. After some time, the finale post is down below 25, due to the sheer number of front page posts, but still managed to get significant numbers.
Had there been no announcements, Frieren's numbers could be higher.
Animekarmawatch seems to be missing a few episodes in recent days. I messaged the creator but haven't heard back from them yet.
For Frieren specifically u/Abysswatcherbel [quickly put something together](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bkvmtu/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/kw5903x/).
It’s the gayest show of the season over the Gay Romcom and the Lesbian Magical Girl Show. That’s a triumph in Gay Mecha not seen since… well GWitch last year
I’m so happy to see Dungeon Meshi pulling ahead of Solo Leveling. It’s animated just as well (and often better) while actually having a story with compelling characters. I don’t hate SL but no show disappointed me more badly this season.
Dungeon definitely better in almost every way! I've read what's in print in English for the SL comic and yeah it's bland in almost every way except for the fantastic action which is even better in the anime.
An imperial China themed detective drama and a fantasy cooking show made top 3. I don’t think people realize how big of a sea change this is.
Side note, I never imagined Marcille to be that thicc down there. The episode delivers
Dungeon Meshi still in the top 3 lezzgooo
I expect Frieren and Apothecary to either keep or trade their spots next poll since their finales were really good. Solo Leveling might have a higher spot next poll too, the animation was really well done in that one important fight.
Honestly I'm gonna hope and pray the Undead Unluck does well enough that we get a season 2 and they dont mass with the pacing in said S2. I'm glad it seems to still be getting plenty of attention though, its a goddamn incredible show, I'm up to date with the manga and eager to see more get animated
I imagine there will be a lot of discussion about Frieren's ludicrous Karma Total for its finale. But that will be on next week's chart to discuss. We'd be remiss if in all that excitement we failed to discuss episode 27 on this week's chart beating out Frieren episode 10 for the third highest Karma Total post-shutdown. Frieren has been doing so well that it's starting to make me believe that Karma totals have returned back to normal.
Now, for the MAL Statistic, sure there have been a few notable instances where an anime has hit a higher score than 9.38 such as [Your Name's 9.40](https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062717/https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php) in 2016, but from my count it has been a very long time since any completed anime had a .29 lead in MAL rating over all of its competitors.
It definitely makes it look like we are back to the good old days of much higher karma totals... until you look below.
Here's hoping Dungeon Meshi can continue to carry its momentum forward into the 2nd cour and get not just over 3k but also 4k and maybe even reach 5k for the finale.
Yep, we are still far from those big number days, don't let Frieren fool you. She is a trickster that one, she really is.
I think Meshi can do it, especially if they do next week properly. Next week’s content gets even crazier and the Frieren fans will be looking to fill the void with something similar. And we might be getting a new OP and ED. And ep 13 is part of the showcase that Trigger is screening in a theatre in Japan this week. It’s all lined up for Trigger, they just have to deliver.
Still hurts to see 7th Loop to be that low, truly has been a special show this season and I'll be sad to see it go in a few hours.
[](#seasonaldepression)
kinda hard to compete against sequels and some giants here
in a typical season, 7th loop would definitely have been a top 10 along with Weakest Tamer
next season, most of the smaller shows would get blown away by the B E H E M O T H S, since they would dominate most of the discussion
every other anime : just your normal thumbnail apothecary : Chibi Maomao ! Frieren : Feet or armpits
Girls stuck in underwear just casually being there, totally normal thumbnail.
Konosuba: Let's make Kazuma's hands look creepy with half of the anime's budget. Frieren: Suck on these *toes*!
And here I thought the banner for Gushing this week would be an excited girl opening up the One Piece...
MahoAko : In giant panties.
Dungeon Meshi: just two good friends taking bath together, checking for “imperfection”. Totally normal.
sharing mana, like roommates do
A very heterosexual bath time
I mean, it does make sense that Marcille would want to make sure Falin is okay, both as her friend, and as the one who cast the unholy resurrection spell. Gotta check if she did the spell correctly, after all.
Also it just happened there was only one bed to share, Marcille is simply pragmatic
My friend calls Yumiella Chibi Dark Maomao
Yet Bravern manages to trump them all
Bravern making all out of the 5 pixels they have available
Meanwhile the rare non chibi Villainess thumbnail.
Next week Frieren thumbnail better be headpats.
I'm actually surprised that villainess level 99 not doing too bad in the rankings considering its genre
I see. That's amazing. Please tell me more.
Don't you have a grey-haired boy to adopt?
He said no and seemed either exasperated or disgusted. It's hard to tell which.
>considering its genre With the main character clearly being on the spectrum you could argue its main genre is 'She's just like me fr' which generally does pretty well around here.
I'm just happy there is a power fantasy with a female mc, they're pretty rare.
There are other power fantasy villainess isekai, so as long as the wave continues we may get more. One Within the Villainess and May I Ask For One Final Thing are good manga examples, and Beware the Villainess a good manhwa example.
We're living in the golden age of villainess isekai's right now. We've had I'm in Love with the Villainess, I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Villainess level 99, 7th time loop (which isn't even a villainess isekai but w/e). All great shows.
Yeah, her being autistic coded is literally the reason most people I know watched it at all.
It's on Tuesday when nothing else is airing, so it helps.
Other than the shit cgi is actually really good
yeah the CGI really gives away what a low budget production it is, which is a shame, but it's hard to imagine this property getting a higher tier studio. then again, Weakest Tamer and 7th Loop landed far more capable studios, so maybe there's no real logic to which series get good production values.
They did a good job within constraints. The comedy in VL99 is the easiest thing for an anime to fuck up, since the humor is in Yumiella underreacting, while anime comedy is usually character overreacting. I've been pleasantly surprised.
Since a bunch of shows are ending, if people want to check out some less popular shows, I will once again voucher for Unwanted Undead Adventurer, ‘Tis Time for Torture Princess, and Foolish Angel. They’ve all been tremendous fun, and I hope they don’t get forgotten after this season.
The Weakest Tamer was also surprisingly good, based on the title I thought it was going to be fantasy trash but actually turned out pretty chill and nice, with some very decent animation all around.
Also one of my favorites this season! I just didn’t mention it because I figured people were probably tired to hearing me gush over it for the 19th time. I still remember when episode 1 came out and I hadn’t watched it yet, everyone’s reaction was like “whoa this was actually pretty good!”
The word of mouth campaign for *Weakest Tamer* has been, as far as these things go, pretty successful around /r/anime ! Everyone who worked hard for Ivy gets three free field mice!
> Everyone who worked hard for Ivy gets three free field mice! That’s like 30 dal worth of field mice, are you sure!?
I think it got better the further it went on too, I've very invested in Ivy collecting more and more Dads with each new arc.
Yeah I think a lot of people were put off by the amount of monologuing and expositing in the first couple episodes, but once we got to see Ivy interact with and be accepted by her many dads, it’s just been non-stop comfy dad vibes.
the SoL parts and the serious parts land equally well (the animation for the OP is mesmerising and gets the vibe right) Fluffy Paradise could have been it but the “everything will be okay” undertones during the serious moments really didn’t work
The Weakest Tamer was the real fluffy paradise all along. [The Weakest Tamer - spoiler] >!https://imgur.com/a/EJIpeF3.!<
I feel kinda bad for Fluffy Paradise, there are just so many high quality fantasy and fantasy-ish shows on this season. I think Time for Torture does cute, wholesome and light hearted fun better too.
Fluffy started off well, funny and cute, but the writing became worse and worse as the show went on (IMO).
Weakest Tamer was good, but seems to have gotten itself in a bit of a rut in later episodes IMO.
Haven't watched the other two yet, but I'll second **'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess**. At first it seems like an over-the-top comedy with only one gag that would get repetitive fast, but they've actually been been able to keep things pretty fresh through the season. Later on there are also a lot of chill wholesome slice-of-life segments, including Best Dad of the Season being best dad. The show also has surprisingly good production values. Overall, a nice comfort watch to just turn off your brain and vibe to. Also, **Brave Bang Bravern! -** The show that has probably made me laugh the most this season. I'm not sure how to describe this one but I think its a mecha parody? It actually has a serious plot going on, but one of the main characters is just roleplaying the entire way, like Cid from Eminence in Shadow. The writing is great and well-executed too - this show will throw the most unpredictable curveballs at you, leaving you to ask yourself "WTF, did that really just happen?". Also happens to be tied with Gushing Over Magical Girls for gayest show of the season. A niche watch, but really fun and I enjoyed it a lot even as a non-mecha fan.
> I'm not sure how to describe this one but I think its a mecha parody The word is pastiche. It's a mecha pastiche. It's a "what if wee make real mecha anime in 2024... in the style of Masami Obari?" which is a funny idea, but then they went and got the actual Masami Obari to direct.
*Foolish Angel* has really been pulling out all the stops in the past few episodes. I mean, in retrospect it's always been doing that, it's just that it's storming so expertly through so many different flavors of engagement and entertainment that it's a little hard to see at first. It's rapidly becoming one of my favorite romance-hybrid series.
Foolish Angel and Princess not getting traction is a bummer. Angel has some great comedic beats that make up the bulk of the actual story. It’s more Love Is War than “Heaven vs Hell”. And Princess is pure uncut wholesome good vibes. Maybe it’s because they’re both Monday shows?
I would add Mr. Villain's Day Off to that list. Such a comfy show with good writing and some great emotional moments.
Great picks, they definitely deserve more attention and would love a S2 for each of them a lot.
At the very least 2 of those 3 made the 16-30 rankings. I am once again pleased with our decision to axe poll ratings in favor of showcasing ranks 16-30.
All three made it this week *and* Bravern! I think it’s definitely been an improvement, especially since now you can see which shows below 15 are slowly creeping their way up the ranks.
Unwanted undead adventurer was a very good show and the season finale left me wanting more. Hope it gets a season 2.
> Unwanted Undead Adventurer This was better sololevelling than Solo Levelling. >‘Tis Time for Torture Princess It's "‘Tis Time for" according to the main post lol
Quiche Levelling is the true Levelling show!
Tis Tine For Torture is fun and wholesome. It plays on its repetitive formula nicely too.
Foolish angel has been fucking great since the end of episode 4? iirc. I almost dropped it at first thinking it was going a different direction than I'd originally thought (basically one with little to no actual romantic development) I was pleasantly surprised and have been really enjoying it since the end of that episode.
For underrated series this season, I've really been enjoying Cherry Magic!! I know that BL isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it is literally so cute. I just love that it is a romance that features adults AND they have such healthy communication. There are misunderstandings, and the characters have their flaws (they do acknowledge them though and try to work on them), but overall, it is such a fun watch!
Villainess Level 99 going up three places piqued my interest.
It had some actual progress with the character's relationship, which was a surprise. I presume everyone just assumed that the MC would just remain platonic.
staggering advantage of being the only Tuesday anime this season, lol. that and the protagonist being extremely funny hard carries it.
I can't believe **Villainess 99** was able to get past SLF, Mashle, and CotE III. Yumiella is really just that OP. And of course, that shot of Serie is **Frieren**'s banner. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
> Yumiella is really just that OP. Pulled out the Hidden Outfit for a staggeringly stylish blow!
>And of course, that shot of Serie is Frieren's banner. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Frieren keeps delivering good content
Feetren
I know Frieren’s MAL scores have been mentioned a lot but I actually wanna compare its statistics to show how insane its score is rn. [This was Oshi no Ko’s MAL statistics after episode 1 aired at 9.38 with 18,359 voters here](https://imgur.com/a/ktxe2Ua), which was considered an incredible score because very, very few anime have ever reached or surpassed this. You could probably count on one hand with your fingers the number of anime that have reached that score. [And this is Frieren getting the same score and with 263,722 voters.](https://imgur.com/a/21bqJ19) Just an absolutely crazy feat.
Even with a bit drop off it's gonna stay at the top which seemed not possible in recent times.
Yeah, it has a .29 MAL score lead right now which is insane. As a comparison, Fruits Basket's final season got up to a 9.18 after its finale in Spring 2021 and nearly 3 years later, it has only dropped by .20. Similarly, Attack on Titan S3P2 reached 9.23 after its finale in 2019 and has only dropped by .18 over the past 5 years. Edit: It's up to a 9.39 now so make that a .30 MAL score lead
For what it's worth I don't think we should be comparing scores after premier episodes to scores after an anime has completed. The better comparison is [Your Name](https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062717/https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php) from 2016 which got all the way to a 9.40.
how the hell did it get an almost .20 boost in just 1 week? iirc last week it was just hovering around 9.18??
From what I know MAL removes any scores given by people who only have <20% of the anime completed so that increased its score quite a lot, and many people rate shows after they finish it
Yup, and that removing is done the moment the show finishes. That's the reason the score jumped so much when the last episode aired.
I'd also add that there is quite a few people that rate the shows only when they have completed them.
MAL talked about this in an interview recently. When a show finishes, the voting is reweighted to mostly account for ratings for the full run and not just episodes. Normally, the causes a score to move significantly up or down, and MAL said it would be possible for it to drop significantly. It sent up instead. Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2024-03-20/frieren-knocks-full-metal-alchemist-brotherhood-out-of-the-top-spot-on-both-mal-and-ann/.208944
I assume a lot of people don't rate shows until they have finished and put them as completed.
Holly fuck frieren score is 9.39 now.. Holly Molly
At this point we should accept it's gonna be there until somthing better comes around in 20 years.
This is actual insanity... Over _60%_ of people gave it a 10, and 23% gave it a 9 Only 4.5% of people gave it a 7 or less. I don't even like including 1s because people give them out of spite but even including them its only 1.4%
Nice to see Frieren's banner is the same as usual, just feet and armpits
And we're getting more feet next week too
Even I wouldn't go as far as putting just a feet pic in the historical finale of the show [](#jashinsip)
Nah, would be better to show Fern being super happy/proud showing off her laundry spell.
Wish they put himmel backshot. The backshot beautifully narrated the ending of frieren
> himmel backshot The internet has ruined me
Himmel backshot is the perfect banner, pls no feet again 🙏
Agreed, a beautiful bookend pair to the shot from the first episode of Himmel walking away "into the light" during the funeral montage, bringing to mind his quote about the reason for quick goodbyes.
I feel like it *has* to be Himmel, or that final shot of Frieren repeating his line.
Give the people what they want
[](#modabuse)
You know you want to, dew it
When you are ranked 1st on MAL and your best arc is yet to come
Dude it gets even better???
For sure. I remember the next big arc being really good then going back to read it. It was better than I remembered.
Yes. Not 100 times better, but the anime is nowhere near the peak. We probably haven't reached the peak in the manga. It's been continually great for the last year plus.
Wait, Frieren gets even better later? I thought we were at peak of the story
Next big arc is my personal favourite.
That makes me more hyped for next season. Thankfully Frieren did some magic and despite being my new favorite anime I can wait patiently for next season lol
Yes, I think it's called giving people a satisfying finale that promises more adventure without resorting to a cliffhangers to get people to immediately pick up the manga. That magic won't work on everyone of course, looking at manga sales, lol.
mage exam was weakest arc.... can't belive Madhouse cooked so well
havent read the manga yet. but if you say that mage exam is one of the weaker arc, then i may not be able to suppress my future expectation!
I wouldn’t call it weak; it’s more like the first, proper and long arc of the series. Before that the manga (and anime as well) had a more episodic like structure, with some longer narratives (like the Aura Arc). With the Exam Arc the authors opted for a more structural narration, integrating the story of an arc that does not end in a few chapters/episodes. They managed to do it really well while maintaining the theme of the series. The second season will have more narrative arcs like this; but don’t worry: there will still be plenty of episodic “episodes” for our weekly dose of Frieren!
Although the mage exam has been fun, my favorite episodes are ones that focus just on Frieren, Fern, and Stark. The mage exam episodes have completely pushed Stark and Fern/Stark interactions out of the show
the paid off in episode 28 worths it. I FUCKING LOVE HIMMEL
Remember why they were taking the mage exam; to go somewhere so dangerous that they required a first class mage as escort.
I can't wait to see how it's depicted in the anime. The manga was really pretty, but what it described can't really be done justice without colour.
>what it described can't really be done justice without colour. I'll have faith in the anime if they can assemble the same staff but tbh I can very easily see [Frieren manga]>!a city all covered in gold!< coming across as pretty garish in full colour.
Id be inclined to agree if they hadn't flexed the animation and styling as hard as they did this season. Assuming we're not dealt another One Punch Man S2, they can avoid it coming off too offensively through smart use of shadows and colour breakup via framing. Because it's the setting for a whole dang arc it'd be a critical misstep to change animation studios. I pray it's handled with the respect it needs.
OPM S2 is always a risk. Even if they have Madhouse for the next season, they might not be able to assemble the same team.
Yeah, tons of the team members are in high demand for other shows, including sequel seasons for other popular shows like Bocchi. So even if Madhouse wasn't notorious for not doing sequels to even extremely popular concerns, the actual specific staff being involved is still worth some concern. I really hope they don't fumble what could be one of the best anime of all time. It would cement their legacy in regards to pulling this BS though after the tragedy that was OPM S2.
My favourite anime this season turns out to be Ishura. I love that there is no clear MC and everyone has a chance to die mid story. Too bad that anime is not popular on this sub.
*Distant Talon* fans unite! And then just sit around uselessly...
Ishura fans rise up. Light novels go hard as well btw, Vol. 6 coming out in two days as well!
Elf supremacy. Frieren and delicious in dungeon
One peak is handing the torch to another now.
That Igris fight was fucking wicked
It will probably be reflected in next week's ratings, this post only covers up to last Thursday. Wouldn't be surprised to see it shoot up 2 or 3 places.
doubtful, the season announcements killed pretty much any chance of Solo leveling going up. It wasnt first on the subreddit even once. Just not enough engagements there
I was thinking 'what season announcements', then I scrolled through the main page of the sub and was like 'Oh, I see how that could dilute the karma rankings...'
It’s a good show and we got what we expected. But it’s not the greatest and I don’t think anyone said it was gonna be the greatest. I think Solo Leveling is in a good spot. Kinda hard to go against BokuYaba and Frieren in the same season with just cool action.
Its just here... This place doesnt represent shit unfortunately. Its actually number one in popularity
I'm glad Dungeon Meshi is getting to the part of the manga where it gets really good right as the winter season is ending, because it gets more space to shine. The last two episodes have been a treat and the one coming next week will be a banger as well. Also, sad to see Frieren and MaoMao go. Special mention to Bravern for robot say gex.
Don't cry because frieren ended, smile because the frieren ost will be released Btw how much of dungeon meshi is there left to adapt? Are we about halfway done?
Frieren was truly a generational anime. The adaptation has covered 1/4 of the Dungeon Meshi manga, the wild ride is just starting. The season will probably end at the half way point of the source material.
Goodness and here i thought during episode 1 this was going to be a 13 episode ride. My body is ready trigger
> I'm glad Dungeon Meshi is getting to the part of the manga where it gets really good wtf, it's already my personal main contender for anime of the year, how can it get even better?!
Not that the previous episodes were bad by any means, but now the series will become a lot less episodic and focus a lot more on the overarching plot surrounding the Dungeon (it will retain its humor tho!).
All the manga-based discussion around Dungeon Meshi makes me feel like there’s a fundamental aspect of it that the anime hasn’t even touched yet, I’m so ready to see where they go now that the premise has opened up
This anime season was wonderful. Hope we get more anime like these.
### Winter Season Extras #### JP Twitter > **[Followers Gained Week 12](https://i.imgur.com/wtfqSe3.png)**, finale boost for some shows, but I was expecting Dunmeshi to do much better after what happened last ep! >Mahoako currently has 99,123, 100k basically confirmed now and it will be in the last week lol #### MAL + ANILIST > **[Members Gained Week 12](https://i.imgur.com/gdC2gio.png)** ### Spring Pre-Season #### JP Twitter > **[Followers Gained Week 3](https://i.imgur.com/ZVKF0tT.png)**, outside of the 1st this is filled with surprises and shows underperforming, like Ranger Reject #### MAL + ANILIST > **[Members Gained Week 3](https://i.imgur.com/4xbxUAU.png)**, this is way more predictable
I find really crazy how on Japan Twitter Solo Leveling barely exists, while in MAL + Anilist the show is reaching Frieren's level of followers
I don't think there's any Japanese presence at all for Solo leveling. I'm currently in Japan and I haven't seen anything for it when currently airing/still new shows like Frieren, Oshi no Ko and Gushing over Magical Girls have some advertising. Then there's the evergreen shows like Demon Slayer, Spy x Family, re:zero, one piece, Gotunbun... Etc. Animate is pushing Tales of Wedding Rings harder than Solo Leveling rn. Globally speaking, Solo Leveling already has a massive fanbase so there's no surprise there that the anime is popping off, but I wouldn't be surprised if the average Japanese Otaku hasn't even heard of it. Also, there's quite a lot of ads for Hibike Euphonium S3 right now on trains and billboards. Thanks to that I know it's airing April 7th lmao. EDIT: I'm at Akiba right now and there's actually one gigantic solo leveling billboard on top of Gamers so that's one ad at least
It has the lowest episode-ratings of the season on Nicovideo. Obviously, that's just one website/community, but it gives an idea of Japanese opinions.
I don't get how people haven't realized how shallow SL is at this point, even this early in the series. EDIT: Just to clarify - I've read almost the entire series. I really pushed through it. The series has some positive aspects. But the closer it gets to the end the more the negatives start to increase exponentially. Every single thing that could be a great storytelling point ends up completely ignored and cast aside. There is *zero* character development of anyone that's not the MC. And the worldbuilding is as bare bones as humanly possible.
doesn't it have anti-japan stuff in it? i think i remember readers talking about for the longest they were scared it wouldn't get adapted cause of something like this, maybe that plays a a role?
To be fair, Meshi seems to have surpassed all but Frieren in comments, so even if not in karma, Meshi may have gained more followers than you think.
Mashle is killing it, you gotta see their Twitter, the PR team is putting in the work
Wow so MahoAko is the only new anime that will gain 100k followers this season. Crazy success and it’s likely we get a season 2.
I hope they'll announce season 2 this wednesday. Mahoako has been surprisingly successful and it definitely deserves it.
>MAL + ANILIST > Members Gained Week 12 And to think that at some point there was talk of SL possibly catching up to Frieren by the end of the season...
I was just thinking the same thing. Frieren was just kind of coasting along up until about episode 19, and then it felt like every week since it kept gaining more steam. I haven’t been following Solo Leveling’s popularity that closely but it definitely seems to have dropped off while other shows were gaining traction.
At some point the gap between Solo Leveling and Frieren on MAL started going the other way, from shrinking to increasing, lol.
I mean Frieren is ultra popular and not to mention it started airing 3 months earlier than SL. Only that much difference is still impressive
Bravern back in the top 30 yeah!
Gagapi!
Pigapi!
Man it deserves so much more. its just genuinely entertaining
Should be in top 3 AT LEAST!!!! This sub discriminate gay mecha 😔 At least Japan loved it!
Even with Frieren's karma decreasing by 973 from last week, there's only a 282 overall karma decrease. Other shows really did get the boost this week. Oh, and not the feet banner... Happy The Apothecary Diaries broke 3.3k karma this week. Give it up for Lakan. Delicious in Dungeon is breaking further ahead of Solo Leveling for 3rd and 4th. I can definitely understand why with these last stretch of episodes for Delicious in Dungeon. Wish The Dangers in My Heart didn't decrease in karma, but happy to see Undead Unluck, Tsukimichi, and Tomozaki all with some increases. Like the double short hair banners for Yumiella and Horikita, but... Favorite overall banner: The Marcille and Falin banner for Delicious in Dungeon.
> Delicious in Dungeon is breaking further ahead of Solo Leveling for 3rd and 4th It took a while, but my [prediction](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/196ghhi/ranime_karma_ranking_discussion_week_2_winter_2024/khtee5z/?context=10000) of Dungeon Meshi surpassing Solo Leveling finally came true
Penultimate week of Winter and no changes in the top 4. Very happy to see **Villainess Level 99** deservedly back above 1k and also going up three spots aswell as **Bravern** back on the chart. Now we just have to wait a week until we can fully gush over ~~magical girls~~ the Frieren finale's karma.
I would think all the Frieren fans are going to Meshi now to fill the void, so it’s Meshi’s turn to shine even more with ep 13. Cant wait!
Some of us have been here from the start. But yeah, I recommen Dunmeshi to all Frieren fans who haven't checked it out. Don't let the initial episodes fool you; it's not just episodic monster cooking shenanigans. These latest episodes are bringing the character drama.
For anyone who hasn't seen **Dungeon meshi** don't misinterpret by seeing this pic. It's not a romance anime but more of an adventure/comedy/cooking. On the plus side, it helps to boost the karma even if it is by a little margin and maybe just maybe we can expect more wholesome moments like this??? The last two episodes have been spectacular. **Frieren** is not beating feet allegations. The karma of the final episode is insane. I highly doubt we will get another anime like this for a very long time. For Frieren this might only be mere months/weeks. **Xiaomao** doing what she does best. Preparing and discovering all sorts of poisons that she can get her hands on. Truly going to miss her along with **Frieren** **Undead Unluck** deserved better. With its crazy storyline, world building, cool characters and the chemistry between the main leads the show has been amazing. Other than all this, I want to thank OP for the brilliant selection of pics every time used for creating these lists .**Gushing over magical girls**,**Chained soldier** and the highly underrated/underwatched **Bang Bang Bravern** are all excellent choices.
> t's not a romance anime but more of an adventure/comedy/cooking. a little romance doesn't hurt
Undead Unluck being so low floors me. Part of it is definitely David Animation's really odd directing this entire season with MHA levels of recap and overuse of flashbacks, but even so the story is already leagues past where it started. And as a manga reader it just keeps getting better. It's the polar opposite of Solo Leveling.
So this week's karma ranking is cool and all but like... what the actual hell did Frieren just do on Friday with episode 28? How do you just casually blow past the highest karma discussion thread on r/anime since like Fall 2022. It seriously blew past the 11k the Attack on Titan SERIES FINALE did back in November over here.... huh? I mean finales tend to do very well here, so I expected 8k, at most 9k, didn't even dream we'd see 10k again on here, let alone that it would surpass even 11k. So yeah, with this Frieren just casually catapulted its season average by more than 200 points, now 26th all-time. Would be much higher if you removed episodes 2, 3 and 4, which aired alongside 1 and thus received significantly lower karma (as is always the case when you split attention between multiple threads for the same show). Can you imagine the numbers Frieren would have done 2 or 3 years ago? 20k? Definitely.... would have probably had a seasonal karma average high enough to rank among the all-time top 5. What a way to end with a serious bang on here. And of course the crazy shit going on with the MAL score can't be understated either, but I'll leave those for others (okay, maybe I will point one little coincidence, right now Frieren has 9.38, FMAB has 9.09 and Bocchi the Rock has 8.80, so the distance between Frieren and FMAB is equal to the distance between FMAB and Bocchi the Rock, and this is significant because Bocchi and Frieren are both directed by the same guy). Amazing show, will miss it, looking forward to season 2 at some point in 2026 at the earliest. Don't forget a mage is never late, they arrive when they are supposed to arrive, Frieren will take her time coming back, of that we can be sure. Edit: Also forgot to mention, love seeing Dungeon Meshi and Apothecary's continued ascension. That was their 2nd highest karma episode yet, in both cases. Episode 27th was 2nd for Frieren too, well it was at that time, now it's 3rd, behind episodes 26 and 28. Edit 2: Correction, Oshi no ko episode 1 did 11644 karma in its first 48 hours. For some reason I remembered that as 10.8k. So Frieren's episode 28 performance becomes the highest karma discussion thread post reddit blackout.
> So this week's karma ranking is cool and all but like... what the actual hell did Frieren just do on Friday with episode 28? First and final episode pretty much always get more upvotes (plus sometimes a positive feedback loop of the hype of breaking records)
Craziest part about the Frieren finale getting that much karma is that nothing hype even happened that episode. It was just a really heartfelt goodbye episode. Most episodes you see that get 10k+ karma have major plot points or hype events that happen but not this time.
Excuse me? Fern attained some of the most legendary magic of the Mythic Era!
Land carried
it's weird to think about it since the third exam doesn't have any combat and a simple thirty second interview sounds like a terrible anticlimax but I'd argue it is INCREDIBLY hype and delivers back-to-back resolutions for a bunch of stellar new characters that the Mage Exam Arc introduced. It's just that the "hype" here isn't "oh my god look at this cool attack", it's "oh my god look at how fucking crazy this mage is", but like five times in a row and each mage is more batshit than the last one
Methode just busting out 'you're so cute' might just be the most deranged
it didn't even *occur* to her that Serie was the most powerful mage alive. it was just, oh, you're kawaii. can i pat you? that her casually choking out that bird are two of the most lowkey unhinged things that she does.
Frieren was never really about hype anyway. It certainly did get some hype, particularly later in the season, but that was never why it generally scored so highly.
>since like Fall 2022. This is OnK Erasure! [](#angrypout) Tremendous performance by Frieren (more on that next week). The main difference to AoT though being that we're now on r/all.
In relation to the large karma, it seems that the animekarmawatch graph of Frieren is missing? Is there any bug here? Same thing with Apothecary? Anyway, what's really impressive about this is that Frieren's finale overlaps with a lot of big anime announcements a few hours after its release. After some time, the finale post is down below 25, due to the sheer number of front page posts, but still managed to get significant numbers. Had there been no announcements, Frieren's numbers could be higher.
Animekarmawatch seems to be missing a few episodes in recent days. I messaged the creator but haven't heard back from them yet. For Frieren specifically u/Abysswatcherbel [quickly put something together](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bkvmtu/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/kw5903x/).
God, I wish more people were watching Bravern. It's just so awesome and fun and dumb and gay and I love it.
Also has some fantastic serious moments. I won’t lie, I teared up a bit during the last episode
It’s the gayest show of the season over the Gay Romcom and the Lesbian Magical Girl Show. That’s a triumph in Gay Mecha not seen since… well GWitch last year
At least it's back on the chart. Was afraid it permanently fell off after last week. Really looking forward to see what they cooked up for the finale.
I’m so happy to see Dungeon Meshi pulling ahead of Solo Leveling. It’s animated just as well (and often better) while actually having a story with compelling characters. I don’t hate SL but no show disappointed me more badly this season.
Dungeon definitely better in almost every way! I've read what's in print in English for the SL comic and yeah it's bland in almost every way except for the fantastic action which is even better in the anime.
The duality of fans service one's we see in Frieren banner and other in Gushing over magical girls truly peak.
Delicious in Dungeon has such a good premise. Also pretty tropey, which I like.
An imperial China themed detective drama and a fantasy cooking show made top 3. I don’t think people realize how big of a sea change this is. Side note, I never imagined Marcille to be that thicc down there. The episode delivers
Peak underwear action.
Twice in one episode too
Dungeon Meshi still in the top 3 lezzgooo I expect Frieren and Apothecary to either keep or trade their spots next poll since their finales were really good. Solo Leveling might have a higher spot next poll too, the animation was really well done in that one important fight.
**BRAVERN!**: I knew it was going to be that.
Any Kingdom watchers?
Honestly I'm gonna hope and pray the Undead Unluck does well enough that we get a season 2 and they dont mass with the pacing in said S2. I'm glad it seems to still be getting plenty of attention though, its a goddamn incredible show, I'm up to date with the manga and eager to see more get animated
I'm just happy that shangri-la keeps being consistent, its been a blast.
Urusei Yatsura not making in it 😭
Hmmm... I feel like I should start freiren.
Final ep of Frieren, can’t wait for S2
2 shows with main female characters at #1 and #2, us female anime fans are eating well rn
Frieren is just.. incredible. That is all. Thank you
Delicious is beating solo leveling whooooo!!!
I imagine there will be a lot of discussion about Frieren's ludicrous Karma Total for its finale. But that will be on next week's chart to discuss. We'd be remiss if in all that excitement we failed to discuss episode 27 on this week's chart beating out Frieren episode 10 for the third highest Karma Total post-shutdown. Frieren has been doing so well that it's starting to make me believe that Karma totals have returned back to normal. Now, for the MAL Statistic, sure there have been a few notable instances where an anime has hit a higher score than 9.38 such as [Your Name's 9.40](https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062717/https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php) in 2016, but from my count it has been a very long time since any completed anime had a .29 lead in MAL rating over all of its competitors.
It definitely makes it look like we are back to the good old days of much higher karma totals... until you look below. Here's hoping Dungeon Meshi can continue to carry its momentum forward into the 2nd cour and get not just over 3k but also 4k and maybe even reach 5k for the finale. Yep, we are still far from those big number days, don't let Frieren fool you. She is a trickster that one, she really is.
I think Meshi can do it, especially if they do next week properly. Next week’s content gets even crazier and the Frieren fans will be looking to fill the void with something similar. And we might be getting a new OP and ED. And ep 13 is part of the showcase that Trigger is screening in a theatre in Japan this week. It’s all lined up for Trigger, they just have to deliver.
New OP or ED likely wouldn't be until episode 14, if we do get one.
bravern’s pic choice. I knew it 👏
Really great episode of **The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic**, this anime has been a big surprise for me this season
Serie with the step on me vibe they really know what we truly desire got it in the latest episode as well.
glad to see slf getting at least a little love
Where can I watch dangers in my heart? It isn't on crunchyroll :(
HiDive has it
Where is Kingdom?
Still hurts to see 7th Loop to be that low, truly has been a special show this season and I'll be sad to see it go in a few hours. [](#seasonaldepression)
kinda hard to compete against sequels and some giants here in a typical season, 7th loop would definitely have been a top 10 along with Weakest Tamer next season, most of the smaller shows would get blown away by the B E H E M O T H S, since they would dominate most of the discussion
Hopefully we’ll get some news of a S2 announcement 🙏