GATAN GOTON! Spring has rolled in! And with it come lots of new and exciting shows (even if many aren’t in this week’s chart yet). And lots of leaks apparently.
**Spice & Wolf** took the win this week in commanding fashion even over popular Winter shows having the finale.
But the winner of the hearts this has got to be **Train To The End Of The World** which came almost out of nowhere to take 9th place with its a fantastic first episode.
I also like how **Elf Bride**’s first two episodes almost got the exact same score (missing by just 1 point) and that single point was also the difference between episode 2 sneaking into the top 15 and episode 1 having to settle for the right side of the chart.
Another new show that won my heart this week was ~~the Hinamatsuri remake~~ **Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** which is a quirky comedy with a great cast.
That’s it for today though. Tune in next week to hear me gush about more premieres including sentai, school bands, girl bands and girl…art collectives?
p.s. The 7th Prince banner is perfection!
Ocixo on
This first week of Spring 2024 was certainly a fantastic start to the anime season.
I strongly recommend checking out **A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** if you liked Hinamatsuri. Sara has [an explosive personality](https://imgur.com/a/6okRTtt) and Livia is already [facing some tough times](https://imgur.com/a/6NzKSGZ). The first episode was a lot of fun.
If you’re looking for a wild ride, I would take the **Train to the End of the World**. This anime original shattered my expectations in the best of ways. It features an uniquely interesting premise that’s backed up by a strong production.
**Wind Breaker** seemingly has a very strong production team behind it too. Its first episode looked great. Just to be clear: *so far*, it has NOT been anything like Tokyo Revengers. More than delinquents, we’re looking at [Wind Breaker – meta-spoiler] >!vigilantes!< here.
The legal availability of anime like **Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night** and **Girls Band Cry** could’ve been better, but both of these anime also premiered with *a lot* of promise! The latter might employ CG, but it’s damn good-looking CG if I say so myself.
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danlong87 on
welp, I must apologize to Holo the wise wolf for doubting her, what a premiere from the remake, may her rule continues even with the heavy weights joining this coming week (mushoku, kaiju8)
did not count KonoSuba since its leaked and i am afraid that had already killed its momentum
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I really liked the first episode of **Train to the End of the World**. Had a post apocalyptic world, nice mystery feel to it, decent comedy, and good production.
Plus it has a cast of young girls going out to solve the mystery in this world, so this is definitely gonna get darker lol
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With this chart, goodbye to the the best fantasy-adventure in years. Fortunately, one of this season’s [fantasy shows (with explosion magic!)](https://imgur.com/a/bpd7Hfo), **A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics**, is off to an entertaining start and hopefully doesn’t Sasaki itself.
>Really strong debut for Apartment Angel, Jellyfish, Shuumatsu Train and Girls Band Cry (which got a special banner now), the rest was pretty much expected, except that Re:Monster seems to be more talked about in the West while it’s ignored in Japan lol
I’m surprised that Solo Leveling topped Dangers. Then again I don’t usually upvote posts, so I guess idk how representative…no this would still be representative, I guess. And I *do* comment.
Mahelas on
I’m always so positively surprised by Dungeon Meshi level of engagement. Like, beyond the sheer karma, look at the number of comments. It’s been doing absurd numbers for a while now !
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You know a show is cooking good when even if the main cast isn’t even involved for like most of the episode, it’s still placed 4th place.
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The comment count on Spice & Wolf is blank. Too many to display?
Elf Bride episode 2 did better than the premiere? Was that one of the shows that got leaked and therefore had multiple threads potentially leading to a split vote?
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[Salad Bowl](https://myanimelist.net/anime/55877/Henjin_no_Salad_Bowl) is a reverse isekai in which a powerful mage from another world takes an interest in how private detectives are portrayed in fiction and decides to team up with a real world one. With good comedy and a fun premise, it might be my favorite of the season so far.
Something about the main thumbnail for [Astro Note](https://myanimelist.net/anime/57391/Astro_Note) reminds of me of trashy ecchi harem cohabitation series, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out this is neither ecchi nor harem (the cast is predominantly male). I’m really not into the art style, but the comedy is strong enough that I want to continue watching anyway. Sugita is great, as usual.
[Tonari no Youkai-san](https://myanimelist.net/anime/51461/Tonari_no_Youkai-san) looks great (as one would expect from LIDENFILMS I suppose) with nice art, though the directing isn’t anything special. First episode largely has a relaxing iyashikei vibe with just a hint of ominous drama on the horizon.
[Train to the End of the World](https://myanimelist.net/anime/53356/Shuumatsu_Train_Doko_e_Iku) promises a wacky adventure through a distorted Japan and as an anime-original it is likely to have a satisfying conclusion within the season. I wasn’t sold on it until near the end of the first episode; the situation with the cap was both interesting and fun.
[Tonbo](https://myanimelist.net/anime/55194/Ooi_Tonbo) is airing on Amazon Prime of all places. They even gave it a simul-dub, yet there was no promotion of it whatsoever and I can only find it using the search function on the site itself. It features energetic tomboy antics in a peaceful rural setting.
I was about to be sad Astro Note didn’t make the chart, but then I remembered it’s a Friday show so it can’t be here until next week lol. [](#fingertwirl)
Anyways, if you haven’t already done so & you’re a fan of early Gintama, I highly recommend checking out Astro Note. It’s an original by the same guy who directed the first 105 episodes of Gintama, and it has a few of the main Gintama VAs as well. That first episode was both cute and really funny, and I’m excited to watch more of it!
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i was looking forward to seeing No Game No Life here
Apprehensive_Ear_235 on
It looks like some series have been given another big boost for the season finale. Especially Dangers in my Heart is fully deserved. One of the best romcoms I’ve ever watched.
But I wouldn’t have thought that the final episode of Solo Leveling would end up well below Spice&Wolf. In general, the first season of Solo Leveling was rather building up for what is yet to come. I can well imagine that the future episodes will do much better in the rankings.
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The Dungeon Meshi thumbnail is cracking me up.
What a way to go out Bokuyaba! Congrats on the huge bump, and also goodbye to SL. No more massive Karma Frieren, but we at least have Konosuba back.
michhoffman on
Holo beating Megumin…an r/anime tale as old as time, but Holo actually winning overall is not something this sub is prepared for. We only have a sad Holo comment face after all. Me thinks we should take advantage of the seasonal nominations to add a new one ~~so that it can be used for Best Girl 11 as well~~.
And not only did Spice and Wolf win the week, but it beat out Solo Leveling’s premier for the highest non-Frieren Karma total of 2024.
Its number 1 spot won’t last long as Mushoku Tensei airs in a few hours and the official version of Konosuba episode 1 airs on Wednesday, but let’s hope Spice and Wolf can stay in the top 3 this season.
Queue_Jumping_Quack on
So glad to have seen the return of Holo and Lawrence. May they long reign!
The leaks have likely killed the karma count for the series in question. Not a fan of the policy of opening the threads for illegally released content. We’ll see the true karmic power of Konosuba once the leaker has run dry.
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As far as new series go (not that I’ve watched many yet), **Train to the End of the World** was absolutely my favorite of this chart. I had no idea what to expect going in and it was an excellent surprise. Energetic, unhinged, intriguing, with a good cast, if you’re looking for a weird CGDCT (with the potential to get into dark territory), give it a try!
I was also very impressed with **Sengoku Youko**’s finale. Sasuga Mizukami for toying with my emotions, I can’t wait for the second cour.
Now I’m curious to see how **Jellyfish** and **Girls Band Cry** will do compared to the rest of the premieres. Well GBC probably won’t do that great as the only legal streams aren’t in English, but still.
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Ok this is sold me on the way to watch the professor wolf to teach me about economic
Damm garnt didn’t lie when he said the OG best waifu is came back to reclaim her tittle
MapoTofuMan on
Yuru Camp at 7th is nice, though man, 1300 karma still feels low compared to the 4k+ S2 got in Winter 2021.
Though admittedly, this reflects its actual popularity more – it’s now been a whole 3 years since S2 finished airing, and it still hasn’t crossed 100k ratings on MAL. S2 has about a 60% falloff rate (meaning that about 40% of the people who watched S1 watched S2), so if S3’s falloff rate is the same…we may be looking at a pretty niche show at this point.
And in second place would be Salad Bowl of Eccentrics. The description makes it sound like Sasaki and Peeps which…wasn’t exactly a top performer last season, but it’s actually Hinamatsuri 2.0. If you liked Hinamatsuri drop whatever you’re doing and go watch it immediately.
[](#shakeit)
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Spice & Wolf topping a karma chart in 2024. Feels hard to believe.
Solo Leveling really didn’t get much of a finale boost. Only +135?
The Dangers in My Heart however did get the big finale boost that boosted it up to 3rd (ahead of something like Delicious in Dungeon) with 2,788 karma and a near 9.00 MAL score.
Delicious in Dungeon continues its steady score climb on MAL as it broke the 8.00 barrier and got a minor karma boost this week.
A leaked episode of KonoSuba S3 is Top 5 and near 2k karma. Wonder how that will effect the thread for the official release of Episode 1.
Favorite banner this week: The Dangers in My Heart or Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
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I thought Solo Leveling would win one week, but I should have known that the sub would go crazy for more Spice and Wolf.
I don’t know what to watch this season. Last season had 9 anime where I was already familiar with the manga. This season only has Dungeon Meshi, plus the Spice and Wolf re-adaptation (I watched the original adaptation). I will definitely watch Konosuba as well, but beyond that I’m not sure what to watch. I’ll probably try Kaiju 8. I watched the first episode of Salad Bowl of Eccentrics just for the title, but it wasn’t as manic as the title made it sound.
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Very strong start to the new season with **Spice & Wolf** taking a lead in the ranking thanks to great first episode. [Holo will be clearly one of the strongest contenders for the girl of the season](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4j3gzv2y8) and [her relationship with Lawrence is so fun](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k46aczob3b7.png). I seriously can’t wait for the next episodes.
**Shangri-La Frontier** also ended last week but fortunately we already got an announcement for the 2nd season in October, again with two consecutive cours. I can’t wait to see [Sunraku and Emul’s next adventures](https://i.imgur.com/YNVv5Wq.png)!
Genuine question. Is the remake actually good? I have watched original spice and wolf and the animation was fine for me so I don’t feel the need to rewatch it really but did they actually do a very good job?
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didn’t know konosuba leaked, i guess I’ll have something to do the next hour
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Spice & Wolf really deserved this.
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Well ofc
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Holo fans lets goooooo
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Goodbye to **Bokuyaba**. A fantastic second season with good start and an excellent finish. Just when you think the the showed has fully reached its full potential midway (especially ep 7), then the final episode happens and completely knocks it out of the park. This is how you do a seasonal anime with 12/13 episodes. This is also one of those cases where manga readers were right in hyping it up and I am glad to say I survived watching it till the end.
As a newcomer, **Spice and Wolf** managed to hook me right in the first episode itself. Loved the OP/ED, artsyle, Kevin Penkin’s OST and the characters. It definitely feels like a classic tale in the making. I will be looking forward more of Holo and Lawrence interactions and their journey.
If **Yuru Camp** managed to inspire camping, then **Bartender glass of God** makes you want to become a Bartender. The main lead has a such a good way with words and as well as fingers that will inspire us. Both these shows gives out immense vibes. **Archdemon’s dilemma** is surprisingly wholesome. I am glad that two episodes were released instead of one.
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Holo’s time has returned.
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New series summary for this week.
* **Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included** – Wish Fulfillment, Good Fanservice, Harem Included. You’ll know quickly if you are the target audience.
* **Train to the End of the World** – Anime original. One of those “WTF is happening?” anime with a wild and intriguing premise. Tone and world building is important for this kind of show and they did a good job of it. Has a lot of potential.
* **Re:Monster** – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Goblin (the kind from Goblin Slayer). Source material is… not good compared to Slime Tensei/Overlord, but those who just want more of the whole monster nation-building thing will probably be entertained.
* **I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability** – Everything you would expect from the reincarnated as an OP protagonist genre, this time as an unhinged magical femboy. The manga is notable for it’s insane art, and while the first episode delivered on the action, the CG is looking quite sketchy.
* **The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases** – Don’t.
* **Bartender: Glass of God** – Remake. Didn’t watch the original, but this looks like it’s just going to be about a guy who tends bars. A niche watch, very chill and had some nice drink mixing scenes.
* **A Condition Called Love** – Shoujo romance between plain girl who doesn’t understand love and popular guy who has too much love to give. The male lead is going to get some hate at the start for being a walking red flag but it’s doing something similar to The Dangers in My Heart, except [Anime Ep 1]>!what’s being cured this time isn’t chuunibyo, it’s yandere. Hence the literal translation of the series’ name, “Hananoi-kun’s Love Sickness”!<. Good if you like character development stuff.
* **An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride** – Slavery and romance, a match made in heaven. This one is the wholesome and fluffy kind though, so it’s fine.
* **WIND BREAKER** – Delinquent anime with a likeable MC? Sold. Great production quality, solid action scenes and a good first episode.
* **Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** – Reverse isekai. Is this just Sasaki and Peeps, but without the bird and ADHD plot? Fun first episode.
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CR continue to toy with my heart as still no announcement for Spice & Wolf dubs 🙁 hopefully we get something at the end of this week as that will be closing in on 2 weeks after first air.
New seasons, new shows to shill! Though first, since I just watched the last few episodes in the last few days, I wanna dearly recommend the **sengoku youko** from last season, whitefox did a great job on this fantasy anime, and it had an insane and great finale (also considering a certain other show that airs this season, evil fox waifu>wolf waifu)
Now to the new shows:
**Archdemons dilemma: How to Love your elf ~~slave~~ bride**: “Morally somewhat all over the place sorcerer buys elf slave” isn’t exactly the easiest to defend start to a found family/fluff romcom anime. So I am going to skip trying and just say that crunchy released the first two episodes, which was a great idea, because after the rocky first episode (the anime is very faithfl to the source material, which I don’t necessary consider a completely good thing, as especially the first 15 minutes were very dry and comedy poor), episode 2 was an improvement in almost every regard, both in comedy, flufflevels and adressing the problematic aspect. And it should only improve further as we go on-in fact, I almost wished they were even braver and released the first 3 episodes, as what originally sold me on the manga should be in episode 3. Also, the fmc is voiced by ern, who decided to give this white elf thing a try, and the mc by subaru, who decided to keep giing this white elf thing a try. But yeah, if you like fluff romcoms or found family stories, please give this one a try-if even u/amethystItalian [enjoyed the second episode](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bw3gjk/maou_no_ore_ga_dorei_elf_wo_yome_ni_shitanda_ga/ky3rdzv/) despite the problematic issues, so can you!
**Train to the end of the world**: If in the last few weeks, you gotconfused reading int he comments about an anime referred to just as “train”, then it was this one. This was an anime original with many reason to look forward to it:
1. Chisato voicing another mc in anime original
2. Yosih yoshi..yoshi yoshi yoshi
3. we didn’t know anything about the series
ok maybe there weren’t that many reason to be this hyped for the series, but luckily, the first few minutes of the first episode told me that I wasn’t wrong to put my faith into this. This was crazy, this was entertaining and this wass exciting for the future. The episode was…quite expository after the opening scene, but even that shouldn’t be a problem for the future. Let the hype train roll on! Also best [ed song of the season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv1meSYlrqE), I’m putting my bets on it!
**Girls band cry**: “Raise your middle fingers” is definitely an interesting motto for a cute girls doing band+drama show. Probably only wanted to watch this because of the cgi, but it was quite a good first episode. Characters are super expressive, and I got used to the look of the cgi pretty quickly, so don’t let that deter you!
**Spice and wolf**: Considering in how many best girl contest I participated and how much holo always stood in the center of attention, it is kinda impressive that I could go almost blind into the series/her character, since none of the holofans ever tried to explain why they like this girl so much. The first episode did a good job on this, and overall on why the show is popular. also [step by step](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLDO8rwAUk) catchiest ed of the season
**Jellyfish**: Haven’t watched it yet, but got a lot of praise and does already do really well in karma, so obviously did something right. The only reason you maybe should be wary of giving this first episdoe a try is that u/abysswatcherbel *loved* this premiere
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Bartender will break the top 5 by the end of the season. Mark my words.
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SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Time to gas up some shows that are criminally underrated right now, but hopefully will gain momentum
– **Train to the End of the World** is a trip. From the inciting incident of the premise all the way to the stinger at the end of the first episode. I’m excited to see where we’re going. Especially from the Girls Und Panzer guy
– Did Bucchigiri disappoint you? Because **Wind Breaker** might cure that. By the halfway point of the first episode I already love the MC. The fights are very well animated. And the last minutes of the first episode are geniunely heartwarming.
– Spice and Wolf is already off to a great start, so the other show that makes me feel old deserves love too. **Bartender** is already starting off as a great reboot. Has a tone less like the original anime and more like the manga. It’s just a great adult vibes story that’s perfect for a midweek show.
– Thank goodness they dropped 2 episodes of **Archdemon’s Dilemma** because the second give most of the full picture of what the show is about: two hapless, stunted, impossibly sweet dumbasses being cute together. What’s left is the great world building and magic fights to come. Plus we’re on a great run of lovable elves and Nephy is one of the best.
– ***A Condition Called Love** is another banger in the Year of Great Shoujo. Don’t sleep on it. The first episode is great and I can’t wait to see what they do with the rest. This, Whisper Me A Love Song, and Duke of Death will be the romances of the season.
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Where is Tensei Slime?
RedShadowF95 on
Placing hopes in Wind Breaker. Hopefully it keeps on delivering.
gc11117 on
God-Tier Waifu Holo reigns supreme
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LFG, IM SO HAPPY FOR S&W
it was my 3rd anime ever watched, back in 2021.
AAHHHHHH <3
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Holo is back to reclaim her throne and I am glad that I was here for it.
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GATAN GOTON! Spring has rolled in! And with it come lots of new and exciting shows (even if many aren’t in this week’s chart yet). And lots of leaks apparently.
**Spice & Wolf** took the win this week in commanding fashion even over popular Winter shows having the finale.
But the winner of the hearts this has got to be **Train To The End Of The World** which came almost out of nowhere to take 9th place with its a fantastic first episode.
I also like how **Elf Bride**’s first two episodes almost got the exact same score (missing by just 1 point) and that single point was also the difference between episode 2 sneaking into the top 15 and episode 1 having to settle for the right side of the chart.
Another new show that won my heart this week was ~~the Hinamatsuri remake~~ **Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** which is a quirky comedy with a great cast.
That’s it for today though. Tune in next week to hear me gush about more premieres including sentai, school bands, girl bands and girl…art collectives?
p.s. The 7th Prince banner is perfection!
This first week of Spring 2024 was certainly a fantastic start to the anime season.
I strongly recommend checking out **A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** if you liked Hinamatsuri. Sara has [an explosive personality](https://imgur.com/a/6okRTtt) and Livia is already [facing some tough times](https://imgur.com/a/6NzKSGZ). The first episode was a lot of fun.
If you’re looking for a wild ride, I would take the **Train to the End of the World**. This anime original shattered my expectations in the best of ways. It features an uniquely interesting premise that’s backed up by a strong production.
**Wind Breaker** seemingly has a very strong production team behind it too. Its first episode looked great. Just to be clear: *so far*, it has NOT been anything like Tokyo Revengers. More than delinquents, we’re looking at [Wind Breaker – meta-spoiler] >!vigilantes!< here.
The legal availability of anime like **Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night** and **Girls Band Cry** could’ve been better, but both of these anime also premiered with *a lot* of promise! The latter might employ CG, but it’s damn good-looking CG if I say so myself.
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welp, I must apologize to Holo the wise wolf for doubting her, what a premiere from the remake, may her rule continues even with the heavy weights joining this coming week (mushoku, kaiju8)
did not count KonoSuba since its leaked and i am afraid that had already killed its momentum
I really liked the first episode of **Train to the End of the World**. Had a post apocalyptic world, nice mystery feel to it, decent comedy, and good production.
Plus it has a cast of young girls going out to solve the mystery in this world, so this is definitely gonna get darker lol
With this chart, goodbye to the the best fantasy-adventure in years. Fortunately, one of this season’s [fantasy shows (with explosion magic!)](https://imgur.com/a/bpd7Hfo), **A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics**, is off to an entertaining start and hopefully doesn’t Sasaki itself.
Also, watch **Jellyfish** and **Train**!
# Spring Season Extras
#### JP Twitter
> **[Followers Gained Week 1](https://i.imgur.com/sltj7dL.png)**
>Really strong debut for Apartment Angel, Jellyfish, Shuumatsu Train and Girls Band Cry (which got a special banner now), the rest was pretty much expected, except that Re:Monster seems to be more talked about in the West while it’s ignored in Japan lol
#### MAL + ANILIST
> **[Members Gained Week 1](https://i.imgur.com/COKqWCK.png)**, re monster also the surprise here
Spice and wolf deserved
I’m surprised that Solo Leveling topped Dangers. Then again I don’t usually upvote posts, so I guess idk how representative…no this would still be representative, I guess. And I *do* comment.
I’m always so positively surprised by Dungeon Meshi level of engagement. Like, beyond the sheer karma, look at the number of comments. It’s been doing absurd numbers for a while now !
You know a show is cooking good when even if the main cast isn’t even involved for like most of the episode, it’s still placed 4th place.
The comment count on Spice & Wolf is blank. Too many to display?
Elf Bride episode 2 did better than the premiere? Was that one of the shows that got leaked and therefore had multiple threads potentially leading to a split vote?
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[Salad Bowl](https://myanimelist.net/anime/55877/Henjin_no_Salad_Bowl) is a reverse isekai in which a powerful mage from another world takes an interest in how private detectives are portrayed in fiction and decides to team up with a real world one. With good comedy and a fun premise, it might be my favorite of the season so far.
Something about the main thumbnail for [Astro Note](https://myanimelist.net/anime/57391/Astro_Note) reminds of me of trashy ecchi harem cohabitation series, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out this is neither ecchi nor harem (the cast is predominantly male). I’m really not into the art style, but the comedy is strong enough that I want to continue watching anyway. Sugita is great, as usual.
[Tonari no Youkai-san](https://myanimelist.net/anime/51461/Tonari_no_Youkai-san) looks great (as one would expect from LIDENFILMS I suppose) with nice art, though the directing isn’t anything special. First episode largely has a relaxing iyashikei vibe with just a hint of ominous drama on the horizon.
The Doga Kobo original [Jellyfish](https://myanimelist.net/anime/54839/Yoru_no_Kurage_wa_Oyogenai) series stands out for having great directing. The actual content of the show seems to involve cute girls pursuing artistic dreams.
[Train to the End of the World](https://myanimelist.net/anime/53356/Shuumatsu_Train_Doko_e_Iku) promises a wacky adventure through a distorted Japan and as an anime-original it is likely to have a satisfying conclusion within the season. I wasn’t sold on it until near the end of the first episode; the situation with the cap was both interesting and fun.
[Tonbo](https://myanimelist.net/anime/55194/Ooi_Tonbo) is airing on Amazon Prime of all places. They even gave it a simul-dub, yet there was no promotion of it whatsoever and I can only find it using the search function on the site itself. It features energetic tomboy antics in a peaceful rural setting.
While I personally will not be continuing with [Elf Bride](https://myanimelist.net/anime/53434/Maou_no_Ore_ga_Dorei_Elf_wo_Yome_ni_Shitanda_ga_Dou_Medereba_Ii), I do appreciate how the thoughts and actions of the tsundere male protagonist are treated as a significant part of the appeal rather than relying solely on how attractive the girl is like most romance series for boys.
I was about to be sad Astro Note didn’t make the chart, but then I remembered it’s a Friday show so it can’t be here until next week lol. [](#fingertwirl)
Anyways, if you haven’t already done so & you’re a fan of early Gintama, I highly recommend checking out Astro Note. It’s an original by the same guy who directed the first 105 episodes of Gintama, and it has a few of the main Gintama VAs as well. That first episode was both cute and really funny, and I’m excited to watch more of it!
i was looking forward to seeing No Game No Life here
It looks like some series have been given another big boost for the season finale. Especially Dangers in my Heart is fully deserved. One of the best romcoms I’ve ever watched.
But I wouldn’t have thought that the final episode of Solo Leveling would end up well below Spice&Wolf. In general, the first season of Solo Leveling was rather building up for what is yet to come. I can well imagine that the future episodes will do much better in the rankings.
The Dungeon Meshi thumbnail is cracking me up.
What a way to go out Bokuyaba! Congrats on the huge bump, and also goodbye to SL. No more massive Karma Frieren, but we at least have Konosuba back.
Holo beating Megumin…an r/anime tale as old as time, but Holo actually winning overall is not something this sub is prepared for. We only have a sad Holo comment face after all. Me thinks we should take advantage of the seasonal nominations to add a new one ~~so that it can be used for Best Girl 11 as well~~.
And not only did Spice and Wolf win the week, but it beat out Solo Leveling’s premier for the highest non-Frieren Karma total of 2024.
|Rank|Anime|Episode|Karma|Season|
–:|:–|–:|–:|:–|
|1|Spice and Wolf|1|4513|Spring 2024|
|2|Solo Leveling|1|4416|Winter 2024|
|3|Apothecary Diaries|19|3943|Winter 2024|
|4|Solo Leveling|6|3897|Winter 2024|
|5|Solo Leveling|2|3533|Winter 2024|
Its number 1 spot won’t last long as Mushoku Tensei airs in a few hours and the official version of Konosuba episode 1 airs on Wednesday, but let’s hope Spice and Wolf can stay in the top 3 this season.
So glad to have seen the return of Holo and Lawrence. May they long reign!
The leaks have likely killed the karma count for the series in question. Not a fan of the policy of opening the threads for illegally released content. We’ll see the true karmic power of Konosuba once the leaker has run dry.
As far as new series go (not that I’ve watched many yet), **Train to the End of the World** was absolutely my favorite of this chart. I had no idea what to expect going in and it was an excellent surprise. Energetic, unhinged, intriguing, with a good cast, if you’re looking for a weird CGDCT (with the potential to get into dark territory), give it a try!
I was also very impressed with **Sengoku Youko**’s finale. Sasuga Mizukami for toying with my emotions, I can’t wait for the second cour.
Now I’m curious to see how **Jellyfish** and **Girls Band Cry** will do compared to the rest of the premieres. Well GBC probably won’t do that great as the only legal streams aren’t in English, but still.
Ok this is sold me on the way to watch the professor wolf to teach me about economic
Damm garnt didn’t lie when he said the OG best waifu is came back to reclaim her tittle
Yuru Camp at 7th is nice, though man, 1300 karma still feels low compared to the 4k+ S2 got in Winter 2021.
Though admittedly, this reflects its actual popularity more – it’s now been a whole 3 years since S2 finished airing, and it still hasn’t crossed 100k ratings on MAL. S2 has about a 60% falloff rate (meaning that about 40% of the people who watched S1 watched S2), so if S3’s falloff rate is the same…we may be looking at a pretty niche show at this point.
[](#giveuponlife)
Out of the new shows, my top shilling definitely goes out to Girls Band Cry with some of my favorite CG in the medium (not the most polished, but [amazingly expressive](https://media1.tenor.com/m/fwgFJGYH7gkAAAAC/girls-band-cry-middle-finger.gif)), great music to boot (the main band, Togenashi Togeari, already released a[ whopping 10 songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU3f8ZGfd5g&list=PL0o9aWyhb7ocxwDBYhzukikXmlB7SwXgm) before the show started airing and added 2 new ones in episode 1) – it’s basically a more angsty version of Bocchi music, and probably my favorite newcomer MC.
I recommend at least checking[ the OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLafQ-Rg-k&pp=ygURZ2lybHMgYmFuZCBjcnkgb3A%3D) out, this is a good indicator of what you’re getting into both music-wise and CG-wise.
And in second place would be Salad Bowl of Eccentrics. The description makes it sound like Sasaki and Peeps which…wasn’t exactly a top performer last season, but it’s actually Hinamatsuri 2.0. If you liked Hinamatsuri drop whatever you’re doing and go watch it immediately.
[](#shakeit)
Spice & Wolf topping a karma chart in 2024. Feels hard to believe.
Solo Leveling really didn’t get much of a finale boost. Only +135?
The Dangers in My Heart however did get the big finale boost that boosted it up to 3rd (ahead of something like Delicious in Dungeon) with 2,788 karma and a near 9.00 MAL score.
Delicious in Dungeon continues its steady score climb on MAL as it broke the 8.00 barrier and got a minor karma boost this week.
A leaked episode of KonoSuba S3 is Top 5 and near 2k karma. Wonder how that will effect the thread for the official release of Episode 1.
Favorite banner this week: The Dangers in My Heart or Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
I thought Solo Leveling would win one week, but I should have known that the sub would go crazy for more Spice and Wolf.
I don’t know what to watch this season. Last season had 9 anime where I was already familiar with the manga. This season only has Dungeon Meshi, plus the Spice and Wolf re-adaptation (I watched the original adaptation). I will definitely watch Konosuba as well, but beyond that I’m not sure what to watch. I’ll probably try Kaiju 8. I watched the first episode of Salad Bowl of Eccentrics just for the title, but it wasn’t as manic as the title made it sound.
Very strong start to the new season with **Spice & Wolf** taking a lead in the ranking thanks to great first episode. [Holo will be clearly one of the strongest contenders for the girl of the season](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4j3gzv2y8) and [her relationship with Lawrence is so fun](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k46aczob3b7.png). I seriously can’t wait for the next episodes.
**Dangers in My Heart** took 3rd place with [its beautiful finale](https://i.imgur.com/xD9TX69.png). Entire season of this show was [perfect](https://i.imgur.com/paU1z7k.png), peaking with every next episode so [strong 10/10 from me](https://i.imgur.com/ra2SrGo.png). I hope that we’ll see [Yamada and Ichikawa](https://imgur.com/a/lFXSuYY) again in the future.
**Shangri-La Frontier** also ended last week but fortunately we already got an announcement for the 2nd season in October, again with two consecutive cours. I can’t wait to see [Sunraku and Emul’s next adventures](https://i.imgur.com/YNVv5Wq.png)!
**Tsukimichi** [started the 2nd Cour with a great episode](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/myd5cbkp6n4.png) and it seems to me that[this new cour will be much more interesting](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7w6cre5dwy.png) than the first one! Also [a lovely visuals in the new ED ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)](https://imgchest.com/p/md7olq3827p) I’m looking forward to the next episodes.
**Ragna Crimson** also ended last week. [I had a lot of fun](https://i.imgur.com/60MtFmO.png) watching [this](https://i.imgur.com/faHKtaa.png) and I’ll certainly check out the manga to see what will happen next although I’d love to get another anime season of [Ragna](https://i.imgur.com/6n5psm2.png) and [Crimson](https://i.imgur.com/d6FlYL1.png) story.
From the new shows I already watched:
* **Yuru Camp 3rd season** which started with a pretty good premiere. I especially adore [visuals in OP](https://imgchest.com/p/9p4n28naz4n) which were so pretty.
* **Train To The End Of The World** which was [a pretty big surprise](https://i.imgur.com/VHmsvjM.png) although I’m not sure [what exactly I watched](https://i.imgur.com/GuaoefF.png) but I’m very interested how the plot will develop.
* **7th Prince** was such a surprise with [its animation which was very good](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7pjc6ap6o7.png), [characters are also pretty fun](https://imgchest.com/p/5xy2e8vo9yl)!
* **How To Love Your Elf Bride** which is [so cute](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7kzcnovgz7.png)! [Ephy](https://imgchest.com/p/dl7pq8vlpyo) and [her relationship with Zagan](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/d7ogcvrpbay.png) is [so fun to watch](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/3yrgc6w8ox4.png), [those two are so adorable and awkward together](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7mmc5lz897.png)!
* **Re:Monster** which is quite controversial thanks to [certain plot](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/myd5cbkbop4.png), it has more comments than upvotes xD
Genuine question. Is the remake actually good? I have watched original spice and wolf and the animation was fine for me so I don’t feel the need to rewatch it really but did they actually do a very good job?
didn’t know konosuba leaked, i guess I’ll have something to do the next hour
Spice & Wolf really deserved this.
Well ofc
Holo fans lets goooooo
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Goodbye to **Bokuyaba**. A fantastic second season with good start and an excellent finish. Just when you think the the showed has fully reached its full potential midway (especially ep 7), then the final episode happens and completely knocks it out of the park. This is how you do a seasonal anime with 12/13 episodes. This is also one of those cases where manga readers were right in hyping it up and I am glad to say I survived watching it till the end.
As a newcomer, **Spice and Wolf** managed to hook me right in the first episode itself. Loved the OP/ED, artsyle, Kevin Penkin’s OST and the characters. It definitely feels like a classic tale in the making. I will be looking forward more of Holo and Lawrence interactions and their journey.
If **Yuru Camp** managed to inspire camping, then **Bartender glass of God** makes you want to become a Bartender. The main lead has a such a good way with words and as well as fingers that will inspire us. Both these shows gives out immense vibes. **Archdemon’s dilemma** is surprisingly wholesome. I am glad that two episodes were released instead of one.
Holo’s time has returned.
New series summary for this week.
* **Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included** – Wish Fulfillment, Good Fanservice, Harem Included. You’ll know quickly if you are the target audience.
* **Train to the End of the World** – Anime original. One of those “WTF is happening?” anime with a wild and intriguing premise. Tone and world building is important for this kind of show and they did a good job of it. Has a lot of potential.
* **Re:Monster** – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Goblin (the kind from Goblin Slayer). Source material is… not good compared to Slime Tensei/Overlord, but those who just want more of the whole monster nation-building thing will probably be entertained.
* **I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability** – Everything you would expect from the reincarnated as an OP protagonist genre, this time as an unhinged magical femboy. The manga is notable for it’s insane art, and while the first episode delivered on the action, the CG is looking quite sketchy.
* **The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases** – Don’t.
* **Bartender: Glass of God** – Remake. Didn’t watch the original, but this looks like it’s just going to be about a guy who tends bars. A niche watch, very chill and had some nice drink mixing scenes.
* **A Condition Called Love** – Shoujo romance between plain girl who doesn’t understand love and popular guy who has too much love to give. The male lead is going to get some hate at the start for being a walking red flag but it’s doing something similar to The Dangers in My Heart, except [Anime Ep 1]>!what’s being cured this time isn’t chuunibyo, it’s yandere. Hence the literal translation of the series’ name, “Hananoi-kun’s Love Sickness”!<. Good if you like character development stuff.
* **An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride** – Slavery and romance, a match made in heaven. This one is the wholesome and fluffy kind though, so it’s fine.
* **WIND BREAKER** – Delinquent anime with a likeable MC? Sold. Great production quality, solid action scenes and a good first episode.
* **Salad Bowl of Eccentrics** – Reverse isekai. Is this just Sasaki and Peeps, but without the bird and ADHD plot? Fun first episode.
CR continue to toy with my heart as still no announcement for Spice & Wolf dubs 🙁 hopefully we get something at the end of this week as that will be closing in on 2 weeks after first air.
#**Anime Trending’s Winter 2024 Awards**
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[Anime of the Season](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776896444781240792) [Winner:] >!The Dangers in My Heart S2!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/jFaaP3q)/[Top 11-20](https://imgur.com/nZW4iV6)/[Top 21-30](https://imgur.com/ekbyGRa)
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[Favorite Male Character](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776892669865906639) [Winner:] >!Kyotaro Ichikawa!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/ebCPHnw)
[Favorite Female Character](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776891411540975620) [Winner:] >!Anna Yamada!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/W1LqO5C)
[Favorite Couple/Ship](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776890154256302314) [Winner:] >!Kyotaro x Anna!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/14IklCM)
[Favorite Supporting Male Character](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776888894962770263) [Winner:] >!Patrick Ashbatten!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/FA2QD39)
[Favorite Supporting Female Character](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776887636705026246) [Winner:] >!Kana Ichikawa!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/ZxZddit)
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[Favorite OP](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776886378661306674) [Winner:] >!Bling-Bang-Bang-Born by Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: Magic and Muscles S2 !< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/dJBX68B)
[Favorite ED](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776885120181395589) [Winner:] >!Koishiteru Jibun Sura Aiserunda by Kohana Lam – The Dangers in My Heart S2!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/A5S3Bmp)
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[Favorite Action or Adventure](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776883862045356527) [Winner:] >!Solo Leveling!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/mBxXA78)
[Favorite Comedy](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776882608380801241) [Winner:] >!The Dangers in My Heart S2!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/S7Pfziz)
[Favorite Drama](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776881345240928348) [Winner:] >!7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!!< ||| [Top 7](https://imgur.com/se7MKvf)
[Favorite Fantasy](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776880086974919046) [Winner:] >!Delicious in Dungeon!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/GsNH72T)
[Favorite Romance](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776878828708856150) [Winner:] >!The Dangers in My Heart S2!< ||| [Top 10](https://imgur.com/W0sV803)
[Favorite Sci-Fi or Mecha](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776877570304143482) [Winner:] >!URUSEI YATSURA (2022) S3!< ||| [Top 4](https://imgur.com/hMnp1QM)
[Favorite Slice of Life](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776876312193634363) [Winner:] >!Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside!< ||| [Top 5](https://imgur.com/zPnoML5)
[Favorite Supernatural](https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1776875055957557559) [Winner:] >!Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-!< ||| [Top 9](https://imgur.com/I8mPzwm)
New seasons, new shows to shill! Though first, since I just watched the last few episodes in the last few days, I wanna dearly recommend the **sengoku youko** from last season, whitefox did a great job on this fantasy anime, and it had an insane and great finale (also considering a certain other show that airs this season, evil fox waifu>wolf waifu)
Now to the new shows:
**Archdemons dilemma: How to Love your elf ~~slave~~ bride**: “Morally somewhat all over the place sorcerer buys elf slave” isn’t exactly the easiest to defend start to a found family/fluff romcom anime. So I am going to skip trying and just say that crunchy released the first two episodes, which was a great idea, because after the rocky first episode (the anime is very faithfl to the source material, which I don’t necessary consider a completely good thing, as especially the first 15 minutes were very dry and comedy poor), episode 2 was an improvement in almost every regard, both in comedy, flufflevels and adressing the problematic aspect. And it should only improve further as we go on-in fact, I almost wished they were even braver and released the first 3 episodes, as what originally sold me on the manga should be in episode 3. Also, the fmc is voiced by ern, who decided to give this white elf thing a try, and the mc by subaru, who decided to keep giing this white elf thing a try. But yeah, if you like fluff romcoms or found family stories, please give this one a try-if even u/amethystItalian [enjoyed the second episode](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bw3gjk/maou_no_ore_ga_dorei_elf_wo_yome_ni_shitanda_ga/ky3rdzv/) despite the problematic issues, so can you!
**Train to the end of the world**: If in the last few weeks, you gotconfused reading int he comments about an anime referred to just as “train”, then it was this one. This was an anime original with many reason to look forward to it:
1. Chisato voicing another mc in anime original
2. Yosih yoshi..yoshi yoshi yoshi
3. we didn’t know anything about the series
ok maybe there weren’t that many reason to be this hyped for the series, but luckily, the first few minutes of the first episode told me that I wasn’t wrong to put my faith into this. This was crazy, this was entertaining and this wass exciting for the future. The episode was…quite expository after the opening scene, but even that shouldn’t be a problem for the future. Let the hype train roll on! Also best [ed song of the season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv1meSYlrqE), I’m putting my bets on it!
**Girls band cry**: “Raise your middle fingers” is definitely an interesting motto for a cute girls doing band+drama show. Probably only wanted to watch this because of the cgi, but it was quite a good first episode. Characters are super expressive, and I got used to the look of the cgi pretty quickly, so don’t let that deter you!
**Spice and wolf**: Considering in how many best girl contest I participated and how much holo always stood in the center of attention, it is kinda impressive that I could go almost blind into the series/her character, since none of the holofans ever tried to explain why they like this girl so much. The first episode did a good job on this, and overall on why the show is popular. also [step by step](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLDO8rwAUk) catchiest ed of the season
**Jellyfish**: Haven’t watched it yet, but got a lot of praise and does already do really well in karma, so obviously did something right. The only reason you maybe should be wary of giving this first episdoe a try is that u/abysswatcherbel *loved* this premiere
Bartender will break the top 5 by the end of the season. Mark my words.
SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Time to gas up some shows that are criminally underrated right now, but hopefully will gain momentum
– **Train to the End of the World** is a trip. From the inciting incident of the premise all the way to the stinger at the end of the first episode. I’m excited to see where we’re going. Especially from the Girls Und Panzer guy
– Did Bucchigiri disappoint you? Because **Wind Breaker** might cure that. By the halfway point of the first episode I already love the MC. The fights are very well animated. And the last minutes of the first episode are geniunely heartwarming.
– Spice and Wolf is already off to a great start, so the other show that makes me feel old deserves love too. **Bartender** is already starting off as a great reboot. Has a tone less like the original anime and more like the manga. It’s just a great adult vibes story that’s perfect for a midweek show.
– Thank goodness they dropped 2 episodes of **Archdemon’s Dilemma** because the second give most of the full picture of what the show is about: two hapless, stunted, impossibly sweet dumbasses being cute together. What’s left is the great world building and magic fights to come. Plus we’re on a great run of lovable elves and Nephy is one of the best.
– ***A Condition Called Love** is another banger in the Year of Great Shoujo. Don’t sleep on it. The first episode is great and I can’t wait to see what they do with the rest. This, Whisper Me A Love Song, and Duke of Death will be the romances of the season.
Where is Tensei Slime?
Placing hopes in Wind Breaker. Hopefully it keeps on delivering.
God-Tier Waifu Holo reigns supreme
LFG, IM SO HAPPY FOR S&W
it was my 3rd anime ever watched, back in 2021.
AAHHHHHH <3
Holo is back to reclaim her throne and I am glad that I was here for it.