Somehow leaving aside the charms of scantily clad young ladies and adorable moeblobs, a ranking of the spring 2014 anime with the most enthralling plot and story developments has provided perfect viewing guidance for Type A anime aficionados…
The ranking, compiled by a Charapedia survey of some 10,000 fans:
1. One Week Friends
2. The Irregular at Magic High School
3. Haikyuu!!
4. No Game No Life
5. Mekakucity Actors
6. Love Live! Season 2
7. Kamigami no Asobi
8. Akuma no Riddle
9. Black Bullet
10. Date A Live II
11. Is the Order a Rabbit?
12. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
13. Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
14. Knights of Sidonia
15. Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
16. Captain Earth
17. Nanana’s Buried Treasure
18. Brynhildr in the Darkness
19. Fairy Tail
20. The World is Still Beautiful
HunterxHunter
I don’t get why Soredemo sekai ha utsukushii scored so low on plot… it has a well-thought story and it even rules out a few cliches, like the weak heroine (she’s quite strong), the typical love story (except he’s a shota king with a wild streak and she’s older and taller) and even the concept of “love”- aka the story is not progressing like your typical shojo where they take it so slow they barely kiss at the end of the first season and despite the age gap they still manage to pull it quite realistically. Granted, there were some cliches, especially in the last ep, with the whole cat fight, but I still think it holds pretty well. If only that chorus wasn’t in English…
Also, Sidonia… if having a well-thought out SF society and a neutral gender is not enough, maybe the many awkward and cruel twists of fate would count as plot? And to think it’s under “Kanojo ga flag..” which is just a bunch of fanservice who showed a bit of promise in the beginning but took the walked path instead..
Only good strict and straight to the point anime this season is JOJO, since it’s a reboot. Not too ambitious, yet not lackluster either. Manly fun for everyone. Everything else is lacking in many areas.
But don’t light torches and surround my home because of my onions. I mean opinions.
5. Mekakucity Actors
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
Not seeing Wixross anywhere on this list is said.
Date a Live for the plot? ROFLMAO!!!