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Topic	Kokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi 09/13/17 2:46:37 AM #55:	62. School Live! https://myanimelist.net/anime/24765/Gakkougurashi Warning: This particular write up contains spoilers. Granted, they are revealed in the first episode but that's part of the effect for it. These are unavoidable for the write up without making excessive use of censor tags, which if you don't know based on my previous topics, I dislike using. - - - - - - School Live is one of the more interesting shows on the list. It cashes in on the moeblob craze that is still going on to this day, but also makes a big twist on it and putting them in a post apocalyptic environment. I would not really call it a horror show, although it has some elements to classic horror and especially the zombie genre in it. The show stars a group of girls who are part of the school living club. One of the girls, Yuki Takeya has completely blocked out the actual state of things and the other girls more or less pander to her trying to keep her "safe". There's not really character development in the show but it's interesting how the new girl (Miki Naoki) clashes with the rest of the group and how different circumstances changes how each girl reacts. There is not a lot of psychological stuff going on, but you can tell they put pieces of it in there to make the show more than just girls and zombies. Even though there is not really a "story" there is progression and a suitable climax to the show. It uses each girls strength in the given situation apparent. Also, even though the show is clearly a comedy there are a bunch of sad parts too. But even so each episode is presented very well and the art direction in particular is very strong for this title. School Live is a truly unique show that almost manages to blend two conflicting genres perfectly together. It has some issues with being a bit too cliche if you strip away the moe, but it's packed with cute laughs, tense moments, and even some heartbreak. 61. Natsume's Book of Friends https://myanimelist.net/anime/32983/Natsume_Yuujinchou_Go Note: The one I listed is season 5 but the write up is like an overview of the show more because there are so many episodes I've lost track of which episode is in which season anymore. Natsume's Book of Friends is... I think... the longest running show that is going to appear on this list. It's so long that I jokingly call it Natsume's Neverending Book of Friends. It's about Natsume who has the power to see yokai. He has essentially inherited the book from his late grandmother, Reiko. The book holds the power to release or bound yokai which makes Natsume a target not only for sinister yokai, but also for other humans who would wish to use the book for themselves. Luckily for him Natsume has a power yokai named Madara on his side, but often times Madara is disguised as a fat cat. Each episode is typically standalone with maybe references to ones in the past when certain events happen. I suppose the closest show to this would be mushishi, but Natsume is much more suited to have a longer run mainly because a lot of the episodes have some sort of emotional effect somewhere. It is slow paced and not a show I recommend binging, but in general the episodic stories are well crafted. The core characters are Natsume and Madara. It's interesting to see both of them have some changes over the course of the seasons, Natsume is more obvious, but Madara's happens more mid season 1 and he just stays like that. There are side characters that come and go and it's always nice to see their subplots get developed along the way. Natsume's Book of Friends is a good show that is somewhat held back from never really completing its subplots it starts (really why even have them if you aren't going to do anything with them) but as far as this genre goes it's hard not to give this one a watch. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016. <cite>KokoroAkechi posted [p:886508171] in Kokoro's t... [t:75719223]...</cite> <quote>62. School Live! https://myanimelist.net/anime/24765/Gakkougurashi Warning: This particular write up contains spoilers. Granted, they are revealed in the first episode but that's part of the effect for it. These are unavoidable for the write up without making excessive use of censor tags, which if you don't know based on my previous topics, I dislike using. - - - - - - School Live is one of the more interesting shows on the list. It cashes in on the moeblob craze that is still going on to this day, but also makes a big twist on it and putting them in a post apocalyptic environment. I would not really call it a horror show, although it has some elements to classic horror and especially the zombie genre in it. The show stars a group of girls who are part of the school living club. One of the girls, Yuki Takeya has completely blocked out the actual state of things and the other girls more or less pander to her trying to keep her "safe". There's not really character development in the show but it's interesting how the new girl (Miki Naoki) clashes with the rest of the group and how different circumstances changes how each girl reacts. There is not a lot of psychological stuff going on, but you can tell they put pieces of it in there to make the show more than just girls and zombies. Even though there is not really a "story" there is progression and a suitable climax to the show. It uses each girls strength in the given situation apparent. Also, even though the show is clearly a comedy there are a bunch of sad parts too. But even so each episode is presented very well and the art direction in particular is very strong for this title. School Live is a truly unique show that almost manages to blend two conflicting genres perfectly together. It has some issues with being a bit too cliche if you strip away the moe, but it's packed with cute laughs, tense moments, and even some heartbreak. 61. Natsume's Book of Friends https://myanimelist.net/anime/32983/Natsume_Yuujinchou_Go Note: The one I listed is season 5 but the write up is like an overview of the show more because there are so many episodes I've lost track of which episode is in which season anymore. Natsume's Book of Friends is... I think... the longest running show that is going to appear on this list. It's so long that I jokingly call it Natsume's Neverending Book of Friends. It's about Natsume who has the power to see yokai. He has essentially inherited the book from his late grandmother, Reiko. The book holds the power to release or bound yokai which makes Natsume a target not only for sinister yokai, but also for other humans who would wish to use the book for themselves. Luckily for him Natsume has a power yokai named Madara on his side, but often times Madara is disguised as a fat cat. Each episode is typically standalone with maybe references to ones in the past when certain events happen. I suppose the closest show to this would be mushishi, but Natsume is much more suited to have a longer run mainly because a lot of the episodes have some sort of emotional effect somewhere. It is slow paced and not a show I recommend binging, but in general the episodic stories are well crafted. The core characters are Natsume and Madara. It's interesting to see both of them have some changes over the course of the seasons, Natsume is more obvious, but Madara's happens more mid season 1 and he just stays like that. There are side characters that come and go and it's always nice to see their subplots get developed along the way. Natsume's Book of Friends is a good show that is somewhat held back from never really completing its subplots it starts (really why even have them if you aren't going to do anything with them) but as far as this genre goes it's hard not to give this one a watch. --- Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA Updated: July 27th, 2016.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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