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TopicKokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi
10/13/17 11:11:17 PM
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11. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
https://myanimelist.net/anime/14967/Boku_wa_Tomodachi_ga_Sukunai_Next

The second season of Haganai continues to follow the neighbors club, a group of students who got together in order to make friends. Each of the members has some weird quirk that makes them hard to get along with other people, although to be fair, to most people looking from the outside a lot of them are more endearing than anything.

Despite the fact I really liked the first season the step of the second one has was surprising to even me. But the level of engagement each character has with each other, the way their dynamic change in situations, and just how they mixed in the drama and the main sources of comedy together created a very seamless show. While a lot of the episodes are fairly standard comedy fair they have some minor story and character stuff built in but nothing too major.

The overall cast is very strong. Both Sena and Rika are very high up my overall character rankings. I guess Maria still kinda sucks, but she spends a lot of her time with her sister (cousin?) and Kobato. Like again each character has some weird thing that makes it hard to get a long with people. Rika is a huge pervert, but to the point where it probably makes people uncomfortable. Sena is more or less a tsundere but much more stuck up than a typical one. Yozora is manipulative, Kobato is a chuuni, Maria whines a lot, and Yukimura is well lol. Then we have fucking Kodoka who people are scared of because of his hair. I mean come on now. But it's more that he struggles to get close to other. In fact, one of the things the show does very well with the characters is showing why each of them struggles with other people in areas much more relateable to a normal person.

Of course some stuff had to bring it over the edge. It has a some very standout scenes, but most notably the roof top one at the end of the season. In terms of the impact, tension, emotional impact it has, especially for a show that is primarily a comedy. Enough great moments often lead to great shows so it should not be a surprise that the remaining list is going to be packed with them.

Haganai is an excellent show. It has the main shell of a "high school cub" anime but uses its cast very well. The production value is high and in general is fairly accessible anime.
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