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Thanks to coronavirus pandemic, a lot of us have had a lot more free time. Unless, of course, you were already home all the time because nobody will freaking hire you no matter how many job applications you fill out. For anime fans, they could watch even more anime. There's already plenty of an anime that's come out in past years, so they would have had a lot of options. However, there was hardly anything new coming out, particularly during the summer. There was barely anything I watched that season. Thanks to the pandemic, a lot of things were delayed, some of which I was really looking forward to. It's not all bad though, because we got some pretty interesting stuff this year. 10. I'm Standing On A Million LivesI'm starting this list off with an isekai. I mentioned in last year's top ten how isekai isn't exactly a well-liked genre. Unlike a lot of anime fans, I don't like to judge isekai because they're isekai. I want to see what they're about before I reach any conclusions. This one was definitely an interesting one. Yotsuya Yuusuke and his classmates Shindou Iu and Hakozaki Kusue have been brought to a strange world inhabited by strange creatures. When they arrive, they encounter a weird guy missing his full face, calling himself the Game Master. He ends up giving them limited time quests. Everyone involved gets different roles that are assigned randomly, for better or for worse. After completing a set amount of missions, they all go back to their old world and eventually have to recruit new "players" for their adventure. As they learn the truth of the world they've been sent to, you'll see that this is actually a pretty serious and dark isekai. 9. Seton Academy: Join The Pack!What would you think of a world where there are only a few humans and it's made up of mostly animals? Most people most likely wouldn't want to be in that world. Unfortunately for Jin Mazama, who hates animals, he won't be encountering very many other humans. He ends up attending Seton Academy, a school attened by different kinds of animals. He and a girl named Hitomi Hino are the only humans at the school. Since Hitomi is also human, Jin has an interest in her. However, he ended up getting a wolf named Ranka attached to him and she won't leave him alone! Later, these three, along with a koala, a sloth, and a cat end up in a cooking club. For the most part, the characters find themselves getting into some pretty comedic situations. Not only that, but the show teaches its viewers about different animals. I've learned some disgusting things, like how baby kaolas eat their mother's poop. One really odd thing about this show is how only the female animals have more humanoid appearances. The males just look like animals. That's a little unfair, to be honest. Despite that, this show was still pretty entertaining. 8. TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For YouI assume that most men want to get married at some point. For some of them though, it's likely not going to happen so they can just watch this show and spend every night crying themselves to sleep. Kidding aside, this is a show about marriage. The main character is a smart guy named Nasa Yuzaki. For a while, he's pretty certain that he has his life figured out. Unfortunately for him, things end up happening. On his way home one evening, he sees a girl and wants to get her attention. As he attempts to approach her, he ends up getting hit by a truck. Luckily, the girl ends up saving him. She soon takes off, but Nasa decides to go after her despite his crippled state. When he catches up to her, he asks her to go out with him. She accepts on the condition that he marries her. The two would eventually meet again and start their newlywed life. Overall, I thought this show as pretty cute. If you're a fan of Hayate The Combat Butler, you might enjoy this since it has the same creator. 7. Sleepy Princess In The Demon CastleSome people just want to sleep. That's me pretty much every weekend. But I always have people telling me I've been in bed for too long and they end up yelling at me for not being up. However, if you're an abducted princess, you can definitely get a lot of sleep in! Princess Syalis ends up getting kidnapped by the demon lord. Under normal circumstances, the princess would just sit still and wait for the hero to come rescue her. But Syalis isn't a normal princess! She keeps thinking of ways she can get a good sleep and to do so, she'll need materials. To get these materials, she'll have to break out of her cell. Before the demons know it, she's going in and out of her cell as she pleases and causing chaos all over the castle. She even harm and kills some of them for materials! While all this is going on, the hero and his party are on their way over to the castle, but they keep getting lost and into all kinds of trouble due to the hero's poor luck. Unfortunately for him, she doesn't even want to be saved. She just wants sleep. Her actions and the consequences of said actions were what made this show great. And I love the expressions the characters make too. 6. Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out!Some people have nothing better to do than complain about fictional characters. One thing was made clear about the hatred for this anime: a lot of people in the real world aren't aware that short people exist. People were saying Hana Uzaki was designed to look like a child, so liking her made people pedophiles. All I can say is, you're fucking imbeciles. She's designed to be short. There's a difference. Plus, she's not even a child. She is a college student who is eighteen when the series starts. Anyways, the show is about her reuniting with her upperclassman from high school, Shinichi Sakurai, who used to be in the same club as her. Sakurai is a bit of a loner and Uzaki wants to change that. She does whatever she can to keep him from being alone. Sakurai ends up finding her extremely annoying but still goes along with her shenanigans. He doesn't dislike her and finds himself growing more fond of her over time, causing people to read into things and often get the wrong idea. There were plenty of comedic situations in this show and overall, it was pretty good. Not gonna lie, it was the controversy that got me interested in watching. So congratulations to everyone complaining about this show. All you did was convince more people to watch it. 5. Rent-A-GirlfriendI know how a lot of guys can be when it comes to women. And I know that some guys get so desperate that they'd try stupid things just to get a girlfriend. Apparently, you can just rent one. That's the point of this show. Kazuya Kinoshita is a college student who has a girlfriend, until she dumped him. But suddenly, he doesn't. Wanting to do something about the pain he's feeling after the breakup, he hires a rental girlfriend through an online app. His partner is Chizuru Mizuhara, who he ends up dragging into a weird situation. He lies to his family about her being his real girlfriend and the lie ended up spreading to her grandmother as well. As a result, the two have to keep up this lie as Kazuya's wallet gets close to empty. It gets tough hiding the secret from both is family and friends and the challenge goes up even higher when even more rental girlfriends get involved. To make things worse, Kazuya actually ends up falling for Chizuru. 4. The Day I Became A GodI consider myself to be a big fan of works by Key or Visual Arts or whatever they're calling themselves. For those of you who don't know, they've made a handful of popular works including Clannad, Angel Beats, and Little Busters. They're also responsible for Summer Pockets, a visual novel I reviewed on my website recently. Stuff they make are often considered to be some of the saddest anime stories ever written. While they do have their sad moments, I don't really get that emotional in most of them. The Day I Became A God is one of their anime originals. They have a lot of adaptations of their visual novels which usually turn out really well. Their anime originals are usually solid, but have an ending that doesn't feel like it was thought out very well. That's the one thing I'm worried about with this show. Anyways, this show stars Youta Narukami during his last high school summer vacation. As he prepares for his university entrance exams, he encounters a strange girl named Hina. To make things even weirder, that girl claims to be a god. According to her, there would only be 30 days until the world would end. Of cours, Youta doesn't believe him until the things she says will happen actually start happening. She also ends up staying with his family, so he wouldn't be able to get away from her. In the end, he tries to make the most out of what little time on Earth he and his friends have left with Hina's help. Out of Key's stuff, this was said to be one of the most heartbreaking. It didn't really get the water pouring out but it definitely was sad. Until this show, I didn't know something could be cute and depressing at the same time. 3. My Next Life As A VillainessThis is one of the freshest takes on isekai I've seen in a while. Judging by the title, I wasn't actually expecting that much from it. While it takes place in a medieval fantast setting, like most isekai do, it has several elements that set it apart from the rest. One day, Katarina Claes ends up regaining the memories of her past life. She soon realizes that she reincarnated as the antagonist of her favorite dating simulator. As someone that's played the game, she knows that the endings in the game didn't have Katarina end up in any favorable positions. She could either be exiled or executed, so it's her goal to avoid any kind ending like that. How she tries to go about it is by acting completely different from the one in game. Along the way, she makes a lot of friends and finds herself causing a lot of trouble for her family. To make things even crazier, most of her friends, regardless of sex, seem to be romantically interested in her. However, Katarina is too dense to realize any of that. There isn't really a whole lot else I can say without spoiling anything, but I will say that I teared a bit in one of the last episodes. 2. Somali And The Forest SpiritAnyone that knows me knows I like cute things. If you didn't before now, well, now you know. This anime takes place in a world where humans are nearly extinct. Unlike other shows where monsters are the ones being persecuted against, it's the other way around here. One day, a golem finds a lone human girl. It's his job to act as a guardian for the forest, but he was almost at the end of his life span. He knew if he didn't do anything, Somali would likely die. The two of them set out on a journey to find other humans. Together, they travel to several different locations befriending many different creatures and learn about the history of their world. It's not going to be easy, though. Since Somali is human, their journey is very dangerous. As the two of them spend time together, their father-daughter relationship gets stronger. Overall, I thought this show was pretty cute and Somali herself was freaking adorable. 1. KakushigotoWhen I first saw what this show was about, I was little concerned. Then I actually watched it and discovered it was actually pretty wholesome and cute. The main character of this show is a man named Kakushi Gotou. He happens to be a manga artist whose work is pretty dirty. Due to the nature of his work, he wouldn't to keep what he did for a living a secret from his young daughter, Hime. Due to how he believed she'd be disillusioned if she found out, he would often end up in pretty crazy situations, causing a few misunderstandings between people too.
He does the best he can and many times goes to extremes to protect his secret, like pretending to be a salaryman every day or having emergency drills at work in case Hime were to actually for some reason show up one day. In the end, it was pretty humorous and adorable as well. Everything led up to a really solid final episode too, so I highly recommend checking this one out. And these were my favorites from this year. It wasn't meant to be any deep reviews or anything. I said the same thing last year, too. All I did was share the shows I liked most, said what they were about, and gave a little bit about what I liked about them. If there's anything you liked that wasn't on here, there are a few possibilities (sorry to fans of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!), I started watching it too late into the year, or just haven't watched it yet. There are some 2019 shows I would have added to my list if I didn't take until 2020 to start watching too. Who knows? Maybe you'll try some of my recommendations out if you haven't. If not, well, I'm not your mom. I can't make you do anything.
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