Top 10 Female Lead Anime RANKED And EXPLAINED!

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  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd 3 місяці тому +214

    The complete 180 nick did on frieren is absolutely one of my favorite things about this channel

    • @plexified
      @plexified 3 місяці тому +14

      same bruh I cant even lie, he deadass got me into some new animes this year and last year

    • @erwingifslang
      @erwingifslang 3 місяці тому +6

      Honestly happy I didn't see his first take before watching frieren XD

    • @fawazfaruqui5198
      @fawazfaruqui5198 3 місяці тому +13

      @@erwingifslang he called the show "walking simulator"

    • @paramore1014life
      @paramore1014life 3 місяці тому +9

      Honestly shows some maturity on his part as a content creator.

    • @WieldMyWord
      @WieldMyWord 3 місяці тому +1

      @@paramore1014life More like a grifter to be honest, frieren is very overrated and doesn't stand out from the generic fantasy tropes.

  • @draethdarkstar
    @draethdarkstar 3 місяці тому +104

    Frieren is so devastating, so heartbreaking, so cathartic, so healing... it's really hard to describe how beautiful it is.

    • @envious357
      @envious357 3 місяці тому +7

      people have been sleeping on the manga since it started publishing. honestly I'm just glad its starting to get the love frieren deserves

    • @envious357
      @envious357 3 місяці тому +3

      plus the anime is god tier too

    • @WieldMyWord
      @WieldMyWord 3 місяці тому

      @@envious357 because of the animation or else people would realize its just super generic fantasy without the isekai bullshit.

    • @christopherbennett2411
      @christopherbennett2411 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@WieldMyWord I notice you focus on that, while the people who enjoy it focus on the characters. Maybe you don't like character driven stories, and that is fine. You don't need to comment your dislike.

    • @envious357
      @envious357 3 місяці тому +2

      @@WieldMyWord so you don't like an interesting plot basically? Frieren puts an interesting spin on a hero story. Complete with an interesting cast of main characters. It also puts an interesting spin on immortality, death, losing people that meant alot and only just realising it after they are gone. I've never read something that gave me the emotional rollercoaster Frieren did. Frieren in my opinion is one of the best pieces of fiction ever.

  • @suddendeath2000
    @suddendeath2000 3 місяці тому +119

    I see a lot of people mentioning Apothecary Diaries, which absolutely should be on this list, but so should Ascendance of a Bookworm.

    • @ortussiridus1680
      @ortussiridus1680 3 місяці тому +4

      That one's good. I need to pick up the novels sometime

    • @fable7372
      @fable7372 3 місяці тому +4

      Yes atleast more so than darling in the franxx

    • @the007bond2
      @the007bond2 36 хвилин тому

      claymore is better than all and not even an honorable mention

  • @HanaNoMaude
    @HanaNoMaude 3 місяці тому +71

    Yona. Of. The. Dawn. We NEED this to come back as an anime. The manga is over 40 volumes deep, and if you want to talk strong female MC character growth? Holyyyyyy sweet lord Yona has got it in spades. Spoiled princess loses everything, has to fight tooth and nail to become a cold BAMF with a capital BAMF but still somehow has a heart of gold - this series is my favorite Shojo period

    • @deathma5939
      @deathma5939 3 місяці тому +4

      My favorite as well I love everything about Yona of the Dawn

    • @TheLateral18
      @TheLateral18 3 місяці тому +1

      yona make me sleepy .. i didnt get it

    • @deathma5939
      @deathma5939 3 місяці тому +5

      @@TheLateral18 all good it's not for everyone

    • @aiya5777
      @aiya5777 3 місяці тому

      YONA is relying on her protagonist Halo too much,
      she's just another textbook typical shojo protagonist
      she basically solves most of her problems by staring no justsu,
      and ofc she keeps on winning these staring contests

    • @deathma5939
      @deathma5939 3 місяці тому

      @@aiya5777 alright it's not for everybody

  • @Sagenarf6227
    @Sagenarf6227 3 місяці тому +22

    Frieren was quite literally the most beautiful show I had watched that season

  • @MahiMahi-yu5jo
    @MahiMahi-yu5jo 3 місяці тому +18

    Apothecary Diaries, So I'm a Spider, So What?, Violet Evergarden, Yona of the Dawn, Dark Gathering, A Certain Scientific Railgun, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Serial Experiments Lain, Princess Tutu, Rozen Maiden, School-Live, Bocchi the Rock, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Revolutionary Girl Utena, A Place Further than the Universe, Maquia, Mieruko-chan, Canaan, Aggretsuko, Shy, Ghost in the Shell... I lost count. There are just too many
    And literally every magical girl show ever. Also most of Ghibli movies.

  • @molly_in_mke
    @molly_in_mke 3 місяці тому +33

    Violet evergarden!
    Apothecary diaries!
    Claymore (manga)!

    • @SMittal9279
      @SMittal9279 2 місяці тому

      @@molly_in_mke I subscribed to your channel due to your mention of Claymore

  • @davenclawthehobbit2842
    @davenclawthehobbit2842 3 місяці тому +46

    Honorable mentions should have gone to Soul Eater... Maka is an absolute Bad Ass and deserves all the respect for her position in that universe and what she accomplished.
    Otherwise, of the ones i knew, i agree with the list. Good choices all around.

    • @maggot216
      @maggot216 3 місяці тому

      Kaka is just the tip of the iceberg. All meister pairings are male/female pairings. Tsubaki is a top tier waifu material in my book.
      That's not even mentioning that all the witches are female and Crona is gender fluid. 👀

    • @davenclawthehobbit2842
      @davenclawthehobbit2842 3 місяці тому +1

      @@maggot216 not all, Ox/Harvar and Kim/Jacqueline and Stein/Spirit are all same sex pairings and I think there were more in the background.
      That said, yes most of the women are badass in Soul Eater and Tsubaki is S rank waifu at her worst. I don't think there is a classification level high enough for her best.

    • @eletrick1032
      @eletrick1032 3 місяці тому +1

      railgun as well maybe

    • @majoratwili7312
      @majoratwili7312 2 місяці тому

      ​@@eletrick1032 Yes. Mikoto is an amazing character

  • @superavigaming8709
    @superavigaming8709 3 місяці тому +153

    no Violet Evergarden is a war crime

    • @heartofdawnlight
      @heartofdawnlight 3 місяці тому +8

      violet evergarden lost its chance when it abandoned the sapphic finale violet deserved :(

    • @fawazfaruqui5198
      @fawazfaruqui5198 3 місяці тому +8

      @@heartofdawnlight it's disgusting how wrong you are

    • @luisrafaelferminmontilla7987
      @luisrafaelferminmontilla7987 3 місяці тому +10

      @@fawazfaruqui5198 the ending did suck though. Specially having her end up with a guy that acts closer to a father than a lover.

    • @notsew008
      @notsew008 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@luisrafaelferminmontilla7987 i like to think of the movie as more of a what if or au where violet gets her happy ending.
      I liked the slightly somber and bittersweet note the series ended on with the majors fate never confirmed (tho kinda hinting he was dead)
      I get the movie is technically the official ending but its disconnected enough for me to kinda see it as its own thing

    • @TohnoShiki17
      @TohnoShiki17 3 місяці тому +1

      Another saber face character

  • @SMittal9279
    @SMittal9279 3 місяці тому +61

    I'm disappointed CLAYMORE of all Anime and Manga to choose from didn't show up on the list 😞😞😞

    • @Ober1kenobi
      @Ober1kenobi 3 місяці тому +11

      That's because Nick is a filthy casual

    • @Vaibhavgangwar2mm
      @Vaibhavgangwar2mm 3 місяці тому +2

      the moment he added kill la kill i wasn't expecting much from ,i was surprised with frieren pick tbh

    • @asanc4717
      @asanc4717 3 місяці тому +3

      Glad I didn’t have to go to far down the comments to see claymore mentioned.
      I would have gotten it if he was only doing anime because the anime was a little eh at the end, he did do manga so claymore should’ve been on the list.

    • @abrarkadabrar7829
      @abrarkadabrar7829 2 місяці тому

      The anime was so thoroughly botched the entire fan base imploded and for fear of shame and bullying prevent spreading the word of the tragedy that is Claymore

    • @SMittal9279
      @SMittal9279 2 місяці тому

      @@abrarkadabrar7829 Never

  • @ellie-says-hi
    @ellie-says-hi 3 місяці тому +24

    oh boy, saying Shojo tends to fall short of Shonen in terms of complexity is a *big* take to have lmao

    • @blacademics
      @blacademics 3 місяці тому +6

      Right cuz I audibly gasped. Fruits Basket, My Happy Marriage, Ouran?

    • @Ash_Wen-li
      @Ash_Wen-li 3 місяці тому +2

      Shoujo tend to have simpler plots but more complex characters. Still a generalization tho

    • @aiya5777
      @aiya5777 3 місяці тому +1

      shojo is like as boring as shonen
      I just watched too many of em🤣

  • @876cheese
    @876cheese 3 місяці тому +6

    no mention of manga 'Soul Eater' 'Akame ga Kill' & 'The Promised Neverland' is crazy

  • @TamurlaneAloia
    @TamurlaneAloia 3 місяці тому +25

    A Certain Scientific Railgun is a noteworthy one. It has some 2000's anime'isms to deal with, but it's an all female main cast and they are all individually compelling. The MC is my all time favorite in any anime, and the power system is one of the best out there. Also Love is War should be here for obvious reasons.

    • @eletrick1032
      @eletrick1032 3 місяці тому +2

      surprised it was not mentioned

    • @martinfishersings
      @martinfishersings 2 місяці тому

      @@TamurlaneAloia great MC but the pacing is soooo slow

  • @richchia92
    @richchia92 3 місяці тому +8

    0:00 preamble
    2:54 self promo
    3:16 main content
    29:14 final quip and credits

    • @toxicjig8231
      @toxicjig8231 3 місяці тому +1

      underrated

    • @shivamkatale5909
      @shivamkatale5909 2 місяці тому +1

      Thnx buddy we need more people like you in comments

    • @KaraboMaja-wy4et
      @KaraboMaja-wy4et 2 місяці тому

      Bro your my hero
      I was looking for this comment so hard😭😭😭

  • @victoriouscoleman4358
    @victoriouscoleman4358 3 місяці тому +66

    Where is the love for Violet Evergarden?

    • @notsew008
      @notsew008 3 місяці тому +1

      Came here specifically to see if it was mentioned, saved me 30 min of my time, thnx

    • @Haigen6
      @Haigen6 3 місяці тому

      I get why he didn’t include violet, she isn’t really a very interesting character. What made Violet evergarden so good is the supporting Cast. Each of their story help develop violet character, helping her learn what “I love you” means.

    • @victoriouscoleman4358
      @victoriouscoleman4358 3 місяці тому +6

      @@Haigen6 I'm sorry but a child solder turned ghost righter, with PTSD, mechanical arms and a heart of gold isn't an interesting character to you.

    • @notsew008
      @notsew008 2 місяці тому +2

      @@victoriouscoleman4358 exactly violet is one of my favorite characters of all time

  • @Zjhayden
    @Zjhayden 3 місяці тому +8

    I was expecting to see Maomao from Apothecary Diaries or Lena from 86. Not sure if you have watched either of those shows but if you are looking for Frieren level female leads, you can’t get much closer.

  • @Osoro_goggles
    @Osoro_goggles 3 місяці тому +14

    Fruits basket has my personal favourite female lead

    • @cameronsmith7040
      @cameronsmith7040 3 місяці тому +1

      Bro you know that queen Tohru reigns supreme!!

  • @PlayMyMusic92
    @PlayMyMusic92 3 місяці тому +13

    Lucy from Fairy Tail 💕💕💕💕 she’s the main character telling the story

    • @atcandotherthings4985
      @atcandotherthings4985 2 місяці тому

      Yeah but natsu is the real main protagonist

    • @Circle9ru
      @Circle9ru 2 місяці тому

      exactly. even if the story told from Lucy's perspective, the main character in Fairy Tail is Natsu

  • @JadePrince01
    @JadePrince01 3 місяці тому +6

    Nick must have just finished his 10th female led anime

  • @mobparker
    @mobparker 3 місяці тому +18

    sailor moon! it's mandatory. girls get it done! i love the OG english dub! and ghost in the shell gets my honorable mention

    • @Lloyd00
      @Lloyd00 3 місяці тому

      except it violates what he said the criteria was...he said 2 decades which is 20 yrs...Sailor moon is going on 30!

    • @mobparker
      @mobparker 3 місяці тому

      @@Lloyd00 not if you count Sailor Moon Crystal and Ghost in the Shell Arise

    • @Lloyd00
      @Lloyd00 3 місяці тому

      @mobparker we're not. GiS stand alone complex sure. But it's OG sailor moon.

    • @zephyrfaeborn4768
      @zephyrfaeborn4768 3 місяці тому

      The sailor moon English dub hurts my soul completely, also if it isn't shojo nothing is

  • @sungodrj3200
    @sungodrj3200 3 місяці тому +7

    I’d put an honorable mention to Violet Evergarden and Apothecary Diaries

  • @UnPhasable
    @UnPhasable 3 місяці тому +22

    Hey could you please make a video explaining fate, or which order to watch? I haven't seen ANY of the fate series... and it's intimidating trying to get into it. Please oh great anime guru lead the way and guide me through this.

    • @fawazfaruqui5198
      @fawazfaruqui5198 3 місяці тому +4

      it's obviously VEEERRRRYYYYYYYY complicated, but having invested a lot of time in it myself, the easiest (subjective) way of entry is:
      fate/zero -> fate stay night: unlimited blade works (by ufotable, don't go for any other version) -> stay night: heaven's feel trilogy (not a sequel, but alternate route, since it's based off a visual novel)
      (the other stay night adaptation had the first route, but poor adaptation, so don't watch anything made studio deen) now you've completed the main storyline with a few conflicting watch order issues, but this is the easiest path.
      The rest is canon (?) spin-offs and whatever, but the easiest thing to get into now is apocrypha, which I really liked
      There's El-Melloi case files, which wasn't very important, and last encore set in the far, far future which was just 'eh' and also not important
      next is grand order (oh God), which just exists in its own bubble, but there's first order -> moonlight/lostroom -> [unadapted gap] -> camelot movies [wander -> paladin] -> babylonia -> final Solomon movie
      strange fake is also basically its own thing, but an important character dynamic duo is explained in babylonia that continues on here (yeah, it's a bloody mess) with its prologue out and the rest supposedly releasing next year.
      there's also the magical-girl spin-off opening yet another rabbit hole that I haven't gone down, but kind of (?) self-contained.
      If any questions remain, you can watch the videos made by gigguk

    • @omarhasaballa7818
      @omarhasaballa7818 3 місяці тому

      While i HIGHLY hope that nick will do a video about this topic, i know that he's relatively new to fate himself (as he got into it thanks to dmotta in the podcast) so i don't know how high the chance of him doing this video is, but i can give you a quick explanation (without any spoiler), (Warning, read this on pc, while it isn't complicated, this is still a LONG list), so:
      First of all, i have to say 3 things, fate isn't as long as you may think, while yes, it has A LOT of series, and a lot of that stuff isn't canon, Fate is mostly devided in 3 parts:
      "Fate zero/stay night" (and related stuff) which is the main and first thing you want to watch and it's the most complicated part of Fate orderwise.
      "Fate First/Grand order" here the order doesn't matter as much.
      and then the rest of the Fates, which are mostly not canon and you can watch them in pretty much any order.
      So you don't have to get yourself in a rabbit hole just to expierence fate, and you can pretty much decide when you feel like your done with the series.
      The second thing is that, the best way to expierence fate (specifically Fate zero/stay night) is by installing and reading some visual novels, watching fate only by the Anime is still possible, but you would be loosing a couple of things, luckly Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, which is the sequel of stay night (and is the only canon fate togheter with zero/stay night and grand order) and which was for a very long time visual novel only has been announced to get an anime adaptation in 2021, so you wouldn't miss on too much stuff compared to some time ago as it is most likely realising "soon", so even tho i'd consider the visual novels, you'll be fine only watching the anime
      The last thing that i want to say before getting into the order is, Fate has some unreleased works, and generally i don't know much about them and i'm not much cought up with the latest couple of years of fate, but i think that a beginner generally should care about those unreleased works, and i know that a lot of visual novels are getting either remakes (like the stay night visual novel which finally both got a remake and an official english translation), an anime or both! so if you can't find a visual novel, you can ask in the reddit/discord, but it is most likely getting a remake relatively soon, so, now that i've said everything let's get into the orders:
      if you're willing to read the visual novels:
      1. Fate Stay Night: Realta Nua (getting a remake)
      2. Fate Hollow Ataraxia (getting a remastered and i believe also an anime)
      3. Fate Zero (The Light novel, not the anime)
      4. Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace NoteZ (visual novel, not the anime)
      If you're not willing to read the visual novels:
      1. Unlimited Blade Works (UFOtable, 2014, Prologue & Both Seasons)
      2. Heaven's Feel (UFOtable, 2017-2021, they are a trilogy of films, watch them in order, they are numbered with I, II and III)
      3. Fate Hollow Ataraxia (if the anime came out by the time you are here then you can most likely watch the anime, otherwise i still highly raccomend you to consider either the old visual novel or to wait for the remastared version of the visual novel)
      4. Fate Zero (UFOtable, 2011 Both Seasons, some prefer to watch it before Unlimited Blade Works but i personally prefer this order, either way both spoil the other so none of the 2 is "better")
      (Optional) Fate/stay night (Deen, 2006, the animation hasn't aged too well and the story can be confusing so i usually don't raccomend it for new people, but hey, it's there)
      And this is Fate Stay Night/Atarixia/Zero, while watching/reading them you may notice that they share many things but they also seem to be a bit unrelated, that's because they are "3 different routes" of how the story could've went, and yes, they're all important in this order, anyways now that he complicated stuff is out of the way, let's go in Fate Grand Order
      So, this time i won't divide the Visual novel and the Anime because (unfortunatly) the Visual Novel is by far the best way to expierence the story here, as the anime didn't fully adapt the visual novel and straight up skipped some parts of it, you can still only watch the anime as the stories aren't really connected (you should still watch them in order), you'd just loose some parts, either way, Grand Order has 2 big story arcs, i'll mainly only talk about the first 1st one as the 2nd one basically isn't adapted, the 1st one is divided in 8 chapters (called singularities), i'll now list them and tell you the anime alternative if there is one :
      (here's a playlist of the game of the fate grand order game if you want to see every chapter without having to play it ua-cam.com/play/PLN42rbOIw8E9s8LbjF2BvAiD5RhX251Yn.html; ua-cam.com/play/PLN42rbOIw8E_-IICdtsKyEpk2UQkc4fug.html)
      1. Prologue : First Order (Lay-duce, 2016)
      1.5 1st singularity : Orleans ; 2nd singularity : Septem ;3rd singularity : Okeanos ;4th singularity : London and 5th singularity : E Pluribus Unum all don't have an anime adaptation
      2. 6th singularity : Camelot/ Grand Order: Camelot (Signal.MD / Production IG, 2020-2022 these are 2 movies, the first one is pretty much way worse then anything else in the grand order series, but don't skip it, just remember that it will get much better from the second movie onwoards)
      2.5 if you're anime only, watch Babylonia - Initium Iter, also called Babylonis episode 0, if you're playing/watching the visual novel you can watch this, but it isn't needed
      3. 7th singularity : Babylonia/ Grand Order: Babylonia (Cloverworks, 2019)
      4. Final singularity : Solomon/ Grand Order: Salamon (Cloverworks, 2022)
      here part one of Fate Grand Order finishes, there is no anime of part 1.5 and only the Background/Prequel of part 2 is animated ( Moonlight Lostroom (Lay-duce, 2017) so while you can watch it, you don't really need to do it to understand anything of Grand Order as part 1 is finished.
      Now that you've caught up with the Fate Stay Night/Zero/Ataraxia universe and with the Grand Order Universe You can watch whatever you want, the order doesn't really matter anymore, if you have more questions going trough old reddit posts or asking in reddit/discord can generally help you, but i'd just start with watching the Fate Stay Night/Zero/Ataraxia Universe and then deciding what to do once you finished that, i'll link below some sources that i've used to help me writing this, but my message is finished, Please feel free to ask me anything and i hope that i've cleared things up for you!
      www.reddit.com/r/Fate/comments/fukwby/a_simple_fate_watchread_order_guide_for_everyone/ (less complete and a bit more outdated then my list, but the stay night/zero part is pretty similiar)
      www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/nlcop1/guys_how_do_i_start_the_fate_series/gzhv0i7/?context=3
      www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/damfhf/fategrand_order_babylonia_faqs_for_newcomers_and/

    • @fawazfaruqui5198
      @fawazfaruqui5198 3 місяці тому

      @@omarhasaballa7818 dude, you're scaring the guy away from the franchise

    • @TohnoShiki17
      @TohnoShiki17 3 місяці тому

      Two paragraphs already keep it up Fate fans let them know your franchise is all about reading 🙏

    • @kitetenjo4246
      @kitetenjo4246 3 місяці тому

      don't listen to every body and get even more confused start(almost) where ever you want. it you want to start with fate/zero go for it, unlimited blade works do it heck even Apocrypha. you will understand the world building little by little. people feel very dutiful towards it so they end up scaring new fans away

  • @zineprixmenu4373
    @zineprixmenu4373 3 місяці тому +7

    Honorable mention for kagura from gintama
    While shes not the main lead she’s a main character of the odd jobs trio
    I love that lil gremlin

  • @taylor.river7
    @taylor.river7 3 місяці тому +15

    I can't beleive you did not mention Sakura Cardcapter! 😱😂

  • @NOPEFallacy
    @NOPEFallacy 3 місяці тому +12

    What about Violet Evergarden??

  • @romariogordon
    @romariogordon 3 місяці тому +2

    Frieren is absolutely beautiful. I'm a hype beast so idk how to explain it but its just a story of good vibes and amazing story telling.

  • @mengzhenhao108
    @mengzhenhao108 3 місяці тому +6

    Frieren was an absolute but I also thought that Maomao from Apothecary Diaries or Sakura from Cardcaptors would have made it onto the list.

  • @Ash_Wen-li
    @Ash_Wen-li 3 місяці тому +6

    My top anime with female leads:
    The Rose of Versailles
    Akage no Anne
    Aria Series
    Chihayafuru
    Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex
    Kino's Jouney (2003)
    Apothecary Diaries
    Monogatari Series
    Frieren
    Land of the Lustrous
    Princess Tutu
    Psycho Pass (Season 1)
    Gunbuster
    Fruits Basket
    A Place Further Than the Universe
    Nana
    Onisame e...
    86
    Spice and Wolf
    Hibike Euphonium
    Twelve Kingdoms
    Shinesekai Yori
    Kemono no Souja Erin
    Katanagatari
    Kaguya Sama Love is War
    Yona of the Dawn
    Ya Boy Kongming!
    Serei no Moribito
    Black Lagoon
    Ergo Proxy
    Galaxy Express 999
    Haibane Renmei
    Heike Monogatari
    Made in Abyss
    Madoka Magica
    Revolutionary Girl Utena
    Honourable mention to Glass Mask which I've heard great things about but haven't seen yet

  • @Solo3511
    @Solo3511 2 місяці тому +2

    Nick going insane over explaining the Fate continuity is something I didn't know I needed until today

  • @ichooseyouearthquake8341
    @ichooseyouearthquake8341 3 місяці тому +6

    The anime Nana got me into shoujo anime and the romance genre in general

  • @rexdarebel6207
    @rexdarebel6207 3 місяці тому +8

    Nick made this video just to talk about frieren, and I'm here for it 😅

  • @bri5397
    @bri5397 3 місяці тому +14

    Apothecary Diaries should definitely be up there. Maomao is amazing. I love Maomao so much. And a lot of the cast is female and just as well written

    • @confusedfrog294
      @confusedfrog294 3 місяці тому

      I just clicked on the video and there’s no Mao Mao??? Unforgivable

    • @micl23
      @micl23 3 місяці тому +1

      literally obsessed i need the next season yesterday with an announcement that the 4th is coming out tomorrow.

  • @mhamzah3122
    @mhamzah3122 3 місяці тому +15

    I just wanted to say: Frieran Is the goat. If it doesn’t win a crunchy roll award this year, I’m going on a killing spree.

    • @Ash_Wen-li
      @Ash_Wen-li 3 місяці тому +2

      Imo Pluto deserves it but Frieren losing would be an upset. Especially if Demonslayer wins best fantasy again 😂

    • @MrShadowSmith
      @MrShadowSmith 2 місяці тому +1

      Its gonna be Demon slayer or JJK again. Crunchy role is used by edgy teenagers 😂

  • @CatBehaviourPhD
    @CatBehaviourPhD 3 місяці тому +1

    WONDER EGG PRIORITY APPRECIATION GANG!! 🥚 My fave animes are seemingly cute ones that end up being dark, like Wonder Egg, Made In Abyss, and Madoka Magica. Would love to see Nick talk more about these animes

  • @zzasdfwas
    @zzasdfwas 3 місяці тому +5

    Obviously, it's subjective, but how you gonna leave out Fruits Basket, Spirited Away, Violet Evergarden, Bocchi the Rock, Ghost in the Shell,

  • @sephirian688
    @sephirian688 3 місяці тому +5

    I agree with the list but I would add Shakugan No Shana at number 2 though I wouldn’t argue if some still wanted Madoka to take 2nd. If I dove into explaining SNS my comment would be excessively long so in short: Insane fights, world building, character development, plot, a smidge cliche of a romance but well written at least, several great twists, and one of the most unique power systems in all of anime imo.
    Yona of the Dawn around number 5. Specifically because the anime ends on 24 episodes and it barely scratches the surface of the MC (Yona). If you include the manga, I’d place it at 4.
    Frieren stays in 1st though lol

    • @CloudWeissBuster
      @CloudWeissBuster 3 місяці тому +1

      THANK YOU! Shana always gets forgotten. It needs more love. Like, way more.

    • @sephirian688
      @sephirian688 3 місяці тому

      @@CloudWeissBuster she is THE tsundere, there very few portrayals of the trope before SNS though Daikuuji Ayu is the technical first use of the term SNS popularized it, so I feel she needs to exist at least ON the list if not near the top lol

  • @kenooby4602
    @kenooby4602 3 місяці тому +4

    When a tier list with eminemce in the shadows or a silent voice in it? I rlly like those anime (fillm) but never see em on tierlists.

  • @garrisoncollier
    @garrisoncollier 3 місяці тому +2

    scrolled to the end just to make sure you made frieren #1 now i can go back and watch the whole video in peace

  • @ChristopherLarouche
    @ChristopherLarouche 2 місяці тому

    - Violet Evergarden
    - Mumei from Kabaneri of the Fortress
    - Lucy from Elfen Lied
    - Motoko from Ghost In Shell
    ** I’ll always have a soft spot in my feels for Erza (her 1 v 100 episode was just glorious)
    And I agree with your 2 top tier selections, but have one more - it’s brutal though, on par with Made in Abyss: Casshern Sins (male MC)

  • @Ayanokoji45
    @Ayanokoji45 3 місяці тому +1

    i love your list i will get to them at some point and yes i made a note of them to make sure

  • @replicatv1463
    @replicatv1463 3 місяці тому +4

    21:21 the kingdom hearts effect, making everything 100% Canon 💀

  • @rezonpokemon3854
    @rezonpokemon3854 2 місяці тому +2

    Ill say an honorable mention should be the MC oc Apothecary Diaries and Acendent of a Bookworm.
    I will say Bookwork is definitely waiting for its season 3 and beyond to be magede to go ham

  • @levyfishman455
    @levyfishman455 3 місяці тому +10

    Video idea which character had the most power handed to them
    For example naruto was the reincarnation if god, had kurama, and was the son of Minato and kushina.
    Ichigo from bleach was the ideal mix of all races
    And Luffy, got his insanely OP powers cuz he randomly ate a fruit.
    (no isakai characters because this would be a list of just them otherwise.)

    • @rinuchiha6961
      @rinuchiha6961 3 місяці тому +1

      Except Ichigo didn't have anything handed to him

    • @levyfishman455
      @levyfishman455 3 місяці тому

      @@rinuchiha6961 yeah but he still had op genes

    • @rinuchiha6961
      @rinuchiha6961 3 місяці тому +2

      @@levyfishman455 didn't really help him until TYBW

    • @levyfishman455
      @levyfishman455 3 місяці тому +1

      @@rinuchiha6961 fair enough

    • @LuzoroMD
      @LuzoroMD 3 місяці тому +1

      @@rinuchiha6961 his father was a previous captain and his mother was pure quincy that was infected by a hollow. the hollow and soul reaper parts helped him the entire time. he had the best teachers any one person could ask for in urahara and yoruichi, which normal people never would have had access to, and beat aizen because his father used his spiritual pressure to let him train for months. his latent quincy powers helped him beat yhwach too. let's not pretend that ichigo is all hard work.

  • @Ayanokoji45
    @Ayanokoji45 3 місяці тому +1

    this is a great idea do more of this with your favorite anime and manga please

  • @andylam5451
    @andylam5451 3 місяці тому +6

    We need more Vinland Saga content from Nick

  • @ArmageddonAngel
    @ArmageddonAngel 3 місяці тому +19

    I thought you would have mentioned Revolutionary Girl Utena, the original sword wielding lesbian. On its surface, it's a simple story of a girl trying to find the prince who gave her the will to live and a school where the student council fights for the power to change their world. But the deeper themes of the struggles of gender roles, identity, and love are seeded throughout the 39 episode runs. Each of the main cast are fully realized characters. The main antagonist is a huge jerk but still a great villain. The high schoolers deal with problems of sex, unfulfillment, and broken relationships with their peers. It's wonderfully honest within the narrative of Utena's journey to become a prince.
    Of course, it does deal with sex, especially with those on different levels of the power scale, incest, and the gross one of the main villain towards the MC but it does it in a way that highlights how awful it is
    Still, I highly recommend it, especially because it's one of the rare instances where the anime is better than the manga.

    • @anuragdas4605
      @anuragdas4605 3 місяці тому +2

      I thought you talk about Utena from Gushing over magical girls 🙂, btw what's the name of the series?

    • @staszaxarov4930
      @staszaxarov4930 3 місяці тому +1

      @@anuragdas4605Well, this Utena also good, and deals with a lot of themes))
      But Op was talking about “Revolutionary Girl Utena” - the name of the anime

  • @Travesty
    @Travesty 3 місяці тому +6

    Missing Balsa from Moribito

  • @JH-wl4yy
    @JH-wl4yy 3 місяці тому +4

    Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song?????!!!!

    • @insomnifaxxwmaxx7244
      @insomnifaxxwmaxx7244 3 місяці тому

      That one makes me cry from how beautiful it is whenever I remember it. It's just so good.

  • @kyrianonwe9565
    @kyrianonwe9565 2 місяці тому

    Yes! I subscribed cuz you were right about number 1

  • @Menma101
    @Menma101 3 місяці тому +1

    You should have added maimai from apothecary diaries.

  • @RhenZilla
    @RhenZilla 3 місяці тому +1

    Frieren is just cool because of her experience. The best female protagonist is Mao Mao of The Apothecary diaries

    • @RhenZilla
      @RhenZilla 3 місяці тому

      Claymore would be my second choice and aezra on the 3rd.. If u want an OG to fill this. Card Captor Sakura and Kagome should be in this list.

  • @Oram-77
    @Oram-77 3 місяці тому +5

    Black Lagoon is fucking GOATED

  • @sachiomorita5643
    @sachiomorita5643 2 місяці тому

    an anime i’d like to recommend to people is Dennoh Coil. it’s a female lead show that deals with the struggles of growing up while also having an entire universe dedicated to how digitization of the world could influence lives. It does an amazing job of a “what if” future where VR and AR has become a main technology

  • @alessandronova7761
    @alessandronova7761 3 місяці тому

    i know youtube says this video is a 10/10 but i’ll watch anything you create keep it up man :)

  • @cedricspencer720
    @cedricspencer720 3 місяці тому +4

    Motoko Kusanagi should of made this list

  • @dmaurille
    @dmaurille 3 місяці тому

    I can agree completely this time around for the number 1 spot. Frieren was a breath of fresh air to me and it's immediately placed itself among some of my all time favorite anime. Episode after episode I just kept wanting more. Is it a fantasy? Action? Slice of Life? Comedy? It ticks so many boxes and does it so well. The directing, music, animation, they really knocked it out of the park with this one

  • @Ntce
    @Ntce 3 місяці тому

    Top 3 for Myself:
    1. Fuuko Izumo
    2. Akane Tsunemori
    3. Yumeko Jabami

  • @mattsmith5704
    @mattsmith5704 3 місяці тому +1

    The irony of saying you despise the sexualization of minors in anime while highlighting “Darling in the Franxx” which is primarily about minors exploring sexuality is somewhat amusing (I do agree it’s an amazing show and deserves to be on this list… even though I just started it)

  • @CamRob_56
    @CamRob_56 3 місяці тому +8

    Apothecary Diaries is also S Tier. Please Nick watch it Daphne I hope both of you like it.

  • @zacharbouldin3739
    @zacharbouldin3739 3 місяці тому

    That fate bit was amazing

  • @Tyler34750
    @Tyler34750 2 місяці тому

    Nick!!!!!! please do the top horror/dark anime

  • @JonathanMassa-tv4ql
    @JonathanMassa-tv4ql 3 місяці тому +4

    Damn. No jojo stone ocean. 😢
    Edit:I just remembered nick didn't finish the Jojo anime

    • @anuragdas4605
      @anuragdas4605 3 місяці тому +1

      Jolyne is my most favourite Jojo in JJBA

    • @Lloyd00
      @Lloyd00 3 місяці тому +1

      @@anuragdas4605 you're probably the only person saying that....

  • @senpaifear6293
    @senpaifear6293 3 місяці тому +2

    One of my favorite female lead animes that also ended up being one of my first is fairy tail. People commonly mistake natsu for being the mc but it’s Lucy. I love fairy tail despite the hate it gets.

    • @pyromaniak2736
      @pyromaniak2736 3 місяці тому

      this is one of those even if they say the MC is lucy because she narates natsu gets all the screen time and makes the big saves. if we considered this one it would disqualify some of the others here like darling and black lagoon

    • @Circle9ru
      @Circle9ru 2 місяці тому

      no, the main character is Natsu, you think Lucy is the main character only because the story told from her perspective. its not even the only example of this thing in anime. you don't even need to watch far away, the anime of the same autor before Fairy Tail - Rave Master, exactly the same thing, story told from Elie perspective, but Haru is the MC, Edens Zero after is the same again. and there are more...

  • @RealmOfUnknown
    @RealmOfUnknown 3 місяці тому

    Fate has some of the beefiest base boosted sound effects too. Haha, especially Fate Babylonia, some of the attack sounds will literally shatter speakers

  • @VeiledFlameAlchemist
    @VeiledFlameAlchemist 3 місяці тому +2

    Nick: "Sexualization of minors is bad."
    Also Nick: "My first recommendation is Made in Abyss." 😂

    • @VeiledFlameAlchemist
      @VeiledFlameAlchemist 3 місяці тому +1

      @slevinchannel7589 I only report pro-israeli news propaganda from my national news networks. Otherwise, it's just anime preferences. And I like Made in Abyss, as well as Mushoku Tensei for the record. Just thought it was a funny transition.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 місяці тому

      @@VeiledFlameAlchemist Yeah, but MK is pretty damn pathetic and this is not about ''''Taste''''. It's a problem anime times 10; very tellign about yuor awareness-level that you cant see that.
      Genuinly a outrightdisgusting anime and the fans are usually cirngelords. Its one of the most toic fanbases i have ever seen or heard of. When the toxic season-finale, an absolute bizzare Episode, came out a while back, everyone literally tried to surpass each other trying to be cringe.
      I wish-back the times where people were such losers to be tolerant of this anime that they replied to "MC impregnates... his Cousin... wtf... how can you exccuse this with its-an-anime-so-whatever-no-consequences-hoho" with "DISTANT" Distant cousin!"
      The iteral Polygamy-Propaganda - and yeah, at-least if a Strawman is literally set-up-to-Fail i start calling it legit Propaganda - things just get real-life-harmfullll.
      Long comment is too long but yeah, i try to explain to someone who will probably not listen that this anime is abnormal and it matters. No apollogist has ever even managed to produce a sigle coherent-wiht-Logic OR coherent-with-Reality argument: against, we have losers say "DISTANT! Distant cousin" to the In_est-Stuff and thats the BEST of 'them', trust me. That's the best argument
      Anime can do Whatever cause it's Anime is bigbrained but better

    • @VeiledFlameAlchemist
      @VeiledFlameAlchemist 3 місяці тому +2

      @slevinchannel7589 I'm not arguing that it's not problematic or that the fan base isn't toxic. Not that I would know, but I can make the assumption that it is. This isn't a show I would ever recommend to anybody else, but I personally find the story and world interesting. And as a non-monogamous person myself, the polygamy doesn't bother me one bit. Just the same way that portrayals of monogamy don't bother me. It's not propaganda just because you don't personally agree with something.

    • @TheSoulCalledZuzia
      @TheSoulCalledZuzia 3 місяці тому

      I mean, the anime's not *that* bad
      Anime's actually pretty chill with it

  • @omarhasaballa7818
    @omarhasaballa7818 3 місяці тому

    Even tho it may be very much different from the other animes mentioned, i think that Kaguya sama love is war would also have been a PERFECT addition to this (already great) list, Great video eitherway! It was probably my favourite video of yours in a good while

  • @Shadow_Monarch82
    @Shadow_Monarch82 3 місяці тому +3

    Bro forgot apothecary diaries

  • @AvanEdosa-xe8gn
    @AvanEdosa-xe8gn 3 місяці тому +4

    Man, I've been waiting for hours for this video

  • @Vilvenia
    @Vilvenia 3 місяці тому +6

    MaoMao from The Apothecary Diaries deserves to be in this top 10

  • @gooseofwar1230
    @gooseofwar1230 3 місяці тому

    I did not expect to see made in abyss on this list (most people i talk to hate it). I love that it made the list.

  • @Khieytel
    @Khieytel 5 днів тому

    I forgot everything u said about made in abyss so when I went to watch it all these months later I was not expecting the story to be so dark and depressing to the point I regret even starting it.

  • @soleneptune9498
    @soleneptune9498 3 місяці тому

    You should do a Fate timeline video bro

  • @andrewjackson6870
    @andrewjackson6870 2 місяці тому

    Nick, great list… but PLEASE watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride. It will for sure push one off this list

  • @powersorous8441
    @powersorous8441 3 місяці тому

    Now we need a full Fate breakdown video

  • @the_marvelous_one
    @the_marvelous_one 3 місяці тому +2

    Good video

  • @virgoproxy
    @virgoproxy 3 місяці тому +1

    if you like female-lead isekai about helping people and making good food I recommend kuma kuma kuma bear and saving 80000 gold for retirement

  • @Tanzim-c3e
    @Tanzim-c3e 3 місяці тому +1

    oh my god you mentioned made in abyss i cant believe you mentioned it. i thought that you wouldn't even know of it since it is not that popular

  • @Menma101
    @Menma101 3 місяці тому +6

    bro i love mushoku tensia but i can NEVER recommend.

    • @pyromaniak2736
      @pyromaniak2736 3 місяці тому

      yea i know what you mean. legitimately one of my favorite anime and novels (the manga adaptation is less tue to the novels) but a certain scene in a stable almost had me put it down. all that came before was so good i felt very conflicted and had to come back to it. fortunately so far that has been the low point.

    • @warrior3220
      @warrior3220 3 місяці тому

      I love MT and I always recommend… ❤

  • @Excanda
    @Excanda 3 дні тому

    4:46 'the deeper you go the more pressure is felt' Not really true as due to the magic of the Abyss the pressure only applies to those going up. As long as you keep going down you don't feel a thing.
    I am a bit surprised and saddened that you do not have Bofuri in the list, or Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear. Reborn to master the blade is also a fun watch. I'm in love with the villainess is hysterical as it throws otome games upside down. A better version of 'Darling in the franks' might be Simoun? It sort of the same premise, but without the plant reproduction naming and all girls who have to battle together to pilot their machines.

  • @GodlyGoku101
    @GodlyGoku101 3 місяці тому +8

    where Apothecary Diaries at, My goat Maomao needs to be at the top

    • @btchiaintkidding7837
      @btchiaintkidding7837 3 місяці тому +2

      havent watched the video yet but not including Apothecary Diaries in this video is heresy honestly

    • @anuragdas4605
      @anuragdas4605 3 місяці тому +1

      The Apothecary diaries and Frieren : beyond journey's end is my Favourite anime of 2024, Maomao and Frieren are Goated female mc

  • @jonhawk117
    @jonhawk117 3 місяці тому

    Nick you have to do a Vid on Reality Marbles, they are so fun and are what GeGe got DE from.

  • @melancholyofmanny183
    @melancholyofmanny183 2 місяці тому

    Please do a video about male shojo characters!!!

  • @rainbt312
    @rainbt312 3 місяці тому +1

    love nick for adding zero two

  • @kylemorgan4708
    @kylemorgan4708 3 місяці тому

    Other favorites:
    -Blueseed
    -Bubble Gum Crisis
    -Iria: Zeiram the Animation

  • @kevinboerger5526
    @kevinboerger5526 3 місяці тому

    Finally, I found someone like me that actually likes the ending of darling in the franxx. You should go into more detail why you like the ending so much that would be a great video.

  • @zineprixmenu4373
    @zineprixmenu4373 3 місяці тому +2

    Jolyne def belongs on this list
    Araki stay cookin with his mcs

    • @anuragdas4605
      @anuragdas4605 3 місяці тому +1

      Fr

    • @pyromaniak2736
      @pyromaniak2736 3 місяці тому +1

      to be fair as a series shes the ONLY female lead so its like 85% male. i agree shes great but i think she doesn't belong on this list

  • @Vaibhavgangwar2mm
    @Vaibhavgangwar2mm 3 місяці тому +4

    28:57 every anime is an art ,whether it is niche or mainstream ,whether you like it ,love it or hate it, it doesn't matter what you think of any anime ,it is still an art
    the amount of inferiority complex that anime watcher have is baffling to me ,it almost like they are ashamed of what they enjoy, or maybe they hate what they enjoy

    • @TheSoulCalledZuzia
      @TheSoulCalledZuzia 3 місяці тому

      Exactly!

    • @Circle9ru
      @Circle9ru 2 місяці тому

      disagree, completely disagree. we're living in a time when there are a bunch of books, movies, anime etc., that are not art by any means. or you trying to say some bullshit like most of so called "progressive" movies are art? or some second or even third grade isekai bullshit is an art? anime is a type of art, yes, but not every anime can be called a work of art, same as some child's drawings are not an art, even if drawing itself is a type of art.

    • @TheSoulCalledZuzia
      @TheSoulCalledZuzia 2 місяці тому

      @@Circle9ru you dont understand definition of art if you truly think so
      children drawings *are* art

  • @kelanireid8358
    @kelanireid8358 3 місяці тому

    I can't lie I couldn't even get past the first ep without crying truly deserved best anime of all time

  • @alexrodriguez7211
    @alexrodriguez7211 3 місяці тому +14

    blud forgot ab mao mao from apothecary diaries

  • @TheHemingWay
    @TheHemingWay 3 місяці тому +2

    Aaah the king is back with another one

  • @TheColossalShadow
    @TheColossalShadow 3 місяці тому

    The Fate series, To me, Is like having the wire of your headphones severely tangled but also wanting to listen to music 😂
    The series looks incredible and I desperately want to get into it but I just don’t have the mental capacity to sit down and untangle the show before I even start it 😂

  • @dragonsandungeons
    @dragonsandungeons 2 місяці тому

    Kaichou wa Maid Sama is another good one from early 2000's

  • @kyoneko87
    @kyoneko87 3 місяці тому +1

    Also Shojo and Jousei can be very deep and well thought out

  • @trapvandal
    @trapvandal 3 місяці тому +1

    Made in abyss what's the best unexpected trauma I took on in the past 10 years. Love me some chibi body horror

  • @ssilentcarl
    @ssilentcarl 3 місяці тому

    I really enjoyed Michiko and Hatchin!! I watched it around the same time I watched kill la kill!!

  • @JosephButler-wc5ql
    @JosephButler-wc5ql 3 місяці тому

    Love the choices, I will say I thought Akame was going to show up on this list at some point too.

  • @Leucienfireweaver
    @Leucienfireweaver 3 місяці тому

    I know Andy is the MC of S1, but I still say that Undead + Unluck should have been on this series, because how Fuuko becomes the MC afterwards.
    Claymore, because 'Ho, Dayum, violence.'
    Eureka SeveN falls under one of Nick's caveats of 'Male potagonist, female MC', and is a stunning series of love, growth, and coping with loss. It's also a Mecha anime.
    Heavenly Delusion, which he'd mentioned prior, is a fantastic story about a woman's body and how the mind within it grows to accept herself.
    While these wouldn't be Top Ten in his list, they still deserve honorable mentions.

  • @JaheemHoushakuji
    @JaheemHoushakuji 3 місяці тому +2

    Someone please tell me Lina Inverse from Slayers made the list she is without a doubt one if the most underrated mc’s

    • @Circle9ru
      @Circle9ru 2 місяці тому

      well, i can't belive i say it, but may be he didn't watch it?

  • @austinkleman8697
    @austinkleman8697 2 місяці тому

    Nick needs to do a fate how to watch, bc I tried to watch it but I was so confused

  • @Mustache99
    @Mustache99 3 місяці тому +1

    A specila for 50 k could be how to tackle the fate series
    A good anime with a female character that I recommend apotecary diaries