The world of Shonen Anime has a lot more than Naruto, One Piece, and My Hero Academia, which are heavy hitters. Although with popular shows nothing is wrong, sometimes you want something different. Sometimes. That’s why the shonen anime is underrated.
Let’s first have a fast definition. Shonen means any boys series, usually under 15 years of age. While anyone of any age or sex can enjoy it, this is the demographic target. So you won’t see much romance as long as you see a ton of action and supernatural battles. Katekyo Hitman Reborn is a great series like this. But it’s more than just action to shonen. Some shows, such as Beck and Silver Spoon, focus on characters who strive to achieve meaningful goals beyond the fighting sphere-the creation of a band.
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12. Blast of Tempest
Synopsis:
The ordinary teenager, Yoshino Takigawa, secretly dates his younger sister, Mahiro’s best friend. But mysteriously, when his friend Aika dies, Mahiro disappears and hopes to find the person responsible and to get him to pay for killing his beloved sister. Yoshino lives on as usual and in just one month hasn’t heard of Mahiro until he is faced by a foreign girl who holds him at gunpoint and arrives with his best friend to save him.
Rating: 8/10
The witch’s brother egoistically wants to use his power despite the imminent threat to the whole world. Yoshino learns that Mahiro has enlisted the help of Hakaze-Kusaribe in identifying the killer of Aika and an entity called the “tree of the exodus.” But Hakaze is banned from the wilderness, and the world is now being saved by Yoshino and Mahiro, while ever closer to the truth behind Aika’s death.
11. Mushishi
Synopsis:
“Mushi”: the foremost basic sort of life within the world. They exist without any goal or purpose other than simply “being.” They are beyond the shackles of the words “good” and “evil.” Mushi can exist in innumerable forms and are capable of imitating things from the natural world, such as plants, diseases, and even phenomena such as rainbows.
Rating: 9/10
However, this is often just a vague definition of these entities that inhabit the colorful world of Mushishi and even calling them a sort of life would be an oversimplification. Detailed information on Mushi is scarce because the bulk of humans are unaware of its existence. So, what are the Mushi, and why are they? this is often the matter that Ginko, the “Mushishi,” continually ponders. Mushishi is those that seek Mushi within the hope of understanding their place within the world hierarchy of life. Ginko is chasing rumors of events that would be linked to Mushi, all for the sake of finding a solution. After all, it could lead to the meaning of life itself.
10. Sousei no Onmyouji
Synopsis:
Sousei no Onmyouji tells the story of two talented exorcists who are destined to become the “Twin Star Exorcists” and the prophesized parents of the Miko. The Miko is the reincarnation of Abe no Seimei, who will cleanse the world of all impurities. The book follows the adventures of Benio Adashino, a prodigy exorcist, and Rokuro Enmadou, a troubled exorcist.
Rating: 8/10
9. Akame ga Kill!
Synopsis:
Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest. Tatsumi is a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown. He comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, and challenges to his own morals and values.
Rating: 8/10
8. Silver Spoon
Synopsis:
Yuugo Hachiken is educated, hard-working, and sick of trying to meet his desires. Upon starting a brand new school year, he decided to take up a boarding school on the Hokkaido landscape at Ooezo Agricultural High School in order to avoid the tension caused by his parents.
Rating: 8/10
Hachiken was initially persuaded he would do well in the institute; his brilliant classmates, people who have lived their entire lives in farms and all knowledge about food, vegetables, and the physiology of livestock, quickly proved incorrect to Hachiken! If it’s to wake up for hard work at five in the morning or to care for farm animals, Hachiken is a complete hobbyist for difficult farming lives.
7. World Tigger
Synopsis:
Mikado City is invaded by strange creatures known as “Neighbors,” malicious beings impervious to traditional weaponry. The Border Defense Agency has been established to combat the Neighbor’s menace. Osamu Mikumo has no choice but to do what he believes is right when a student in his class is dragged into a forbidden area by bullies. However, the student is revealed to be a humanoid Neighbor in disguise.
Rating: 8/10
6. Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi
Synopsis:
Kenichi Shirahama is a schoolboy who prefers reading self-improvement books to fighting. When he joins his school’s karate club, he is forced to fight a bullying upperclassman. His fighting prowess brings him to the attention of a powerful gang of delinquents. He must learn various martial arts from the dojo’s resident masters to create his own fighting style. Back to Mail Online home. back to the page, you came from.
Rating: 8/10
5. Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Synopsis:
Tsunayoshi Sawada is clumsy, talentless, and desperately in love with the school idol Kyouko Sasagawa. Tsuna’s boring life takes an extraordinary twist when he encounters the mysterious Reborn, who happens to be a hitman… and shockingly, a baby! The dull boy has a grueling road ahead, but with the help of his new criminal affiliates and his peculiar home tutor, perhaps even Loser Tsuna can achieve greatness.
Rating: 9/10
4. Kaza no Stigma
Synopsis:
Kazuma Yagami is a user of “Fuujutsu,” the ability to control the wind. He returns to his old home, the noble Kannagi household, after being banished four years ago. Several members of his family have recently been murdered with Fuujitsu. Kazuma must clear his name and aid the family he shares a mutual hatred with.
Rating: 8/10
3. Madeka Box
Synopsis:
Beautiful, intelligent, and athletic, Medaka’s dream is to make others happy. When she runs for Student Council President of the prestigious Hakoniwa Academy, she wins with 98% of the votes. The very first thing the boisterous new president does is set up the “Medaka Box,” a suggestion box allowing students to submit any kind of request for assistance. For every job completed, she adds flowers to the student council room, with the aim of filling the entire school.
Rating: 8/10
2. Air Gear
Synopsis:
Air Tricks, also known as AT, are motorized and futuristic inline skates that are the new craze taking the nation by storm. A community of daredevils known as the “Storm Riders” are brave enough to tamper with the device. Individual teams wager valuable AT parts or team emblems to dominate the streets. The story follows Itsuki Minami, a middle school student notorious for engaging in street fights.
Rating: 8/10
1. Great Teacher Onizuka
Synopsis:
Eikichi Onizuka is an ex-biker gang leader, conqueror of Shonan, and virgin. His dream is to become the greatest high school teacher in all of Japan. However, there is more to the perverted, greedy, and lazy delinquent than meets the eye. He’s ready for any challenge in his way, even if it means jumping off a building to save a suicidal child. Back to Mail Online home. back to the page, you came from. Back to the site, you come from.
Rating: 9/10