CHUNIN EXAMS ARE A CLASSIC! One of my favourites would definitely be the Inter-High prelims in Haikyuu and the Inter High Championship in Kuroko No Basuke. Tournament arcs make me binge watch lol
JoJo's Steel Ball Run. I know the whole thing is a race but it has the same feel. And I love love love the troupe of the guy no one expects to win coming out on top. In Steel Ball Run the winning players stand ability is only to give encouragement to its user. Technically the weakest ability ever seen in that series.
The Dark Tournament is still #1 for me. I love Frieren, but the mage trial was my least favorite part. I didn't connect with any of the new characters that were introduced, and I have always disliked the trope of battling your own clone. That trope is overdone and Frieren went the 'personality-less doll' route which is very boring, instead of having enemies that are real characters, or villains that would add more to the story. I love your discussions as always (love the Battle City mention)!
Fair enough! Everyone has there own tastes and there are so many tropes of the genre. There weren’t very many actual antagonists in the Frieren tournament arc but there are some fun characters like Denken. The Dark Tournament is so perfect though, hard to beat!
