Ranking EVERY Shounen Anime 

You can say what you want about his opinions on anime, but I see no dislikes on this video

Making an entire ranking system based on "mid" is genius.

I used to think Dragon Ball hadn't aged well, and in some respects it hasn't. But when I got into the original manga, I realized what a lot of the appeal actually was: Toriyama's art is fantastic. I mean REALLY fantastic. Not in the same way Oda and Araki's art is where it's super detailed, but instead it's exceptionally clean and flows really nicely. Even if you don't like watching Dragon Ball, you probably at least like to draw it. The world and character designs do a lot of the heavylifting compared to the actual storytelling.

I think the thing with Fairy Tail that makes it extremely hit or miss for a ton of people is that it relies on you caring about the characters. I personally love Fairy Tail, even with its flaws, and it's because I grew to really love the characters. It's not the deepest shounen, yeah, but it's good fun and just felt very home-y to me. If you don't care about the cast though, it'll definitely make it a slog to watch sonce it is character focused. It'll always hold a special place in my heart personally, and it's one of the shounen I'm most nostalgic for.

Gigguk gave Seven Deadly Sins 6 chances and still hasn’t watched or read FMA. The meme hurts my soul.

He could've put every shounen in S-Tier and a lot of people would still be mad about it

Neat to see that after a decade without a new anime season, you still put Hajime no Ippo at the top. Mad respect. Greetings from the Netherlands, you absolute madman.

Bro, the amount of courage you need to make one of these videos are insane

a full 45 minutes Grant getting his ass ready to be beaten by shonen fans no matter what the tier is

My boy Garnt is just straight up trying to make his TRPG Character to reality by doing this

The beauty of the shonen anime is that everyone has a different "peak" anime that resonates with them for one reason or another. I do not care about my favourite being called mid, it's peak for me.

No one will see this, but it’s pretty unfair that he ranked Jojo’s separately but ranked the 3 dragonballs all together.

REMEMBER when The AnimeZone announced he was making a video comparing One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto? It took him the longest time to get it out then announced that he wouldn't because he wasn't happy with it. I have been waiting for that video since, but this is probably close enough, AnimeZone.

The pure respect for Ippo in this video brings a tear to my eye. Also, for those that don't know, the manga gets updated weekly, has been going on since 1989, and the mangaka runs a boxing gym. He knows his stuff.

This is an unbelievably good video and ranking dude

Mr, "I am into anime for 20 years" hasn't watched fullmetal alchemist.

-2:03 Jojo 1 TRUE MID -2:40 Jojo 2 ABOVE MID -3:32 Hunter x hunter PEAK-MID -5:12 Inuyasha BELOW MID -6:14 My hero academia TRUE MID -8:51 Dragon ball TRUE MID -11:55 Slam dunk PEAK-MID(manga) -13:44 Yu yu Hakusho HIGH MID -15:10 Jojo 6 ABOVE MID -15:40 Jojo 3 TRUE MID -18:07 Yu gi oh BELOW MID -18:57 One piece PEAK-MID -21:33 Haikyu HIGH MID -22:29 Norogami TRUE MID -22:43 Kuroko no basket ABOVE MID -23:55 Medaka box HIGH MID(manga) -25:04 Food wars TRUE MID -26:13 Hajime no ippo PEAK-MID -27:02 Seraph of the end BELOW MID -27:08 7 Deadly sins LOW MID -27:54 Prince of tennis TRUE MID -29:13 Psyren ABOVE MID -30:19 Rurouni Kenshin HIGH MID -31:03 Eyeshield 21 HIGH MID (manga) -32:18 Black clover ABOVE MID -34:00 Air gear ABOVE MID -34:08 Fire force BELOW MID -35:07 Demon slayer HIGH MID -36:37 Jojo 4 HIGH MID -36:49 Jojo 5 HIGH MID -38:07 Bleach ABOVE MID -39:15 Soul eater ABOVE MID -39:42 Boruto BOTTOM MID -40:10 Naruto HIGH MID -41:31 Doctor stone ABOVE MID -41:51 Faity tail BOTTOM MID -42:41 Bakuman HIGH MID -44:14 Jujutsu kaisen ABOVE MID

“There’s noting more toxic than Shonen fans talking about Shonen anime” Genshin Impact: “Allow me to introduce myself”

Eyeshield 21 is so underrated. It's probably my second favorite sports anime behind Ippo (I haven't watched Haikyu, but its on my list eventually). ES21 manga is just sensational, the art and character writing...it can inspire the hearts of young men. When he took off the mask, that was hype. When he earned the title he was falsely given, that was hype. When he went stiff-armed Agon into the ground, so many good moments. The only thing I really had frustrations with was the last arc, the JPN dream team, I just felt there needed to be more character interactions instead of focusing on the Pentagon or whatever they were called. The only dude that really mattered was Panther lol. It is ALSO one of the few manga I could read beginning to end without feeling bored. For example, Ippo has dull stretches. One Piece, as much as I love it, has dull stretches. Maybe its an unfair comparison since both said manga have 1000+ chapters, but the point still stands. The pacing for ES21 was really good, the training arc wasn't boring and it made you appreciate each member of the cast. You spent just enough time with each character to appreciate them. Also, Sena is a likeable main character, something many shonen have trouble with in western audiences I feel (just my opinion). I really appreciated Sena. He wasn't no pretty boy, but did he have a soul of a competitor. The anime for ES21 was awful though. It just...it did not do the original artist any justice. Also, it made the game look silly - how sequences would happen on the field and would appear nonsensical. At least in the manga you could kind of envision in your mind the correct sequence if you know the game well enough.

I feel like the DB anime isn't really good for today's audience. But u have to give the manga a chance. It's perfectly paced and very fun to read.

As someone who didn't grow up with Bleach in high school and only started watching it around the end of college, Soul Society Arc truly is a really damn good arc even without the rose-tinted glasses.

Garnt: *Ranks everything with mid so noone can argue with him about a show being/not being mid* Me: "He's too dangerous to be left alive"

I love that you mentioned psyren, it's an under appreciated gem.

I've mostly read the manga but for me Noragami is a high above mid. I just love the relationship that the characters have with each other as well as the mood and atmosphere. 22:42

I’ve watch anime since I was little, back in the Inuyasha, Naruto and Sailor Moon, but I never got into One Piece. After hearing Trash Taste talk about it on their 24 hour charity stream, I decided to start the One Piece manga last week and I’m obsessed. I’m only 240 chapters in though. I’ve been reading like 3-5 volumes a day.🤣

I'm really impressed by how garnt can remember the names of so many characters

Honestly big w I just subbed

Inuyasha did not age that well but still has that nice touch to it and was a fun rewatch. Rewatched it with my daughter last year and it was a blast.

Sheesh, from a 4 and a half hour stream to less than 50 minutes. The power of editers, man.

I started watching one piece a few weeks ago, and I went in with such high expectations in fact I was trying to dislike it but here I am 280 episodes later, sobbing about a crew of pirates. It is peak fiction, without a doubt. I’m a believer now Edit: Just wrapped up marineford. What an incredible series. I’m so glad I started on this journey! I’ll see you all in wano my nakama. Edit2: AFTER SO LONG HALF A YEAR… I have just landed in wano! Thankful for this show.

Bro ur analysis is spot on....

I’ve watched most of this list and other than OP being one of the few I haven’t seen, I gotta say, this list is rather respectable tbh. I have a few if put higher and a couple I’d put lower but only by on tier if anything. Can’t complain, this is a solid list.

Overall, very respectable list. Though some are different for me and that's okay BECAUSE anime hits different to each other. We don't always feel the same with others when we watch them.

As someone who watch Black Clover, I'm actually agree with this opinion. That show just keep getting better and better! Although I have problem finishing the first episode back then when it first airing. Something about the show feels just like a classic shounen series to me.

good list bro

I have never seen someone glaze One Piece quite like this man

After one piece chapters 1044 and 1045 he is right. You can never know when one piece will peak more than that.

That's a blessed take on Medaka Box. It's a real shame that we didn't get the rest of the material adapted. Also big respect on the Air Gear placing.

every db fan me included clicking on the video just to se if it was clickbait or he is actually sick

I agree with most of your take very good teir list. Little sad to see a lot of shows missing from the list but understand there are endless of shonnen shows/mangas out there

Garnt has balls of steel to do this.

Agreed about One Piece, some of the best feelings I have ever felt in a show. The moment chopper joins the crew, marinford Ace, Robin in ennis lobby, are some of the most emotional moments.

Yu yu hakusho and rurouni Kenshin are true goats of shonen it’s great to see them both share a Spot as each other. Lol I’m planning on reading the manga for both series and In my opinion are better than what’s popular lol.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BLACK CLOVER GOOD RANKING

If you guys haven't watched Hajime no Ippo yet I highly recommend giving it a shot, even if you're not into sports/sports anime, cuz a lot of it is about the characters and their story which set the stakes for every fight. Imagine the hype of the entire MHA tournament but instead you get this hype condensed into EVERY big boxing match in this show. And like Garnt said, it'll one-up itself with every fight. You'll get used to the old anime style in no time as you get invested in the characters and story progression. Trust me on this one. I disliked the look of older anime shows but now it's one of my favourite anime of all time. It's done by MadHouse so yes the animation in every fight is top tier, combined with the perfect sound effects. It's also surprisingly funny at times. It's also somehow one of my favourite comedy anime lol

Hunter x Hunter is great, but it's too sad that new episodes don't come out anymore. The show feels like it should have like 500 more episodes to be properly finished, considering the amount of unfinished and barely scratched story arcs. I hope that someday we'll get more of HxH episodes. EDIT: Lol, I finished HxH like a month ago and it's already leaving its 7 years long hiatus. How lucky am I?

Goddamn, I love Hajime No Ippo. It's hilarious and fantastic and I'm glad I found someone talking about it

i'm surprised that you talk about bakuman. its one of the earliest series that took me to anime and will always have a special place in my heart

It'll never not be sad that Joseph was nerfed. Imagine how parts 3 and 4 would've been if he hadn't been nerved and kept with his hamon training. He'd have looked like a slightly older Young Joseph in part 3 and the ripped Old Joseph in Part 4. You could even have him be the one to defeat Red Hit Chili Pepper.

Magi is such an underrated shounen anime. More people need to really give that one a shot. Edit: Fuck yeah Magi fans rise up lol

I like you bro our opinions align! 💪

I was having goosebumps when grant was tlaking about the demon slayer spider fight then he mentions that he also got goosebumps, such an amazing scene that got me super hyped up about half a decade ago

"That was me ranking every big shounen !" Does not rank Attack on Titan and FMAB.

So glad that someone is showing some love to Hajime No Ippo, that show was awesome, doesn't have fillers, you thought an episode is a filler but it's canon. The balance of comedy, action, drama is so good, and Jyoji Morikawa sure showcasing his knowledge about the sport. Man the manga art especially in fight scenes are a thing of beauty!

Really fair tier list, super glad he talked about soul Eater but I just wish he included D. Gray Man and Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 😭

Bleach will always be one of my favorites. So many dope characters, love this series to death and cant wait for the next part of tybw

As a Dragonball fan, I completely agree. I think it was best when the martial arts were the focus and getting Dragonballs were a supreme task. Stakes were the highest, and all of its fights felt more impactful in a way.

It's kinda nice seeing an opinion of someone that ACTUALLY watch and read anime and not just shonen.

bro really put all the ones I was curious about at the end. FF/souleater, Jujutsu, Naruto, jojos, like goddamn he knows!!

I've watched an episode a day during lunch of detective conan (or two if i'ts a two-part) and the fact that it's so long is actually fantastic because it's been almost two years since i started

The only thing that matters is One Piece in S-tier.... or peak-mid tier. A win is a win

One piece is like queen elizabeth, immortal but still cool and stays on that throne forever Edit: Yeah now lemme just... take that back

I've seen inu yasha this year and I still love it

Beautifully executed

When I started Jojo earlier this year, I was ready for suffering thru Phantom Blood because everyone said it was so bad, but I loved every minute of it.

I just read all of One Piece in the past month and completely agree that it is one of the best pieces of fiction of all time. The world building and emotions evoked are simply unbelievable, and somehow Oda still keeps getting better even after 25+ years.

My only complaint with this list are some shows were judged by their peak while others were not. For example YYH got a high rating even tho we can admit the early parts and finals arcs are mid af. But naruto was placed much lower for the same issues while having a shit load of high points. Imo both should have been placed near each other tbh. Naruto just for its length and dominate run time of a decade of great moments should get a little pass for the fumble that was the final war arc like YYH did. I hope one day YYH gets a modern remake that shit would bang

Fun video! I'm glad you gave One Piece the respect it deserves. My take on Dr. Stone; I enjoyed it for the most part but every time homeboy would say, "it's time to get excited" I would get a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the show don't tell principle when it comes to exposition. I don't need to be told repeatedly to get excited if the story is good the audience will get excited all on their own. Anyway that's all I've got haha.

In my opinion Hakyuu is so good because it gives you this uncontrollable urge to get better, and workout with the character for some reason.

Cant wait for Garnt’s newest hit book “I survived SHOUNEN FANS”

I was actually hoping you rate gintama in your tier list. To know what is your opinion and others for this

The fight of Tanjiro vs Rui fucking sold me on demon slayer instantly. Holy fuck emotional moments during battle scenes is my fucking kryptonite. From there on I was fucking hooked.

just finished YYH this week. Searched up what happened during the last arc cause you could clearly see togashi was planning something massive. apparently man's current health issues where acting up and the schedule of yyh wasnt letting him take the breaks he needed so he chose the selfish option of just ending the series to find his peace. Like somewhere out there is a world where togashis health never bothered him and he just keeps dropping banger after banger after banger. unfortunately that world aint this one

Maaan, talking about One Piece fans praising it too much gives so much nostalgia. I myself got into One Piece (my favorite manga, period) by disputing with my friend 15 years ago about what is better Bleach or One Piece (I haven't watched One Piece and shitted on it and my friend shitted on Bleach and also haven't watched it), so we agreed that I will watch 20 episodes of One Piece and he will watch 20 episodes of Bleach. Result - my friend dropped Bleach after Soul Society arc (when the "vampire" shit came in) and I watch and read One piece till this day (and initially watched One Piece from the beginning to Thriller Bark arc (which was up to date at that time) non stop in about 1-1.5 week. Cheers to you mate, thanks for giving some nostalgia and some notes on what to rewatch)

Exactly the same with Deadly Seven Sins for me. I struggled through season 1 and I tried so hard to watch the next season, but I couldn't force myself to get into it no matter what I did.

As much as i love one piece it is by far my favorite anime my biggest issue is that some fights drag on for too long. Luffy v Doffy is one example i felt like the longer it dragged on the less impact each blow had and after like 10+ episodes of them punching each other for 5 minutes gets kinda boring it doesn't feel like they are really doing anything anymore

I’m surprised Garnt didn’t watch Magi when season 1 & 2 were going on, it was pretty massive then. I really loved the second season in particular, one of my favorite battle shounens arcs to be honest. The manga was great until the final arc where it had some interesting ideas, but floundered on the execution and was clearly rushed after a pivotal point in the story.

Say what you want about One Piece, but one *UNDENIABLE FACT* is that the world building is the absolute best across all anime and manga. The way Oda introduces new settings, with new characters, adding in new plots, whilst intertwining all of it back into the main story, is just pure genius.

i started watching one piece as a joke, but on the first episode i was like "holup this shit actually kinda hard"

GIGGUK U PUT D GRAY MAN ON PROBABLY MID HOW DARE-- love ur content cool video c:

Interesting that he’s never seen Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It’s definitely my favorite in just about every way. The story was well written and not too long, had amazing animation, and the ending is my favorite ending in an anime ever. I’m not the biggest watcher of anime in the world, but have watched quite a few from more obscure slice of life’s to the 400+ episode shounens, but nothing has made me feel the same way as FMAB has.

I just want to say that Ruroni Kenshin is one of the very few examples of an excellent live action adaptation.

16:18, I agree, because guess what part was longer in the manga? part 3 or 4? if you guessed 4 you'd be correct, guess what has may more episodes, part 3...

i feel happiness after hearing such good review about one piece.

(Jujutsu Kaisen) when Mahito kills Junpai I was convinced he was gonna make it to the school (because he was at the school in the OP). mahito and sukuna laughed over his death, the scene set up and subverted my expectation so that it felt like I was the one being laughed at for thinking he was gonna make it. it gave me a connection to Itadori and made the following fight personal. I've never had any other anime any do that, so at that moment Jujutsu Kaisen became my favorite anime.

From someone who really likes Fire Force, I can say that some parts of the first season did sting quite a bit, and that the second season did not only a lot of world building but also character building. It still has some of the issues of before, but I'd say it definitely became less reliant on the fanservice of Tamaki (I also think they downplayed it quite a bit, but don't quote me on that). Also, the way some characters progressed in the story is actually just incredible, especially with the amazing animation AND sound design. I'd say give it a try, and you'd probably feel more inclined to atleast rank it average or higher.

While I can’t really call it “objectively good” Yu-gi-oh’s actually a really fun series with endearing characters, and GX in particular is amazing. Season 3 of GX is like the high point of the franchise, I really recommend it. GX also has the funniest 4kids dub of all time, it’s great.

I would rank ippo higher than slam dunk. Both are really funny and they have great character moments. Both sakuragi and ippo are underdogs but they’re both very different. Sakuragi is an underdog in terms of his skills but on the inside he has not doubt in himself and doesn’t underestimate himself. Ippo on the other hand, is a true underdog at heart. What holds him back isn’t his skills, he has possibly the most potential in the series because of his absolutely overwhelming strength. What holds ippo back is that he’s meek and all of his weakness is in his head. I find ippo to be a source of inspiration for me. Also, Haikyuu is better than eyeshield 21 for me. Both are great. I understand your rating for dragon ball. I hate super. However, the original dragon ball and dbz manga is amazing and well paced (unlike the anime). Also I think dragon ball part one (before z) is an original concept in shonen. It’s basically a typical martial arts story with superpowers that are based on martial arts. I also love the adventure element of dragon ball, an element that I think z got rid of after namek. I love how the parts of the story about adventure and the parts about martial arts are balanced and separated from each other, like the world tournaments being in between the big arcs. I think saiyan saga (maybe namek) is the best part of the whole dragon ball series but the world tournament at the end of dragon ball where goku fights piccolo is at the same level of quality as early dbz. I don’t know if I’d rank yu yu hakusho an entire rank higher than hunter x hunter. I much prefer yyh to hxh. They’re very different because yu yu hakusho is a delinquent manga combined with a lore loosely based on yokai mythology. Hunter x hunter is a very cleverly written dragon quest style anime with some modern influences, like big cities, video games, and sci-fi style monsters like the chimera ants. The idea behind yu yu hakusho is more interesting to me. I like that yusuke is a delinquent and he deals with some very relatable issues he has to overcome. Killua is also relatable but I relate to the yu yu hakusho characters more. Chimera ant and yorknew are amazing arcs. I think they stack up to dark tournament and chapter black. Besides the ending, chapter black is my favorite togashi arc all the way through. The only thing I like about hunter x hunter that I may consider it above yu yu hakusho is the phantom troupe. I think they’re the best villain group/evil organization I’ve seen in shonen.

One Piece is unbeatable. The way it has made me cry in the middle of night, made me gasp for air, laugh and covered my whole body with goosebumps, I still haven't felt this with ANY other anime- no matter its brilliant animation or writing.

Hunter x Hunter will forever be one of my favorites. The way the characters are written are just incredible; seeing as the Phantom Troupe were written to be seen in a human like way. I don’t think I’ve ever liked villains as much as I liked the Phantom Troupe. The ant chimera arc has slow pacing, yes, but imo it didn’t disappoint. The anime isn’t afraid to kill off certain characters too. And I just really like the writing of Kurapika specifically. Gon’s descent into despair during the chimera arc was really well thought out, as well as Killua’s character development. I’ve seen other animes that are a close second to HXH, but there’s just something magical about Togashi’s writing. Edit: Just because you don’t agree with me, doesn’t mean you should send hate comments. I understand not liking hxh, but respect my opinion as I respect yours. It isn’t hard.

I love that Luffy tells Fishmen to make their own mind up whether or not the Straw Hats are good guys or not.

Where are FMA/FMAB and AoT? Are they missing or am I dumb and missed it somehow

One Piece is one of the few stories where it truly is better near the end than the beggining. Most shows are great at the beginning and slowly decline. Or they start decently, reach their peak, and then decline. One Piece was good when it started, great after 400 chapters, amazing after 600 chapters, and fucking insane at 1000+ chapters!

I love that Garnt put Air Gear in Above Mid and barely explained it. He says “roller skating with rockets” nah it’s not just that, it’s like if roller skates had Stands. There’s some truly insane abilities in that series by the end and it really sucks how the series was barely getting started in the one season we got. Just imagine all the music we could have had produced or supervised by Hideki Naganuma by now if the series got to continue!

All might fights always used to be so intense because you always felt he was a glass cannon, one hit to his weak point and he’s going skinny boy mode

"Comparing it to some of the stuff that's coming out right now, like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer... Dragon Ball just isn't comparable" 💀💀💀

Oda could write a chapter,and everyone will call it peak one piece And when the next chapter is out,everyone will call that peak That's just how oda works He's is great at foreshadowing and connecting things

The most saddening part here is that he's never read Assassination Classroom 😭 I'm just mad because the author also wrote Neuro which got bastardized in the anime. It's such a bad adaptation that I'm a little relieved Garnt never watched it... So AssClass is like the author's only work anybody can appreciate in English nowadays... try out that series and when you realize it's good, ask Viz for more. 😥

The most disturbing part of this video is the fact that “peak-mid” had a hyphen, but none of the other levels did.

The latest season of heroes vs villains was pretty hype