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Since I am about to inundated with school related stuff, I figured it would be fun to take a chill day and do something a little more simple. So, I decided to make a shounen anime tier list. This was originally going to be a lot bigger, but then all of my work got deleted after the internet went out at my house, so here is a much smaller version.

Just a clarification about how I make my tier lists: Just because a show is relatively low compared to another does not mean I think there is nothing good about that show, only that it has less good than other shows. Also, the shows are not ordered within each tier. If two shows are in the same tier, that means I probably have a very similar opinion about both, just maybe with different strengths and weaknesses .Going over all of these would probably make for a pretty drab post, so I’ll just highlight my reasoning on a few of them.
Naruto and Bleach
While I do consider both of these two big three members to be fairly good shows, ultimately I don’t think they rise above the best of what shounen has to offer. They definitely has their moments, “Naruto” especially so, but shows like “FMA” and “The Promised Neverland” have much better highs and lows, even relative tho their episode count.
Dragon Ball
It should be noted that my rating for “Dragon Ball,” along with “Black Clover,” is based solely on the amount of the show that I have seen. For Dragon Ball, that would be up to the destruction of Namek and for Black Clover up to the initial exams, respectively.
Othewise, that’s my list.
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Hunter x Hunter would probably be in my top tier too, and Naruto is about where I would put it as well (although I’m only on episode 50ish of ShippÅ«den so far, on my first watch through, so it’s too soon to tell for that one specifically). This looks like fun! I may have to give it a shot. 🙂
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It definitely was a lot of fun. And yeah, I’ve finished most of naruto, just have a few episodes left.
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Whenever I see Black Clover, I always have to laugh at Asta’s screaming voice. I can still here it in my nightmares lol 😂 You’ve made a cool list here by the way!Well done😊
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Haha, same. That scream will haunt me forever, and thank Raistlin, appreciate it.
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Interesting list. I would put Hikaru no Go as a top-tier if I did a shonen anime list.
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Haven’t actually seen Hikaru no Go, I’ll have to check it out at some point. This list was mainly just for the more popular shounen.
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I would definitely recommend it. Viz has the whole series for streaming for free on their website.
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