Sign language done in an anime AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS DEAF?! The expressions in this one are top notch.

"And that's when I started crying" Same bro, though I haven't stopped crying everytime I watched this show xD

Kage telling boji he's rooting for him in the first episode and the reveal of hiling's true intentions made me fucking cry lmao. Having a step-mom character that looks and kinda acts like the typical evil stepmom trope but she turns out to actually be a super caring, overprotective and loving mom hit different. She reminds me of my mom and i cried my eyes out

This anime in almost every way encompasses the theme of "dont judge a book by its cover" down to even its artstyle.

Domas never cared about training Boji in a way that suited him. As we see later on, when he’s training Hokuro, Hokuro realizes that Domas only cares about training people in his EXACT style, regardless of whether or not it’s a good fit with his pupil. Hokuro then resolves to teach himself. Domas may be the best swordsman, but not only is he not a good teacher, but he fails to see any way of fighting or being strong that doesn’t match his own idea of strength.

He’s literally the cutest being alive how could anyone hate him 😭😭

It kills me that people don’t watch this show more, it’s genuinely so engaging and well written

This Anime stabs you in the feels on each episode, when Bojji cries we all cry!

Saw someone say they didn't like ousama ranking because all the characters "kept switching sides randomly for no reason". Just wow, ones of this people who need to be spoon fed motivations and plot details.

Bojji: Ah Ae Ah Eug Ah US: YES KING.

I never thought that the story of a black blob could make me emotional, but the ep. 2 had me sobbing like a baby.

loved the queen hilling twist, made me tear up how much she cares about the mc.

“Boji starts crying again…” AND SO AM I 😭 that scene never fails to make me cry man

you are so right in this but i would like to add one thing. How they handle Kage. The backstory of Kage makes you truly understand the full situation and you know what he means when he say he will be in Boji's corner. Kage had everything bot got it taken away unto nothing. All it took was Bojis purehearted kindness to bring that little ray of hope... We all need a friend like Kage, from time to time.

This show's ability to consistently subvert surface level expectations and humanize characters is what I love the most about it. On the surface they all look like typical fairy tale generic characters that you automatically assume are going to fill some archetype; like snotty prince, evil stepmother, evil snake guy, etc, but then they just... don't... and that's a magical and rare experience in a landscape dominated by regurgitated characters and tropes. I love it.

I cried literally every episode for 6 episodes straight. This show is so delightful and filled with so many heart-warming as well as tragic moments. Please don't skip out on this one y'all!

5:17 I must also give some credit to the actual animation for making me cry. Like I was bursting, partly because of how extremely expressive his face was in that certain moment. Like it's exaggerated to the point where you just can tell his emotion by looking at him. They do an incredible job at animating character expressions in this anime.

Listen, I know Domas is going to spend his entire life redeeming himself, but man he can choke rocks

As an animation student i absolutely ADORE the artstyle/character designs of ousama ranking. I was surprised to find that people got turn off by the art style while for me that was the main reason I got into watching the show.

Love the last bit, “ believe in the me that believes in you” it’s one of my favorite lines from the show

Regarding the "Why all MCs look the same", that's because thats what the Japanese audience wants/expects. Case and point, when Komi-san anime released, people in the west liked the fact that Tadano looked different/unique compared to all the other MCs. However in Japan people hated the way he looks because he looked different, resulting in the anime not being at all popular in japan.

I ain't even gonna lie. I cried once per episode for the first 7 episodes.

I have seen the joke go around a little that every evil character in this show will turn out to have a sympathetic tragic backstory, but besides being a joke, I think it missed the point. Like you said at the end, Ranking of Kings understands and shows that people aren't inherently evil but can do evil things. Or good things. Or make mistakes. It's just human. It's also refreshing to see a main character with true challenging flaws (and for example when he sees Domas again later, he's understandably scared and angry and had a lot of emotions that are difficult to deal with instead of just... oh, I am stronger than you now, I'm not scared of you!). What sets Boji apart from everyone else is that he is as much a tragic backstory as anyone, but he still chooses to do good.

I thought i was the only one that cried only after 2 episodes 🤣

"Ranking of Kings respect your time". This is a statement that I fully agree with, in fact one of the main reason I despise a lot of mainstream overhyped anime. Only few great anime series that value audience time being invested on their series. Cowboy bebop, samurai champloo, monster, made in abyss to name a few, excel in this. I'm not impressed with amazing visual animation sequence (Demon slayer, FGO), I don't want to see some waifu showing their jiggly boobies and pantyshot, I want to see the character and story grow. That all that matter to me, regardless the artstyle. Heck, doraemon and sin chan artstyle is not that impressive but they carry a good story that worth investing my time watching them.

This was such a Great and clear in-depth review. Thank you for this and I feel like your channel will grow so much and this video will be very popular. You're so underrated and I can't wait to see your get the recognition you deserve.

I must admit when I saw Ranking of Kings I thought it was a kids show with the animation style but I decided to watch it and boy was I surprised. That show has more depth and emotion than anything on TV right now. Definitely it's a diamond in the sea of mediocre

Good people doing bad things is such a great theme in this anime

After watching this video, i now fully understand why it's really hard for bojji to forgive domas. Instead of training bojji and find a way how should bojji use his ability, domas somehow just go tantrums like an idiot. He even tried to kill bojji by daida instruction. Unlike despa, he lack fighting ability, but strategically he is god tier. He know how people should use their ability

Absolute banger. OP 2 for this show is the best I've ever seen.

as a disabled person this really hurts and hits close to home i have autism. I'm perfectly capable of understanding what's going on around me, I'm very smart, I'm very empathetic and friendly, and I'm very capable of making friends and forming bonds. everyone assumes the opposite of me i also have adhd. I can actually focus extremely well, to the point I will concentrate on something for hours and hours without getting up to eat, drink, go to the bathroom, nothing. (this is called hyperfocus, many adhd people can do it). but I can't choose on what I focus on. again, I'm very smart, and I get very good grades I'm a perfectly capable human being, I have strengths and weaknesses like anyone else. but then, once I tell and show people how I'm not at all a mindless and heartless social reject, they then start to kind of test me it's so very frustrating, because I can't pass these metaphorical tests. i can't make eye contact, I can't understand jokes, I'm a little akward I'm conversation and I constantly get way too comfortable with people and overshare and get too close for their comfort so I end up driving them away. i can't focus on many things, it's so hard for me to be on time for things. everyone sees this and goes "oh, I was right, they really are an akward idiot. they were just lying to make themselves feel good". it's so frustrating. I'm just as capable as everyone else, I just need the right tools and environment to succeed. I'm different, not inferior so just seeing this boy and all his strengths being judged for the things he can't do just breaks my heart. seeing him sob and wish so bad to be seen and try so hard to be taken seriously. god, I wanna watch this anime but idk if I can make it through

Bebins character is genius. The small amounts that we see of him, each one building on his character, it gives me chills.

I agree with all these except for one, the example used of Gauche from Black Clover. The characters of the Black Bulls and a lot of Black Clover, except for the Clover King, start as tropes but you can see them grow from them. The reason why Gauche cares for his sister that much is because she is the only family left for him, but the time that Asta arrives, he starts to see how his sister wasn't his only family but the Black Bulls. That why he used his powerful magic item to both give Asta the advantage and to save Asta and Yami against "Licht". Gauche grew from being a trope/stereotype.

Daida berating Domas for voting against Bojji was one of my favorite surprise moments in the anime. It's one of those little things that shows you that Daida isn't as bad a person as he first appeared to be. ... granted, in the same breath he orders Domas to kill the kid, but at least we see he has some sense of honor.

Me after looking at the title: "Hmm, we'll see, it can't be that heart wrenching" Me after hearing your summary of the 2 episodes: * Clears throat alot and blinks to keep vision clear of tears. "Aight u made ur point, I'll add it to the list"

the moment I cried was also in episode 2, but it's when bojji offers kage to take his clothes (and possibly other belongings) because he thought that kage's there to rob him again. that alone shows how kind-hearted bojji was

He might not be evil, but as far as I'm concerned, Domas can eat dirt for the rest of his life. Yeet Miranjo into the sun while we're talking about characters who did irredeemable acts or took part in them.

It's characters like Desha that makes me love the nuance of Ranking of Kings' characters and their actions

The author skillfully created two scenes where Thomas get to teach two different pupils, in separate chapters weeks apart, relying on the viewer's intelligence to piece together his point about Thomas's flaw in how he failed to see strength in others. The author let us perceive information through Thomas's eyes, then later through Hokuro's eyes to let us discover things in a whole new perspectives. This happens over and over in Ranking of Kings and is extremely satisfying.

I remember when I discovered this anime the cover had Bojji in underwear on a throne… moth my sisters thought I was weird for wanting to watch this anime .. I had a feeling this anime will have an emotional impact on me. So I managed to convince my sisters to watch it and a day later ….. ye.. …… we formed a „we adore bojji“ Fanclub.

Not going to Lie, This Anime had a lot to do in helping me break out of my depression! This Lil boy is Probably the Personality I look up to the most! Is it not ironic!😂

I only recently discovered this anime about a week or so ago... and quite randomly, actually. For some reason or other, out of NOWHERE I just began seeing short clips/scenes from this series. LITERALLY without me ever having searched for or even _seen_ it. (That KZfaq algorithm, I guess 🥴) At first, I ignored these pop up vids. For me, the style was a bit of a put off. I'm ashamed to admit that I initially wrote the animation off as too "goofy" and "simplistic" looking. But after several days of seeing various clips show up in my recommended, I rolled my eyes and *FINALLY* clicked on one. The one I clicked on _just so happened_ to be the video of *[SLIGHT SPOILER!]* ................... Queen Hiling jumping out of a window in an effort to catch a falling Bojji. That scene piqued my interest, _especially_ the comments underneath it, so I began clicking on more vids, scrolling through comments, and soon found myself lost down a figurative rabbit hole of videos for _Ranking of Kings._ I say with confidence that yours is the *BEST* video summary I've seen...not "just" of _this_ series, but I think this is quite possibly the most COMPREHENSIVE synopsis that I've ever seen/heard of ANY series. You gave SUCH a clear-cut, clean explanation, while giving JUST the right amount of personal commentary along the way. Sometimes it can be hard to strike that perfect balance; I tend to get annoyed at those content creators who like to add in fake self-deprecating style "personalities", or the ones who go out of their way pretending to be "awkwardly geeky" in an effort to appear "relatable", or "adorkably" unfunny. Those always feel SO fake to me and they come off like they care more about trying to become a popular -television- KZfaq personality than giving an actual analysis on whatever it was the video subject was originally supposed to have been about. (If that makes sense) I usually end up either fast forwarding through those sorts of vids in an effort to get to the ACTUAL content, OR I just click off the video altogether. I didn't get that urge _AT ALL_ on your video. Actually, I found myself _disappointed_ in how quickly this video ended! It's *SUPER HARD* to find videos like yours, so I'm SO excited to have found this channel and will be subscribing. I can already tell that you're going to be one of the *GREATS.* ❤️ *THANK YOU* for helping to introduce me (and others) to this beautiful and bittersweet story. I fell in love with the characters IMMEDIATELY and this story has something for EVERYONE. (Right now Dorshe is my *FAV!)*

The emotional whiplash for Hilling is something I don't think we'll see in anime, at least never as well. She pulls an immediate negative emotion from the audience because we initally lean into the "evil step-mother" trope, but then they do a complete 180 and start showing the audience that Hilling isn't out for Boji's failure, just his survival. Diada is initally bratty, but we see where his lines are. The mirror tells him morally dubious, but stratigically sound, advice on how to become king, and he gets mad when Domas tells him that he voted for Diada to be the king despite the will of the last king. I was not expecting Diada to get pissed off about someone who supports him betraying the king. The way this show writes characters is almost like real life, where their morals and their ambitions never really cross paths in how far they're willing to go. Diada ignores the advice from the mirror at times because he doesn't want to gain the throne in a manner that feels underhanded, and Hilling is (oddly) inept at expressing her actual feelings, often going to other people to translate them. No one character feels out of place.

*"Ranking of kings respects your time"* Truer words never been spoken. I can already amazed at how this anime handle mute & deaf MC, but they offer much more than that Don't believe in yourself! Believe in Prout Brothers who believe in you! 😂

In the first few epidoses I saw so many characters that i was like "so this is the bad guy" And then later: "Oh so he's not a bad guy" To: "OH! He's actually a bad guy!" To think again: "Maybe not...". That's because i was looking for a generic story, but as you said in the beginning of the video, these characters actually have feelings and motivations we sometimes Just don't know, they're not good neither bad.

This review is OP, I already love and have been caught up with the show but couldn't help but to watch this entire video.

Queen Hiling has given me affirmation about something I feel about the writing of a lot of popular shows. I can't stand it when a character exists solely to be hated. Whether it is to make the main character look better or to make it more satisfying when they're beaten; when a character doesn't exist as a character, but a cardboard cutout of a mustache twirling villain (or alternatively armband wearing racist) it ruins even the best shows for me. Just as you said Hiling is amazingly written. I can believe both the side that was presented to us as an evil stepmother and the kindhearted heroine. She's so well written that her doing something as petty as asking a subordinate to apologise for her becomes endearing because we know she does truly mean it and that she just has problems expressing herself. 86 was a good example of an otherwise good show ruined because of cardboard bad guys for me. All Alba other than the main girl and her friend were incompetent racist morons who looked to be incapable of doing anything remotely positive in their lives.

Man broke it down perfectly on why I loved the show! Great video man

This one quickly became a weekly favourite. I definitely need to watch it again to catch what I missed, though. So much gets packed into each episode. It's really impressed me.

I sobbed so loudly during episode 2 my roommate came running to make sure I was okay 😅

this anime is truly a masterpiece. every scene has a meaning and there's so much symbolism. and yes i literally cry every episode 🤣

5:40 That's exactly what a thought, this shows catch me by the story and the storyteling, it's so well written and presented, that shows every A+ tier anime how to tell a story. I'm not a great writer, but there's a lot of A+ tier anime that I think that I could do better in some parts of the story, in Ousama Ranking just don't have any part so far that I could say the same.

My favorite show in a very, very long time. The depth of the characters developed is phenomenal and that multi-layered aspect makes them all very realistic and even relatable. That OP as well, oh my God, it is my favorite of the season if not beyond that.. Also, Hilling is best mom, absolutely adore her. Latest episode was over in an absolute flash, had me on the edge of my seat and had even more character development for one of the most mysterious characters

Stumbled across this anime randomly, thinking it might not be my cup of tea. It broke me. Now I wait anxiously every week for a new episode.

Glad people are actually talking about this show so underrated

The fact that this anime made me do a 180 on how I thought about the characters so early on makes me love it, I went from hating on the other characters until I saw everything from a whole view.

You're right, the first two episodes broke me down in tears.

Yupp I was in tears on ep 2. I couldn't believe how real it felt and how much sorrow this little boy had in his life. Given every disadvantage, he still pushes to achieve and become stronger. Really hit home, I'll likely remember this anime for the rest of my life. The OPs are dope too

Can’t hold you. This is the FIRST anime that brought a tear to my eyes. The entire series is so heart touching…then eventually you find out why he’s like this 🥺

Never seen your channel or the show but your summary of the anime had me chocked up. Thanks for making this video.

The Kamina quote at the end- Ep 8 of Gurren Laggan still hurts to this day.

Heard about the show, was unsure if I should take the time to watch it. This helped me decide to watch the show.

thanks so much for this well articulated video! this got me into the show and I have you and your commentary to thank for it. I love the deep analysis you did for why this show captures so many people!!! great video

You are gonna go FAR as a youtube creator. You're just as good as BonsaiPop, if not better. I hope you're in a position not to have to sit this career path down for other things in your life because you could very easily make a good career from this. I'll be watching.

Absolutely an underrated channel! This was great and now I want to go watch Ranking of Kings! =)

This show feels so personal to me. It has become special in so many ways, I hope it reaches way more people soon!

Bro I have been looking forward to the new episodes every week, it’s amazing

Dang, thank you for making this video, I never would have tried out this anime without it ToT

This anime has so quickly become one of my favorites, I also keep telling people to watch this show “because I was hooked after two episodes” (maybe I even talk about this show too much). Great video man!

that’s what u call quality content.. nice bro keep going

you have a gift of story telling. looking for more great intros. thanks to you I am onto this anime now, peace

Stumbled upon this video and started watching Ranking of Kings. This anime is awesomely refreshing and I'm hooked. Thank you 👍

Bruh I have no idea that this anime even existed, but just watching this review made me CRY SO DAMN HARD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This show is utterly incredible! I love everything about it.

Your video randomly came up in my feed. After watching it, I went out and found this anime. Loved it. Thanks for the great suggestion.

You're gonna go places son. This video popped off, rightfully so. Great anime and great review.

I love this show!! And the last episode was so good! I can't believe that cliffhanger!!

Gives me in depth reviews that actually give me new perspectives , ya got me

Thank you for this review 🙏🏾

Great description of this story! i got teary eyed just listening to your synopsis.

This show has been a mix of emotional rollercoaster for me. I would never like this art style but on the site a lot of people were recommending it and so I gave it a try, just the first 2 episodes made me tear up and since then I've been hooked. This is one of the only anime that made me cry, laugh, get angry and feel pity for both the heros and the villans. This is one of the anime, i would truely consider as one of my top 10 of all time.

Same I love this anime the art style and characters and story are so good. I love how I can go from loving to hating to loving a character over episodes. Feeling betrayed then trying to see what is going on behind the scenes and what gets revealed in the future. I'm only watching the dub right now. Bojji is such a sweet boy and hilling turning out to be a different character than you think from how she looks. And the side characters are amazing. The knight Anne is such a badass.

Great editing Dude! Your videos are on point and are entertaining please don't stop making your videos.They Are GREAT.

Man I'm glad I was able to see a vid on this anime! Been one of my favs of this season

I can see it bro, you’re gonna pop off soon with this content. Video analysis is so popular nowadays and you have high quality videos. Keep on going

this show is so good dude couldn't agree more.

Thank you for covering it. This anime is so underrated

love how this just slipped into my recommendations, went to check it out and got me crying literally in the first minutes of the first episode

I will fucking cry for this little man that's how much I am ROOTING for him

every episode of this show is a reason to cry. i've never rooted for an anime character to badly in a long time

Somebody that gets it! God bless you guys! Thank you so much. 👍🙏👏

The callback to gurren lagann's kamina speech to simon made me sub. Really good video!

This video has so much detailing put into it... I hope you grow more bro... By the way new subscriber here.. looking forward for more great in-depth reviews :)

Loved this review and adding this to my watchlist!

Excellent video bro, well done. I LOVE this Anime 🔥🔥

Thanks! I dropped everything and started watching the show 3 minutes in your video! So much depth to the story I couldn't get enough!

I haven't watched any anime for so long sincei stopped but one thing I noticed that makes the show so interesting is it's realism, yes there's some fictional elemennts but events that happen seem to be very realistic to happen such as not being actually overpowered during the duel but only being able to show his potential and more.

Why do you have this little amount of subscribers, this was something I expected from a 100k channel, keep up the great work!

This was such an amazing recommendation, I watched it in one night. ❤️ subscribing right now.

Oh my God I've never wanted a channel to blow up as much I as I want you to. This video was incredible! Good work and keep pumping out amazing content!!!