45
Top 10 Anime of the Season - Summer 2024 (Anime Corner)
(static.animecorner.me)
There are also additional categories. Here is the winner in each:
- Best Action Anime - Wistoria
- Best Adaptation - Days with My Stepsister
- Best Adventure - No Longer Allowed in Another World
- Best Animation - Wistoria
- Best Character Design - Makeine
- Best Comedy - No Longer Allowed in Another World
- Best Drama - Days with My Stepsister
- Best Fantasy - Wistoria
- Best Mystery/Suspense - Oshi no Ko
- Best Original - Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
- Best Romance - Pseudo Harem
- Best Sci-Fi - NieR
- Best Couple - Alya/Masachika (from Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
- Best Slice of Life - Days with My Stepsister
- Best Soundtrack - Days with My Stepsister
- Best Storytelling - Days with My Stepsister
- Best Voice Cast - Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
- Best World Building - Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
- Best OP - My Deer Friend Nokotan ("Shikairo Days")
- Best ED - Oshi no Ko ("Burning")
- Best Boy - Kazuhiko Nukumizu (Makeine)
- Best Girl - Masha Kujou (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
- Best Female Seiyuu - Hikaru Tono (Anna Yanami from Makeine)
- Best Male Seiyuu - Kouhei Amasaki (several shows including Days with My Stepsister, Alya, Wistoria)
I didn't watch Days with My Stepsister, but if you believe AC, then it was the best thing since sliced bread apparently. The fanbase must at least be pretty dedicated to bring out the vote to such an extent.
Every time I see an AC ranking with shows I've watched I'm reminded that I shouldn't trust AC.
I was just about to ask, is it as awful as it sounds?
Everything I have seen about it indicates that it is actually a serious drama about finding yourself in a step-sibling relationship with somebody that you develop feelings for. The title makes it sound suspicious as hell, but none of the tags on AniList or discussion I have seen here from those that have watched it make it seem like incest bait.
Relationships between step-siblings can and do actually happen in real life. I actually know of one example in my extended family of step-siblings marrying (though I was born in Alabama, so take that with a grain of salt). So, having a fictional story that is a serious take on the taboo nature of that relationship isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but the title definitely warrants a double take.
I only watched the first 3 episodes, but it handled things pretty well up to that point. The characters were mature which was quite appealing. I only dropped it because I have limited time and need to choose what I watch.