Ousama Ranking


Ranking of Kings

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Synonyms: King Ranking
Japanese: 王様ランキング
English: Ranking of Kings
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Type: TV
Episodes: 23
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 15, 2021 to Mar 25, 2022
Premiered: Fall 2021
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:55 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Wit Studio
Source: Web manga
Genres: AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.501 (scored by 366354366,354 users)
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Ranked: #1442
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Popularity: #314
Members: 695,059
Favorites: 13,210

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Mar 24, 2022
Mixed Feelings
TL;DR Ranking of Kings had several amazing first few episodes and if the rest of the series followed it could have easily been a 9. There were legitimate stakes, the mystery surrounding the characters was intriguing, and the struggles of the protagonists were well handled. The middle half of the show is not as gripping as the first handful of episodes. Character motivations get spelled out for the most part and they do not live up to the mystery and intrigue shown at the beginning of the show. There are also issues with pacing, an overuse of tropes, and some characters getting completely shafted in ...
Dec 10, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (8/23 eps)
Ousama Ranking had a ton of hype, a passionate fandom and excellent reviews. The reviews mentioned, among others, a layered and nuanced story with deep, realistic characters and great originality. All those were nowhere to be found.

First of all, the positive: The art is very good. It looks a bit simplistic but it has nice, simple character designs, facial expressions and backgrounds and it is pretty fluid. Additionally, the worldbuilding is pretty interesting, the world looks vast and full of different peoples and places to explore.

Now, off to the negative.

First of all, the story is NOT realistic in any meaningful way. The anime is trying ...
May 13, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Osama Ranking is a disappointment with a lot of wasted potential. It is a show with a nice premise and a strong opening trio of episodes that slowly descends into an average revenge story and bad Deus Ex Machina.

Let me explain:
(Minor spoilers ahead)

Bojji is a mute-deaf Prince in a medieval European setting with the dream of being the best King in the world.
The first impression is that the story is going to be about the emotional journey of Bojji overcoming abuse and prejudice of society and family, doing the best for his kingdom despite his disabilities. The first emotional aspect is that Bojji is ...
Nov 18, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (6/23 eps)
Most reviews are extremely subjective, so I am going to summarize the facts first and leave personal opinion at the very end, so one can skip it.

Let's start with the main thing - this is an anime. Realism in anime is as rare as the eclipses. Nonetheless, the industry is doing well without it. This particular series, however, tries to include reasonable behavior of things for no apparent reason. The MC is made prince, since a boy with disabilities would not survive even in that utopic feudalism, then display him as a complete dimwit that does not understand the impression he makes by walking half-naked ...
Aug 10, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (Unknown/23 eps)
This show had potential.
My main gripes were with the lack of character depth, and how unnatural the plot development felt; going completely off the rails as it unfolded.
A more simple and linear plot line could have bumped the score up to a 5 or 6 by allowing its positive aspects to shine.
If you expect anything relating back to title of the series, then you'll be disappointed; because the ranking system explained in the introduction is probably mentioned less than ten times in next 22 episodes.
Original ideas and themes are nowhere to be seen in Ousama Ranking, as we are shown the same,'' OMG!!! ...
Apr 2, 2022
Mixed Feelings
The first five episodes of Ousama Ranking are the best first five episodes of an anime I've ever seen. No exaggeration: the art and music is top-notch; characters defy easy categorization and feel lived-in, each one capable of both mistakes and heroic moments of growth; the world is built on childish whimsy and nods to old fantasy tropes, but the story is deceptively mature, balancing light comedy with family drama, political intrigue, and sudden violence; the fights are visceral, gorgeously animated, and *restrained* to a degree nearly unprecedented in the genre. This is masterful stuff.

It's such an incredible shame how the writing nosedives after that. ...
Mar 24, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Ousama Bojji

The first half of this anime was fun and heartwarming. Bojji is very cute, and I wanted to see his journey to overcome his challenges. Also, there’s a main mystery plot that got me excited and more invested in the outcome.

The animation might throw some people off because it is simple and made the show leaning towards to kids. But I didn’t mind it because of the story that built up.

However, the second half where everything went down was a major disappointment. The character decisions at the end were both surface-level and baffling. It’s not often that I see an ending that threw things ...
May 20, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Ranking of Kings is one of the first anime with a score higher than 8.5 that was a complete disappointment for me. And I will explain why considering what was the anime's main purpose and what it really became after everything ended.

The purpose: Ranking of Kings was supposed to be a different fantasy story. It shows a little prince called Bojji, a deaf and mute boy that expects to be the king of his kingdom, but is ignored and despised due to his physical conditions. Nor the people of the king and not even his relatives trust him to be the future king when ...
Aug 9, 2024
Mixed Feelings
A would-have-been masterpiece, Ousama Ranking is a show that got quite lost from its unique direction, then finally shattering everything in 1 episode.

At the start, a lot of people might be repelled by the art style of this show, or the ordinary characters. You really shouldn't though, as the plot and characters are more complex than it seemed. In fact, the first half of this anime featured one if the most colorful and sophisticated cast in anime. All characters except MC were flawed in some way. We have a stepmother who isn't evil but at first doesn't know how to love, and a wise ...
Mar 24, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Ousama Ranking (aka Ranking of Kings) is what you would call the “Underrated Hidden Gem of the Season” with it’s first two episodes being standouts in the anime community due to the story’s underdog Bojji, the protagonist of the story who even while being the son of the king, is deaf and mute and his nice to a fault personality causes the townspeople to make fun of him and insult him. This, along the sad backstory of Kage, a sentient shadow looking creature who becomes Bojji’s friend, makes the audience care for this story’s two main characters and root for them in the mission of ...
Mar 27, 2022
Mixed Feelings
I really wish I could give Ousama Ranking a higher score, but I honestly don't think I can. It had a really great start, and if it kept going with the momentum it gained from those first few episodes I really think I would have easily given it an 8-9, or maybe... just maybe... a 10. The art is beautiful and the story and characters start out really strong, but over time it keeps getting worse and worse.

The story of Ousama Ranking is probably one of its bigger problems. It starts out great; it has plenty of emotional drama, tension, and some great characters. But ...
Apr 25, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (22/23 eps)
I was all in for this show. And then the second half happened. I didn't want to think that the quality would dip so far. But when the main antagonist, who is not that solid of an antagonist not only suffers for the consequences of her actions, but is somewhat rewarded for them by the person she may have outright abused the most.. Like come on.

Bojji is still a standout protagonist, though sadly he seemed to plateau in quality as a character as time went on. I did not mind though as he had plenty of development. Hilling was great too. Otherwise... I could take ...
Jun 17, 2022
Mixed Feelings
This started out so well I almost wasn't annoyed by the premature reviews heralding the newest anime masterpiece. Then, however, the standout story degraded into a never-ending whack-a-mole of a battle with a lot of psychodrama and endless ressurections, like the worst of mainstream kids titles. In the end, a lot of it just doesn't make sense and what sense there is, is rather primitive. Also, even though I'm not entirely against the idea that everyone can and should be forgiven and/or find the redemption, the way this already suspect idea is delivered here was mindless, just plain out dumb. To hell with these speculations ...
Aug 18, 2022
Mixed Feelings
It had the makings to be a really good story but severely lacking in consequences and felt like the whole story just started resolving on it's own without needing the protagonist to earn it or even the antagonists to earn a satisfying result.

It starts off super light hearted and you're met with depression. You're on this adventure and you don't know what to expect because if you came in expecting 23 episodes you'd expecting a lot out of the story but the whole thing concludes relatively quick in the story time-line that you can't help but feel the whole pacing was dragged on for way ...
May 1, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Ousama Ranking is one of the hardest anime to grade. The initial part of the show got me hooked to a point I have rarely been regarding animes, with character writing and plot development reminiscent of the early seasons of Game of Thrones (hell, it even has a prince charming losing his hand) but was only to be followed by a disappointing and cliche second act.

What is most noticeable about Ousama Ranking is arguably its very special artistic design. I cannot point out precisely what it is, but its graphic style is similar to animations in the 90's creating a more childish illusion. While being ...
Apr 14, 2023
Mixed Feelings
The animation, character design and lighting are top tier but there really isn't much else

The start sets it up to be a great series but it falls off hard around half way, there are far too many plot twists that make it so there is no distinct villains by the end of the series and It also lacks reason behind many of the plot points , together this makes it very confusing. The fights are great and very well animated but lack the length to really be called an actual fight scene.

Finally the ending is very poor and lacks reason behind its decision as well ...
Nov 14, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Minor spoilers ahead.

Ousama Ranking wants to be unique among the other shows in this era, and to some extent, it is, but only among Japanese ones. The setting is very similar to a classic European fairy tale, and even the story somehow manages to go in that direction. Still, it fails the litmus test very badly, in the sense that after the first couple of episodes, which are very similar to what I used to watch when I was a kid in Disney movies, the author of the series manages to reward the villain, the same villain that wanted to ruin the lives of millions ...
May 24, 2022
Mixed Feelings
RANKING OF KINGS REVIEW
(I had to make this review, I am insanely disappointed with this show)

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

Does a mute and deaf person have the right to be a ruler of a country? What does it truly mean to be a king? Why do good people turn evil?

TLDR:

Ranking of kings had a massive potential to be a solid 9/10 or even a 10/10, however, they screwed up big time. The first half of the show was intensely good, however, the middle part to the ending was an absolute clusterfuck. What in the world was happening? Why did they deviate from the plot? They could ...
Apr 1, 2022
Mixed Feelings
------ SPOILERS FOR FULL SEASON AHEAD -------






Gonna stay quick cuz I see plenty of other reviews with my similar opinions:
- Initial impressions were really high.
- Cool characters, fun world building, decent back stories being portrayed for each character. Stuff I enjoy.
...
Apr 11, 2022
Mixed Feelings
A bit spoiler but not so-so

I really like the art style, first thought it's just a children's anime but it's not. The protagonist and his friend is wholesome makes my heart flutter, it's just a disappointment that there's not enough screen time for them. Suddenly the MC is stronger, that no one can stop /defeat him. First half of the season is good, but going to the second (episode 8) goes flat and really disappoint me completely especially the last 3 episode.

It's because of the antagonist, It's another "pitiable antagonist" who deserves to be in the pits of hell but the author said "No, it's ...