{"id":1750,"date":"2024-08-24T01:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/?post_type=anime&#038;p=1750"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:39:11","slug":"ranking-of-kings","status":"publish","type":"anime","link":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/anime\/ranking-of-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking of Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So a long time ago, I started reading this manga but fell off because I couldn&#8217;t find further translations. It was really beautiful, really fucking fantastic. Consistently made me weepy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">When I realized that it was made into an anime (and somehow no one licensed it for print in English yet&#8230;) I jumped in right away. The animation is great, fucking <em>beautiful<\/em>, and I present to you the second opening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ranking of Kings - Opening 2 | Naked Hero\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWZAH5w8jkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Now, I&#8217;m fucking crushed. I love it. The series makes me feel so much. A lot of people have said that they has to stop because they couldn&#8217;t deal with the art style, which is reminiscent of older manga from the 70s and 80s. The anime has tidied it up quite a lot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HUYQge-915302254.gif?resize=480%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ranking-of-kings-special-1-3396504345.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ranking-of-kings-special-1-3396504345.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ranking-of-kings-special-1-3396504345.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ranking-of-kings-special-1-3396504345.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ranking-of-kings-special-1-3396504345.jpeg?w=1504&amp;ssl=1 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ranking-of-Kings-scaled-1.png?resize=729%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ranking-of-Kings-scaled-1.png?resize=729%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 729w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ranking-of-Kings-scaled-1.png?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ranking-of-Kings-scaled-1.png?resize=768%2C1078&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ranking-of-Kings-scaled-1.png?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Versus this spread from volume 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deux-pages-du-manga-Ranking-of-Kings-1386177.jpg?resize=1024%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deux-pages-du-manga-Ranking-of-Kings-1386177.jpg?resize=1024%2C779&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deux-pages-du-manga-Ranking-of-Kings-1386177.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deux-pages-du-manga-Ranking-of-Kings-1386177.jpg?resize=768%2C584&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deux-pages-du-manga-Ranking-of-Kings-1386177.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I truly think that anyone who was hesitant with regards to the artstyle should give it a second chance. It&#8217;s a show with all the shounen traits\u2014 belief in oneself, friendship, family ties\u2014 with amazing character arcs that make you realize a character is struggling and trying to overcome parts of themselves that they realize is not part of the person they want to become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It&#8217;s also, uh, maybe younger kids should not watch it. It&#8217;s not shy about showing people spurting blood and all. Which you might have noticed in the opening above, if you watched it. The story was actually originally intended to be a children&#8217;s picture book but grew so big that the author turned it into a manga instead&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want a fun anime that will make you cry? Because this is the one. This is the damn one. 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