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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyrik Skylark" data-source="post: 1583300" data-attributes="member: 9776">In no particular order:Hikaru no Go - What can I say, I'm a Go nut. When I first saw this show, it was like a breath of fresh air - no impending world destruction, no tragic sacrifices, just a kid and a ghost and a goban. It's funny, as well, and the Go is actually interesting. Well, if you're into Go.Azumanga Daioh - Again, a breath of fresh air, but even more so than Hikaru was. Not only is there no world to save, there isn't even a plot. Just a group of friends, going through high school. It helps that the characters are so quirky and unique on their own, but the chemistry between them is what makes this series great. Naruto - I didn't expect to like this when I first saw it. I mean, ninja kids? Lame. It didn't take long before I was hooked, though - the characters are engaging, the plot is decent, and the action is top-notch. Not a still frame pretending to be action to be had. Rurouni Kenshin - Though I'll qualify, and say that the first 12 eps, and the Kyoto arc, are the only really good parts of this series. The 16 eps between the opening and the beginning of the Kyoto arc were, for the most part, repetitive filler, and the Christian arc at the end shows why you shouldn't diverge from the manga you're based on if you've been following it faithfully from the beginning. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (Kare Kano/His and Her Circumstances over here) - It's a romance story without the fluff and the angst! Well, really more of a slice-of-life high school drama. In any case, it gets full marks for getting the boring, angsty, "Will the two characters ever get together?" plot over with in the first four, five episodes (where most series take an entire 26 episodes of waffling and angsting to do), and getting on to the much more interesting question of, "What happens now?"  Granted, there's still angst, but the characters actually do something about it, instead of just wallowing in it. The supporting cast is also great. Only downside: either Gainax got really creative about mid-way through, or they ran out of money and decided that no one would notice if they started doing some episodes with paper cut outs of the characters.</blockquote>

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