If quirky universes and improbable situations are your cup of tea, you should love these 3 completely crazy Japanese anime available on Netflix: Assassination Classroom, Romantic Killer And The way of the apron.
Clearly, the Netflix catalog is a gold mine for all lovers of Japanese series. Between naruto, Hunter x Hunter, The attack of the Titans or Detective Conan, there really is no shortage of animation classics. If humor is often a key element of anime, some series available on the SVOD platform are distinguished by a truly eccentric and absurd universe.
So to brighten up your Saturday, April 15, 2023, we recommend that you exercise your unparalleled killing skills with Assassination Classroomresist the love of your life with Romantic Killer or become a yakuza with excellent culinary skills thanks to The way of the apron.
Assassination Classroom on Netflix, the guide to becoming the funniest killers
When we talk about totally crazy anime, Assassination Classroom often tops the rankings. And for good reason, it is a monument of its kind. At the prestigious Kunugigaoka Middle School, Class 3-E is a laughing stock. Rejected for their so-called mediocrity, the students will quickly change their status with the arrival of their new teacher, Koro-sensei. This half-octopus, half-human creature boasts of having destroyed 70% of the Moon. And she reveals the rest of her Machiavellian plan: to exterminate the Earth.
Until then, she intends to train the famous 3-E class to become the best assassins, capable of killing him in order to save the Earth. If his motivations remain mysterious, Koro-sensei will quickly become friends with his students, who must face his supernatural powers and above all… his crazy humor.
A real phenomenon as soon as it came out, Assassination Classroom became one of the most beloved anime in just 2 seasons. With its totally eccentric starting situation, its relentless deadly training and its singular jokes, the series has above all had the merit of developing a unique character of its kind: Koro-sensei.
This professor/hitman/destroyer of the Earth leaves no one indifferent, thanks in particular to his huge Cheshire Cat smile fromAlice in Wonderland. If dark humor makes you laugh out loud and you like action-packed student intrigue, you really should get into Assassination Classroom : you will not regret it.
- Must see if you are looking for: dark humor ; stock ; absurd ; fight; extraterrestrial ; teenagers but not only; Super powers ; Machiavellian plans; odd ; high school students; fantastic ; jokes; short episodes; meet the best teacher in the world; have nightmares of his yellow head
Romantic Killer on Netflix, the parody of romantic comedies dripping
Video games, chocolate and her cat, Momohiki: these are Anzu’s three passions in life. But one day, a little wizard with magical powers named Riri arrives and deprives her of her little daily pleasures. Her goal: for Anzu to find love. Riri then plunges the high school girl into a world of romance and handsome kids (the “ikemen”). She will therefore have to resist the temptation and the obstacles that Riri will constantly put in her way to make her crack…
Brilliant parody of romantic anime in which all the teenagers fall in love with the least male around, Romantic Killer manages to draw comedy from the smallest situation. Do not stop at the first episode, in the form of a long introduction which does not really reveal the depth of the sequel or its humorous potential. Riri, the unbearable little magician, turns out to be a character totally obsessed with his salary, which we love to hate. His energetic duet with Anzu leaves no downtime for the narration of Romantic Killerwhose 12 episodes pass at breakneck speed.
But the real asset of this hilarious anime is above all its ability to divert all the codes of dripping romantic comedies, but also of flirting games “otoma”in which pink lines each pixel. Romantic Killer thus renews the genre by putting a charismatic female character at the heart of the plot and by moving away from the usual clichés. Clearly, we love it.
- Watch if you liked: The Boy Next Door; lookism; Komi searches for his words; Toradora! ; My Teen Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected
- Must see if you are looking for: parody; jokes; humor ; romance; magical powers ; teenagers; fantastic ; short episodes; handsome kids on every street corner; follow a piece of cake as a cockroach (yes, yes)
The way of the apron on Netflix, the daily life of a one-of-a-kind yakuza
Tatsu is a busy homemaker: he discovers yoga, he sometimes goes shopping with his wife, Miku, or he tames his latest robot vacuum cleaner. But a few months ago, Tatsu put his killer look at the service of a gang of ultra-famous yakuza. Known as the “Immortal Dragon”, this masterful assassin single-handedly defeated a rival gang before going out of business. Here he is now equipped with an apron to carry out… his best cooking recipes.
You will have understood it with its only summary: The way of the apron uses absurd humor as fuel to drive its storylines forward. With this story of a yakuza who has renounced violence to flourish in a daily life between cooking and cleaning, this anime develops absolutely hilarious comic situations. We warn you, however: The way of the apron won’t please everyone. It takes a little getting used to to fully appreciate its jerky animation, like manga pages turning, and its narration cut into 5-minute mini-episodes.
This somewhat crazy comedy is thus to be classified in the genre of “slice of life”, which depict slices of life more than a well-crafted story with unexpected twists and turns. But that is precisely what makes all the charm of The way of the apron : talk about a banal daily life with panache, while breaking all the codes of gender injunctions. What more ?
- Watch if you liked: Spy x Family ; Beelzebub; solo kotaro
- Must see if you are looking for: absurd humor; staggered situations; slices of life ; parody; very short episodes; dive into the world of yakuza in a different way; drool over Japanese food; discover a very cute cat on its adventures in the open air
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