KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!
KonoSuba’s second season aired this year, and it’s somehow more ridiculous than the first. Kazuma, a high school NEET who died and was reborn in a world that resembles a MMORPG, returns with his teammates Aqua, the goddess who sent him to this world, Megumin, a wizard with a knack for explosion magic, and Darkness, a masochistic crusader.
Unlike the other anime on this list, KonoSuba is not going to teach a gamer anything about themselves or explore any aspect of the gaming industry. Good thing the show doesn’t have to. KonoSuba is a ridiculous romp of a good time that creatively plays with the notion of game mechanics. Other anime have done this before, like Sword Art Online or Log Horizon, but KonoSuba takes gaming tropes to their most ridiculous extremes.
KonoSuba may be the funniest piece of entertainment (anime or otherwise) I have ever consumed. Most of the laughs play off the audience having prior knowledge of how MMORPGs and certain anime tropes are supposed to work, but even if you’ve never watched an anime in your life, you’ll love KonoSuba. You don’t even have to watch season one (though you should). The show is just funny for the sake of being funny. I guarantee you’ll laugh, and if you’re a gamer, many of those laughs will be from the show’s presentation of common video game situations in their most illogical extremes.
