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6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL

This series will not disappoint you.

We’re sure you don’t need us to tell you about One Piece, Attack on Titan, or Jujutsu Kaisen (although watch them if you haven’t) for the 1000th time. That’s why here’s a small list with less popular but still incredible shounen anime.

6. Assassination Classroom

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MAL score: 8.08/10

Looks like Class 3-E has the most peculiar teacher in the world: it’s a mysterious and weird-looking creature with tentacles, threatening to destroy the world.

The class students are tasked with assassinating their teacher, but the job turns out to be challenging: the creature is the best mentor they could have asked for.

5. Dororo

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MAL score: 8.25/10

Because of his father’s deal with the demons, Hyakkimaru is born without various body parts. A kind man finds him and helps him survive.

When Hyakkimaru grows up, he’s on a vengeance quest. He has to defeat all the demons and reclaim his body. And a charming thief, Dororo, is there to assist him on this dangerous journey.

4. Blue Lock

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MAL score: 8.28/10

Isagi was so close to scoring a goal and becoming the hero for his soccer team, when he decided to pass the ball to another player. It cost them the game and caused immense disappointment.

But what Isagi doesn’t know is that he’s about to be selected for the Blue Lock project that will make him forget everything he knows about teamwork and give him the chance to become one of the best soccer players ever.

3. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

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MAL score: 8.41/10

Saiki was born with psychic abilities, but he’s sick and tired of them interfering with his life. He wants nothing more than to live an ordinary life.

However, a normal life is not an option for him, and trying to keep his powers a secret doesn’t always work out. That’s how Saiki comes to understand that achieving an ordinary life is much harder than he expected.

2. Mob Psycho 100

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MAL score: 8.49/10

Shigeo would understand Saiki perfectly, since he also has psychic abilities, but wants to live a normal life.

Controlling his abilities is not an easy task, as they may be very dangerous for other people. Shigeo gets a job as an assistant to con-man Arataka Reigen, hoping that this is the thing that will teach him how to deal with his powers.

1. Great Teacher Onizuka

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MAL score: 8.69/10

Ex-biker gang leader, greedy, perverted delinquent ― no, this is not the villain in the series, this is the protagonist of it, Onizuka Eikichi. But the most surprising part is that he becomes a teacher.

No matter how problematic Onizuka is, his students turn out to be even worse, and their main goal in life seems to use manipulation and psychological warfare to force any new teacher to leave the school. But they might have underestimated Onizuka.

This series will not disappoint you.

We’re sure you don’t need us to tell you about One Piece, Attack on Titan, or Jujutsu Kaisen (although watch them if you haven’t) for the 1000th time. That’s why here’s a small list with less popular but still incredible shounen anime.

6. Assassination Classroom

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 1

MAL score: 8.08/10

Looks like Class 3-E has the most peculiar teacher in the world: it’s a mysterious and weird-looking creature with tentacles, threatening to destroy the world.

The class students are tasked with assassinating their teacher, but the job turns out to be challenging: the creature is the best mentor they could have asked for.

5. Dororo

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 2

MAL score: 8.25/10

Because of his father’s deal with the demons, Hyakkimaru is born without various body parts. A kind man finds him and helps him survive.

When Hyakkimaru grows up, he’s on a vengeance quest. He has to defeat all the demons and reclaim his body. And a charming thief, Dororo, is there to assist him on this dangerous journey.

4. Blue Lock

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 3

MAL score: 8.28/10

Isagi was so close to scoring a goal and becoming the hero for his soccer team, when he decided to pass the ball to another player. It cost them the game and caused immense disappointment.

But what Isagi doesn’t know is that he’s about to be selected for the Blue Lock project that will make him forget everything he knows about teamwork and give him the chance to become one of the best soccer players ever.

3. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 4

MAL score: 8.41/10

Saiki was born with psychic abilities, but he’s sick and tired of them interfering with his life. He wants nothing more than to live an ordinary life.

However, a normal life is not an option for him, and trying to keep his powers a secret doesn’t always work out. That’s how Saiki comes to understand that achieving an ordinary life is much harder than he expected.

2. Mob Psycho 100

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 5

MAL score: 8.49/10

Shigeo would understand Saiki perfectly, since he also has psychic abilities, but wants to live a normal life.

Controlling his abilities is not an easy task, as they may be very dangerous for other people. Shigeo gets a job as an assistant to con-man Arataka Reigen, hoping that this is the thing that will teach him how to deal with his powers.

1. Great Teacher Onizuka

6 Best Shounen Anime You Should Watch in 2024, Ranked by MAL - image 6

MAL score: 8.69/10

Ex-biker gang leader, greedy, perverted delinquent ― no, this is not the villain in the series, this is the protagonist of it, Onizuka Eikichi. But the most surprising part is that he becomes a teacher.

No matter how problematic Onizuka is, his students turn out to be even worse, and their main goal in life seems to use manipulation and psychological warfare to force any new teacher to leave the school. But they might have underestimated Onizuka.