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Best of Spring 2023, Apr 1-28

Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts.

Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes of the current season, not on the overall quality or popularity of the series. Only the titles legally streaming in North America and popular enough are being ranked, so the bottom of the list might represent 'watchable' rather than 'bad'. See the notes for further details.

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Episode Rankings for the week of April 22-28

Along the actual ranking for this week's episodes, this graph chronicles the change in position from week to week. While some series are stable, others swing wildly in the rankings depending on the strength of each episode. When a series has no episode for a given week, the previous week's episode is used instead as a placeholder. The first episode of each series is considered as part of the first week, even if it really streamed during the second week. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	1	#1.	Vinland Saga	13 14 15 16
	10	#2.	My Clueless First Friend	1 2 3 4
	—	#3.	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	13 14 15
	—	#4.	Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-	14 15 16 17
	4	#5.	Skip and Loafer	1 2 3 4
	1	#6.	Tengoku Daimakyo	1 2 3 4
	9	#7.	Yuri Is My Job!	1 2 3 4
	1	#8.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	1 2 3 4
	5	#9.	The Dangers in My Heart	1 2 3 4
	4	#10.	Oshi no Ko	1 2 3
	1	#11.	Insomniacs After School	1 2 3
	3	#12.	Hell's Paradise	1 2 3 4
	11	#13.	Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage	1 2 3
	1	#14.	My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999	1 2 3 4
	8	#15.	Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc	1 2 3
	1	#16.	Dead Mount Death Play	1 2 3
	9	#17.	Dr. Stone: New World	1 2 3 4
	7	#18.	TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You S2	1 2 3 4
	4	#19.	Otaku Elf	1 2 3 4
	5	#20.	Too Cute Crisis	1 2 3 4
	7	#21.	Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!	1 2 3 4
	4	#22.	Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion	1 2 3
	9	#23.	A Galaxy Next Door	1 2 3
	4	#24.	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	1 2 3 4
	6	#25.	One Piece	1056 1057 1058 1059
	11	#26.	The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure	1 2 3 4
	8	#27.	My Home Hero	1 2 3 4
	6	#28.	Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!	1 2 3 4
	—	#29.	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses	1 2 3 4
	12	#30.	Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts	1 2
	10	#31.	I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World	1 2 3 4
	4	#32.	KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World	1 2 3 4
	6	#33.	In Another World With My Smartphone	1 2 3 4
	4	#34.	Magical Destroyers	1 2 3 4
	2	#35.	Summoned to Another World for a Second Time	1 2 3
	2	#36.	The Legendary Hero is Dead!	1 2 3 4
	3	#37.	My One-Hit Kill Sister	1 2 3 4
	3	#38.	Rokudo's Bad Girls	1 2 3 4

Series Cumulative Ranking as of April 28

Each week's ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks' episodes. As we reach closer to the end of the season, each series' rank will start to solidify and we'll get a look at the real winners and losers. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	—	#1.	Vinland Saga	13 14 15 16
	1	#2.	Skip and Loafer	1 2 3 4
	1	#3.	Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-	14 15 16 17
	2	#4.	Oshi no Ko	1 2 3
	1	#5.	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	13 14 15
	1	#6.	Tengoku Daimakyo	1 2 3 4
	—	#7.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	1 2 3 4
	1	#8.	Hell's Paradise	1 2 3 4
	1	#9.	Dr. Stone: New World	1 2 3 4
	—	#10.	Insomniacs After School	1 2 3
	4	#11.	My Clueless First Friend	1 2 3 4
	1	#12.	My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999	1 2 3 4
	1	#13.	Dead Mount Death Play	1 2 3
	1	#14.	Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc	1 2 3
	1	#15.	TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You S2	1 2 3 4
	1	#16.	The Dangers in My Heart	1 2 3 4
	1	#17.	Otaku Elf	1 2 3 4
	5	#18.	Yuri Is My Job!	1 2 3 4
	1	#19.	Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion	1 2 3
	1	#20.	Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage	1 2 3
	1	#21.	Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!	1 2 3 4
	3	#22.	One Piece	1056 1057 1058 1059
	9	#23.	Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts	1 2
	—	#24.	My Home Hero	1 2 3 4
	—	#25.	A Galaxy Next Door	1 2 3
	—	#26.	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	1 2 3 4
	—	#27.	Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!	1 2 3 4
	—	#28.	I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World	1 2 3 4
	1	#29.	Too Cute Crisis	1 2 3 4
	1	#30.	In Another World With My Smartphone	1 2 3 4
	1	#31.	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses	1 2 3 4
	3	#32.	Magical Destroyers	1 2 3 4
	—	#33.	Summoned to Another World for a Second Time	1 2 3
	—	#34.	KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World	1 2 3 4
	1	#35.	The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure	1 2 3 4
	1	#36.	The Legendary Hero is Dead!	1 2 3 4
	1	#37.	My One-Hit Kill Sister	1 2 3 4
	3	#38.	Rokudo's Bad Girls	1 2 3 4

Notes

Disclaimer: the rankings are just an average of opinions, published for entertainment and information purposes. ANN makes no claims regarding statistical significance or invulnerability to spam.

The rankings are computed using the Schulze method, with the variation that unrated titles are considered as abstentions instead of lower than the rated titles. This roughly means that if, out of all people who rated both A and B, 60% preferred A, it will be ranked higher than B.

The rankings indicate relative quality (A is preferred to B), not absolute quality (B is good/bad). While the titles are ranked from 'best' to 'worst', sometimes the difference between #1 and #10 can be very thin. So if your favorite is near the bottom of the list, don't take it personally. It doesn't mean it's a bad show, it just means that ANN readers, on average, have preferred the ones above.

If a series has no episode for a given week, we use the rating data for the previous week's episode in order to compute the weekly ranking. This is not officially counted as a position in the ranking (it has no impact on the cumulative ranking), but it makes it easier to compare weeks if they each have the same number of series ranked.

It should be noted that long-running series (and sequels) have an advantage in the sense that only people who like the series are still watching it, and they are likely to give each episode a high rating. But if such a series is going through a low-quality filler arc, the season will get low rankings that are not indicative of the true overall quality of the series. Conversely, there are fewer people rating the show so it's less likely to have enough votes to qualify for the ranking.