The Best and Worst of Spring 2022, Apr 29-May 5

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.

Don't forget to head over to Your Score to rate the episodes you've watched this week

Episode Rankings for the week of April 29-May 5

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
	no ep. this week		One Piece	1014 1015
	—	#1.	Spy×Family	1 2 3 4
	—	#2.	Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-	1 2 3 4
	5	#3.	The Demon Girl Next Door	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#4.	Love After World Domination	1 2 3 4
	—	#5.	Ascendance of a Bookworm	27 28 29 30
	9	#6.	Heroines Run the Show	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#7.	Legend of the Galactic Heroes S3	25 26 27 28 29
	5	#8.	Komi Can't Communicate S2	13 14
	12	#9.	The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#10.	Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-	1 2 3 4 5
	6	#11.	Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It. r=1-sinθ	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#12.	Ya Boy Kongming!	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#13.	Dance Dance Danseur	1 2 3 4
	1	#14.	A Couple of Cuckoos	1 2
	1	#15.	Deaimon	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#16.	Aoashi	1 2 3 4
	3	#17.	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club S2	1 2 3 4 5
	15	#18.	Delicious Party♡Precure	6 7 8
	5	#19.	The Executioner and Her Way of Life	1 2 3 4 5
	14	#20.	The Dawn of the Witch	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#21.	Skeleton Knight in Another World	1 2 3 4 5
	6	#22.	Date A Live IV	1 2 3 4
	14	#23.	Aharen-san wa Hakarenai	1 2 3 4 5
	6	#24.	In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki	1 2 3 4
	—	#25.	I'm Quitting Heroing	1 2 3 4 5
	8	#26.	Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie	1 2 3 4
	3	#27.	Healer Girl	1 2 3 4 5
	7	#28.	Tomodachi Game	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#29.	AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline Part 2	14 15 16 17
	1	#30.	Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#31.	Greatest Demon Lord Reborn as a Typical Nobody	1 2 3 4 5
	5	#32.	CUE!	13 14 15 16
	11	#33.	Requiem of the Rose King	13 14 15 16
	5	#34.	RPG Real Estate	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#35.	The Rising of The Shield Hero S2	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#36.	Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!	1 2 3 4

Series Cumulative Ranking as of May 5

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.	Spy×Family	1 2 3 4
	3	#2.	One Piece	1014 1015
	—	#3.	Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-	1 2 3 4
	—	#4.	Komi Can't Communicate S2	13 14
	—	#5.	Ascendance of a Bookworm	27 28 29 30
	—	#6.	Legend of the Galactic Heroes S3	25 26 27 28 29
	1	#7.	The Demon Girl Next Door	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#8.	Love After World Domination	1 2 3 4
	2	#9.	Ya Boy Kongming!	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#10.	Deaimon	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#11.	A Couple of Cuckoos	1 2
	2	#12.	Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#13.	The Executioner and Her Way of Life	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#14.	Dance Dance Danseur	1 2 3 4
	2	#15.	Heroines Run the Show	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#16.	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club S2	1 2 3 4 5
	8	#17.	Delicious Party♡Precure	6 7 8
	—	#18.	Aharen-san wa Hakarenai	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#19.	Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It. r=1-sinθ	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#20.	Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie	1 2 3 4
	1	#21.	Aoashi	1 2 3 4
	3	#22.	Healer Girl	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#23.	Date A Live IV	1 2 3 4
	3	#24.	The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#25.	Skeleton Knight in Another World	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#26.	I'm Quitting Heroing	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#27.	Requiem of the Rose King	13 14 15 16
	4	#28.	CUE!	13 14 15 16
	—	#29.	AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline Part 2	14 15 16 17
	1	#30.	The Dawn of the Witch	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#31.	In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki	1 2 3 4
	2	#32.	The Rising of The Shield Hero S2	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#33.	Greatest Demon Lord Reborn as a Typical Nobody	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#34.	RPG Real Estate	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#35.	Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#36.	Tomodachi Game	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#37.	Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!	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.