5 Anime to binge watch on NETFLIX

Diana Ng
Mar 21, 2021
4 min read

Demon Slayer

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Tanjiro Kamado is a kind hearted boy, his whole family was killed by a demon except for his sister Nezuko but Nezuko was turn into a demon. Thus Tanjiro embark on a journey to find a cure for Nezuko.

While on the journey Tanjiro and Nesuko stumble upon a secret society, known as the Demon Slayer Corps, that have been waging a secret war againts demons for centuries. After an encounter with Giyū Tomioka, a demon slayer, Tanjiro is recruited by him and sent to be taught by Sakonji Urokodaki.

Demon Slayer Corps are all normal human being, they employ special breathing techniques, known as "Breathing Styles, which help them have superhuman strength and increased resistance.

The demons on the other hand feeds on human flesh, blood and possess super natural abilities. Demons only can be killed if they're decapitated with weapons crafted from alloy known as Sun Steel. injected with poison extracted from wisteria flowers, or exposed to sunlight.

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Food Wars

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Soma Yukihira aspires to become a full-time chef in his father, Joichiro's family restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skills but his father suddenly gets a new job that requires him to travel around the world and thus Joichiro's family restaurant is closed.

His father then ask Soma to enroll into an elite culinary school where students engage in food competitions called shokugeki. Soma manage to secure a spot at school, despite the objections of Erina Nakiri the talented granddaughter of the school's dean, also known as God's Tounge.

The top ten student chefs at the elite culinary school occupies the Council of Ten Masters, who governs the school aside from the school director. Students can initiate as shokugeki (food war), a cooking fight with stipulations on the line, with any students or alumnus.

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Haikyu!

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Shoyo Hinata becomes obsessed with volleyball after he caught a glimpse of Karasuno HIGH School playing in Nationals on TV. Hinata is inspired by a player the commentators nickname 'The Little Giant', Karasuno's short but talented wing spiker. Hinata then joins the volleyball club, even thought he is inexperienced Hinata us athletic and has an impressive vertical jump.

During his senior year at junior high, he convinced his friends to join the volleyball club so that they can compete in a tournament. During his official game they mer a prodigy setter ,Tobio Kageyama also nickname as 'The King of the Court'. Thus Hinata and his friends met a crushing defeat. After the game Hinata vows to defeat Kageyama but they met again at Karasuno High School as teammate.

Karasuno High School's volleyball team has lost its reputation as a powerhouse school following the era of the Little Giant, often being referred to 'The Wingless Crows' by the other local teams. However by combining Kageyama's genius setting skills with Hinata's remarkable athleticism, the duo create an explosive new volleyball tactic and develop an unexpected but powerful setter-spiker partnership. Along the way, Hinata and Kageyama push each other into reaching their full potential and with Karasuno's volleyball team they slowly climb back up to National tournament.

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Black Cover

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Asta is a young orphan who was raised in an orphanage in Hage village along with Yuno, both of them were abandoned at the doorstep of the orphanage. Yuno was born as a prodigy with immense magical power and talent to control wind magic but Asta is not like everyone who is born with the ability to utilize Mana in the form of Magical Power so, he tries to gain magical power through physical training.

Both Asta and Yuno are motivated by a desire to become the next Wizaes King, an authority figure thus both of them developed a friendly rivalry.

During the trial, Yuno obtains a legendary four-leaf grimoire held by the first Wizard KIng. Asta on the other hand obtains a mysterious five-leaf grimoire, which contains mysterious elf swords and rare anti-magic.

After joining a Magic Knight squad both of therm embark on various adventures, as they make a name for themselves throughout the Clover King.

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Attack on Titan

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This story begins with the last of humanity living inside three concentric cities, Wall Maria, Wall Rose and Wall Sheena. These walls protects the humans from Titan. a gigantic humanoid beings who devour humans without any reason, even if they are full the Titans will just vomit and empties its stomach and proceed to devour humans.

It follows the adventures of Eren Jaeger, his friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, whose lives are changed forever after a Colossal Titan breaches the wall of their home town. This cause a number of Titans to enter Wall Maria and Eren witness his mother being devour by a Titan.

Vowing revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, Eren and his friends join the Scout Regiment, an elite group of soldiers who fight against Titans.

Few years later Wall Rose was breach again by the Colossal Titan and Eren while saving Armin was eaten by a Titan. Eren accidently discovers that he can turn into a Titan, using this power he help to rebuild Wall Rose, Wall Maria and save humanity but he slowly uncovers the origin truth of his Titan power.