The ending of a story is very important as it can ruin everything that occurred before. A bad ending will linger in your mind when thinking about the story and its hard to even care about the good parts of the story when you know it all leads to disappointment ( e.g. Game of Thrones, AOT) This is the case for Ousama Ranking, although I wouldn't say the ending was super bad and did offer some hope.

The hook of this show is the unique premise where the main character is deaf and cannot speak, this leads to a refreshing story. People talk about underdog main characters in many shounen anime but this is a true underdog, even his allies aren't fully supportive of him. As everything is pitted against him his journey to success is much more gratifying and cathartic. When you combine this with the vibrant art style, smooth animation, and clever direction you get an extremely entertaining and compelling story. What I also liked about this show was how the story didn't pull any punches, like in Kages backstory which was incredibly brutal and unforgiving. Unfortunately, this doesnt last long. Because there's powerful healing powers many characters who should die keep recovering and i really dislike the reversal of consequences in stories

The whole Miranjo - Bosse - Daida relationship is where the anime falls short. I didnt really care for Miranjos relationship with bosse and thats important because the story wants me to care. I mean she commits mass murder for his sake, including killing his wife and we never really explore how bosse feels about it but clearly hes not that bothered as he still likes her. The main issue is the final two episodes where we get that really stupid daida marrying miranjo plot.

Firstly its ridiculous because shes way older than him, at least mentally. Then there is the prior nature of their relationship where she was basically grooming him, and now they're getting married? She's known him since he was born that shit is stupid as hell no matter how you slice it. The redemption of Miranjo is so hastily and badly executed, shes a mass murderer who tried to destroy the kingdom on two occasions and 5 seconds later everyone is enjoying a happy moment with smiles as she going to marry the prince of the kingdom she tried to destroy. What about Bojji???

He couldnt forgive Domas after he tried to kill him but hes ok with Miranjo who killed his mother right in front of him?? Then you have the Ouken situation. Its crazy because Ouken was actually a good guy who became evil only because of his immortality, he didnt choose to be bad like Miranjo did. Then consider the fact that Despa has been waiting so long to save his brother whereas Daida has wanted to save miranjo for like 10 seconds and daida just steals despas moment.

Its a shame the show ended on such a disappointing note.