What are the most iconic arcs in manga/anime history
Most Iconic Arcs
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Most popular or personal favorites to be exact? By most iconic, I’d say the following:
Dragon Ball - King Piccolo Saga, Z - Namek, Super - Tournament of Power
Naruto - Chunin or Sasuke Retrieval, Itachi and Pain Arcs for Shippuden
Bleach: Arrancar and Karakura Arcs
MHA: Hideout Raid Arc
Yu Yu Hakusho - Dark Tournament
Yugioh - Battle City
Hunter x Hunter - Chimera Ant Arc big time
Rurouni Kenshin - Kyoto Arc
JoJo - Stardust Crusaders
Black Clover - Dark Triad
Dragon Ball - King Piccolo Saga, Z - Namek, Super - Tournament of Power
Naruto - Chunin or Sasuke Retrieval, Itachi and Pain Arcs for Shippuden
Bleach: Arrancar and Karakura Arcs
MHA: Hideout Raid Arc
Yu Yu Hakusho - Dark Tournament
Yugioh - Battle City
Hunter x Hunter - Chimera Ant Arc big time
Rurouni Kenshin - Kyoto Arc
JoJo - Stardust Crusaders
Black Clover - Dark Triad
Even people who don't know anything about anime/manga still know of the Namek Saga. Still being talked about to this day.
It's 100% Namek Saga.
It's 100% Namek Saga.
every arc from to aru, obviously
WWIII was for me the peak of the series.every arc from to aru, obviously
Probably would have been if Index III wasn’t so botched
basically any of the three primary DBZ arcs
Chimera Ant
Marineford
Soul Society
Chunin Exams
Jotaro vs Dio/SDC as a whole
Dark Tournament
feel like these are all arcs you will hear about from time to time from people in manga/shounen
Chimera Ant
Marineford
Soul Society
Chunin Exams
Jotaro vs Dio/SDC as a whole
Dark Tournament
feel like these are all arcs you will hear about from time to time from people in manga/shounen
For actually most iconic arc in Toaru, it’s probably NT9-10. Othinus really became a fan favorite with these volumes and the most iconic villain in the series. Imaginary Fest advertised these parts like crazy with events based on them because of their popularity too
Railgun is easily its version of the Daihasei Festival arc
Everyone involved in the story in some way, great fights, Misaki technically makes her debut here, and nothing else in Railgun really topped Touma and Gunha teaming up to stop Level 6 Misaka
Railgun is easily its version of the Daihasei Festival arc
Everyone involved in the story in some way, great fights, Misaki technically makes her debut here, and nothing else in Railgun really topped Touma and Gunha teaming up to stop Level 6 Misaka
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Water 7 & Marineford for One Piece
Chunnin Examn Arc in Naruto—Pein Arc in Naruto: Shippuden
Namek Saga & Cell Saga in Dragon Ball
Soul Society Arc in Bleach
Chimera Ant Arc in HxH
Dark Tournament Arc in Yu Yu Hakusho
Chunnin Examn Arc in Naruto—Pein Arc in Naruto: Shippuden
Namek Saga & Cell Saga in Dragon Ball
Soul Society Arc in Bleach
Chimera Ant Arc in HxH
Dark Tournament Arc in Yu Yu Hakusho
Obviously the Namek arc is the most iconic.
The iconic also varies a bit from country to country.
For example I remember that the gold saints arc in my country was very iconic while YYH was ignored by everyone.
But speaking on a global scale the second place would probably be between the chunin exams, soul society or Marine Ford.
The iconic also varies a bit from country to country.
For example I remember that the gold saints arc in my country was very iconic while YYH was ignored by everyone.
But speaking on a global scale the second place would probably be between the chunin exams, soul society or Marine Ford.