Saga of Tanya the Evil II has reclaimed the top spot in Anime Corner’s third weekly poll for the Summer 2026 anime season, overturning the previous week’s result and underlining just how fluid this season’s fan rankings remain. With more than 4,000 votes counted, the latest chart also highlights a strong mix of returning franchises, romance dramas, fantasy stories, comedy series, and several titles with clear appeal for webtoon and manhwa readers.
Saga of Tanya the Evil II Returns to No. 1
After falling to fourth place in Week 2, Saga of Tanya the Evil II surged back to first with 5.78% of the vote. The result gives the series its second weekly victory of the season and makes it the clearest example of how quickly momentum can shift from one poll to the next.
Though I Am an Inept Villainess remained in second place with 5.31%, losing little ground despite the change at the top. Last week’s winner, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, finished third at 4.94%, keeping the gap between the leading three series relatively tight. Meanwhile, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 slipped to fourth with 4.35% after placing in the top three during both of the first two weeks.
The figures suggest that no single show has completely dominated the audience yet. Instead, the top of the poll is developing into a week-by-week contest between established fantasy properties, historical drama, and character-driven storytelling.
Romance and Slice-of-Life Series Hold Strong
Just outside the leading group, Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky climbed into fifth place with 3.05%, narrowly passing Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, which earned 2.97%. Both titles occupy a useful middle ground for viewers who prefer quieter relationship stories over large-scale battles or elaborate supernatural conflicts.
You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 remained in the top ten at seventh, followed by Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 in eighth and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day in ninth. Their continued presence shows that the season’s rankings are not being driven solely by sequel recognition or fantasy spectacle.
For romance and drama readers, the Week 3 results offer several different entry points. The poll includes gentle contemporary relationship stories, emotionally heavier drama, historical settings, and romantic premises built around social or political tension. That variety is one of the chart’s more interesting features: viewers are not rallying around a single definition of romance, but supporting several distinct approaches to the genre.
The Ghost in the Shell Enters the Top Ten
The biggest new arrival near the top is The Ghost in the Shell, which entered the leaderboard for the first time at tenth place with 2.51%. Its appearance gives the top ten a stronger science-fiction and cyberpunk presence, separating the upper rankings from the more fantasy-heavy titles surrounding it.
Other notable placements include The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 at 11th, Kaiju Girl Caramelise at 12th, and Daemons of the Shadow Realm at 13th. Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games followed at 15th, while That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 placed 18th.
The middle of the list is especially broad. It includes returning fantasy series such as Clevatess Season 2, The Elusive Samurai Season 2, Skeleton Knight in Another World II, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4. It also features newer or less established titles, including Black Torch, Victoria of Many Faces, The World Is Dancing, and Draw This, Then Die!
What the Rankings Mean for Webtoon and Manhwa Readers
Anime Corner’s poll is not a sales chart or a universal measure of quality. It reflects the preferences of the Anime Corner community, and the publication itself emphasizes that readers should not treat the rankings as instructions about what they must watch. Still, the results provide a useful snapshot of which titles are attracting attention among a specific group of seasonal anime viewers.
For digital-comics fans, the most direct crossover appears at 43rd place with Tomb Raider King, which received 0.97% of the vote. Its position is well below the season’s leading anime, but its inclusion is notable because it represents the presence of a Korean webtoon-origin property within a chart otherwise dominated by Japanese manga adaptations, light-novel series, original anime, and established anime franchises.
That crossover also reflects the increasingly familiar path between webtoons, manhwa, anime, and other screen formats. A title such as Tomb Raider King can attract readers who approach seasonal anime through digital comics, while long-running franchises and manga adaptations continue to introduce anime audiences to story structures that feel familiar to webtoon readers: serialized escalation, dramatic cliffhangers, genre hybrids, and highly focused character hooks.
Editorially, the chart is most useful as a discovery tool rather than a final verdict. Readers who enjoy fantasy progression stories may want to compare the season’s multiple reincarnation and alternate-world titles, while romance fans have a wide selection ranging from comedy to emotional drama. Thriller and science-fiction readers, meanwhile, have reason to watch the movement of The Ghost in the Shell and other darker or more speculative entries.
Week 4 Could Bring Another Shake-Up
With the top four separated by less than two percentage points, the next poll could easily produce another change in order. Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia remains close enough to reclaim first place, while Though I Am an Inept Villainess continues to hold a strong position. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 also remains within striking distance if its support rebounds.
Further down the chart, the battle for the lower half of the top ten may be just as interesting. The continued presence of Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2, Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3, and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day suggests that these series have established a reliable audience rather than relying on a single early burst of attention.
Anime Corner is currently collecting votes for Week 4. Until then, the third-week results present a season with no fixed hierarchy: a returning military fantasy can reclaim the crown, a historical drama can challenge the frontrunners, and a newly charting science-fiction title can break into the top ten without warning.
Sources
- animecorner.me
