5 Ways the Dark Shonen Trio Are Better Than The Big 3

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In the early 2000s, three shonen titles reigned supreme in the anime community, One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Their popularity was so overwhelming that Western fans dubbed them the Big Three, and, to this day, this trio of shows remains massively influential. However, with the change in times and audience tastes came a new era of shonen anime, trailblazed, once again, by a triad, the Dark Shonen Trio.