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Jul. 20 is “School Trip Day”.

This day derives from the fact, which the first school trip for female students had been held in Meiji era.

The school trip is one of the major events for students, therefore, it often considered to be important in the anime as well. It is often depicted in multiple forms, including asking your friend out, holding a pillow-throwing event, or visiting many sightseeing spots.
If you were able to go on a school trip with an anime character, who do you want to go with?

Here at Anime!Anime!, we have conducted a survey asking, “Which anime character do you want to go to school trip with?”. The survey was conducted from Jul. 9 to Jul. 13, and a total of 170 people answered the survey.
The female readers made up the majority of the survey with the support rating of approximately 75%, while the male readers made up approximately 25%. For the age group, the young readers were the majority, where 19-year old or under made up approximately 50%, while the readers in 20's made up approximately 35%.

Top goes to Koro-sensei from “Assassination Classroom”. Also pay attention on the handmade booklet!
1st Place
The 1st place goes to Koro-sensei from “Assassination Classroom”. The support rating was approximately 10%.

Koro-sensei is the homeroom teacher of Class 3-E at Kunigigaoka Middle School. The many readers wanted to read his handmade booklet for the school trip, and a comment mentioned that said, “I wanted to read his thick, handmade booklet for the school trip!”.
Many other readers also expected to be involved in an incident, by saying, “I think the trip itself will be very enjoyable with Koro-sensei, and I think he will take me to many nice places”, and “I loved the school trip episodes. I think a lot of troubles happen during the trip, but that is also enjoyable, too”.

2nd Place
The 2nd place goes to Edogawa Conan (Kudou Shincihi) from “Detective Conan”. The support rating was approximately 8%.
He was popular for having a lot of bits of knowledge, and the comments related to this said, “I think he will make a nice explanation on sightseeing sports”, and “I think he can make the school trip into a mystery tour”.

3rd Place
The 3rd place goes to Sera Masumi from “Detective Conan”. The support rating was approximately 7%.
Many readers mentioned the episode in 2019 titled “Scarlet School Trip” and the comments said, “I want to be in the same group with her. I believe that she will be reliable in any situation” and “The time spent with her will be awesome because she is cute, smart, and optimistic”.
Other than Conan and Masumi, many characters from “Conan”, including Hattori Heiji, Phantom Thief Kid, and Mouri Ran, ranked high in the ranking.

■Introducing other comments!
To Gotou Hime from “Kakushigoto”: “If I could go to the school trip with her, I think the father Kakushi will come to supervise us, and I am sure that he will make the trip much enjoyable.”

To Yukinoshita Yukino from “My Romantic Comedy is Wrong As I Expected”: “There was the scene in the anime where she fluently explains about Kyoto, and from that, I think she will do a nice research on the destination, and she will teach me stuff.”

To Kyon from “Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi”: “I think he is familiar with the destination since he knows about many things, and he is a reliable man because he cares a lot about his friends.”
To Naruko Shoukichi from “Yowamushi Pedal”: “I think he will show me a hidden spot in Osaka if I go there with him, and I am sure he will make the trip enjoyable.”

Many characters with problem-solving skills and abundant knowledge ranked high in this ranking. The characters with an optimistic fluids also ranked in.

■Overall Ranking
[Which character do you want to want to go to the school trip with?]
1st: Koro-sensei from “Assassination Classroom”
2nd: Edogawa Conan (Kudou Shinichi) from “Detective Conan”
3rd: Sera Masumi from “Detective Conan”
4th: Saiki Kusuo from “DThe Disastrous Life of Saiki Kusuo”
5th: Akashi Seijuurou from “Kuroko's Basketball”
5th: Sakata Gintoki from “Gintama”
5th: Hattori Heiji from “Detective Conan”
5th: Fujiwara Chika from “Kaguya-sama: Love is War”
5th: Matsuno Osomatsu from “Osomatsu-san”
5th: Yukinoshita Yukino from “My Romantic Comedy is Wrong As I Expected”
11th: Oreki Houtarou from “Hyouka”
11th: Kuroba Kaito/ Phantom Thief Kid from “Detective Conan” and “Magic Kaito”
11th: Shinon from “Sword Art Online”
11th: Nanase Riku from “Idolish Seven”
11th: Mouri Ran from “Detective Conan”
11th: Hinata Kouyou from “Haikyu!!”
11th: Yoshitake from “Daily Lives of High School Boys”

(Survey Conducted from Jul. 6, 2020 to Jul. 13, 2020)