Crowned in a Hundred Days

Everything Ming knows is reduced to ashes when a king who supposedly loved his people turns into a bloodthirsty monster overnight. Everyone he cares about is gone, and he's got nothing left but a hunger for revenge. Then things get weird — he meets a wandering soul named Lie, who claims to be the real king, and who's got exactly 100 days before he's gone for good. So now it's a race against the clock: dethrone a tyrant, reclaim a kingdom, and maybe figure out why the world's neat categories of heroes and villains don't hold up under scrutiny. This ONA from LAN Studio is set in a fantasy world where humans, demons, and dragons are locked in endless conflict, and Ming ends up joining a group called the Braves who are supposed to be the good guys. Except the demons might not actually be evil, and the Braves might not actually be noble. The show leans into that moral gray zone while also poking fun at classic RPG and fantasy conventions — think the self-awareness of Brave Animated Series mixed with the shifting loyalties of Love and Redemption. If you enjoyed how Noble Aspirations played with cultivation genre expectations, this scratches a similar itch but with more comedy baked in. The 100-day countdown gives everything real stakes, and the buddy dynamic between Ming and Lie keeps it from getting too grim. Worth keeping on your radar for 2026.