Cinematography:
Gaku HirookaComposer:
水谷広実Cast:
Tasuku Hatanaka, Saki Fujita, Rina Hidaka, Nozomi Nishida, Tetsuharu Ōta, Natsumi Yamada, Sayaka Kitahara, Eriko Matsui, Yūki Takada, Natsumi Hioka, Miku Ito (more)Episodes(13)
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The Magnificent Blade, Rin Onigawara (E01)
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The Chastity Dorm Riot (E02)
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The Fair Sword, Mary Kikakujo (E03)
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The Warabinpics Are Starting! (E04)
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The Love-Crazed Blade, Warabi Hanasaka (E05)
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Notes on a Scandal (E06)
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The Dubious Sword, Satori Tamaba (E07)
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His and Crossdressing Her Circumstances (E08)
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The Day Love Died (E09)
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The Terrifying Blade, Tsukuyo Inaba (E10)
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The Magic Bullet I'll Always Remember (E11)
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The Girls' Machiavellism (E12)
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Badump! A Pleasure Trip with all the Five Swords (E13)
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When Aichi Coexistence Academy converted from all-girls to a coed model, the female students were so concerned about male misbehaviour that they armed themselves! Now the school is ruled by the lovely but lethal Supreme Five Swords, and the boy students are forced to dress and act like girls or suffer the razor sharp points of the Swords' anger. But for new transfer student Fudo Nomura, this goes against the policy of personal freedom that he holds dear. He might just have the martial arts chops and rapier wit needed to slash through the Swords' defences, but can he tame their fiery hearts enough to regain his independence?! It's a whole new kind of slice of life High School Drama, extra heavy on the "slice", as one Bad Boy meets some very Dicey Girls! (MVM Entertainment)
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Armed Girl's Machiavellism is not really anything new or unique. There is an alarming amount of tropes in this show, just as there are in a lot of other ecchi anime series. However, it can be said there are some new, very strange, absurd, and crazy ideas that give this show a certain freshness, and yes, sometimes it is funny. Furthermore, some of the characters are not hopeless (at least at the beginning). The main male protagonist gives the impression of someone at ease, and he dislikes being forced to do things against his will and lives by his own rules. He does not give a damn about the regime or what the girls are doing, as long as it does not affect him directly. He has his own plan - he wants to be left alone, to have freedom, and his actions reflect that. Plus, he is believable, and it is easy to root for him. I also liked the first of the "Supreme Five Swords"; she is an honest, pretty cute, and decent girl. The main female antagonist villain ("The Empress") also comes across as quite strong, mysterious, and twisted, and I thought I might as well finish watching it to learn more about her. However, that is not going to be possible. The other "swords" are unbearable, and I swear I am just not going to take another Japanese speaking French student, a fighting bear, and most of all more of that evil laugh from the little blonde (Kyokyokyo) or anyone in her army (like Kokoko and Kekeke)! Plus, it is not heading anywhere, there is just the main male protagonist fighting in increasingly absurd battles (accompanied by increasingly strange secret strikes and styles) against his opponents, collecting stamps, and setting up a rematch with "The Empress" in the future. So the concept is utterly predictable. Therefore, this anime series has exhausted itself after the fifth episode. Watching more absurdity, stupidity, and weirdness is also not as interesting as it was initially, so I had better quit. Dropped after the fifth episode and 3/10.
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