Audience reviews
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maya_kotori
This is honestly such a beautiful and unexpectedly hilarious anime. I was dying laughing so many times, the characters, the chaos, the ridiculous situations, everything just hits perfectly. And because of that, I’m genuinely sad it ended the way it did :/ It felt like the story still had so much potential, so many unresolved emotions, and so many moments we could’ve gotten. I swear, I’m still hoping for another season because I NEED MORE DAMN XD The energy, the friendships, the tension, the comedy, it all deserves a proper continuation. It’s one of those shows that leaves you wanting more simply because the world and characters are too fun to let go of. If they ever announce a new season, I’m dropping everything and watching it immediately.
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There are some parts of the story where characters say lines that make you wonder what kind of person the author is. The entire plot revolves around how Hotaru is actually a girl which I hope gives you an idea of what the characters say about her lol. Anyways disregarding the questionable ethics, it was entertaining and good to watch if you have a free weekend. The characters are charismatic and it's your typical rookie-goes-pro deal. Just whatever you do, do not read the manga. I watched this a while ago but when I did I liked it so much I decided to pick it up. Every issue just got 10x worse. I won't go into detail but there's some weird pet play shit and I immediately dropped.
Anyways. Also disregarding that. It's basically fujobait. I know the original author does make joseimuke seri…
Read at the sourceKgigy
This anime is just a normal twothousandish comedy action and tits type anime. It is a classic genre from this age. HOWEVER, for me it is a 10, because this is the first anime I EVER watched, knowing it was indeed, an anime (not like Dragon Ball or Doraemon). I remember being like 9 or 10 and watching this at my grandparent's house with my cousin, who showed it to me, crying of laugh and watching it on YouTube with each chapter fragmented into like 20 parts and on small corners of the screen. Who would have thought that this weird fun anime would led into one of my favorite hobbies, which I've been doing for a lot of years now. :'). I recommend it for a good laugh, the dub is funny, but this is a pice of history for me. Objectively solid 7.25.
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Just to keep it short and sweet everything was average...bearable, but average. If you prefer a watered down version of ouran koukou host club I highly recommend. This is my 2nd go around with this anime and I honestly don't know how I made it all the way through the 1st time. I haven't read the manga, but I can imagine that the manga might be a lot better because it will explore the relationships of the characters more. I did not have a favorite character this time around and the chances that I rewatch this anime again for a 3rd time are slim to none.
That being said if your like me and have seen 600-700 plus anime and just want to browse other titles I would definitely recommend a quick look just to see if it catches your eye. Personally, If the anime completely removed the air-soft gun…
Read at the sourceNeolavender123
[Overall enjoyment: 4] Listen. I really REALLY don't know how to go about this show. I initially watched the show weekly when it aired in 2015 but it gets harder and harder to keep up coz it just gets pretty boring and cliche to the point that I just thought 'why am I doing this again'. It's honestly a pain. I dropped it and finally picked it up 3 years later coz I just realized that 'wth there's only 3 episodes left so why not' so I tried to watch it again coz I wanna REMEMBER why I dropped it. And I guess I kinda found out why. Yea sure some stuff made me doki doki and the notion about friendship and their love for the survival game are cool but... the only word that came up to mind after finishing everything was: pointless. Which I think is a REALLY harsh word to describe the show but i…
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Overall, I was left feeling unsatisfied.
I finished watching the series thinking, "Huh, that's the end of the show?" They could've done much more with the series. Such as, extending the series since there is still a lot more story content. There are plot holes that leave some topics left slightly touched, but not delved into. It's these things that irk me the most.
Although, this series talks a lot about airsoft, there was also a lot of emphasis on character relationships. I don't mind it since I do think that it adds on to why these characters act a certain way and why they're here. It definitely helps contribute to character development despite being boring sometimes.
There was some character development with Matsuoka. It was kinda touching, but I'm kinda a softy towards anime dudes…
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Initially, I picked up Aoharu x Kikanjuu due to the interesting idea of a girl trying to pretend being a guy to play what is essentially paintball or otherwise known as 'survival games' in the anime. It seemed like it could potentially be interesting, but it did fall flat, due to various reasons which I will explain below.
THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW. THIS REVIEW IS NOT SPOILER FREE. There are minor spoilers for the first 3 episodes, so do not read the review if you haven't watched that far.
The anime Aoharu x Kikaniuu can be a hit-or-miss. However, I do believe that the anime does get better in the latter half.
Story: 3
The basic premises of Aoharu x Kikaniuu is that Hotaru Tachibana is forced to join team Toy GunGun to play survival games with Yukimura and Masamune after she (disguised…
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Pizza Review! (I review and describe the anime with a pizza analogy)
Aoharu is like a really poorly made pizza. It's under-cooked and wasn't handled with care. For some reason some parts of the pizza was cooked really fast while other parts weren't. It had pretty bland ingredients as well, nothing revolutionary or exotic about it at all. Tasting it made me cringe and I could instantly pin point some of its major flaws. Despite all of this though, I was never bored or disgusted by it to the point of wanting to not finish the pizza. Despite it being poorly made, despite it being handled lousily, despite it having bland ingredients it was still enjoyable. The chemistry they have together did make it fun and while it was trying to make this interesting taste and failed horribly, I was never a…
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This is actually my all time favourite anime
Biggest reason is the characters.
The relationships between the characters are well thought out and meaningful, incredibly relatable in my opinion. Even the antagonists have their own meaningful backstories and justifications on their actions.
The comedy is also really well done, the whole anime managed to make me sad and happy at the same time.
As someone who likes airsoft, the anime does a good job at capturing the mood of an airsoft game, a lot of it is dramatized, but I don't mind because it adds action and excitement to the show.
Overall, I love this anime/manga, after watching the anime I read through all chapters of the manga and it gets even better. I really wish for a second season.
Read at the sourceGigaBagels
I'm Japanese so I noticed but, uhhhh, I hate to break this to you all but the title of the anime is subbed wrong. It's actually called Seishunn X Kikanjuu, Say-Shun. Seishunn (青春）means adolescence. The direct/Khun Yomi pronunciation of seishunn (青春) is Ao Haru because ao--> 青 means blue and 春ー＞ means spring as in the season. BTW aoHaru don't make sense in Japanese and it's not a word. So the translators did a bad job subbing the title. Makes sense right? because Tachibana(the MC) is still like around 16~17 meaning She's still in her adolescent age. And throughout the story she is introduced with the survival games which involves machine guns and all that stuff, which directly connects to a part of the title of this anime which is "Kikanjuu" (machine gun). The plot was decent 8/10, characte…
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FIRST OFF: IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU TO WATCH THIS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM!
The show starts off okay. There’s a hot guy, a girl who dresses more or less like a guy, and a cute female friend that the main character is content with protecting. It’s all nice and dandy and the plot gets set up in a way that’s eerily like Ouran High School Host Club.
However, by the second episode, the show already takes a downturn. Some behavior just doesn’t make sense, a game is dramaticized, the ‘being alone with three enemies during a game and they all have fake guns’ scenario is described as somehow ‘traumatizing’ (come guys, if you’ve ever played even lazer tag y’all know that it’s not scarring in any way, shape, or form). On top of this, characters stop in the m…
Read at the sourceHikiku11
Tachibana Hotaru joins Team Toy Gun Gun, the BB gun (those air guns with plastic bullets) team of Matsuoka Masamune and Yukimura Tooru. From there, they participate in a team-oriented BB gun tournament.
I thought it was a fresh concept, as this is the first anime I have seen that's about BB guns. I also liked it because I'm a fan of team-oriented battles, especially ones where the members must be eliminated. Content-wise, I felt the show was very much lacking. But I do hope that this show inspires more authors to make BB gun anime. In that sense, this show was a step in the right direction.
I would recommend this show to people who like team-oriented battles and BB guns. To those who are looking for good and rich plots, unfortunately this show would be a bust. Also, Hotaru is a trap, or…
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Hey, welcome to my first review! I've liked so much this anime, in the beginning I thought that's a shounen-ai but Hotaru is a trap (yeah), my sister was VERY disappointed when she discovered ><
But is a very insteresting anime, it deserves a 2nd season XD Well, if you like traps (sorry) with guns and pretty handsome guys with guns too, you'll like it. We also have Yuki, a pervet nerd using glasses, I liked him, but Mattsun is MY SENPAI!!!!!!!!
To finish, I recommend so much this anime, enjoy :D
I have no idea to how to continue this review, maybe that's the reason I don't make reviews yet.
Read at the sourceSnowpuff
ok. Excuse me for my extreme bias but for some reason I really liked this anime.
Its like Interhigh, but with guns.
Story: 7
So, we have this main character who is a girl and looks like a dude who joins this survival team.
Pretty average, ok. But like Tachibana is pretty hilarious and the idea that she's hiding everthing makes it above average. I cannot bring myself to give it a 5 because it was well knit into the whole theme of survival games, but I felt 10 was too high, therefore "why not settle with 7" Art: 10
OK. LIKE THE ART IS AMAZING. Even in the manga it is amazing. The characters are well designed, and the animations are not choppy (unlike some animes I know). And the art really brings out the power that Tachibana has stored in her body and soul. And definitely fits the story a…
Read at the sourceChloe_Chupp
The story can't be underestimated as you can see, but the maker chose the wrong turn that's probably because the manga itself ain't done.
Art, sound and character were all too good to become lower than 7--especially art you would really appreciate it.
The story has an idea but it's obviously wanting to have a love story which I have no intentions of declining it. Hahaha
The problem is the content of the story wasn't grasp well. Hope they fix that in S2
So all in all It was cute and fluffy but when it comes to survival games genre a good plot twist would be best!!
Anyway if you prefer anime that somehow relates with Ouran High~~~ you should watch this!!
First ever review I made..
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This is my first review I've done on an anime series.
This was a very enjoyable series and I wasn't expecting it to have so much action in it. I love that the story focuses on a female protagonist, who despite not wanting her friends and others to find out her gender, she is a person who loves justice. There are a few funny moments in the series that help break the tension throughout the series and it has a lot of awesome battle moments. I wish the anime hadn't left plot gaps but I still loved both the anime and the manga series.
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There comes a time in every anime viewers life when they come across something seemingly unique and are compelled to watch it. Either through stunning visuals, or an interesting synopsis, we dive into an anime world knowing full well it might just end up being 'meh.' Right, so here I arrive with this anime, Aoharu x Kikanjuu.
Story: It was a 'good' story. The whole premise of them becoming the best in Japan at survival games was interesting, and kept me in it for the long run. What I didn't like is how they kept speeding things up further than they'd need to, they squished a lot into one 12 episode anime leaving me somewhat unsatisfied.
Art: Possibly the strongest point this anime had. The action scenes were what kept me watching this, and the creepy close up shots on many of the charac…
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I began watching this series because I'm always open to a fun gender-bender and this one looked especially good. The characters looked interesting. The main character, Tachibana Hotaru, especially caught my eye because she looked so cute and sporty. The premise also seemed promising since I don't know anything about survival games but I love learning about sports and combat. With all these interesting components lined up, it seemed it would be impossible for the anime to lose my interest.
However, be warned, Aoharu x Kikanjuu is not the action/gender-bender/sports anime it promises to be. Knowing that the series only had 12 episodes, I expected a fast-paced action series about Hotaru's predicaments and the sport of survival games. It is in reality, a slow-moving, sappy drama about friends…
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I liked that this anime about something different at sports with thats guns but I just hated that this girl (Tachibana Hotaru) can't just to say her group that she is a girl and its really pissing me off.
I just liked the guns and it characters because only characters as Midori Nagamasa and more saves this anime from the my top 3 worsest anime.
Many emotions do not saves this anime which is a shame.
And I think that everyone can watch this anime but just to love the characters and guns, shame for the story.
Hope for more interesting story for the future.
Read at the sourceKadrian
At first, I was like, another weak girl anime? But actually, the girl is a tomboy and as you venture further into the anime, you might even forget that 'he' is a 'she'. It has great action scenes, even though it is fake gun game but it has the atmosphere of a real gun battlefield.
It is something like Ouran HighSchool Host Club.
It has really great action scenes and heart-warming moments, and of course, heart-breaking moments. But the ending is really happy, FYI.
Well, Please do give it a try if you are on the fence about this anime. It has great arts that is for sure!
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