Audience reviews
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JakCooper2
I decided to watch Ikki Tousen. I watched the whole series for this post, since it's all the same so it's not worth it making separate posts about every season, special, and OVA. Ikki Tousen was one of the legendary ecchi anime of the 2000s. In the late 2000s and early 2010s it was one of the biggest punching bags of the online anime community because of not only the fanservice, but also how badly written the plot was, and the idea that it even attempted to have a plot in the first place when the whole point of the story is the fanservice, but the fanservice takes away from what semblance of story there actually was here. Even I hated it when I first saw it a long time ago for many of the same reasons, which in retrospect I think are kind of pretentious. Don't get me wrong if you can't enj…
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Boobs and punching. That's what this show has to offer. Also history nerds might notice some similarities with the 3 kingdoms period of China or something, I wouldn't know, I'm not a history nerd. As an American my only knowledge of eastern militarily history comes from the game Sengoku Basara 3. Yes specifically just the 3rd one only, it was the only one that got a western release on the Wii, which was the only console I had at the time. So I have a very limited knowledge of just the Sengoku period of Japan, and that's about it. I have no idea who any of the historical figures mentioned in this show are, and don't really care.
That said, if you have no idea who any of the historical figures are you are probably not going to have much emotional investment in this show. None of the homages…
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The show is only good because it has fan service and beautiful girls, otherwise the story is literally ignored. I realized that the anime explored any space to dispel and attract more viewers to the show, being on the beach, home, forest, on the school terrace, in a joke that should be comical etc ... Seeing the characters looking to develop before a Horrible narrative and full of fan service, mediocre struggles and stupidity to the limit. You noticed episode 8, where the camera followed Hakufu and ignores her expression and goes down to her big tits. (I didn't have the fuck nudity show, why didn't you try to show intuitive dialogs with content ?!) I didn't understand the premise very well, well ... they were forcing a fight in which they could enjoy the nudity and then BANG !!! !! big tit…
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I say! What a disappointing ecchi anime! From the get go we are expected to track at least a baker's dozen of names where one would expect to be allowed time to get familiar with the characters. Furthermore, this anime has the gall, the absolute gall, to basically make the show a re-run of some events that occured several thousand years before the story begins! As a result, all fights and friendships are set in stone based on the past events, allowing characters to determine the outcome of fights long before anyone has even rolled their sleeves up. Not to mention the constant blue-balling! Similar to ecchi greats like Highschool DXD, Ikkitousen features school uniforms that seemingly corrode upon human contact, leaving all but the characters breasts exposed for the most part! I came here f…
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This is quite the undertaking: One of the most vocal Ikkitousen fans around tries to either convince people to give this cult ecchi series a shot or avoid it like the plague. ...if only it were that simple. As much as I've championed the series over the years, I've also had some reluctance and reservations about giving a whole-heated recommendation to those that have asked me about Ikkitousen for fear of leading people astray and potentially wasting their time. So, hopefully I'll be able to coherently explain said reservations, which mainly apply to the first season, while also trying to explain what exactly season one has going for it beyond "There's just something special about it and that special thing works for me."
I might as well address the elephant in the room right off the bat, I…
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So, I respect fanservice. Ikkitousen has a lot of fanservice. But oh my god, it is absolutely not worth it here.
This season, and most of the series, is a nightmare. The art in season 1 is terrible, but it does make a significant leap as the series moves on. The plot is also so poor. In the end, you find yourself wondering what the point of all their bullshit is, other than simply being compelled via destiny. That is not a plot you grow attached to. The characters are not diverse at all and their names are completely bland and hard to memorize. There are scenes where two characters refer to the same person, by completely different names within the same 10 seconds. This absolutely boiled my blood. This mixture of characters that are difficult to distinguish and a uninspiring plot crushes t…
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Story: more like a lack of story but this was to be seen on the premise, i still admit having some fun with this season's first part, however it does make incredible dull moments be a common of the show, still is way better than the following up seasons of it
Art: was good, nothing spectacular but overally good
Sound: was decent and fitting
Characters: some characters were just ''bleh at finest'' and others were actually interesting, i do think the ones that are more developed and interesting are the antagonists than rather the main bunch
Enjoyment: if you're into a lot of ecchi and random fights it will make it for you, if not then look somewhere else
Overall: i did enjoyed this first season unlike the repetitive one following this one in the trendy fashion, yes i also enjoyed the fa…
Read at the sourceDe47h_Dragon
This show has a lot of characters, but it goes in depth with why they are there and how they got there. This series has a few ideas to pick up. One is the idea of destiny and whether you can control it or alter it. The characters have a wide variety from an innocent and loving girl to complete psychopaths. But each and every character has a story that is told (whether in the first series or not). This anime has a lot of fan service in and out of its fight scenes (some have the purpose of showing how determined the characters to showing how "Girly" they are). This show has a mix of school life, fight scenes, strong vs. weak, how people change, repetition of history, and of the likelihood to change your destiny.
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Based in the Chinese of heroes of the legend of the Three Kingdoms but set in the present days in Japan, instead of Kingdoms we have seven different schools fighting for the supremacy. Each school has a hierarchy and depending of the position of every student inside them, they wear a gem of different color.
A girl called Hakufu Sonsaku, who has lived isolated with her mother, arrives to Nanyou academy to take her place as leader and fight against other schools, however the leaders of the school won’t make things easy for her to take the lead. She’s not alone because she has the help Kokin Shuuyu, her cousin and a warrior or Level D, who has practiced marital arts since they were kids.
Ikkitousen has a lot of doses of violence where girls finish with their clothes ripped-off, moments of…
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This is a good series to get into if you like all kinds of things. You'll like it if you enjoy ecchi anime, fighting anime, or yes, So Bad Its Good series. I enjoy it for being a good show myself, but I can see how people would watch it out of sick fascination. The fact of the matter is, most people haven't read, and quite a few probably haven't even heard of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so the story details it takes from that shouldn't matter. It's a fun series that knows what crowd is is trying to appeal to. I got into it through the English manga, and I enjoy the macekering done to it; but I would suggest wary viewers start with the subtitled version of the anime, because the English voice acting is subpar, but does get a bit funnier because they can throw in more jokes with the scrip…
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Overview:
A brilliant, modern adaptation of the Chinese novel: Romance of the 3 Kingdoms... in the same manner that the movie Friday is an adaptation of Tale of Genji.
Plot: 1/10
The plot is that a bunch of high schools are engaged in a turf war for control of Japan. The show tries at first to convince us that this is a clever allegory for the warring states period of Chinese history in which 3 kingdoms called Wu, Shu, and Wei fought each other for total domination of China. Firstly, a writer should never start out painstakingly explaining their own allegory and treating the audience like idiots. Secondly, any attempt at being clever or actually being a modernization of the classic novel are tossed out the window about 5 minutes in. This is a soft core porn that makes a half assed att…
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Ikkitousen stands as a prime example of what's wrong with the majority of anime in the market today. A decent amount of action topped with too much fanservice. Even amongst the fanservice crowd, it was too much for me to swallow. Showing pantyshot after pantyshot was the equivalent of overfeeding a goose for foie gras (yes, I was forced to watch it in full by my friend - as a result we are no longer friends). And even with that analogy it left a bad taste in my mouth.
It had a plot. I think. If it was anything worth remembering, I would write it here. Funny enough, I've actually seen hentai with a better written plot than this (Urotsukidōji anyone?) If it was a hentai anime, sure, I would watch it for what it is. But it's a mainstream, albeit mature-themed anime (as if there's anything re…
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I began watching this as a filler in between my other shows. I finished this season for 1 purpose only, to write this.
UNLESS you enjoy overly ecchi content and RAPE scenes that end in death, I suggest you avoid this at all cost. I personally am unable to handle RAPE or blood when it comes to women and this reflects in my ratings. Same reason why I refused to watch Freezing past a few episodes. (I broke a new 300 dollar monitor when I got pissed and lost it.)
I don't have anything else for this. Watch at your own discretion.
Read at the sourceLalaberri
Ikkitousen is a mixed bag in terms of what you will hear from people largely due to its heavy fanservice. Many of the reviews you will read will mention the excess of fanservice and overall it just a waste of time and is nothing but boobs and panty shots. That aspect of the series isn't hidden, it isn't a surprise, so to watch something you don't like then bash it for the thing you knew you didn't like beforehand is quite silly.
With the above being said, this series is heavy on fanservice, but know that compared to other fanservice-heavy series, the ecchi within this series is 95% for YOU, the fan, has near zero to do with the interaction of characters and how they perceive each other with the exception of minor throwaway characters usually a part of a 'mob'. The female fighters of Ikkit…
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Watching this anime felt like a crawl. Not to say I didn't like it I just feel as though It could have been way better, not to say it sucked, because it didn't. I was very confused when I started watching this anime, I was lost 4-5 episodes into it, but to my discovery everything started coming together. I suggest if anyone who hasn't seen this anime but wants to see it to come into it with an open mind. After a couple episodes I had to lower my expectations after figuring out it wasn't going to pan out how I thought or wanted it to. The story was overall decent, but as I mention before it could of been better if they put more effort into it. By all means don't let my review or anyone elses stop you from watching it. To each is own. Enjoy ;)
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Seven high schools in Japan are waging out an all-out turf war for ruling the terriorities and one fighter stands out and her name is Hakufu Sonsaku. She is a high school student transfer to Nanyo Academy and she is a highly skilled fighter, but to make more amusing, she has the personality of a ditzy valley girl.
Hakufu Sonsaku is basically just there for the money shots in the series. In mostly every scene in the series, this is an upskirt panty shot whenever she's fighting or doing whatever the hell she does. Not to mention, she really adds the unnecessary relationship between her and her cousin Koukin whenever she obviously does stuff like spanking her ass, almost having her top off, and her uniform getting ripped to shreds every time she fights. Seriously, who made those uniforms, Br…
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This is my first review ever, so I would appreciate some if possible.
The first thing I wanted to point out (that mostly everyone did already) is that the creators really likes boobs, panties and buttocks that it's ridicolous, even in Highschool of the Dead it wasn't this ridicolous IMO.
The girls flashed their panties when they were kicking someone so many times that I lost count (or maybe I just suck at keeping count)
Now, enough of me babbling about pointless stuff and on with the review
Story - 4, Oooohhh, that gotta hurt. The story is basically based on/ripped straight from the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (which I haven't read), I can't say anything else about it.
Every "fighter" has like this wierd earring crap containing the "soul" of some ancient figher, the ear…
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First of all, I'm a girl that enjoys shounen and ecchi series but this was way TOO much -.-"
This is not really a good anime but I enjoyed some parts watching it.
I really liked the story, most characters are well developed and the art is such a classic but... BOOBS. PANTIES. BUTTS. That's everything about this anime, it's like they take advantage of every silly opportunity they can use to see girls' underwear or their boobs :/
At the end, I just got tired of too much exhibitionism.
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this is one of the worst and most disgusting animes i have ever seen. thairs no plot to this anime and zero character devilment the main hero is a idiot. and its mostly underwear and brest shots 100% of the time you dount want to watch this anime its a waste of time and if you hear some say ikitousen you beater run for the hills . the voices are 100% horrible.
if you are looking for good anime i recommended sekirei or rossario +vampire thay are two great animes with stroy line and is way better than iki tousen
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I often consider "Ikkitousen" as a crappier version of "Tenjou Tenge" - they are two of the most popular fan-service filled fighting anime around. But the resemblance ends at this point. While "Tenjou Tenge" upsets the trend of ecchi fightin anime by actually being GOOD (yep, you heard me correctly), "Ikkitousen" came off as a more typical offering of this type by letting the fanservice get in the way of everything else. In fact, "Ikkitousen" is so overflowing with fanservice that it's probably the closest an anime can get to being hentai without actually becoming a hentai.
The concept behind Ikkitousen is rather bizarre. Basically, people who were involved in the Three Kingdoms era (one of the most illustrious periods from ancient Chinese history) are being reincarnated as school girls f…
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