Audience reviews
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misatoast
ngl, I forgot what this show was about lol. What I do remember is the plot is pretty unimportant to the enjoyment of the show. If you're on the hunt for another harem show, with the typical "doesn't take shit from anyone" MC (if I remember correctly) and typical tropes for the female characters, then you've found the right show. Look, you and me both know, you didn't just randomly stumble upon this show. You probably searched up "good harem shows to watch". If that's the case, this show will most likely satisfy any of those "harem cravings" you get after watching bigger harem shows like Nisekoi, Date a Live, High School DxD, The QQ, etc... Honestly, the show itself was really unmemorable - it wasn't anything special - but it's watchable. There's really nothing that I remember that will tur…
Read at the sourceBlondy6472
I think this show is a great analogy for 2023. Be like us or suffer the consequenses. Our MC is based and red pilled and says hell no and rejects that ideology! Great show when looking at it through this context. The show has a great sense of humor and really sets the tone well for what our future holds if we give in. It takes one sanding up to inspire hundreds, and that hundred can turn to thousands. Always fight for what you believe is right and never let them bully you!
The art style is perfect for the show. There is a bear in the show that can turn from cute and loveable to ferocious and fearsome when the situation demands it, absolutly perfect!
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A boy named nomura enters into this school ruled by 'feminism".
All boys in the school are turned into girls(then what the hell is even the point of a boy enrolling into the school).
This guy nomura just went to a school and here he meets and fights the 5 swords or whatever and why is that? Well.....JUST BECAUSE OUR MC DOESN'T LIKE THE SCHOOL RULES.
Yep, that's it that is the plot.
The character design is ok
The fights are pretty much our typical mc struggling and fighting the so called 5 swords(Who obviously lose).
His so called yandere friend nearly kills him why well cause he hung out with some other student.
And guess what the "Friend" here is a girl(So very unexpected) And for some reasons of all the schools she could go to she would obviously land into the mc's school.
And obviously…
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tl;dr: Not particularly strong in terms of plot or depth but has a good balance of cool and stylish moments as well as comedic and amusing moments with a likable cast of characters.
The anime is trying to do two things, be cool and be amusing. It's not trying to have a good plot or deep characters or anything like that. There's a good variety to how both of these are done though and there's a good balance of the two, so it works well in such a way there are a lot of fun and likable characters. For example, the various main characters have a cool edge to them in very different ways, and they also all have strange things about them that make them hilarious in different ways, the exception to the latter being Andou who is pretty much just pure bad ass, while the best example of both of those…
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Going to go against the prevailing reviews, and give it a review score of 7 (its really about a 7.5 but can't give it that) and My Anime list has its screwy system where scores below 7 mean bad and above 8 mean ridiculously good.
The problem with most of the negative reviews is they can't absorb the fact this is a comedy. I really can't fault the reviewers here, with the way things are in the world today, anyone under forty can't even comprehend common sense in relationships between men and women. Unfortunately that's going to make it impossible for them to enjoy this. Maybe they should take a few minutes and watch "The Taming of the Shrew" to get their heads screwed on right.
If you are going to enjoy this you need to treat it like the screwball comedy it is. Think of the front page, o…
Read at the sourceCrimsonwulf
This was an interesting take on the genre. Fairly standard combat scenes. Fairly standard characters. Nothing really special about the show to make it stand out.
The story is fairly basic.. guy has to fight 5 girls who after winning become thirsty for him then has to fight the big baddie who was thirsty the whole time. so he can get a pass to leave the school for reasons. that may sound a bit over simplistic but it is the throughline for the show.. not an entirely compelling story but not the worst I've seen.
The characters of the show are fairly standard they some characters pretend to be from other cultures but fail.. two i think..I assume the "french" girl was supposed to be putting on an act. The MC was fairly solid not as pushover as some but still fell into the normal accident hap…
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If I had to describe this anime in one short phrase it'd be "shallow entertainment of the highest caliber". I don't know that I've ever seen a more simplistic, straightforward, dare I even say cookie cutter harem/action/school/comedy anime, at least not one I enjoyed this greatly. Still though, this anime knows what kind of show it is and I had a blast binging it.
One thing that makes Armed Girl's Machiavellianism (that's the first and only time I'm typing out that long-ass word in this review) stand out among its peers of the generic harem/action genre is that fact that effort was clearly put into the action and fight sequences. Look, they ain't anywhere near KLK or TTGL level, but they're definitely above average and did enough to get me pretty hype at times. It's also worth noting that…
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I'm not gonna lie, seeing all these old ass reviews going all critic on the show. like it's supposed to be some massive hit film or something, sure the story is mediocre at best and the characters are pretty cookie cutter (aside from a couple) I still enjoyed it. Ending was pretty decent main climax was mediocre but overall I still liked watching. Don't know why people rate it so low though. From a specific angle, and in the right light, I get it kinda but it's just sad to see so many people disliking it. Not to say it's gold, there are plenty of shows better than this, but it's still not as bad as you might presume. For a harem anime anyways.
Read at the sourceSoulwarfare
This anime is so weird but so average that there might honestly be something for watching it.
Story: 2/10
The premise is that an all girl school now allows boys but the girls are scared so they asked to be allowed weapons for self defence. The school has the 5 swords which are 5 of the best girl fighters and the empress. These 5 swords force boys to act feminine or leave the school.
Our protagonist Nomura is a new transfer student and he is like "No way freedom for all" and then for some reason he has to fight all of the 5 swords.
The story is dumb, really dumb. It honestly makes no sense why he is even fighting the 5 swords but each arc is based on fighting one of the fight swords. Every time he wins the 5 sword member joins his side for some reason...
Except near the end where they…
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Males who are feeling angry at and frustrated by women might like this show. I was in this mood when I watched it (normally I would have dropped it after a couple of episodes), but it left a nasty “taste” afterwards. An over-powered MC who subdues an all tsundere harem by beating the girls up (and they are depicted as deserving it) in order to “help” them.
Females, I would guess, are likely to hate this show. It features an extremely prejudiced view of feminism as being nothing but hatred of males. While there are feminists like this, in my experience at least they are a small minority.
Even within it’s own context, this series has serious flaws: no plot, poor characterization, no character development. Art, music are ordinary — actually by current standards, below average.
Read at the sourceHiroto124
Machiavellianism is an anime that everyone saw like billion times in their lifetime, or is it?
When I first saw the title and the concept art, I cannot help but feel repelled, as many mediocre shows immediately got in my mind, and I thought I had better things to do (like preparing my exams). But then recently, a guy called LexBurner made a video on this anime and portrayed it as more of an interesting attempt of following Kill la Kill (which I haven't watched, but will eventually after my exams). This pepped my interest, and with Lex's description, I've decided to give it a go.
Holy **** this is enjoyable.
First of all, aside from the mc, everyone is in some way as generic as it gets. You can tell by their designs which type of characters they are. The fun thing is that, at least in my…
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This anime might seem same as any other harem anime, but the plot and the whole summary is actually pretty different. As we all know the main character is a transfer student and his new school has some weird rules where they force males to dress and act like a girl, but he refuses. Shojo part of the anime isn't bad either, character development as for the main character is pretty good but doesn't cover other supporting characters, well that's because anime itself is pretty short. Art is pretty solid and the sound isn't bad either. I gave it 10/10, yes it is a harem anime but it also has a unique plot and if nothing it's pretty funny. So if you're not a huge fan of harem anime, watch this one just to laugh a bit.
Read at the sourcePakiUSA
STORY: 3/10
CHARACTER: 4/10
ART: 4/10
SOUND: 7/10
ENJOYMENT: 8/10
OVERALL: 6/10
The concept of turning delinquent’s boys into girls in order to be accepted in this school isn’t easy to swallow and it’s unclear how this alarming act of extreme violence is acknowledged by everyone under the name of ‘Peace’. The world building is retarded and extreme to the point where the school finds everything sexually wrong! To think this kind of mentality is drilled into all the students is scary, for who knows what the hell would happen once they spread out in society! The MC gets tortured just because he was in a picture with another naked girl?? Where did the girl’s punishment go?? Just cause she’s from the 5 Swords group, she is to be forgiven?? The fact that teenagers are carrying weapons (the 5 ma…
Read at the sourceTyrannicswine117
Warning possible Spoilers
Reading the description of this anime it definitely reminded me of Prison School luckily though this wouldn't be that well known cringefest instead we got something that was actually very entertaining to watch.
The story centres on Fudou Nomura a delinquent who has been sent to The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy to be controlled after getting into a fight, but he isn't a pushover and to gain leave from the school he must get a stamp from each of The Supreme Five Swords easier said than done.
Now honestly the story to begin with starts out very simple which is Nomura trying to get a stamp from each of the five girls who are part of the The Supreme Five Swords which always ends up with him fighting them and boy are these fights entertaining, overtime as he defeat…
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So I decided to watch this show mainly because action oriented anime intrigue me, I watched all of it because I was determined to write an informed review of a show which I think sends a dangerous message and encourages unintelligent gender based stereotyping
**Some spoilers ahead**
Story 3
The story is set in an all-girls school which hs recently started taking in male students. In order to "protect" the girls from the boys, they are all allowed to carry weapons and there is a council of sorts which distributes punishments to boys who steps out of line or don't submit by feminising themselves. In comes the MC who refuses to bow down and is a saviour to "all men". Honestly this show is like the wet dream of anyone who frequently uses the terms "feminazi" or "SJW" or "whiteknighting".
A…
Read at the sourceKitsunehimeMilhi
Armed Girls Machiavellianism is an anime that certainly improves as it goes along. Every season, there usually some shows that I change my ratings for throughout their air time, no matter if it's lowering the score or upping it. This anime anime was certainly one of the cases where I upped my score a little (at least in value, but not overall), but it wasn't until it was almost at the end (after episode 11). I really liked it despite the aspects that can seem generic, but it felt different. I'm not going to pretend I'm a critical person here because I'm not all that critical most times. This show felt different and it really drew me into what was happening on screen, but I want you to consider that this is not a review written by a critical person so do not try to star arguments over the r…
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Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism is a very simple, fast show. Unsurprisingly, I don't have much to say about it.
The premise of a school overtaken by armed girls allows for a lot of crazy things to take place. There's a masculine guy fighting girls, each one with a different weapon and fighting style, there's a girl who has a bear, who he also fights in a sumo match, there's tons of fanservice that is implemented in a way that actually isn't just for the sake of itself, as it attempts to create some comedic situations and even characterize some with the sheer idea that they like to walk around or fight without any clothes. I would say that the reason it works, is because of the main character himself.
Homura is just a guy who wants to go to a normal school, and be a free, cool dude, but isn…
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Hello and welcome to Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy. We're a boarding school that helps delinquents such as yourself correct your ways and build a brighter future. Now our ways of rehabilitation are a bit different from your usual school. A group of 5 girls, known as the Supreme Five Swords, oversee everything that goes on here. All students are permitted to a baton to protect themselves from boys such as you, with the higher ranked students given more capable defensive measures. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the most important detail. You need to crossdress or we'll stab you.
Armed Girl's Machiavellism is about Fudou Nomura, the next kid on the chopping block for our weapon wielding students. Well, that was the plan, but he proved to…
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If I had to describe studio Silverlink in one word, that word would be ''mediocre''. They're perhaps the most "okay" studio working in the industry today and none of their shows I would consider being all that good, with the exception of a couple maybe, but, even then, those exceptions are still nothing all too remarkable. They always make shows that sound good on paper, and, when read, sound like they could be good shows, but they usually lack the creative talents and efforts to carry this through and their shows always just end up feeling either downright terrible or just "meh" for lack of a better term. Nowhere is this more evident than with their latest title, Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism, which, with a narrative and idea this silly, could have made for a good rule of cool show if it…
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Let me tell you all a story.. " once there was a delinquent boy.. who got expelled from school and had to join a new school which was being dominated by girls and they all wanted to straighten him up but ended up falling for him... THE END". Ever heard of something like this.. ya i know . So this pretty much sums up the entire anime and almost very other harem anime nowadays.This show here is nothing but a sorry excuse of a harem anime with almost no originality and is full of shitty cliches that would make no sense. You would rather wonder about why are the children even allowed use swords and whips in school .
Armed Girl's Machiavellism is anime based on the manga of same name and is made by LINDElFILMS. Now the studio is known for making some great harem like Yamada kun and the seven w…
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