Aoharu x Kikanjuu

Hotaru Tachibana has a strong sense of justice and just cannot help confronting those who choose to perform malicious acts. Furthermore, Hotaru is actually a girl who likes to disguise herself as a boy. After hearing rumors that her best friend was tricked by the popular host of a local club, Hotaru seeks to punish the evildoer. Upon arriving at the club, however, she is challenged to a so-called "survival game" by the host Masamune Matsuoka, where the first person hit by the bullet of a toy gun will lose.

After a destructive fight which results in Hotaru's loss, Masamune forces the young "boy" to join his survival game team named Toy Gun Gun, in order to repay the cost of the damages that "he" has caused inside the club. Although she is initially unhappy with this turn of events, Hotaru quickly begins to enjoy what survival games have to offer and is determined to pay off her debt, much to the dismay of Tooru Yukimura, the other member of Toy Gun Gun. As time goes on, Hotaru begins to develop a close friendship with the rest of the team and hopes to take part in realizing their dream of winning the Top Combat Game (TCG), a tournament to decide the best survival game team in Japan.

Although Hotaru tries her best, there are just two little problems: she is absolutely terrible at the game, and Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow female members on their team!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Yukimura, Tooru Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Tachibana, Hotaru Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Matsuoka, Masamune Main

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Midori, Nagamasa Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Fujimoto, Takatora Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Akabane, Ichi Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Yajima, Kanae Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Sagara, Hanako Supporting

Ueda, Kana Japanese

Usagi, Toshizou Supporting

Inada, Tetsu Japanese

Kamenashi, Souji Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Ooishi, Hiromichi Producer

Aitani, Atsushi Producer

Shimasue, Rie Producer

Kurosaki, Yuuki Producer

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Aug 3, 2018

Sir_Burnt

Recommended

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 5, 2020

lyd1glory

Mixed Feelings

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. Hotaru's sense of justice are usually her motives for doing things, which I don't particularly mind. Although, I wish she would speak up more. She gets interrupted wayyy too much, lol. But I think that comes with the gender bender part.

I personally enjoyed most of the characters, at least. I liked Yukimura's attitude regarding Matsuoka. It was kind of fascinating to see how much he cared for him. Also, Yukimura's blushing face dominated any other character's blush face.

The animation was not bad at all. A lot of hair movement swaying in the wind. I loved the little pupil eye scenes, when they get mad or something. It's kinda hot. I enjoyed the animation, it didn't bother me.

Anyways, this show had more potential but I think that one should read the manga for a more fulfilling meal of this series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 18, 2024

AniSabii

Not Recommended

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 aspect and just focused on the relationships between the characters themselves this could've been amazing. That being said thats why I said the manga could be better even though I haven't read it.

No disrespect to the people who put this anime together at all though just a hobby for me. If your significant other is more relaxed about minimum explicit scenes you could probably watch this with them. If your spouse isn't for a crossdressing mc or frequent (but minor) mentions of hentai then I would not watch with them. If myanimelist had .5's I would definitely rate this anime a 4.5 out of 10.


Story: 4
Art: 5
Sound: 4
Characters: 5
Rewatch Value: 4

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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