Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism

When Aichi Coexistence Academy converted from all-girls to a coed model, the female students were so concerned about male misbehavior that they armed themselves! Now the school is ruled by the lovely but lethal Supreme Five Swords, and the boys are forced to dress and act like girls or suffer the razor sharp points of the Swords' anger.

Unfortunately for the Swords, new transfer student Fudo Nomura thinks that sounds like a total drag, and he might just have the martial arts chops and rapier wit needed to slash through the Swords' defenses and carve a new niche for himself in their feisty feminine hearts! 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 in Armed Girl's Machiavellism!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks, edited)

Amou, Kirukiru Main

Matsui, Eriko Japanese

Tamaba, Satori Main

Nishida, Nozomi Japanese

Onigawara, Rin Main

Takada, Yuuki Japanese

Nomura, Fudou Main

Hatanaka, Tasuku Japanese

Inaba, Tsukuyo Main

Hioka, Natsumi Japanese

Kikakujou, Mary Main

Kitahara, Sayaka Japanese

Hanasaka, Warabi Main

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Kyoubou Supporting

Fujita, Saki Japanese

Mozunono, Nono Supporting

Itou, Miku Japanese

U Baragasaki, Chouka Supporting

Kohinata, Akane Japanese

Tabeya, Masahiro Producer

Ishigami, Joutarou Producer

Katou, Akira Producer

Tachibana, Hideki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Sep 7, 2024

AnimeExplorer21

Recommended

This anime is a wild ride, folks! It's like a deliciously cheesy pizza - it's not perfect, but it's so darn enjoyable that you won't care.

The fight scenes? Absolutely fantastic! I loved how the girls' unique weapons and abilities clashed in creative ways. It was like a beautiful, action-packed dance. And the humor? Oh man, I was laughing out loud so often that my family thought I was crazy!

But what really drew me in was the cast of characters. Our main man, Nomura, is a total boss - I mean, who wouldn't want to be surrounded by a harem of gorgeous, deadly girls? And the ... girls themselves? Each one is quirky and lovable in her own way. I especially adored Rin and Mary's antics - those two were like a comedic dynamic duo!

Now, here's where things get a bit tricky. The anime's pacing can be a bit wonky at times, and some plot threads feel like they're left dangling. And don't even get me started on the EP 12 - it felt like a rushed, watered-down version of the series.

But you know what? I didn't care. I was too busy having fun, cheering on the girls, and shipping Nomura with... well, everyone.

If I have one major gripe, it's that the anime didn't explore the relationships between Nomura and the girls deeply enough. I wanted more romance, more drama, more feels! A season 2 would've been amazing, but alas, it seems like that's not happening.

All in all, Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism is a hilarious, action-packed romp that's perfect for when you need a lighthearted pick-me-up. Just don't expect too much depth, and you'll be golden.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 6, 2024

Siyun22

Mixed Feelings

Score: 7.8/10

This anime has a good character cast there have a good design on each character but mostly i didn't impress on the fighting scene its just not to much detail like madoka for example the animation is great i really enjoy the japanese voice the five supreme sword are really cool they rule the whole school the delinquent change into a girl by five swords agendas the protagonist of this series nomura has a magic bullet i remember the pistol air gun of luffy plus the animation of body of nomura remind me of the characters on my hero academia nomura is a orphan ... and train sword by his master non stop . If you think nomura is a hardworking character like zoro asta naruto for example this phenomenon happen alot when villain is so much powerful or the main character want to surpass his rival back to the anime. The studio of this anime silver link animate bunch of my favorite anime like tanaka kun and i appreciate every detail like the letter appear when the character cast a magic or techniques its 7.8/10 for me because i didn't impress on fighting sequence

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 2, 2022

mmaster_2807

Not Recommended

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 our mc surely kicks ass even though he couldn't do it before.
And did I mention that the mc has a harem in this? Wow so original

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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