Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys

I watched it without knowing it was based on a game but already imagined that it was an adaptation due to the plot being very "otome like", with a female protagonist getting to know a couple of boys, each one having his own plot/route. This is also an anime that don't focus on romance, something that can turn people off.

It also have a rather simple and repetitive story as our girl boss protag friendzone all the boys one by one, each one more stereotypical than the next. But the idea of ​​taking place in contemporary times in an all boys' school give it a ... breath of fresh air in a genre were most works in anime at the moment are fantasy/medival theme. Being a Crossdressing Fem to Male also gives it a real Boy Love vibe that I particularly love.

It's an anime that plays with the idea of ​​masculinity but doesn't delve into gender discussions, it's just a woman who dress up like a man to study at an all-boys school and become "the strongest". It's not about "she being a woman" but rather "she not being a man".

The animation, especially the fight scenes, is good (for the budget) and I really respect that they used the op to put more of the story and context, mainly because it's a short anime of 8 minutes per episode.

It's good, if you're gonna watch it don't expect your mind to be blown.

Before I give my review let me warn you: THERE IS NO ROMANCE (but I still enjoyed it)

This show is basically about brotherhood and the bonds between men (and women pretending to be men). It's pretty cute and I enjoyed one of the fights, but there was not an ounce of romance.

It 100% failed as a shoujo romance but succeeded as a cute, simple show about friendship.

Story:
The story made absolutely no sense and the episodes are too short to fully understand what's happening. I was pretty confused but I guess I enjoyed it?

Art:
I watched a ton of reverse harem but the guys are ... rarely physically attractive, either because of the art style of the character designs. The guys in this show were pretty appealing (although some were kinda generic). It helped that they weren't absolute psychopaths.

Characters:
Since the episodes are so short they aren't able to flesh out the characters properly, which makes them feel boring and 1 dimensional. I honestly couldn't care less about anyone except for the main character. She's super cute and she makes me feel inspired to train a lot so I can beat up a bunch of big boys. That would be pretty epic but I'm joking of course, violence bad. But she was a total badass!!! I wish they spent longer on the fight scenes and did a better job of animating them, they would've had way more impact if there was some blood or serious injuries.

Enjoyment:
Pretty fricking fun. If you are a girl who wants to fist fight people but can't, you can live vicariously through the main character and pretend that you're just as strong.

I tried so hard to not drop this anime and idk how people rate it this high. It was so rushed most parts didnt even make sense. It was soo cliche and cheesy but not in the heart pounding way. The only scenes i enjoyed were the ones that the real hikaru was in. They tried so hard to make it deep and emotional and i found that funny since u cant do that with characters that had 3seconds of screen time. My guilty pleasure is otome anime so from someone who has seen a lot of them this is js a waist of time.