Rokudou no Onna-tachi

Tousuke Rokudou is a first-year attending Aomori High, a school full of delinquents. He is often bullied by his classmates due to his incompatibility with their behavior, the only exceptions being his two good friends who are also social outcasts. Frustrated at the way they are treated, the three wish they could stand up and claim the fun, peaceful school life of their dreams.

However, Tousuke's life takes a drastic turn when he receives a package from his late grandfather containing their family heirloom, a scroll said to possess the power to save him from impending danger. Upon holding the scroll, a sudden glow emanates, leaving a strange mark on Tousuke's forehead.

Thinking that he's received the means to free himself and his friends from their daily treatment, Tousuke is shocked to find out that its effects are far different than what he had imagined. Although his bullying continues, he realizes that the mark from the scroll acts as a charm, capturing the hearts of delinquent girls—in particular, Ranna Himawari, the strongest of them all.

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Himawari, Ranna Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Rokudou, Tousuke Main

Satou, Gen Japanese

Hinomoto, Masaru Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Kijima, Kouta Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Sumire, Raino Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Iinuma, Haruya Supporting

Ishiya, Haruki Japanese

Osanada, Sayuri Supporting

Oozora, Naomi Japanese

Yashiya, Yui Supporting

Kazama, Mayuko Japanese

Tsuyukusa, Mizue Supporting

Sekine, Hitomi Japanese

Matsugamiya, Douji Supporting

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Matsui, Yuuko Producer

Usui, Hisato Producer

Yoshida, Kento Producer

Yamazaki, Hiroaki Producer

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Jun 23, 2023

OP_Rider

Recommended

I will keep it short and on point so give this a read.__

This is one of the new kind of harem that I am seeing, where the MC is not strong physically rather strong mentally.


Mysterious power comes to MC everyone thinking he will be super strong but this power attracts bad girls thus you have the title "Rokudou's bad girls". The bad girls in this anime are crazy for the MC some also lusts after him, wanting to get a piece of him.
In other harems MC protects the girls but in this one MC gets protected. So ofcourse a lot of you guys would dislike ... the idea or call it trash but he also protects the girls in his own way as a crybaby hero. And a lot of anime nowadays are filled with crybaby heros like- Demon slayer, Hero academia, Tokyo revengers etc. The OG anime heros are not there anymore so no complain on that one.

At first I was also against this anime but when I tried, this is not bad but rather has a good flow. For the typical Harem lovers ofcourse you can enjoy this anime as you progress each episode and I am talking about harem lovers not "ecchi". Some may find it boring at the beginning. If you don't want to get bored skip the first few episodes start from ep 4/5 but I suggest you rather not to.

And let me tell you something, this anime stays a harem until the very end even in the manga (Technically Not a general spoiler). So no problem with choosing or clash between waifu teams, though I know it won’t happen.

Overall I liked the ending of this anime so it's a 7. I will also be looking forward to Season 2 if it comes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 24, 2023

THEAnimeHERO

Mixed Feelings

This is one of those “read the manga” type of anime as the adaptation was very condensed & omitted content. It's also the type of series that blind watchers won't see what's wrong it. However, most people gave up on the premise alone and couldn't view more than 4 episodes. The series has a small online presence & this anime probably killed any interest. I feel the promotional art is also to blame as it gives little accuracy to what's being sold here. Calling the series a romcom is correct but that's not the complete package. The series is battle oriented but the average audience ... will not care about that as the lead protagonist isn't a physically strong character. The advertisements such as key art visuals didn't initially portray the leading young man, Rokudo. Instead, they advertise all of the so called “bad girls” of the series. This is prevalent in the manga volumes as well. Despite having a 26 volume count, the main character is only featured in the last volume cover. Yep, Rokudo is not even on the cover of volume 1.

Rokudo's Bad Girls has a lot of bad going for it. If you decide to stick with it then you're more mature than the average anime fan as you have patience to watch a vulnerable male lead, Rokudo Tosuke. The series is about coming of age as it's from the perspective of bullied charactersl Rokudo and his friends Colonel & Chief. I'm surprised how people view him as a wish fulfillment character when he's not enjoying the supposed fantasy. In an age where people are very concerned about their image be it through “cooking, chad, extra, mid, etc”, you would think this type of character would be more relatable. It's comparable to Shun of “Saint Seiya” where Rokudo doesn't physically have to change himself to properly represent masculinity. You won't see this fully realized in the anime but the deeper you get into the manga the more manly traits you'll find. Even within these 12 eps, you see a lot of growth from this bullied high schooler, but most people won't have the attention span for that.

Rokudo's Bad Girls is basically the modern day “My Bride Is a Mermaid” with some elements of “Lean On Me 1989”. Rokudo has a pentagram on his forehead which he received from his departed grandpa. This pentagram causes a spell that'll make bad girls fall in love with him and that's the extent of it's power. Despite having this ability he doesn't abuse it and questions his own value as a man. Basically, Rokudo is like Shigeo from “Mob Psycho 100” where he doesn't want his power to become his personality trait. Rokudo wants to improve himself and live a peaceful life therefore he has to stand up to his delinquent bullies. It's because of this bravery that many delinquents and bad girls become his friends. And that's the nature of the series until Rokudo fully matures into the man he wants to be. But this anime is only 12 episodes long so you're not gonna see the end to his story. Especially not for a series that's 26 volumes long while the anime condenses 9 volumes.

Without visual aid it's difficult to express how poor this adaptation is. While the manga wasn't a splatter film, it is violent enough for its themes. The series is supposed to be about reforming a bad school filled with delinquents and troublemakers. On occasion this series has gang fights with enough brutalities to hospitalize victims with murderous intentions. But the anime, for whatever reason, chose to nullify a lot of the violent content. Blood is practically absent and the animation is really subpar. Studio Satelight actually has a lot of good things under their brand but I guess this anime was performed by their B & C Teams. When compared to the upcoming Helck, there's a big difference in quality. While the character designs & colors are very manga accurate the mobility of action scenes are extremely stiff. There's also multiple shots that just lack detail thus appearing flat. Many iconic manga double page spreads are strangely animated, too. There's many little things that are different from the manga that changes the tone of the image entirely. There's even shots where the composition of characters are completely altered for no good reason. While there's fighting in this series, it was never a perfected craft in the manga. It was serviceable. But the anime makes things look unimpressive as attacks mainly consist of beams of light for fast punches & kicks. Hardly anything provides the necessary impact to sell the damage or strength of the attacks.

The reduction of violence really hurt this anime as just about anything that is meant to introduce a bad girl is met with a subpar experience. The idea here is Rokudo is supposed to help reform the delinquent society but many dialogue and scenes that portray these changes are glanced over in the anime. If not rushed, then the scenes are removed entirely. For example when the anime introduces the bancho Sonada you don't see what makes her a bad girl or an interesting character. Because her flashbacks depict her doing violent things, so they're not in the anime. The same can be said for the abuse Rokudo's and his friends take as their injuries are greatly reduced to slight bruises and scratches instead of bleeding and swollen wounds. That's what made Rokudo admirable for withstanding this abuse when facing people who are dangerously stronger than him. The same problems appear in character backstories as they summarized with montages. For whatever reason, the anime was really in a rush to squeeze in the first major arc of the anime within 12 episodes when it really needed more than that. It becomes a big letdown as it wants to show you the fighting section but the fights themselves are drawn cheaply and end very quickly.

Just about anything worthy of substance or depth is abbreviated into very simple messages of friendship when there's a little more going on. I won't claim Rokudo's Bad Girls as a must read manga. It's not a super great story but it's a story that's told very well and has the right growth for the characters. The anime just cannot or purposely will not put effort into giving any life to this adaptation. It just comes off as a forgettable seasonal show when the manga has a lot more going for it. So if you've seen this anime and felt it was lacking in some areas it may be because the crucial components weren't drawn at all or they haven't happened yet because it's in later arcs of the manga. While the anime is watchable as it chose to cherry pick the most relevant scenes of the story it's far from being a well done anime adaptation. Certain scenes work while the majority of it just irritates me because I'm familiar with the source material. Si I cannot recommend the anime but I do recommend reading the manga instead.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 23, 2023

KANLen09

Not Recommended

In the history of harem anime, never before have I seen such a premise as this. If the anime adaptation had come just before the advent of the abundance of similar shows like it, this show would have stood a chance. But as it stands, mangaka Yuuji Nakamura's completed series of Rokudou no Onna-tachi a.k.a Rokudo's Bad Girls, coming in at 233 chapters in 26 volumes that was serialised between June 2016 and April 2021, Satelight's anime adaptation being a chunk of change for the experience of selling the manga to anime-onlies, in my opinion, it's honestly too late of a call that it feels ... arbitrary and contrived to take an old work/property and suddenly poise it onto the podium, only for it to get booed off the stage. It's honestly not bad...but it isn't great either.

Everyone wants to experience a school life that is fulfilling and meaningful, right? And truer than not, it is most certainly the case with the MC, Rokudo Tousuke, along with his close clique of Colonel Masaru Hinomoto and Chief Kouta Kijima. The wish-fulfilment dream of a life that anybody so desires can come true, and in no doubt at all, it applies to the trio of physically weak and cowardly boys in a reality that hits harder than most, for their school, Amori High, is a delinquent/gangster wasteland of a place that knows of no peace. With this peace that sounds easy on the ears being the hardest and most out of reach, the desperation of the trio got to the point of wanting to find a way out of this rut, and it landed squarely on a mysterious package from his long-deceased grandfather. Inside the package, are a priest's uniform and a mysterious scroll that has been passed down for generations since the Heian period and is said to hold a technique to ward off demons and evil spirits. Thinking that this will be the end to all of their troubles, Rokudo undergoes the ritual to activate the scroll's power, which, when implanted on him, showcases a pentagram on his forehead, and nothing else. The effect of the scroll is not apparent from the start since it doesn't give Rokudo any powers, but it soon becomes perceptible that the spell within the scroll, which was used to exorcise demons back in the day, now becomes a power that harem fans would've loved...but in an obscene way, since it only attracts bad girls once eye contact is made. Sensing the potential of this power, the peace-loving Nakama friendship can finally be realised, though at the expense of bad girls chasing after Rokudo's butt as the latter vows to be strong in the process. 

Each girl that Rokudo meets, whether coincidentally or naturally, has an issue/problem to be resolved. Take the main girl, Ranna Himawari, for example. For one, Ranna holds the distinction of being a notorious Sukeban a.k.a delinquent girl leader wielding a sword, someone who is described as a "monster" because of her sheer strength and brutality, for her otherwise expressionless self who does not speak much. It's only because of Rokudo's power that her cold-blooded, stone-cold, and closed heart begins to break, showing off that Ranna is just like a typical girl, who wants to spend her life and time with others and protect them as she sees fit, if one gets to know her in depth. But as is the main story and plot, Rokudo's world is rocked by delinquents left and right, be it from gangs or even his closest classmates through Haruya Iinuma and his gal Tsubaki.

Like Ranna, every girl down the line will face the same situation: once they make eye contact with Rokudo, they will see the lovable dork, chase after him, and fight to the death to be his one and only partner of choice. Aside from the fact that all of the girls that Rokudo chances upon have their names referenced to actual flowers (translated from Japanese), Rokudo is essentially a good dude in heart, and like any other good friend, he helps rehabilitate most of the girls both in school and society, with the causal effect being either genuinely falling in love with him or becoming a close ally. Initially, his refusal to fight in the beginning of the story has him labelled as a pipsqueak, but thereafter, the tenacity and dismissal to run away garner respect, even from his former bullies. It shows that there can be good within the bad, and I admire Rokudo's heart to turn situations of grievous hurt into communication and reconciliation. With the power of friendship with the Colonel and Chief, the trio are a bunch of people that put forth their troubles together to accomplish a common goal, and that move spurs them on as they get more support from progressing bad delinquent girls, like Amori High's shortie bancho Sayuri Osanada and the motorcycle girl of the police-like righteous belief of Azami Himeno. Regardless, this is still an "unintentional" harem work of sorts, and it's still pretty much plastered in your face, whether you like it or not, and that would be pretty much the manga's selling point of a weakling being roughed up by "nurtured" bad girls to the point of love, romance, and friendship. It's reinventing the harem genre at a time when the concept feels fresh, but nowadays, it's nothing more than a stigma of being the beta rather than the alpha.

Satelight's adaptation of the manga...to be honest, feels very rough to the eyes. Just imagine if your staff team has these people: a character designer, a sub-character designer, a mechanical designer, and a prop designer. That's so many designers for a show that does not need this many to begin with. It feels a heft undercooked that there are so many people that are called onto the team, mostly for assistance, because it is very clear that debut director Keiya Saito and his staff team are the bunch of people that you'll only see in B or C-grade shows that deliver to the expectations of the top brass at the mercy of producers just wanting to go and get by life having another area of work to do, because humans need work to be sufficient. I already had low expectations of the manga, to be honest, because it was a matter of timing and preference to capitalise on the anime only now, for whatever reasons. For one, Rokudo's character design looks like a wank in comparison to his manga counterpart, which, at least thanks to the illustration, has some detail on it. With the anime, all that is lost in translation, being hammered by an overall B or C-grade team whose work is just enough to provide a bowl of rice for another day.

The music is subpar as well. Even though this is EverdreaM's debut Anisong, which is the Seiyuu rock vocal unit of Misato Matsuoka and Hitomi Sekine, the song doesn't inspire much and just feels like a song that beckons you to immediately click the "Skip Intro" button. Furthermore, I am not a fan of EXILE TRIBE's songs, which have this urban, contemporary hip-hop rockability sound that's exclusive to Avex Pictures, and pretty much my feelings about The Rampage's ED are the same when it comes to the boy band.

If Rokudo no Onna-tachi was found by some anime producer years back when the anime had just been serialising for a year or two at that point, the anime could've been a moderate success at the time when we were all about Isekai Smartphone (the initial Season 1) and its ludicrious Nakama harem, so much so that it's a guilty pleasure that's good. But this is 2023, not 2017-2018, and whoever thought that it'd be good to release the anime now, it's clearly an afterthought that bears no weight when all is said and done. In the current era where works like Kanojo, Okarimshimasu a.k.a Rent-A-Girlfriend exists to sour the audience more with salt, this show could've leveraged being different in a unique way. However, it's lacklustre and stringed-out story (which is supposed to be for the good) backfired it from being a decent, if not average show, which I got bored fast.

If you absolutely need the hijinks of a gang-laden ride, this is not the show for you, much less the "harem's at stake" plotline. There are better harem shows out there, and this can easily be skipped and whizzed past into forgotten memory. 

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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