Ranked #3450

Samurai Girl Real Bout High School

Re-written. ^^

Story:
The K-fight aspect really intrigued me, and was probably my main reason for deciding to watch this anime. I tend to enjoy 'school life' type animes as well as action/fighting ones; and this was an anime promising to be both. I was also impressed with the idea of a female samurai as the main character- even though she was also a school girl. But this anime just didnt deliver. It introduces so many potentially interesting aspects at the beginning and fails to even fully explain all of them. The truth is that the anime has too much story to be such a short series. There arent enough episodes to fully explain it. And on top of that it has quite a few filler episodes, most of which dont even provide as much as character development. The story is so rushed that it really ruins it.


Animation:
The art was decent, I dont have many complaints. I was somewhat frustrated with almost all of the women being so busty, but I guess thats really a matter of opinion. I also found some of the characters proportions a bit off at certain points. Besides that though, I didnt have many problems with it. Nothing was overly appealing or extremely detailed but it wasnt bad.


Sound:
The soundtrack wasnt bad either. I actually liked the opening and ending themes, and the soundtrack itself wasnt terrible. The only thing that bothered me was the minimal variety of background music. Many of the same tracks are played over and over and I wished they had a few more tracks to use for battle scenes instead of just that same one.


Character:
The character development might as well have been non-existant. There were many attempts at it with the main characters, but thats all they were- attempts. Is the main character strong-willed? Or is she weak? Does she have confidence or is she lacking it? I feel like the anime gives you mixed answers, and Im not even enitrely sure how to describe her personality.

As for the other semi-main characters, we're given every stereotype in the book. We have the hot-tempered but heroic Shizuma, the quiet glasses-wearing friend Hitomi, the snobby love rival Azumi, the kind and liked-by-everyone love interest Tatsuya. I could name countless characters with the exact same outlines. Its sad how completely shallow and bland these characters are.

There were also too many characters without purpose, and too little development for the ones that did have purpose.


Enjoyment:
Aside from the few comedic moments, I didnt enjoy this anime. The fight scenes are poorly animated, and quite boring to be honest. There are no spectacular special effects, and for a fighting anime, the style and weapons and attacks; its nothing out of the ordinary. For the main character to be a samurai, you would think you would see special techniques or styles. But you will find neither in this anime. You'll find flaming punches and glowing sword slashes, any other boring, cliche thing you can think of, and nothing more.


Overall:
If you like your martial arts anime with a dash of comedy, and dont mind a complete lack of plot or consistency, this anime is probably for you. And if you think you might be interested in a more realistic version of this anime, you can check out the manga. But dont expect its plot to be better, just because it's different. It's almost as lacking as it's anime counterpart.

Animes like Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai Champloo can quench your thirst for samurai action. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi and Tenjho Tenge contain alot more martial arts elements than Real Bout. And all of these titles have their share of comedy, romance, plot development, and rich characters. Whatever youre looking for in this anime, you can find it elsewhere, and in alot better quality and quantity.

Overall, its story was definitely too rushed, left many open questions, and lacked flow and development.
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This is also my first review and while i do have different scores for it, ultimaltely i can just describe it as bad not just bad but BAD *sigh*
i know it should prlly be more descriptive as to why but i wouldnt know where to begin so i'll just leave it at that..it was Bad.