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

Sagara, Hanako Supporting

Ueda, Kana Japanese

Yajima, Kanae Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Usagi, Toshizou Supporting

Inada, Tetsu Japanese

Kamenashi, Souji Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Aitani, Atsushi Producer

Ooishi, Hiromichi Producer

Kurosaki, Yuuki Producer

Shimasue, Rie Producer

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Mar 23, 2025

Kgigy

Recommended

This anime is just a normal twothousandish comedy action and tits type anime. It is a classic genre from this age. HOWEVER, for me it is a 10, because this is the first anime I EVER watched, knowing it was indeed, an anime (not like Dragon Ball or Doraemon). I remember being like 9 or 10 and watching this at my grandparent's house with my cousin, who showed it to me, crying of laugh and watching it on YouTube with each chapter fragmented into like 20 parts and on small corners of the screen. Who would have thought that this weird fun anime would led ... into one of my favorite hobbies, which I've been doing for a lot of years now. :'). I recommend it for a good laugh, the dub is funny, but this is a pice of history for me. Objectively solid 7.25.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 30, 2025

helpinghitode

Mixed Feelings

There are some parts of the story where characters say lines that make you wonder what kind of person the author is. The entire plot revolves around how Hotaru is actually a girl which I hope gives you an idea of what the characters say about her lol. Anyways disregarding the questionable ethics, it was entertaining and good to watch if you have a free weekend. The characters are charismatic and it's your typical rookie-goes-pro deal. Just whatever you do, do not read the manga. I watched this a while ago but when I did I liked it so much I decided to pick it ... up. Every issue just got 10x worse. I won't go into detail but there's some weird pet play shit and I immediately dropped.

Anyways. Also disregarding that. It's basically fujobait. I know the original author does make joseimuke series so maybe this was an experimental that got popular. Just keep that in mind and don't be disappointed when it turns into romance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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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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	Poll: Aoharu x Kikanjuu Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Stark700 - Aug 27, 2015	59 replies	by ejleon »» Dec 6, 6:43 PM
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