Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

In the year 2205, a special sage known as Saniwa has the ability to breathe life into inanimate objects. At the same time, dark forces have initiated a plot to travel back in time and change the course of history—and the only ones capable of stopping them are the Saniwa and their strongest animations: historical Japanese swords, in the form of handsome young men.

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru opens on the life of Yamatonokami Yasusada, Souji Okita's beloved uchigatana, as he begins his first day at the Saniwa's citadel. Soon reuniting with his old friend, Kashuu Kiyomitsu, the two are caught up in the daily antics of their fellow sword warriors. They never miss an opportunity to have fun, whether it be through wild snowball fights or introducing their newest comrades to the citadel. Of course, when the government calls, the swords are always ready to fulfill their mission of protecting history.

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Adaptation:	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Alternative setting:	Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
Sequel:	Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Summary:	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru - Makuai Kaisouroku
Other:	Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji
Side story:	Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kiyomitsu, Kashuu

Main

Masuda, Toshiki
Japanese

Yasusada, Yamatonokami

Main

Ichiki, Mitsuhiro
Japanese

Munechika, Mikazuki

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

Kuninaga, Tsurumaru

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Kanesada, Izuminokami

Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei
Japanese

Mitsutada, Shokudaikiri

Supporting

Satou, Takuya
Japanese

Kunihiro, Yamanbagiri

Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki
Japanese

Kogitsunemaru

Supporting

Kondo, Takashi
Japanese

Yoshiyuki, Mutsunokami

Supporting

Hama, Kento
Japanese

Kunihiro, Horikawa

Supporting

Enoki, Junya
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

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Usa, Yoshiki

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Kohama, Takumi

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Herek, Samantha

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"Hanamaru◎Biyori (花丸◎日和)" by Yamatonokami Yasusada (Mitsuhiro Ichiki) & Kashuu Kiyomitsu (Toshiki Masuda) (eps 2-10)

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	1: "Ake Kure Nikki (明け暮れ日記)" by Yamatonokami Yasusada (Mitsuhiro Ichiki) & Kashuu Kiyomitsu (Toshiki Masuda) (eps 1)
	2: "Kokorodama no Arika (心魂の在処)" by Heshikiri Hasebe (Tarusuke Shingaki), Yagen Toushirou (Seiichirou Yamashita) Souza Samonji (Yuuki Tai) (eps 2)
	3: "Hana no Kaori wa Kyoushidare (花の薫りは叶枝垂れ)" by Maeda Toushirou (Reona Irie), Yagen Toushirou (Seiichirou Yamashita), Gokotai (Yuuta Kasuya), Akita Toushirou (Yoshitaka Yamaya), Midare Toushirou, Hirano Toushirou
	4: "Toki Zotomo Nashi Kenbi no Hana yo (時ぞとも無し兼備の華よ)" by Horikawa Kunihiro (Junya Enoki) & Izuminokami Kanesada (Ryouhei Kimura) (eps 4)
	5: "Dezuru Tsuki, Souen no Uta (出づる月、招宴の唄)" by Kasen Kanesada (Kaito Ishikawa), Shokudaikiri Mitsutada (Takuya Satou), Tsurumaru Kuninaga (Soma Saito), Mikazuki Munechika (Kousuke Toriumi) (eps 5)
	6: "Okiraku Chindouchuu (お気楽珍道中)" by Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki (Kento Hama), Hakata Toushirou (Jun Oosuka), Yamabushi Kunihiro (Tooru Sakurai), Otegine (Kenji Hamada) (eps 6)
	7: "Koi to Jouto no Yaezakura (恋と浄土の八重桜)" by Maeda Toushiro (Reona Irie), Namazuo Toushirou (Soma Saito), Yagen Toushirou (Seiichirou Yamashita), Gokotai (Yuuta Kasuya), Akita Toushirou (Yoshitaka Yamaya)
	8: "Nikkari Ayakashi Kazoe Uta (にっかり妖かし数え唄)" by Nikkari Aoe (Junji Majima) & Youkai Taiji Sentai (eps 8)
	9: "Akatsuki no Hoshi (暁の星)" by Imanotsurugi (Daiki Yamashita) & Iwatooshi (Eiji Miyashita) (eps 9)
	10: "Kokorobase kara Yukari ari (心馳せから縁あり)" by Aizen Kunitoshi (Seiichirou Yamashita), Hotarumaru (Yuuichi Iguchi), Akashi Kuniyuki (Ryouta Asari) (eps 10)
	11: "Hanamaru◎Biyori (花丸◎日和)" by Yamatonokami Yasusada (Mitsuhiro Ichiki) & Kashuu Kiyomitsu (Toshiki Masuda) (eps 12)

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Dec 20, 2016

kurootetsuroo

Recommended

Protip: don't start watching this if you don't know anything about touken ranbu.
Protip2: watch it immediately if you're a saniwa

Reason? In short, you're most probably not going to enjoy it. In long, this anime obviously assumes that the watcher is familiar with either the characters or the concept of tkrb. It is too short to properly explain anything and half of each episode is dedicated to a different character. Needless to say, character development in ten minutes? I don't think so.

But the thing is, I've played the game ever since it came out so all the swords are very dear to me. Seeing them being ...

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Jul 28, 2019

agreengrass

Mixed Feelings

I feel like there could be an amazing anime under all of this. Listen I LOVE slice of life and scenes of this did make me giggle. The blue bird bit made me have to pause the show because I couldn't stop laughing. But what I wanted more of was the little bits of drama we saw. I want more of them dealing with their pasts and their emotions. SPOILERS AHEAD: When he saw his master in episode 11 OMG it was what I was craving. LET MY SAD BOYS BE SAD show us these amazing emotions!!! I want it so much I am continuing ...

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Mar 11, 2018

AndroidRoberts

Not Recommended

I'm just going to start off by saying that I have never played the game this is based off of and probably never will. If you are in the same boat, then I would recommend that you don't even try to watch this. I honestly would have dropped it pretty early on if I didn't need to complete it for a MAL challenge. It's obvious that this show was made solely for fans of the game and they don't really even try to make it appealing to other viewers. As a newcomer to the franchise, these are my thoughts of the show based solely on ... it being an anime rather than an adaptation of a video game.

First of all, don't be fooled by the underlying plot of these swords being animated to fight an organization bent on changing history because the anime doesn't really focus on that most of the time. Instead, the series is pretty much centered around the characters and their interactions with each other in the citadel. Throughout the series, you will constantly see the same exact plot points being recycled such as introducing new characters, forging bonds between characters, and dealing with internal struggles of characters. It's kind of obvious once you know the background of the series that the whole point of doing this is to give fans the chance to see their favorite characters stirring up emotions inside of them. However, without that excitement of seeing someone you know that you can only get from previously playing the game, the cycle becomes repetitive and boring after awhile. On top of that, they introduce like 50 different characters in the span of the series, so it is hard to keep track of them all without having prior exposure to them. By having so many characters, I felt a lot of the shows attempts to deal with internal struggles fell flat because it's really hard to be impacted by a scene involving a character you are still trying to figure out the identity of. I will admit that there were maybe 2 times where a scene involving a character actually made me feel something, but most of the time attempts to make me sympathize with them were unsuccessful and even the times I did feel something I get the impression it didn't impact me as much as it was supposed to. This series is definitely built around character interactions, so not developing characters before emotional moments and cycling through so many of them in such a short amount of time because you assume the viewer already has an understanding of them through the game is definitely the fatal flaw in this anime for viewers who haven't played it.

Honestly, I was just bored most of the time watching this series and you probably will be too if you haven't played the game. I understand that the anime would have been a lot better if i did play it and this may even be considered a masterpiece if you view it as an addition to the franchise rather than as an adaptation of the game. However, I don't think you should have to delve into a game in order for an anime to be good because if a show is good it should be able to stand on its own. Yeah, the series probably was more successful pandering solely to fans of the game considering it's getting a second season, but as far as being a stand alone anime, it is pretty bad in my opinion. The whole aspect drawing viewers into the series is their connections to characters from the game, so without that, there really isn't too much about the anime that keeps you interested. If you really want to watch this then do yourself a favor and play the game first. Based on the numerous top rated 10 reviews I've seen on this show's MAL page, it may be worth the time and effort. However, if you don't want to do that, then don't even bother watching this because you will probably just continuously lower the score to an anime that wasn't even meant for you to begin with.

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