Koihime†Musou

After witnessing the death of her family at the hands of bandits, Unchou Kan'u has devoted her life to protecting the innocent by exterminating any group of bandits she comes across. Over time, Kan'u's deeds become famous throughout the land—even if she herself remains unknown. During her travels, she runs across a young girl, Chouhi Yokutoku, whose parents suffered a similar fate as Kan'u's. Finding companionship through their similar pasts, the two girls take a vow of sisterhood and continue to wander the land, determined to bring peace to wherever their journey takes them.

During Kan'u and Chouhi's journey, they meet and travel with several people who are sympathetic to their cause, such as the noble Chouun Shiryuu, the headstrong Bachou Mouki, and the calculating Shokatsuryou Koumei. From problems with local lords to groups of ravaging bandits, Kan'u and her friends do what they can to make life a little easier for those in need, wherever they may be.

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The anime Koihime†Musou is loosely based on the eroge game by BaseSon, Koihime†Musou ~Doki ☆ Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi~.

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Adaptation:	Koihime†Musou: Doki☆Otome darake no Sangokushi Engi
Spin-off:	Koihime†Musou: Gunyuu, Seitoukaichou no Za wo Neratte Aiarasou no Koto - Ato, Porori mo Aru yo!
Sequel:	Shin Koihime†Musou
Other:	Koihime†Musou OVA Omake

Hitomi
Japanese

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Itou, Makoto

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Takahata, Yuuichirou

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Nakanishi, Nobuaki

Director, Storyboard

Hamano, Kazuzou

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"flower of bravery" by fripSide

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	1: "Yappari Sekai wa Atashi☆Legend!! (やっぱり世界はあたし☆れじぇんど!!)" by fripSide NAO project! (eps 1-11)
	2: "flower of bravery" by fripSide (eps 12)

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Mar 13, 2009

Dorcas_Aurelia

Recommended

Koihime†Musou is an adaptation of an H-game based on a gender-swapped Romance of the Three Kingdoms. You know, the epic Chinese tale set at the end of the second century AD. With just that much information, you've probably already made an initial judgment of the series. So if you're not a fan of ero-games turned anime or the idea of historical generals re imagined as jailbait, Koihime won't do enough to convert you to the genre. If you read the description and thought, "fanservice, lesbians, and ass-kicking!" rejoice! For this anime delivers on those promises.

Koihime†Musou knows what kind of show it is and it makes ... the effort to please its target audience rather than try to stretch itself to appeal to everyone. Above all, this means that it looks incredible. Character designs are a colorful mix of greens, pinks, light blues, and yellows. The outfits worn are elegant, sexy, and highly detailed, even during combat sequences. The fight scenes, also are surpassing in quality, with a level of fluidity in movement that shows the animators took pride in their work. Intended to be eye candy, Koihime is a great big bar of chocolate. Of course, that level of quality can't be maintained through the entire episode, so the animation will at times switch to super-deformed designs with simplistic backgrounds. These SD sequences, however, are used to great effect in the comedy portions of the show and are thus easily forgiven.

The comedy of Koihime is another of its strengths. The show is able to handle both playfully silly situations, such as Chouhi's overly energetic antics, and the more risqué banter of characters familiar with physical intimacy, which find frequent fodder in Kan'u and Chouhi's pact of sisterhood or Kan'u's virginity. The writers also know how to use a joke multiple times but still recognize when to stop before it has worn out its welcome. The bit about Kan'u being known as the "beautiful bandit hunter", for instance, is used frequently in the first few episodes, but stops appearing before it becomes tiresome.

Since the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is such a widely known and adapted work, the characters don't require the same kind of exposition as if this were an original franchise. The show does provide a little backstory for some of the more notable figures and a couple episodes are devoted to character development, but those familiar with the original material or some of its derivatives will easily be able to pick out a good number of the characters based on a few traits or whom they associate with. Indeed, the difficulty in this situation becomes how to make these personalities stand out from the numerous other variations while remaining true to the spirit of the individual. Koihime†Musou requires maybe a little leniency on faithfulness, but this is acceptable when the reduction in enmity between the historical players creates the more interesting interactions that make the show enjoyable.

The plot of this anime may be its weakest point. While the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a sweeping epic of war and political intrigue, Koihime is an episodic adventure. Characters will join with Kan'u on her meandering journey for a few episodes, and then part ways, perhaps returning again later. There is a small spattering of intrigue, but aside from the nonspecific threat of bandits roaming the countryside, nothing really approaches an overarching story. Not that there's anything wrong with that; many shows try to be something grander than they are meant to be and turn out less because of that, so Koihime†Musou avoiding that pitfall is a good thing. There are a small handful of episodes that hold messages about trying one's best and the importance of friendship, but these are mostly the episodes in which Kan'u meets the characters that stay with her for longer parts of the series, so the moral isn't overbearing. The final couple episodes do get a little more serious than most of the rest of the series, but even if that were a bad thing, it is easily justified by the final battle (which features two highly recognizable badass moments) and a very entertaining plot twist.

Koihime†Musou is not a deep series, and it is better for not trying to be. It is a comfort food, like marshmallows. Big, fluffy marshmallows.

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Aug 22, 2012

Degran

Mixed Feelings

After the first two episodes, I felt like I had to force myself to continue watching.

The story isn't very entertaining. It's just a journey of a couple of female warriors. You'd expect some battles but no. There are a few but those are really badly animated. One person swings a lance (too slow to be realistic) and another flies away. This reminded me of the fact that this anime was originally a visual novel.

The dialogue can sometimes be funny but the humor is usually too obvious. A few episodes ended with everyone laughing. That just seems so unrealistic and the thing they're laughing about isn't ...

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May 17, 2012

ribboneye

Not Recommended

Overall I was very disappointed at Koihime Musou

The plot wasn't very interesting because it didn't have one/ show that it had one. This was my number 1 expectation because I'm a big fan of koei games. The jokes were good but it didn't quite catch the attention of the viewers.

The artwork was fine but it was hidden by the bad quality. It was a little hard to understand what was going on and to read the subs.

Character Development needed work.

If I were to relate it to another anime I'd say it's kind of like Pokemon Kanto. The characters just travel all around the country for ...

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