Ao no Miburo

Though he grew up as an orphan, Nio Chirinu finds a place to belong: being a waiter at his adoptive grandmother's restaurant. But this peace does not last long; Nio and his sister Iroha are used as bait to arrest child abductors by Toshizou Hijikata and Souji Okita—two members of an infamous ronin group called Miburo. After the ordeal, Toshizou proposes that Nio join the ranks of Miburo and protect the people of Kyoto.

Frustrated by his own weakness, Nio trains to match the swordsmanship of his new comrades. Even so, he struggles to be accepted by Tarou Tanaka and Hajime Saitou, the other Miburo members of his age. Determined to befriend them, Nio must discover his own sense of justice and become strong enough to prevail against all his enemies.

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Chirinu, Nio Main

Umeda, Shuuichirou Japanese

Hijikata, Toshizou Supporting

Azakami, Youhei Japanese

Saitou, Hajime Supporting

Kobayashi, Chiaki Japanese

Seto Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Kikuchiyo Supporting

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Granny Supporting

Sadaoka, Sayuri Japanese

Katamori, Matsudaira Supporting

Ishii, Makoto Japanese

Chirinu, Iroha Supporting

Natsuyoshi, Yuuko Japanese

Kyoushirou Supporting

Sakurai, Tooru Japanese

Kyouhachi, Naozumi Supporting

Inada, Tetsu Japanese

Nakata, Hiroya Producer

Kawasumi, Mayuka Producer, Planning Producer

Habara, Kumiko Director

Kameyama, Toshiki Sound Director

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Nov 26, 2024

RellyRel90

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/? eps)

For all the reasons the anime gets a bad rep are what also makes it enjoyable to watch. There are quite a lot of monologues and self declarations by the MC that come off cheesy and cliché but that’s also what makes him so endearing.

You have our MC who is setting out for the first time and is tired and confused by all the violence and fear around him. He gets recruited to be a member of the local Shinsengumi faction and from there hopes to create a not so distant future where children are able to grow up free from oppression. It’s your typical ... historical drama with attractive male characters who charm and cut shit up.

Overall the anime is cliche and you’ve seen this done a million times but for some reason it works for this show. The characters are charismatic the MC is a child so it doesn’t come off pretentious when he monologues as it would in other shows.

If you want something easy to watch with that historical feel then you shouldn’t have a problem with this. It’s not terrible it’s not amazing, it’s simple easy to understand.

The music was great and the animations were gorgeous. You have nothing to lose by watch this anime, but you may just find yourself enjoying it more than you'd thought

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 23, 2024

griddyweeb

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/? eps)

Absolute trash. There are like 3-4 fight scenes across 6 episodes and they're all underwhelming in every way possible. It's absolutely unacceptable to have a SAMURAI anime tagged as ACTION with barely any fighting scenes, and the few fights we have are on par with blue lock's animation. Also constant talk no jutsu, at least in naruto there was a balance between talking and fighting.

The story itself is a bit stale, there's barely any progression. The emotional monologues by the MC are so out of place and unprompted most of the time that I can't help but cringe. This anime tries to be sentimental but ... fails. It also has some BL vibes, but nothing outright gay or anything.

Originally I reviewed this anime after 3 episodes, it had the same issues early on but I had a bit of hope because the story was finally going somewhere and I was really hoping the "action" part of the anime will eventually come to life, but it didn't.

Do NOT watch this anime, it's a waste of your time

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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Dec 13, 2024

Salvatierra21

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/? eps)

Ao no Miburo is an anime that wants to tell a historical drama about the creation of the Shinsengumi group showing the difficulties of the time in the government and the social that they had to endure

and you will wonder why it did not connect with the public well this can be seen that the plot was sold as an action plot making the public expect more action with the sword and a development of a large conspiracy but this is the least of its problems, another is that its monologues, which we agree a lot, are very friendly to the point of being cheesy, ... creating embarrassment and being out of place and the same as the comic moments and another negative aspect is that this plot claims to be a drama with a certain degree of realism but we see that some children can beat adults experienced with the sword even if they have some training it is very illogical since they do not have the adequate training or the necessary time to make the viewer believe that they can beat an adult breaking with that realistic environment that the plot wants to show

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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