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Sep 10, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Alright. I discovered this show when I saw a picture of a gender-swapped nobunaga, one of the characters in the series. I would say that overall I liked it, detailed breakdown is below.

Story:
Overall half of the anime feels like it is sengoku version of .... yuyushiki. We have sengoku generals, well, "girl versions" of sengoku generals doing various silly things that often revolve around some sort of misunderstandign related to what hideyoshi ("protagonist") said. They are mildly entertaining, but nothing special. Closer to the end, the series switch to a slightly more serious mode, but never get too dark. There's some fanservice and even a bit of nudity here and there, but overall it has innocent feeling to it, and if not for occasional slightly more dramatic scenes, it would perfectly pass as sengoku period version of yuyushiki. Meaning girls doing silly things, blushing, having fun, and getting in interesting situations. Interestingly the anime has almost no men in it, and it doesn't go out of its way with fanservice attempts. Meaning you won't see many situations when somebody slips/stumbles and falls in an "ecchic" position. Right, since it is in sengoku period, there are obviously fight scenes in it too.

Characters:
Protagonist - "hideyoshi" is somewhat annoying "clumsy ditziy but cute girl" archetype. She's mostly useless for most of the series. Generals are fairly stereotypical with Nobunaga being a "strong woman warrior" archetype. Over time characters evolve, but some of their actions are a bit hard to be taken seriously and more look like characters are half-joking sometimes. The show looks like it wants to be serious sometimes, but only puts half-hearted effort in the attempt. So most of the time it is mildly entertaining comedy, without overly dramatic spots in it... and without incredibly hilarious spots either.

Music:
Music seems to be decent, but it doesn't stand out for some reason.

Art and visuals:
Design of character costumes is interesting, but they generally have low level of detail. The art style is somewhat simplified, with lower number of lines than you'd usually see. For example, if you saw the difference between "You're under arrest OVA" and "You're under arrest TV", it is roughly the same level of difference. It is not bad, but it is just the level of detail on characters is on low side. On a few occasions closer to the end, there were few scenes when the anime OBVIOUSLY pans unamiated cells, but there were very few of those. Animation is usually okay, but it is nothing breathtaking. Interestingly backgrounds seem to be fairly detailed and of decent quality. One of the rooms had a huge tapestry/rug in background with a complex drawing on it, it looked fairly detailed to me. Fight scenes weren't breath-taking, but they were decently animated in my opinion.

Bottom line:
It is a fairly relaxing show with yuri overtones. It is not overly ecchi and is not erotic despite having some rare occurrences of nudity. It isn't overly dramatic either, most of the time it is mildly entertaining comedy. I would say it is worth a watch if you want to chill watching somewhat that is somewhat relaxed and more on a peaceful side, without heavy drama, but with a fight scenes in it... and if you want to check out designs of girls characters.

So, it is an alright show, and might be worth checking out... unless your standards are very high and you want to watch nothing less than a masterpiece. IF you were looking for an ecchi title, then "kinda sorta ecchi" material in this anime is nowhere near the level of, say, To Love-Ru. But if you wanted to chill for a while, This might be a right title.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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