# Armed Girl's Machiavellism (2017)

> A brawler from a rough background is forced into an elite girls' academy turned co-ed, where a sword-wielding student council corrects wayward students by making them dress and act like girls.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/61962

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, action
- Network: AT-X
- Cast: Tasuku Hatanaka, Yuuki Takada, Nozomi Nishida, Sayaka Kitahara, Eriko Matsui, Rina Hidaka, Akane Kohinata, Mamiko Noto
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9013220/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: irreverent, breezy, playful, absurd

## What critics say

Audiences rate it as a mixed-to-positive comedy-action anime, with its absurd premise and fight choreography drawing the most attention.

## Synopsis

Armed Girl's Machiavellism (2017) is a Japanese anime action comedy series produced by CONNECT and SILVER LINK and aired on AT-X. Across a single twelve-episode season of roughly twenty-four minutes each, it follows Fudou Nomura, a brawler sent to the Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy after a large fight. The academy was once a school for elite young ladies, and after going co-ed it allowed students to carry weapons and created the Supreme Five Swords, a vigilante council that disciplines troublemakers. Nomura's only choices are expulsion or the same correction the other boys receive, being forced to dress and act like a girl. Classmates such as Rin Onigawara and Satori Tamaba make his life complicated. Each episode is built from brawls, escalating school disputes and absurd humiliations, giving the show a brisk, bright and irreverent register. Its mix of martial arts spectacle, harem-style romantic teasing and ecchi humor will appeal to fans of school action comedies such as Gakuen Basara and Himegoto. The tone stays playful and breezy, with a short, self-contained run that suits casual viewing.

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