Say hello to severe fan service gone wrong Ikki Tousen, aka Battle Vixens depending on what “print” of this manga you are picking up. Violence slathered with a fistful of near bare ladies jiggling it all (including a ton of panty shots, near topless shots and more and as close to nude as possible shots) shouldn’t be so unappealing, and yet it is. Still, despite of this, Ikki Tousen somehow managed to also (besides a manga) have an Anime DVD Series… AND a shot on the PSP UMD format with one release (to date)… which seems to me abit too much for a series that is mostly inept titillation than anything truly serving fans (seeing how this is supposed to be, you know, “Fan Service” and all).
Don’t commit this to memory, it’s not going to matter all that much.
Ages ago during the Three Kingdoms era (as in the actual Three Kingdoms era which inspired the whole Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise from KOEI) heroes tried to unite China… then said heroes began to roll over in their graves as their deeds spawned a series of not so satisfying titillation and violence that could have been more satisfying if it, you know, went the last 10% of the way and went hentai on viewers since, well, this almost hentai -- urgh -- never mind. (Then again for all we know a fully hentai Ikki Tousen could have just been a drawn out goofy version of Iron Virgin Jun).
Meet Hakufu Sonsaku, whose mother wants her to become a dignified woman and marry a rich man. Buuuuttttt…. With her perchance for loving violence, losing her clothes, wearing skimpy stuff in the first place and overall being a titillating source of violence you stop caring that Sonsaku is going to be moving to this school of violence just because she saw this little thing carried by this weird guy who tested her (and later on she’s supposed to be some reincarnation of one of those ancient heroes which probably is more of a disappointment to those ancient heroes than you could possibly imagine). Meet a few more characters, see her flaunt her body more and punch more things (and get punched in turn) and you got the gist of the first volume of disappointment.
If you are (overall) seeking something deep and/or profound in this title you’re going to be so disappointed. Fan service laden titles are just for careless shameless guilty pleasure fandom and that’s it. Must be working though as somehow it warranted an Anime series AND that, in turn, warranted a shot on the PSP system for a UMD shot. I couldn’t disagree more that this series isn’t all that, or worth that much attention (right up to the doors of the PSP) but I’m not the target of this series, someone else is.
Let’s just break this down already.
Ikki Tousen Smackdown V. 1
What’s Hot?
I guess the fact this is quite shameless violence and titillation is hot for some. I mean if you like this sort of thing then here you go, ask not why this title is smeared with a OT for Older Teen rating because I just explained in triplicate why this title has that OT for Older Teen rating.
Guess this shouldn’t have been, but somebody out there likes this sort of thing. Not me though.
What’s Not?
If you’d expect more out of your titillation and violence then you’re not going to go for this.
If you DON’T expect more out of your titillation and violence the… well.. Rejoyce I guess.
Moments to Remember?
Let’s see… (flips through pages randomly)… violence… (flips)…kissing… (flips)… mysterious girl with a medical patch over one eye… (flips)… panty shot during violent fight scene with mysterious girl with medical patch over one eye flashing panties… ok, you get the gist of it.
What to Ignore?
Nothing if you are into this sort of thing.
Overall?
Think I said enough about this one. Nuff said until the next time I need to fill a quota and remember I have Volume 2 of this one for a quickie review (which is seemingly what all the action in this manga is, quickies)
I’m giving this one two well endowed violent jiggly hyperactive high school girls out of 5.
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