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Japanese manga series & anime

武装少女マキャヴェリズム ( Busō Shōjo Makyaverizumu )
Armed Girl'due south Machiavellism
The embrace of the first book of the manga featuring Rin Onigawara (center) & Fudou Nomura (lower-right).
Genre	Action, comedy^[1]
Manga
Written by	Yūya Kurokami
Illustrated by	Karuna Kanzaki
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	March 25, 2014 – June 25, 2022
Volumes	xiii (Listing of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed past	Hideki Tachibana
Produced past	Jōtarō Ishigami
Written by	Kento Shimoyama
Music by	Hiromi Mizutani (Squad-MAX)
Studio	Argent Link Connect
Licensed by	^AUS Madman Entertainment ^NA Sentai Filmworks ^UK MVM Films
Original network	AT-10, Tokyo MX, KBS, Goggle box Aichi, Sun Television, TVQ, BS11
English network	^SEA Animax Asia
Original run	April 5, 2017 – June 21, 2017
Episodes	12 + OVA (List of episodes)

Armed Daughter's Machiavellism (Japanese: 武装少女マキャヴェリズム, Hepburn: Busō Shōjo Makyaverizumu ) is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Karuna Kanzaki and written by Yuya Kurokami. The series began serialization in Kadokawa'due south Monthly Shōnen Ace mag in March 2014. An anime television set series adaptation from the manga created past Silver Link and Connect aired from April 2017 to June 2017.^[two] ^[3]

Plot [edit]

Fudo Nomura is a swain who was recently expelled from his former high schoolhouse as a result of a massive, violent brawl. He wants a normal life, but the new school he transferred to is Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy, where the female students have been violently oppressing their male person classmates out of misguided paranoia ever since the school became co-ed. A 5-member vigilante grouping called the "Supreme Five Swords" led by Rin Onigawara holds Nomura at sword-point to concede to the rules or go out the school. At this point, Nomura challenges the Supreme Five Swords for his own correct and prove true morality despite the vicious force.

Characters [edit]

Fudou Nomura ( 納村不道 , Nomura Fudō ): Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka (Japanese); Scott Gibbs (English language) ^[3] ^[4]; A pupil who has simply recently transferred to Aiichi, Nomura desires freedom and dislikes being forced to do things confronting his will. During a huge brawl, he managed to defeat 40 people and was then expelled from his previous school and was forcefully transferred to the Private Aiichi Symbiosis Academy. He uses pocketknife-proof gloves and his signature technique is the Spirit Bullet, a powerful palm-strike. He makes it his goal to collect the stamps from the Supreme Five Swords. He is an orphan and doesn't call up his parents. He originally practices the Jigen-ryū style of swordsmanship simply eventually gives up on using the sword due to the damage inflicted in his body during sword practices.
Rin Onigawara ( 鬼瓦輪 , Onigawara Rin ): Voiced by: Yūki Takada (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (English) ^[3] ^[iv]; Rin is a renowned sword wielder and leader the Supreme Five Swords. She wears an oni mask due to her terrible childhood and is also known for being merciless to the point that almost transfer students in her class quit school. She holds feelings for Nomura afterwards accidentally kissing each other and started watching afterward him instead of correcting him. She is at present covering only her right centre instead of the face after Nomura changes her view about herself and relieved her inner heart. She practices the Japanese Swordsmanship style of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū.
Mary Kikakujou ( 亀鶴城メアリ , Kikakujō Meari ): Voiced by: Sayaka Kitahara (Japanese); Maggie Flecknoe (English) ^[5] ^[4]; A well endowed French-Japanese educatee and a member of the Supreme V Swords, Mary is well versed in western style fencing, accurately piercing central fretfulness with her rapier. Subsequently her fight with Nomura, she seems to take gained some feelings for him after failing to coax him into touching her breasts. She go the second person to get close on Nomura but instead quarrelling with Rin on watching over Nomura. Whenever she gets flustered or excited, she tends to revert to speaking French. She is also have a perverted listen to permit Nomura touch her body whenever she does things wrong to him but quickly rejected by Nomura, making her disappointed.
Satori Tamaba ( 眠目さとり , Tamaba Satori ): Voiced by: Nozomi Nishida (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English) ^[v] ^[4]; Ane of the Supreme 5 Swords (Tenka Goken) at The Individual Aichi Academy. She blackmailed Nomura to defeat him only instead was defeated herself. After the brawl with Nomura, she started to have interest in him and calls him Nomura-chan instead of his full name. She is a practitioner of swordsmanship manner of Keishi-ryū Kidachi Kata, which consists of 10 kata from 10 different kenjutsu schools and is officially taught to Japanese Police Officers.
Warabi Hanasaka ( 花酒蕨 , Hanasaka Warabi ): Voiced past: Rina Hidaka (Japanese); Juliet Simmons (English) ^[5] ^[four]; She is a member of the Supreme Five Swords who has a pet deport named Kyoubou and afterwards a pet cub, Domou. After Nomura had defeated Mary and Rin, she organised 'Waralimpics', an issue to correct students, in her principal plan to correct Mary, Rin and ultimately Nomura, just failed. She then organised her followers to execute the emergency programme and invites Nomura to meet her on the rooftop. She, Kyoubou and her closest followers were defeated by Nomura, Rin and Mary. She later on helped Nomura as his new friend to become him into the girl's dormitory in social club to find Satori later on Nomura institute himself at a disadvantage from Satori's blackmailing plans. She is a practitioner of the Japanese Swordsmanship style of Taisha-ryū.
Tsukuyo Inaba ( 因幡月夜 , Inaba Tsukuyo ): Voiced by: Natsumi Hioka (Japanese); Luci Christian (English language) ^[five] ^[4]; A middle school girl prodigy who skipped a grade. She is bullheaded and is the strongest of the Five. She is an adept at iaido. She and Nomura studied a similar fashion of swordsmanship, while Nomura practices the Jigen-ryu, Tsukuyo practices its descendant fashion, the Yakumaru Jigen-ryū. Fifty-fifty though using the same sword style, Tsukuyo all the same managed to overpowered him with her fully mastered sword skills. Days later on Kirukiru Amou getting expelled, Inaba had made Nomura to get her disciple to further increase his Spirit Bullet's power.
Kirukiru Amou ( 天羽斬々 , Kirukiru Amō ): Voiced by: Eriko Matsui (Japanese); Carli Mosier (English language) ^[5] ^[4]; A transfer student who has been sent to Private Aiichi Symbiosis University for being the boss of a gang that was involved in a huge brawl. She after became known as "Empress" after single-handedly defeating two of the Supreme Five Swords, Rin and Mary. Before being transferred, she fought against Nomura which he suffer bad injuries and get hospitalized. Amou falls in beloved with Nomura after being defeated past him in a one-on-one battle, when he declined to be her subordinate. She gets very jealous when she saw Nomura get too shut with the Supreme Five Sword members. After the row with the Supreme Five Sword and Nomura, she befriended Nomura and was expelled from Aichi Academy and gets forcefully transferred to Private Hokkai Symbiosis University. She is a practitioner of Karate, specifically the Uechi-ryu Karate.
Nono Mozunono ( 百舌鳥野のの , Mozunono Nono ): Voiced by: Miku Itō (Japanese); Shanae'a Moore (English) ^[6] ^[4]; Rin'southward freshman and second in-command.
Chouka U Baragasaki ( 蝶華・U・薔薇咲 , Barazaki U Chōka ): Voiced by: Akane Kohinata (Japanese); Million McDonald (English) ^[6] ^[4]; Mary's freshman and 2nd in-command. She'southward actually Japanese and wears a wig and contact lenses to change her appearance to resemble that of a westerner.
Sassa Kurasaki ( 倉崎佐々 , Kurosaki Sasa ): Voiced by: Miharu Hanai (Japanese); Catherine Thomas (English) ^{[half dozen]} ^[four]; One of Nomura and Rin'southward classmates.
Ui Migii ( 右井右井 , Migii Ui ): Voiced by: Shiori Mutō (Japanese); Elissa Cuellar (English) ^[6] ^[4]; One of Nomura and Rin'south classmates.
Tsunemi Touko ( ツネミトコ , Tōko Tsunemi ): Voiced by: Miharu Sawada (Japanese); Chelsea McCurdy (English) ^[iv]; 1 of Warabi's musketeers, she uses a range of iron as a weapon.
Kinue Tanukihara ( タヌキハラキヌエ , Tanukihara Kinue ): Voiced by: Yūki Yamada (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English) ^[4]; She is 1 of Warabi's Musketeers, she uses 2 truncheons as weapons. She also has a pencil to write on her notepad.
Nico Saruwatari ( 猿渡ニコ , Saruwatari Nico ): Voiced by: Natsumi Yamada (Japanese); Alexandra Bedford (English) ^[iv]; A student a Aichi Private Academy who resembles an adolescent male child. She ofttimes shown wearing sunglasses and an exercise jersey.
Kyoubou ( キョーボー , Kyōbō ): Voiced by: Saki Fujita (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso (English) ^[6] ^[4]; Hanasaka's pet bear. Information technology seemed to have affection for Nomura after being defeated by Nomura twice. It diameter a cub, Doumo.
Misogi Tamaba ( 眠目ミソギ , Tamaba Misogi ): Voiced by: Nozomi Nishida; She is the elder twin sister of Satori. Her real name is Satori, when children, "Misogi" decided to be Satori, and "Satori" eventually became "Misogi". Misogi stole Satori's identity making everyone in their family believe that she was Satori and vice versa, stealing the real Satori'south birthright every bit the successor of their family's sword school. Now "Misogi" follows "Satori's" shadow, unconditionally loving her monstrous sister.
Kusuo Masukodera ( 増子寺楠男 , Masukodera Kusuo ): Voiced by: Tetsuharu Ōta (Japanese); Andrew Love (English) ^[6] ^[4]; 1 of the male students in Aichi Academy. Like the rest of the male student (except for Nomura), he wears makeup as a means to co-exist with the female students in the academy. He is likewise Nomura's roommate and his first friend.
Koharu Narukami ( 鳴神虎春 , Narukami Koharu ): Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English) ^[4]; The governor of Aiichi and Tsukuyo's older one-half-sis. She was the one who assigned Tsukuyo to picket over Nomura.
Yukino Fujibayashi ( 藤林祥乃 , Fujibayashi Yukino ): Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Joanne Bonasso (English) ^[4]; Headmistress of the school and the butler and bodyguard of Koharu Narukami.
Eva Maria Rose ( エヴァマリアローズ , Eva Maria Rose ): Voiced by: Saki Fujita (Japanese); Casey Magin (English) ^[iv]; She is the mother of the female person dormitory, she takes care of Tsukuyo on Koharu's warrant.
Doumou ( ドモモ , Dōmō ): Voiced by: Saki Fujita (Japanese); Natalie Jones (English) ^[four]; It is the youngest son of Kyoubou, he appears to be not bad at hiding.
Dousetsu Kirisaki ( 桐崎道津 , Kirisaki Dōsetsu ): Voiced by: Chiharu Shigematsu; He'south a friend of Fudou from his previous school. Fudou held out his hand to him, Dousetsu amiably invited him to stroll through the school. Kirukiru out of jealousy, pounded his face, incapacitating him from continuing upwardly. It is afterward revealed that Fudou's motive for wanting to exist free to leave Aichi Private was to meet if Dousetsu was well.
Omugi ( 大隈 , Omugi ): Voiced by: Chiharu Shigematsu (Japanese); Joe Daniels (English language) ^[4]; He is one of Kusuo'southward colleagues, he is ever seen next to Hiko. He, Hiko and Kusuo, are the narrators in the final credits of the episodes.
Hiko ( ヒコ , Hiko ): Voiced by: Tomoya Kousaka (Japanese); Gareth West (English language) ^[4]; He is the friend of Omugi, like all other male students, he coexists with the rules of the school. Hiko and Kusuo, are the narrators of the final extras of the episodes.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Artist Karuna Kanzaki and writer Yuya Kurokami launched the series in the May 2014 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace on March 25, 2014.^[vii] ^[8] The first three chapters were subsequently made available on the ComicWalker website.^[2] The serial has been compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes to appointment.

No.	Japanese release appointment	Japanese ISBN
1	Oct 25, 2014^[ix]	978-4-04-102229-0
2	February 26, 2015^[x]	978-4-04-102877-3
iii	July 25, 2015^[11]	978-4-04-103449-ane
4	February 26, 2016^[12]	978-four-04-104088-ane
five	July 26, 2016^[13]	978-4-04-104537-iv
6	March 25, 2017^[14]	978-four-04-104538-1
7	Nov 25, 2017 (w/BD edition)^[fifteen] November 25, 2017 (regular ed.)^[16]	978-four-04-105638-vii (w/BD ed.) ISBN 978-iv-04-106307-1 (regular ed.)
viii	July 26, 2018^[17]	978-4-04-106929-five
9	June 25, 2019^[eighteen]	978-4-04-106930-1
10	Feb 25, 2020^[19]	978-4-04-109039-8
xi	November 25, 2020^[20]	978-four-04-109040-iv
12	September 25, 2021^[21]	978-4-04-111713-two

Anime [edit]

In May 2016, series illustrator Karuna Kanzaki tweeted that there would be an "important proclamation" apropos the series in the Baronial issue of Monthly Shōnen Ace on June 26, 2016.^[1] ^[2] ^[eight] On June nineteen, 2016, Kadokawa appear that the serial would receive an anime adaptation,^[2] ^[22] which will be animated by Silverish Link and Connect.^[23] The anime was directed by Hideki Tachibana and written by Kento Shimoyama. The character designs are handled by Shoko Takimoto and the music is composed by Hiromi Mizutani from Team-MAX. It aired from April 2017 to June 2017.^[3] An original video animation was released with the manga'southward 7th volume on November 25, 2017.^[24] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series in N America.^[25] MVM Films released the serial in the United Kingdom.^[26]

Reception [edit]

The 4th volume of the series appeared on the Oricon manga charts at 49th place, selling 16,180 copies.^[40]

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External links [edit]

Official manga website at Monthly Shōnen Ace (in Japanese)
Official manga website at Kadokawa Shoten (in Japanese)
Official anime website
Armed Daughter's Machiavellism (manga) at Anime News Network'due south encyclopedia