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(Kijuushi)
“Noble Musketeers”
The summer season may not properly kick into gear for another week yet (or two if Shingeki no Kyojin is topping your list), but a few offerings like Senjuushi are here to help tide impatient minds over. When researching this one for the RandomC PreviewI had an inkling it would prove unique, and to no surprise its opener proved exactly that. Love it or hate it everyone is going to have an opinion on this one. A strong opinion.
At face value Senjuushis story is simple: nuclear war happened, the world suffered, and some valiant force named the World Government turned up to save the day. Well, in their own beat on democracy and crush the proletariat way. Barring the muffled comedy that is Captain Americas Hydra going full Stormtrooper somewhere in the Balkans (best timeline I tell you) its standard fare post-apocalypse with an overbearing Evil EmpireTM, but does come with a twistan anthropomorphized twist. Taking its cue from the likes the Upotte!!, Kancolle, and last seasons Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Senjuushis main cast of freedom fighters is comprised of a surprisingly vast array of muskets in human form, including, among others, guns from Prussia, Austria, France, Portugal, Great Britain, Russia, America, and Japan. Not even aforementioned Upotte!! can come close to the sheer quantity of firearms already on display here, and the show hasnt even begun yet (see: modern gun antagonists). How antique muskets were converted into humans is anyones guess right now (besides an unknown master or two being involved), but given the repeated mention of the process and focus on what are assuredly charms for the purpose, this aspect and the noble power up will become important before too long.
The sticking point for Senjuushi though is not so much its gun lovers buffet as much as its presentation. Cute girls shooting cute guns? Not in this show, its only the most manly of men operating these firearms here. What you think she’s a girl? Her too? Get that trap radar to a repair shop son, because youre looking at men. Thats right, Senjuushis cast is all male, and no, Im not kidding. They’re male. All of them. While arguably a strange choice considering the sex demographic breakdown of gun hobbyists (especially those devoted to historical firearms), Senjuushi does deserve some credit for breaking with anthropomorphic tradition and running full bishounen over classic moeand you just know the BL doujin writers are not going to waste the opportunity. Its enough of a change to help attract viewers who otherwise would ignore such historical-based material, and with some pretty decent personalities behind the guns to boot (see Napoleons (Namikawa Daisuke) romanticism and Kentucky’s (Kaji Yuki) grade A American patriotism for a good taste of whats in store), offers plenty of meat to keep its converts hooked.
Whether Senjuushi can succeed with this setup in the end remains to be seen, but bishounen aesthetics or not, the show has set itself off on the right foot. It definitely wont be for everyone, but for gun and/or pretty boy lovers alike, this show has you covered.
Random Tidbits
Funnily enough its not just muskets Senjuushi has a thing for. We also have on display M103 heavy tanks, F22 Sabers, and Britains own Alvis Saracen—including gold camo, because supreme nobility.
OP Sequence
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OP: antique memoryby Brown Bess, Charleville, Springfield, and KentuckyPreview
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End Card
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Yay! National pride!!!https://images.randomc.net/Senjuushi/Senjuushi%20-%2001%20-%20Large%2026.jpg
Happy effin Independence Day.
Only the most freedom loving of scenes to grace this year’s Independence Day 😛
https://images.randomc.net/Senjuushi/Senjuushi%20-%2001%20-%20End%20Card.jpgEndcard by mangaka Kinoshita Sakura, creator of titles such as Magical Detective Loki Ragnarock and Tactics.https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=151Kinoshita also designed all the main gun boys for Senjuushi’s source mobage.Enemy gun boys were designed by various artists including Yone Kazuki (Hakuoki, Kamigami no Asobi) and Yukihiro Utako (Makai Ouji), well-known for their bishounen designs.https://linecorp.com/en/pr/news/en/2018/2106
can someone neame the historical guns involved?
I didn’t catch all of them, but from what I remember:Nicola and Noel: Napoleon’s pistolsEkaterina: One of Catherine the Great’s personal weaponsBrown Bess: BritishFurusato: Portugese-made Japanese gunKentucky, Springfield: AmericanOther assorted guns include Rapp, Tabatiere, Kinbee, Charleville, and Aleksandr
no Baker rifle? well Brown Bess is more iconic for British EmpireI’d like to see Model 1790 Kozienice rifle for Poland but its probably a pipe dream
LOL! Bring the Trap Radar to get it fix, that made me laugh to no end.
Thank you, I’m here all week 😛
There’s a similarity to Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru by which the characters have an inanimate historical background; instead this one is about guns and not Japanese swords/katanas and the setting is a different era/place.