Shin Koihime†Musou

The sequel to the equally ecchi, cute and entertaining Koihime Musou. And just like it's predecessor, do not expect anything much from it's sequel. Story: The story picks up from where it left off last season with the gang on another journey full of eye-pleasing antics, random panty shots and ridiculous situations. And like the first season, each episode of Shin Koihime Musou presents a different tale in their journey in which the gang meet new friends and help them or meeting old friends and getting caught up in their desires. Needless to say there is no real plot; though they do attempt to create one. Art: Probablynot the best I've seen but it's certainly attention-grabbing. The character design is quite cute and is typical of an ecchi show. Each character is unique in the way that none of them share any common visual traits making each easily recognizable. The clothing design is simply great and again, each pair of clothing is unique from each other though all of them are equally skimpy and revealing; enough so that falling down causes a panty shot. The background is nothing special. Vibrant yes but simplistic. Sound: A new OP/ED which is neither good nor bad but is there for the sake of having it. There is a nice surprise in the show in the form of some singing sisters though they only do sing one or two songs but the last episode makes up for it. The BGM is average and sticks to the era they are in. Character: There are new characters for the audience to ogle while the old characters are brought back in with the same personality and random desires. The gang themselves do not change and with the addition of a new girl, they just get more eccentric. No development in the characters nor any major changes. Enjoyment: Like the first season, I enjoyed this show for what it is. I did not expect any plot or any depth but simply watched it for the fun and ecchi. The majority of the jokes had already been done and only a few really made me laugh. The ecchi gets repetitive and boring (if there was such a thing) but despite that I enjoyed it enough to make it through the entire season. Overall: A nice sequel to a show which stands on a foundation of ecchi and far-fetched situations and is certainly not one for those who don't like the idea of yuri ecchi. Ecchi fans will be delighted while ecchi haters will turn their heads in disgust. The 6 is an appropriate score to a show which has no plot and focuses on the interaction between the characters.

Finally a sequel to the first season of Koihime Musou. To be honest, I was expecting more from the second season but it turned out to be a below average show. Story: Here's the main issue about the second season. The story of this show is pretty low to none in my opinion. It's about a team of female warriors traveling through different kingdoms without any real objectives. In my opinion they did try to make some kind of story but it wasn't any good at all. They just kept traveling back and forth helping old friends with the weirdiest issues. Art: The art is just as the firstseason. Nothing was really well drawn or crappy drawn. It's just your typical harem female warriors animation quality. Sound: Compared to the first season, the sound wasn't as good as the first season. The OP/ED song were decent. During the 12 episodes there were different songs being song, and a few of them were actually good in my opinion. I end up skipping the OP/ED on every episode. Character: Same as first season. There aren't any new main characters in season two. Nobody changed compared to the first season. All their personality remained the same. Enjoyment: I felt I didn't enjoyed the second season as much as the first season. The jokes weren't as good as the first season, and at some point you will get tired of the same echiness. Overall: If you want to kill some time or you're bored or a big fan of echi/comedy/random story anime, feel free to watch it, otherwise there are better animes out there to spend your time. I end up watching most of the episodes while chatting on msn/irc. The "score" 5 doesn't mean it's total crap, it means it's an average show with nothing really special.

I said I stopped watching the Koihime Musou series after the first season's OVA. AND. For good reason. Shin Koihime Musou is more of the same; a "pink bishoujo ghetto" where anyone who DARES to be a guy who's voice-acted by a guy gets his ass kicked for no reason. This series' only reason it stays afloat is the vast amounts of titty nipples, upskirt panty shots, and bathing scenes. It also adds more characters. The most notable are Ryuubi Gentoku (who's a goofball like the Gentoku of Ikki Tousen fame, but for a different fetish) and Genka Kada (a traveling doctor who can use magic). On thereal, though; the Ikki Tousen series was (a little) better. Wapan's animu industry should REALLY do something about their pedophilic love for lolies and their vehement disgust for any guy who looks and does better than their male audience.

This being the sequel to Kouhime Musou, I will take both into account as it's one story. Throughout this series, you see a lot of history replicated, but instead of the men being a part of that, they're replaced by fan-serviced women, busty, colourful and appealing to the eye. Now lets move onto the review in full. Story: 5 The story throughout this series has a good feel, when you read the synopsis of a series you decide whether to watch or not, the first season of Koihime Musou made me want to watch, like many others who carried onto the second season (or Third) although, itdidn't live up to expectations from the start. It has all its comedy points going for it, it's ecchi which is shown when you're watching and it's obviously in a fantasy world with magic and the 'war like' layout which is shown through the episodes when you see war-torn towns and cities and their rulers. This attempts to be historical, but it doesn't show much of Chinese history into good detail, maybe I'm going to far since 'Oda Nobuna' changed my view on Historical anime. Art: 7 I found the art appealing and very well designed throughout, it was good work by Shinji Takasuga althouh it could of been better if he put the extra effort into it. Sound: 8 I enjoyed all the songs in this series, they're plausible and almost anyone could enjoy them. They are very catchy and fun, I, myself think this is some of Akifumi Tada best work for music, as he placed a lot of songs into the series even though it was only 12 episodes. Character: 7 The Character design was good work from Tomoya Hiratsuka, although this was such a typical ecchi design most people could of done it, although the character development was stop and go, you didn't see much from Bachou or Kanshou and they're supposed to be main characters. And then theirs Ryuubi, who you learn quite a lot about and gets a lot of screen-time even though she's the new character to the lot, she plays a key role in their journey this time round. The character development could of been better, although you can't please everyone. Enjoyment: 5 I did enjoy the comedy and the fighting side of Shin Koihime†Musou, and I admit that Koihime Musou wasn't the type of anime you'd jump off your seat to watch, but it was very 'draggy', their is only 12 episodes but it felt like a lot more, it also took me a lot of time to finish Shin Koihime†Musou even though I enjoyed Koihime Musou a lot more than this sequel. Overall: 6 5+7+8+7+5 = 32/5 = 6.4 That is how I figure out my overall ratings, not over personal preference if I didn't enjoy a show or not. I will watch the finale of this, Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan because I don't like to leave something unfinished once it's started. Hey, it's only 12 episodes, so about 4 hours. If I don't enjoy it, that's part of life. Thanks for reading.

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