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** Tachibana was very serious personality who [[KnightTemplar tries pick a fights over what's right]] (but later becoming more cheerful and going between BloodKnight and GoodIsNotSoft).
** Masaume is [[HandsomeLech a suave host with no filter on what he says or act with who]] (but becomes more silly character, with his [[TheLeader leadership]] and [[spoiler: BrokenAce]] more in focus. His Casanova tendencies are also toned down to just flirting)
* CoolBigSis: Captain Sugara.

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** Tachibana initially was very serious personality who [[KnightTemplar tries pick a fights over what's right]] (but later becoming becomes more cheerful and going go between BloodKnight and GoodIsNotSoft).
** Masaume Masamune is [[HandsomeLech a suave host with no filter on what he says or act with who]] (but acts]] but he becomes a more silly character, with his [[TheLeader leadership]] and [[spoiler: BrokenAce]] qualities more in focus. His Casanova {{Casanova}} tendencies are also toned down to just flirting)
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* CoolBigSis: Captain Sugara.Sagara.



* CosplayOtakuGirl:It was mentioned that it was one of Ichi's hobbies. She even designed team HoshiShiro's outfit.

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* CosplayOtakuGirl:It was mentioned that it was one of Ichi's hobbies. She even designed team HoshiShiro's outfit.Hoshishiro's outfits.



* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match of the TGC. Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See WhamEpisode entry.

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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki Yukki in the first match of the TGC. Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See WhamEpisode entry.



* DeathGlare: How some players express their killing intent, such as Haruki

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* DeathGlare: How some players express their killing intent, such as HarukiHaruki.



** Subverted in the manga as they don't seem to discriminate who they hit

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** Subverted in the manga as they don't seem to discriminate who they hithit.



* FreudianExcuse: Masamune jokingly tells a lady that he doesn't allow girls on his team. Captain Sagara in episode 5, who was the leader of the team opposing Masamune's team tells Hotaru this as well. Tohru then explains to her why that rule was put into place. [[spoiler:They used to have a girl on their team, but in one particularly cruel game, the opposing team tormented and stalked her, then brutally "killed" her, which in the anime appears as if they were pulling her hair, and then "shot" her in the stomach. All in front of Masamune who was being held down and forced to watch this "execution".]] She understandably quit the team afterwards, but he says that her leaving without saying a word was much crueler to Masamune than simply blaming him for what happened in the game.

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* FreudianExcuse: Masamune jokingly tells a lady that he doesn't allow girls on his team. Captain Sagara in episode 5, who was the 5 (the leader of the team opposing Masamune's team Masamune's) tells Hotaru this as well. Tohru then explains to her why that rule was put into place. [[spoiler:They used to have a girl on their team, but in one particularly cruel game, the opposing team tormented and stalked her, then brutally "killed" her, which in the anime appears as if they were pulling her hair, and then "shot" her in the stomach. All in front of Masamune who was being held down and forced to watch this "execution".]] She understandably quit the team afterwards, but he says that her leaving without saying a word was much crueler to Masamune than simply blaming him for what happened in the game.



* GenreShift: The series starts off as comedy drama with quirky characters that uses Airsoft as a source for action. The series starts to transitions away from this and becoming more like a sports anime, focusing on Airsoft game-play / tournaments and character dynamics. While there is still comedy, it becomes more tone down for the former two.

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* GenreShift: The series starts off as comedy drama with quirky characters that and uses Airsoft as a source for action. The series starts to transitions transition away from this and becoming become more like a sports anime, focusing on Airsoft game-play / tournaments and character dynamics. While there is still comedy, it becomes more tone down for the former two.toned down.



* IdenticalTwins: Haruki and Haruka
* LoopholeAbuse: In some competitions like TGC, you are allowed to physically touch is allowed and may be used to score a hit. However, in all games, once the person hit calls 'hit', the match with the shot individual ends there and they leave the field. Since Survival games generally don't have judges, they are dependent on the integral honesty of both teams. In the first match of the TGC, [[spoiler: Midori pins down Masamune and covers his mouth with one hand before shooting directly on his stomach. Since Masamune can't yell 'hit', Midori uses as an excuse to continue to repeatedly shoot him ]]

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* IdenticalTwins: Haruki and Haruka
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* LoopholeAbuse: In some competitions like TGC, you are allowed to physically touch is allowed and that may be used to score a hit. However, in all games, once the person hit calls 'hit', the match with the shot individual ends there and they leave the field. Since Survival survival games generally don't have judges, they are dependent on the integral honesty of both teams. In the first match of the TGC, [[spoiler: Midori pins down Masamune and covers his mouth with one hand before shooting directly on his stomach. Since Masamune can't yell 'hit', Midori uses as an excuse to continue to repeatedly shoot him ]]



* NeverBringaGunToAKnifeFight: Toy Gun Gun's match against Team Nine Tails

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* RetiredBadass: The store owner of Echizen was once a mercenary. Now he runs a Airsoft gun shop wearing an apron with a pink bunny on it

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* RetiredBadass: The store owner of Echizen was once a mercenary. Now he runs a an Airsoft gun shop wearing an apron with a pink bunny on it it.



** In chapter/episode 9/8, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both Mattsun and Yukki. The match is very brutal with Midori hurting Mattsun both physically and mentally, then later Yuuki physically, killing all hope spots and making it a completely a one-sided match. Tachibana does show up but even though she manages to get the upper hand, Midori freezes her up by revealing her secret and effectively giving Ichi an opening. Midori then tells her that her deception to get on the team makes her unqualified to be giving him her so-called justice]].

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** In chapter/episode 9/8, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both Mattsun and Yukki. The match is very brutal with Midori hurting Mattsun both physically and mentally, then later Yuuki Yukki physically, killing all hope spots and making it a completely a one-sided match. Tachibana does show up but even though she manages to get the upper hand, Midori freezes her up by revealing her secret and effectively giving Ichi an opening. Midori then tells her that her deception to get on the team makes her unqualified to be giving him her so-called justice]].



* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Hotaru arrives after the aftermath of Midori Yuuki and Mattsun. Midori states this line]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Ranamaru to Mattsun. Though he is genuinely 'dere dere' to Mattsun outside a match]]

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* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Hotaru arrives after the aftermath of Midori Yuuki and Mattsun. Midori states this line]]
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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Ranamaru Ranmaru to Mattsun. Though Mattsun, though he is genuinely 'dere dere' to Mattsun outside a match]]match]].

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* {{CosplayOtakuGirl}}:It was mentioned that it was one of Ichi's hobbies. She even designed team HoshiShiro's outfit.

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* {{CosplayOtakuGirl}}:It CosplayOtakuGirl:It was mentioned that it was one of Ichi's hobbies. She even designed team HoshiShiro's outfit.



* IdenticalTwins: Haruki and Haruka



* NeverBringaGuntoaKnifeFight: Toy Gun Gun's match against Team Nine Tails

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* DeathGlare: How some players express their killing intent, such as Haruki


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* FirstNameBasis: Kanae and Hotaru.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Team Toy Gun Gun.
** Tachibana was very serious personality who [[KnightTemplar tries pick a fights over what's right]] (but later becoming more cheerful and going between BloodKnight and GoodIsNotSoft).
** Masaume is [[HandsomeLech a suave host with no filter on what he says or act with who]] (but becomes more silly character, with his [[TheLeader leadership]] and [[spoiler: BrokenAce]] more in focus. His Casanova tendencies are also toned down to just flirting)



* {{Cosplay}}: One of Ichi's hobbies.

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* GenreShift: The series starts off as comedy drama with quirky characters that uses Airsoft as a source for action. The series starts to transitions away from this and becoming more like a sports anime, focusing on Airsoft game-play / tournaments and character dynamics. While there is still comedy, it becomes more tone down for the former two.

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* NeverBringaGuntoaKnifeFight: Toy Gun Gun's match against Team Nine Tails



* NeverBringaGuntoaKnifeFight: Toy Gun Guh's match against Team Nine Tails



* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Ranamaru to Mattsun. Though he is genuinely 'dere dere' outside a match]]

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* NeverBringaGuntoaKnifeFight: Toy Gun Guh's match against Team Nine Tails


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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Ranamaru to Mattsun. Though he is genuinely 'dere dere' outside a match]]
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* Daddy'sGirl: Ran is this to Usagi-san.

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* Daddy'sGirl: DaddysGirl: Ran is this to Usagi-san.
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* {{Cosplay}}: One of Ichi's hobbies.


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* Daddy'sGirl: Ran is this to Usagi-san.


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** Subverted in the manga as they don't seem to discriminate who they hit
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** Kanae drops the title of Episode 9 (That's What Makes Me Cool) to Hotaru when she kept on challenging her to a drag race.
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** In chapter/episode 9/8, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both Mattsun and Yuuki. The match is very brutal with Midori hurting Mattsun both physically and mentally, then later Yuuki physically, killing all hope spots and making it a completely a one-sided match. Tachibana does show up but even though she manages to get the upperhand, Midori freezes her up by revealing her secret and effectively giving Ichi opening. Midori then her deception to get on the team makes her unqualified to be giving him her so called justice]]

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** In chapter/episode 9/8, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both Mattsun and Yuuki.Yukki. The match is very brutal with Midori hurting Mattsun both physically and mentally, then later Yuuki physically, killing all hope spots and making it a completely a one-sided match. Tachibana does show up but even though she manages to get the upperhand, upper hand, Midori freezes her up by revealing her secret and effectively giving Ichi an opening. Midori then tells her that her deception to get on the team makes her unqualified to be giving him her so called justice]] so-called justice]].
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Midori takes Hotaru to a MaidCafe which later doubled as a shooting range.


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* HostClub: Masamune works in one.


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* MaidCafe: Midori takes Hotaru to one when she was feeling down. Turns out it doubles as a shooting range.

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* CoolBigSis: Captain Sugara.



* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match of the TGC.Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See WhamEpisode entry.

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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match of the TGC. Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See WhamEpisode entry.
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match]] of the TGC. See Wham Episode entry.

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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match]] match of the TGC. TGC.Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See Wham Episode WhamEpisode entry.
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* RetiredBadass: The store owner of Echizen was once a mercenary. Now he runs a Airsoft gun shop wearing an apron with a pink bunny on it
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yuuki in the first match]] of the TGC. See Wham Episode entry.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In some competitions like TGC, you are allowed to physically touch is allowed and may be used to score a hit. However, in all games, once the person hit calls 'hit', the match with the shot individual ends there and they leave the field. Since Survival games generally don't have judges, they are dependent on the integral honesty of both teams. In the first match of the TGC, [[spoiler: Midori pins down Masamune and covers his mouth with one hand before shooting directly on his stomach. Since Masamune can't yell 'hit', Midori uses as an excuse to continue to repeatedly shoot him ]]
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* WhamEpisode:
** In chapter/episode 9/8, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both Mattsun and Yuuki. The match is very brutal with Midori hurting Mattsun both physically and mentally, then later Yuuki physically, killing all hope spots and making it a completely a one-sided match. Tachibana does show up but even though she manages to get the upperhand, Midori freezes her up by revealing her secret and effectively giving Ichi opening. Midori then her deception to get on the team makes her unqualified to be giving him her so called justice]]


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* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Hotaru arrives after the aftermath of Midori Yuuki and Mattsun. Midori states this line]]
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* TheDayTheMusicLied: [[spoiler: In Episode 8, Hotaru, enraged over her friends losing, channels her inner bloodlust on Midori, with her theme song playing... But she ends up wandering into Midori's trap and is shot by Ichi.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Midori.]]


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** [[spoiler: Midori]] drops the title of Episode 8 (What Controls Your Mind Now) to Hotaru [[spoiler: upon defeating her]].
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Aoharu x Kikanjuu got a Summer2015Anime by Creator/BrainsBase, its official Japanese website can be found [[http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aoharu/ here]]. It's streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoharu-x-machinegun Crunchyroll]] [[note]]for America and Canada[[/note]] and [[https://www.animelab.com/shows/aoharu-x-kikanjuu Anime Lab]] [[note]]for Australia[[/note]].

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Aoharu x Kikanjuu got a Summer2015Anime by Creator/BrainsBase, its official Japanese website can be found [[http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aoharu/ here]]. It's streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoharu-x-machinegun Crunchyroll]] [[note]]for America and Canada[[/note]] and [[https://www.animelab.com/shows/aoharu-x-kikanjuu Anime Lab]] [[note]]for Australia[[/note]].
Australia and New Zealand[[/note]].



* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Masaume was held down and forced to watch his teammate get tormeted and later executed right in front of him.]]

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* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Masaume was held down and forced to watch his teammate get tormeted "tormented" and later executed "executed" right in front of him.]]
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* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Masaume was held down and forced to watch his teammate get tormeted and later executed right in front of him.]]
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* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler: Midori]] is implied to be this. Because of this, Fujimon frequently mistakes his intentions as good.
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* TitleDrop: Hotaru drops the title of the episode at the end of the fifth (I Don't Want to Leave This Team) and the sixth (The Storm is Coming).

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* TitleDrop: Hotaru drops the title of the episode at the end of the fifth (I Don't Want to Leave the Team) and the sixth (The Storm is Coming).

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* TitleDrop: Hotaru drops the title of the episode at the end of Episode 4 (I Don't Want to Leave the Team) and Episode 5 (The Storm is Coming).

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Hotaru gets on her hands and knees in episode 5, after realizing that Masamune and Tohru are really BadAss in airsoft battles, and how pathetic she was acting in the previous episode's battles. She thinks he's going to slap her, only for him to apologize instead.



* CruelToBeKind: Masamune forces Hotaru to join the opposing team at the end of episode 4, but she doesn't seem very happy about it. In episode 5, the red team leader talks to her a bit, and mentions overhearing a conversation they had regarding her prior to the team switch. Hotaru also watches as Masamune helps a newbie player on his team, much like he had done for her when she first started. She starts to realize how foolish and headstrong she had been acting before, and apologizes to them in front of a crowd of people in the next scene.



* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Hotaru has a habit of flying into Masamune and especially Tohru feet first, whenever she sees or suspects that they're doing something naughty, such as looking at adult books in public.

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Hotaru has a habit of flying into Masamune and especially Tohru feet first, whenever she sees or suspects that they're doing something naughty, such as looking at adult books in public.public.
** In episode 5, while shooting at her with a water gun, he says that she wet herself, as in a PottyFailure. In the next scene, a loud hit is heard, and Masamune is buried into the ground, with his legs sticking up and Tohru trying to calm Hotaru down.
* FreudianExcuse: Masamune jokingly tells a lady that he doesn't allow girls on his team. Captain Sagara in episode 5, who was the leader of the team opposing Masamune's team tells Hotaru this as well. Tohru then explains to her why that rule was put into place. [[spoiler:They used to have a girl on their team, but in one particularly cruel game, the opposing team tormented and stalked her, then brutally "killed" her, which in the anime appears as if they were pulling her hair, and then "shot" her in the stomach. All in front of Masamune who was being held down and forced to watch this "execution".]] She understandably quit the team afterwards, but he says that her leaving without saying a word was much crueler to Masamune than simply blaming him for what happened in the game.


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* HeroicBSOD: Hotaru suffers a minor one at the beginning of episode 5 after being forced to switch teams by Masamune. She recovers, but then suffers another one after hearing that Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. This one sticks with her a little longer, particularly as a huge national competition was just days away and she had yet to tell them she was a girl. Then Tohru tells her in the FreudianExcuse entry as to why Masamune won't allow girls on his team, and she's caught off guard by him during their water gun fight.
* MistakenForGay: Hotaru asks Tohru if Masamune doesn't like girls for some reason. While she was talking specifically about girls not being able to join Toy Gun Gun, he immediately assumes Masamune was lying when he talks about how attractive women are.
* MyGreatestFailure: Hotaru finds out why Masamune says he doesn't allow girls on his team in episode 5, as described in the FreudianExcuse entry. [[spoiler:As a result of a girl getting tormented in the game while he was forced to helplessly watch, he doesn't like the idea of letting a girl on his team again, lest this happens again.]]


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* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Masamune uses this against Tohru in episode 5 when the latter complains about being tired after a short run. He tells his friend with such low stamina he'd be useless in combat. Tohru suddenly has the urge to take part in the training Masamune set up.


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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Oftentimes there are extended dialogue scenes during the battles. Almost no action takes place until said dialogue scene is finished.
* WhamLine: After thanking the red team leader for helping her to realize how good Masamune and Tohru were at airsoft games in episode 5, she tells Hotaru that she knows why they chose her. But then she mentions that Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. Something Hotaru, being a {{Bifauxnen}}, hadn't quite yet revealed to her teammates...

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hotaru's quest for vengeance for Kanae ends up costing her a lot of damaged stuff at the HostClub Masamune works at. He makes her pay it off by having her join in his survival games.

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** In episode 4, Hotaru's constant use of LeeroyJenkins ends up getting her hit almost immediately by the opposing team in almost every fight. Eventually Masamune gets tired of the antics, and throws her on the other team.
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''Aoharu x Machinegun'' ("Aoharu x Kikanjuu" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth x Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] x Kikanjuu" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is a shonen manga by NAOE, with a pair of oneshots starting it off in Gangan Online in 2011. Its official Japanese website is [[http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/story/aoharu/ here]], but don't fret, it will be released in English by Yen Press.

Hotaru Tachibana is a [[{{Bifauxnen}} girl in a guy's uniform]] who's the StudentCouncilPresident and a pursuer of justice. Her friend Kanae got into trouble with a host so she chases down the guy responsible...and it turns out to be Masamune Matsuoka, her neighbor. After a gun fight (with BB guns), she ends up needing to pay compensation to the host club but Masamune says he'll reduce the huge fees if she does one thing: join him and his ChildhoodFriend, apartment sharer and hentai {{Mangaka}} Tohru Yukimura, in a survival game team which Masamune's dubbed Toy ☆ Gun Gun.

What happens next?

The trio strive [[ToBeAMaster to be the best survival game group in Japan]], of course!

Aoharu x Kikanjuu got a Summer2015Anime by Creator/BrainsBase, its official Japanese website can be found [[http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/aoharu/ here]]. It's streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/aoharu-x-machinegun Crunchyroll]] [[note]]for America and Canada[[/note]] and [[https://www.animelab.com/shows/aoharu-x-kikanjuu Anime Lab]] [[note]]for Australia[[/note]].

The [[Characters/AoharuXMachinegun Characters page]] and [[YMMV/AoharuXMachinegun YMMV page]] could use some work, too...
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* AlternateCharacterReading: The title, as explained in a note above, could mean "Youth x Machinegun" but doesn't due to this trope. It also doesn't mean "blue spring" ("spring" being the season) but if "aoharu" weren't katakana in the title furigana (furigana is typically hiragana), it would.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: This is a show that can afford to get away with the license but it's conscious of it nonetheless. Example: episode 1 where Masamune shoots at Hotaru's torso, along with a warning on screen saying you should never point guns or shoot them at people promptly following the shot.
* {{Bishonen}}: See CastFullOfPrettyBoys.
* BloodKnight: Hotaru seems to get a little too excited to jump into combat in episode 4. Her BattleAura is even enough to creep out the airsoft store owner in their mock battle.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: This is a survival game manga, so the "boys" are a given. The "pretty"? Not so much, except maybe Masamune because he's a host.
* CoolGuns: Despite the name of the work, all kinds of guns are showcased from sniper rifles to handguns. They're all BB-shooting replicas though.
* CreditsRunningSequence: Hotaru starts running alone in the ending, but is joined by Masamune and Tohru shortly after.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The trio who voice Toy ☆ Gun Gun sing the OP ''Bravest Destiny'', and Hotaru's VA Creator/MikakoKomatsu sings the ED ''Gunjou Survival'' (''Aquamarine Survival'').
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Hotaru has a habit of flying into Masamune and especially Tohru feet first, whenever she sees or suspects that they're doing something naughty, such as looking at adult books in public.
* TheGunslinger: Almost everyone, even if the guns are fake.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hotaru's quest for vengeance for Kanae ends up costing her a lot of damaged stuff at the HostClub Masamune works at. He makes her pay it off by having her join in his survival games.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The group that Toy Gun Gun fights against in episode 2 are notorious cheaters, who have a habit of not calling out when they get hit.
* OneBulletLeft: Aversion - Masamune only puts in one pellet at the beginning of his duel against Hotaru as a handicap.
* SlasherSmile: Hotaru sports one in episode 4.
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