History Manga / AoharuXMachinegun

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins:Midori ultimately defeats Toy ☆ Gun Gun, securing yet another victory for Hoshishiro and BreakingTheFellowship. The manga continues from then on, but the anime [[DownerEnding ends there]]]].

* {{Bishonen}}: See CastFullOfPrettyBoys.

''Aoharu × Kikanjū'' 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 the USA and Canada[[/note]], [[https://www.hidive.com/tv/aoharu-x-machinegun HIDIVE]][[note]]also for the USA and Canada[[/note]], and [[https://www.animelab.com/shows/aoharu-x-kikanjuu Anime Lab]] [[note]]for Australia and New Zealand[[/note]] and covers the events of the manga up to Chapter 16.

''Aoharu × Machinegun'' ("Aoharu × Kikanjū" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth × Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] × Kikanjū" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is a shonen manga by NAOE, with a pair of oneshots starting it off in ''Monthly G Fantasy'' in 2012; it then ran as an ongoing series from 2013 to 2019. Its official Japanese website is [[http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/gfantasy/story/aoharu/ here]], but don't fret, it's also available in English courtesy of Creator/YenPress.

''Aoharu × Machinegun'' ("Aoharu × Kikanjū" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth × Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] × Kikanjū" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is an ongoing 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's also available in English courtesy of Creator/YenPress.

The [[Characters/AoharuXMachinegun Characters page]] and [[YMMV/AoharuXMachinegun YMMV page]] could use some WikiMagic...

* AccidentalPervert: When Hotaru first meets Tohru, she's exiting the womens' changing room and is mistaken for a boy. Tohru assumes "he" was in there to 'fantasize' and approves, much to Hotaru's moritifaction.
** Once Hotaru's gender comes out, [[spoiler:Haruki and Midori get this from Masamune and Tohru: Haruki for having accidentally touched her chest and Midori for ''sounding'' as if he did]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Tohru declares that [[MetaGuy he's supposed to be the perverted character]] and demands that they 'let him do something too.'

*** And at the end of volume 5, there is an omake with Tooru saying to Hotaru that even though Masamune is usually pretty pathetic in the main story, he does have some cool moments. He then recalls a day when he asked Masamune to play one of his ero games with him, saying he wanted to get the “half-eros, half-emotional” experience by playing it with him. Masamune is hungover and tells him no, but Tooru won’t give up so Masamune cups his hand over Tooru’s mouth in an aggressive fashion and tells him to shut up. The next panel shows Tooru, being the masochist he is, saying “...okay” complete with a blushy face and a background of shoujo-style sparkles. He then is shown recalling this experience to Hotaru saying, “Ahhhh∼! At the time, I just thought, ‘Do whatever you want with me!!’ Seriously.” Actually, most of the time when Masamune “takes charge” with him, Tooru is shown to be interested in it. Like in chapter 51, after [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/ffr6TFhLkqyRUGF53GiAkYfkAim4gaofD3ad4SvrInNre24NZ9BbYqhSanUkv4i5SQsdUuuJsEN3x0LSfGoCac5raNHMETzCee77AvRj7sCmj2Cqm_85R2DqGvZ3A_A0G1DpSyg=s0?title=010_1497563382.jpg this]], Tooru says [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/ac44a7d8ea781db44bb260a428fe86bd/tumblr_oqsezweOzE1ql7ar8o1_1280.jpg this]]

* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Hotaru and Tohru first meet, Tohru catches Hotaru exiting the girls' washroom and he gets the wrong idea because [[{{Bifauxnen}} Hotaru looks like a boy]]. Since he also likes getting inside the girls' bathroom to get some "inspiration" for his erotic manga, Tohru approves, [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame much to Hotaru's horror]].

''Aoharu × Machinegun'' ("Aoharu × Kikanjū" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth × Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] × Kikanjū" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is an ongoing 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.

''Aoharu × Kikanjū'' 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 and New Zealand[[/note]] and covers the events of the manga up to Chapter 16.

* HopeSpot: Used a few times during the TGC tournament, [[spoiler:where several moments give the impression that Toy ☆ Gun Gun could actually stand a chance. They really don't.]]

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Heartbreakingly averted during the TGC match. [[spoiler:Despite several [[HopeSpot Hope Spots]], Midori takes out Toy ☆ Gun Gun almost single-handedly, finding time to inflict physical and mental torture along the way and afterward gloating about the years of hopelessness that Masamune and Tohru have endured. We're then matter-of-factly informed that Team Hoshishiro won the tournament for the fifth year in a row.]]

** Making the case for AmbiguouslyBi in [=TGG=]'s second match, Hotaru and Tohru have a sparkly shoujo-style panel of Prince Hotaru vowing to rescue Princess/Hostage Tohru.

** Hotaru suffers a minor one, mostly played for laughs, after being forced to switch teams by Masamune during their match against Captain Sagara. She recovers pretty quickly but immediately suffers another one after hearing that Toy ☆ Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. This one sticks a little longer, as a huge competition was just days away and she had yet to tell them she was a girl. Then Tohru tells her ''why'' Masamune won't allow girls on his team and she's caught off-guard during their water gun fight.

** After the match against Captain Sagara's team, she mentions that Toy ☆ Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. And [[{{Bifauxnen}} Hotaru]] hadn't yet told the others about her true identity...

''Aoharu × Machinegun'' ("Aoharu × Kikanjū" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth × Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] x Kikanjū" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is an ongoing 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.

''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 and New Zealand[[/note]] and covers the events of the manga up to Chapter 16.

''Aoharu x Machinegun'' ("Aoharu x Kikanjū" [[note]]It's ''not'' called "Youth x Machinegun" because "aoharu" is in katakana in the title furigana, which means "[[AlternateCharacterReading Seishun]] x Kikanjū" ("seishun" = "youth") would be incorrect[[/note]]) is an ongoing 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.

''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 an ongoing 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.

** Midori. He is obsessed with Masamune and never misses an opportunity to sadistically torture him (emotionally or physically). [[https://youtu.be/3BtJ46Rx11g There is the scene at the TGC]] for example. There is also a good amount of official art/omakes with them, the most notable being [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/818Brc5ZPXL.jpg this]]. He has also always been very touchy-feely with Masamune, for example by cupping his chin or holding his hand. He also told Masamune when he first met him that “Your eyes are very beautiful. They are the color of the sky. (But) they would be nicer filled with tears,” then kabedons him. For the emotional side of things, in chapter 25, it is shown that Midori [[spoiler:is carrying an old picture of him and Masamune. He drops it and Ichi finds it and says she has never seen Midori look that happy. When she returns it to him, [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/516f415c625cc24aa44c359d71696b7a/tumblr_nxtzg45Zg21ql7ar8o3_1280.jpg he sadly puts it away remarking, “Why are there always gentle kids gathering around me...?]] [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/855958a00bbde32206aec82004a6e9d3/tumblr_nxtzg45Zg21ql7ar8o2_1280.jpg Hey... Masamune”]] And in chapter 33, it is shown that [[spoiler:before approaching Masamune in high school, Midori had been watching him from afar.]] Then in chapter 48, it’s pointed out that Midori [[spoiler: still uses the guns he bought with Masamune.]]

* AmbigiouslyGay: A lot of the cast falls into this or AmbigiouslyBi

* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:Hotaru has hers with Midori when she's stuck in the men's bath without a towel; Midori offers to give her his if she kisses him then and there.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A platonic version in Tohru, who has apparently dedicated his life to supporting Masamune, even taking up airsoft in the first place to help Masamune [[spoiler:get back at Midori]].

* SweetOnPollyOliver: A lot of the girls Hotaru goes to school with unknowingly play into this, as Kanae has to tell them that Hotaru's [[{{Bifauxnen}} actually a girl]]. There are also occasional hints that Masamune might be attracted to Hotaru before he learns she's a girl, though that may have been his "host sense" subconsciously recognizing her as female.

** When facing off with Masamune and Tohru in the TGC match, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both them both, physically and mentally crushing Masamune and physically overwhelming Tohru . When Tachibana shows up and gets the upper hand, Midori reveals that he knows her secret - her actual gender - and freezes her long enough for Ichi to snipe her, then tells Hotaru that lying to stay on the team makes her "evil" despite her claims of justice.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Tohru does this to Masamune after their yakiniku party [[spoiler:for kicking Hotaru off the team. While Tohru initially says that he understands why Masamune did it, he follows it up by punching him, chewing him out, declaring that he won't go along with Masamune's decision, and storming out.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: Hotaru gets on her hands and knees after realizing that Masamune and Tohru are really BadAss at airsoft and how pathetic she was acting in comparison. This gets a lot of use in manga, mostly in the form of various members of Toy ☆ Gun Gun apologizing to each other for lying and/or letting each other down.

* TheDayTheMusicLied: [[spoiler: In the anime version of the TGC match, and enraged Hotaru channels her inner bloodlust on Midori with her theme song playing... but ends up in his trap and is shot by Ichi.]]

* DeathGlare: How some players express their killing intent, such as [[spoiler: Haruki]].

* SweetOnPollyOliver: A lot of the girls Hotaru goes to school with unknowingly play into this, as Kanae has to tell them that Hotaru's [[{{Bifauxnen}} actually a girl]]. There are also occasional hints that Masamune might be attracted to Hotaru before he learns she's girl, though that may have been his "host sense" subconsciously registering that Hotaru's female.

* MistakenForPervert: When Hotaru first meets Tohru, she's exiting the womens' changing room and is mistaken for a boy. Tohru assumes "he" was in there to 'fantasize' and approves, much to Hotaru's moritifaction.
** Once Hotaru's gender comes out, [[spoiler:Haruki and Midori get this from Masamune and Tohru: Haruki for having accidentally touched her chest and Midori for ''sounding'' as if he did]]. [[LanpshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Tohru declares that [[MetaGuy he's supposed to be the perverted character]] and demands that they 'let him do something too.'

* AintTooProudToBeg: Hotaru gets on her hands and knees after realizing that Masamune and Tohru are really BadAss at airsoft and how pathetic she was acting in comparison. This gets a lot of use in manga, mostly in the form of various members of Toy Gun Gun apologizing to each other for lying and/or letting each other down.

** Used again in the post-TGC target-range match between Hotaru and Midori. [[spoiler:Not only does Hotaru land the headshot, she hit the tiny target dead-center.]]

** Masamune forces Hotaru to join the opposing team at the end of episode 4, but the team's leader mentions a conversation between Masamune and Yukimura that reveals the temporary team-switch to be this. Hotaru also watches as Masamune helps a newbie player on his team, much like he had done for her, and realizes how foolish and headstrong she'd been.
** Masamune uses it again post-TGC, after he asks Hotaru if she likes survival games. [[spoiler:After she says she does, he immediately tells her to quit the team and pushes her out of the apartment. Yukimura outlines Masamune's thought process as this, noting that they lost two prior teammates due to Masamune's obsession with Midori and that Masamune was trying to protect Hotaru, but that doesn't stop Yukimura from reading Masamune the WhatTheHellHero act.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yukki in the first match of the TGC, which come one after the other.]]

** Masamune gets a second one, revealed later in the manga, when it's revealed that [[spoiler:a childhood filled with abandonment issues is probably why he's so hung up on Midori's kicking him from his team.]]

** Hotaru suffers a minor one, mostly played for laughs, after being forced to switch teams by Masamune during their match against Captain Sagara. She recovers pretty quickly but immediately suffers another one after hearing that Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. This one sticks a little longer, as a huge competition was just days away and she had yet to tell them she was a girl. Then Tohru tells her ''why'' Masamune won't allow girls on his team and she's caught off-guard during their water gun fight.
** She suffers ''another'' one [[spoiler:after Toy Gun Gun loses to Hoshishiro, during which Midori rubs salt into the wound by humiliating them and gloating to Hotaru that he knew she was a girl while her own teammates didn't.]]
* HopeSpot: Used a few times during the TGC tournament, [[spoiler:where several moments give the impression that Toy Gun Gun could actually stand a chance. They really don't.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A platonic version in Yukimura, who has apparently dedicated his life to supporting Masamune, even taking up airsoft in the first place to help Masamune [[spoiler:get back at Midori]].

* 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 just deflecting when he talks about how attractive women are.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens several times, like [[spoiler:Hotaru being kicked off Toy Gun Gun and Yukimura's powerful WhatTheHellHero moment to Masamune being followed by Yukimura realizing he's just stormed out of his ''own apartment'']].

* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: Toy Gun Gun's match against Team Nine Tails.

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Masamune uses this against Yukimura when the latter complains about being tired after a short run, claiming that he'd be useless in combat with such low stamina. Yukimura suddenly has the urge to take part in the training.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The first real team that Toy Gun Gun competes against are notorious cheaters with a habit of not calling out when they get hit.

* SeriousBusiness: The airsoft "survival games," lampshaded a few times when it's pointed out that it's not actual combat and features toy guns. This does nothing to change anyone's view of things.

* ThemeNaming: Outside of Team Toy Gun Gun and Team Hoshishiro, many of the named TGC contestants follow a particular name pattern of '[Number] [Animal/Creature]. For example, Team Nine Tails and Team Eleven Dogs.
** Many of the characters have the surnames of notable warlords and samurai, including all of Teams Toy Gun Gun and Hoshishiro and even some of the minor characters, like Captain Sagara.

* ToBeAMaster: The desire of all teams to come out on top at the TGC national competition is a driving force behind the matches, but it's especially strong motivation in the case of Team Gun Gun [[spoiler:because their grudge against Midori means ItsPersonal.]]
* UnderdogsNeverLose: Heartbreakingly averted during the TGC match. [[spoiler:Despite several [[HopeSpot Hope Spots]], Midori takes out Toy Gun Gun almost single-handedly, finding time to inflict physical and mental torture along the way and afterward gloating about the years of hopelessness that Masamune and Yukimura have endured. We're then matter-of-factly informed that Team Hoshishiro won the tournament for the fifth year in a row.]]

** Yukimura to Mattsun, to the point where it's basically his defining trait, and later Hotaru to the former two.

** When facing off with Masamune and Yukimura in the TGC match, [[spoiler: Midori takes his sweet time destroying both them both, physically and mentally crushing Masamune and physically overwhelming Yukimura. When Tachibana finally shows up and gets the upper hand, Midori reveals that he knows her secret - her actual gender - and freezes her long enough for Ichi to snipe her, then tells Hotaru that lying to stay on the team makes her "evil" despite her claims of justice.]]

** After the match against Captain Sagara's team, she mentions that Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. And [[{{Bifauxnen}} Hotaru]] hadn't yet told the others about her true identity...

* WhatTheHellHero: Yukimura does this to Masamune after their yakiniku party [[spoiler:for kicking Hotaru off the team. While Yukimura initially says that he understands why Masamune did it, he follows it up by punching him, chewing him out, declaring that he won't go along with Masamune's decision, and storming out.]]

* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Midori tells Hotaru this when she shows up after he's already curbstomped Masamune and Yukimura during the TGC match]].

* BloodKnight: Some of the more aggressive airsoft players come off as this, and Hotaru seems to get a little ''too'' excited for combat. Her BattleAura is enough to creep out the airsoft store owner in their mock-battle and later Midori during the TGC match; the manga eventually reveals her BloodKnight tendencies to be [[spoiler:Hotaru's innate lust for and skill at combat, present since childhood, which might make her a danger to even her own teammates.]]

** Used again in the post-TGC target-range match between Hotaru and Midori. [[spoiler:Not only does Hotaru land the headshot, she also hit the tiny target dead-center.]]

* CoolGuns: Despite the name all kinds of guns are showcased, from sniper rifles to handguns to ''miniguns''. They're all BB-shooting replicas, though.

** Masamune forces Hotaru to join the opposing team at the end of episode 4, but the team's leader mentions a conversation between Masamune and Yukimura that reveals the temporary team-switch to be this. Hotaru also watches as Masamune helps a newbie player on his team, much like he had done for her, and realizes how foolish and headstrong she had been.
** Masamune uses it again in episode 10, after he asks Hotaru if he likes survival games or not. [[spoiler:After she says she does, he immediately tells her to quit the team and pushes her out of the apartment. Yukimura outlines Masamune's thought process as this, noting that they lost two prior teammates due to Masamune's obsession with Midori and that Masamune was just trying to protect Hotaru, but that doesn't stop Yukimura from reading Masamune the WhatTheHellHero act regardless.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Midori vs Mattsun and Midori vs Yukki in the first match of the TGC. Not to mention it's one after the another.]] See WhamEpisode entry.
* TheDayTheMusicLied: [[spoiler: In the TGC match Hotaru, enraged over her friends' defeat, channels her inner bloodlust on Midori with her theme song playing... but ends up in Midori's trap and is shot by Ichi.]]

** Hotaru has a BloodKnight moment against Fujimoto, rushing him to deny his range advantage and completely overwhelming him at short-range. [[spoiler:When asked why she didn't shoot, Hotaru admits she left the safety on. Fortunately for her, Fujimoto is a good sport and allows her to win, since he would've gotten shot with that maneuver. That and she damaged his mini-gun.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Masamune jokingly tells a lady that he doesn't allow girls on his team, which is later repeated by Captain Sagara. Tohru then explains: [[spoiler:They used to have a girl on their team, but in one match the opposing team stalked and brutally "killed" her while Masamune was forced to watch.]] She quit immediately afterwards. [[spoiler:Tohru later clarifies that Masamune actually made up the "no women allowed" rule because he didn't want to seem so weak and helpless again. Additionally, he was breaking the tournament rules by taking part in the action after being hit.]]
** Masamune gets a second one, revealed later in the manga, when it's revealed that [[spoiler:a childhood filled with abandonment issues is probably why he's so hung up on Midori's kicking him from the team.]]

* GenreShift: The series starts off as a comedy with quirky characters and airsoft-based action-scenes. It eventually turns into a sports drama with increasingly dramatic elements, focusing on the airsoft aspects and character dynamics.

** Hotaru suffers a minor one, mostly played for laughs, after being forced to switch teams by Masamune during their match against Captain Sagara's team. She recovers pretty quickly but immediately suffers another one after hearing that Toy Gun Gun doesn't allow girls on their team. This one sticks a little longer, as a huge competition was just days away and she had yet to tell them she was a girl. Then Tohru tells her ''why'' Masamune won't allow girls on his team and she's caught off-guard during their water gun fight.

* MyGreatestFailure: Hotaru finds out why Masamune says he doesn't allow girls on his team, as described in the FreudianExcuse entry. [[spoiler:As a result of a girl getting tormented in-game while he was forced to watch, he doesn't like the idea of letting a girl on his team again.]]

* SeriousBusiness: The airsoft "survival games," lampshaded a few times when it's pointed out that it's not ''actual'' combat and features toy guns. This does nothing to change anyone's SeriousBusiness view of things.

* SweetOnPollyOliver: A lot of the girls Hotaru goes to school with are unknowingly playing into this, as Kanae has to tell them that Hotaru's [[{{Bifauxnen}} actually a girl]]. There are also occasional hints that Masamune might be attracted to Hotaru before he learns she's girl, which confuses him him greatly as he thinks Hotaru's a male high school student at the time.

** Additionally, many of the characters have the surnames of notable warlords and samurai, including all of Teams Toy Gun Gun and Hoshishiro (assuming Ichi is a reference to Oichi) and even some of the minor characters like Captain Sagara.