Opening Theme:
"MOON SIGNAL" by Sphere
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hatsukoi wa Zakuro-iro (初戀は柘榴色)" by Mai Nakahara and Takahiro Sakurai (eps 1,3)
#2: "Futari Sei (二人静)" by Kana Hanazawa and Satoshi Hino (ep 4)
#3: "Junjou Masquerade (純情マスカレイド)" by Aki Toyosaki, Yui Horie and Yuuki Kaji (ep 2)
Plot Summary: In an alternate history of the Meiji era where humans and magical beings known as "younin" live side by side, half-younin girls team up with army lieutenants to fight younin wrongdoers.
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This is all entirely beside the point of course; no one reads something like this for existential human drama or delicate emotions. But were they present, it would help to distract from the series' marked lack of purpose. Supernatural assassins aside, the world of monsters is ignored outright, and the political struggles and social institutions behind Hime's current station and exile have yet to receive any elaboration. This is an introductory volume, so naturally one can expect more in the way of explanation on these points later, but that doesn't change the fact that there is no indication here of where, if anywhere, this series is headed. It's just a lot of Hime getting the better of monster nasties by hook or crook. As cool as she is (did I mention she uses a chainsaw?) she has trouble carrying even this one volume on her merits alone.