The fighting school goers of Ikki Tousen are back for a fourth season. This series opens with a girl named Bachou Mouki to go to a school to avenge her brother's murder; she defeats many students but can't get near her target. To improve her skills she asks protagonist Hakufu Sonsaku to become her mentor. Her training hasn't got too far when all the fighters are invited to a competition; it turns out to be a trap; a masked stranger, Kentei, intends to eliminate the fighters! Hakufu manages to miss the boat, quite literally, when she falls asleep on the train! Eventually she makes her way to where they are being held and gets involved in the fight to rescue the fighters and defeat Kentei.
This is typical Ikki Tousen; if you enjoyed the previous seasons you will probably like this and if you didn't I assume you'll have stopped watching the series some time ago. No time is wasted explaining what is going so things might be a little confusing if this is your introduction to Ikki Tousen. As one would expect there are plenty of exciting fights and quite a lot of fan service I think there was quite a lot more of the latter as just about every episode includes fights that lead to the girls' clothes disintegrating! The animation is decent enough and the character designs are good; despite the large cast all the main characters are distinctive. Along with the main series there are six shorts that are fairly amusing and include yet more fan service especially in the end credits that feature the female cast members in a state of undress typical Ikki Tousen!
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
This is typical Ikki Tousen; if you enjoyed the previous seasons you will probably like this and if you didn't I assume you'll have stopped watching the series some time ago. No time is wasted explaining what is going so things might be a little confusing if this is your introduction to Ikki Tousen. As one would expect there are plenty of exciting fights and quite a lot of fan service I think there was quite a lot more of the latter as just about every episode includes fights that lead to the girls' clothes disintegrating! The animation is decent enough and the character designs are good; despite the large cast all the main characters are distinctive. Along with the main series there are six shorts that are fairly amusing and include yet more fan service especially in the end credits that feature the female cast members in a state of undress typical Ikki Tousen!
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.