rubylily: Kanami/Mai, Katana Maidens (❋ Gardenia)
Ruby Lily ([personal profile] rubylily) wrote in [community profile] yuletide 2022-09-09 10:44 pm (UTC)

Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime)

Title: Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens

Media: Anime

Approx length: 24 half-hour episodes

Where to find it: Crunchyroll has it available both subbed and dubbed

What is it, in summary?: Young girls known as Toji wield special swords to hunt supernatural monsters called aradama. The first episode starts with a tournament, but it quickly becomes an action/thriller series as protagonist Kanami and her friends find themselves involved in a plot involving aradama-possessed humans and the truth of the great disaster from twenty years ago. The anime has a good variety of female characters and plenty of femslashy subtext too.

You can't go wrong with girls with swords, and all the yuri subtext is definitely a welcomed touch. I really liked the friendship between the girls, and I also enjoy the friends-to-lovers trope. All the sword-fighting is good too - even with utsushi, fighting aradama is no easy feat, and one of the girls being injured during battle is also ripe for hurt/comfort potential. My favorite character is Mai, Kanami's best friend, and she also has a sweet relationship with the soft-spoken and silver-haired Sayaka.

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