“1921 Tokyo: Naval ensign Ogami joins theater girls battling steam robots and demons in post-war Japan.”
Sakura Wars
サクラ大戦
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Synopsis
1921 Tokyo: Naval ensign Ogami joins theater girls battling steam robots and demons in post-war Japan.
The year is 1921, and this is a Tokyo where monstrous steam-powered robots crash a flower-viewing party only to be cut down samurai-style by a young girl in a kimono and traditional hakama pants. It's eight years after the horrific Demon War, and Japan is a peaceful prosperous place. Meet Ensign Ogami Ichiro, who has just graduated from the Naval Academy. He's assigned to a base in Tokyo, but soon discovers that his headquarters is the Imperial Theater and his first mission is collecting tickets at the gate. He gamely goes about his menial jobs at the theater, surrounded by beautiful girls who seem to know a lot more about what's going on than he does, but he's about to be swept into a roiling world of robots, demons, and hot girls in uniform. (Source: Tokyopop)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Jul 2010
- 8 “I've read a few volumes of this series. I find that with all the Sakura Wars series it relies heavily on the characters. Most of the story is about how the characters develop. The setting is very...”
- 5 “First of all, I've only read the first volume of Sakura Taisen. Please PM/comment on my profile if I'm missing anything. Story: The story is somehow different and somehow the same compared to other...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 29 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 52m approx
- Published Jun 2002 – Dec 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0492 catalog