8.324 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestThe idea of wanting to protect someone is still foreign to K, so in a dramatic, no-holds-barred faceoff, Tor decides to show him how it's done.
This is the story of Tooru Kokonoe who has enrolled at Kouryou Academy, a school which trains students in wielding Blaze, soul powered weapons to prepare them for the Dorn Agency's special peacekeeping corps. When Tooru is partnered with a mysterious girl: Julie Sigtuna, he finds he has to overcome many hurdles to ensure their teamwork and fighting skills are up to par for the duration of their training.
Practical Effects
Blaze weapon designs actually look cool sometimes
Production
Silver hair budget went HARD for Julie
Nozomi Yamamoto
Julie Sigtuna (voice)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Thor Kokonoe (voice)
Ayaka Suwa
Tomoe Tachibana (voice)
Haruka Yamazaki
Lilith Bristol (voice)
Nozomi Nishida
Sarah (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Grave Phantom (voice)
Manami Tanaka
Otoha Kokonoe (voice)
Mami Uchida
Momo Kibitsu (voice)
Natsuki Hanae
Aoi 'Tora' Torasaki (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
K (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Equipment Smith (voice)
Yoshihisa Kawahara
Tatsu (voice)
Yui Horie
Sakuya Tsukumo (voice)
Yukari Tamura
Rito 'Usa-sensei' Tsukimi (voice)
Ayaka Imamura
Miyabi Hotaka (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The light novel ran for 11 volumes; the anime adapts roughly the first three and ends on original material that goes nowhere. Classic 2010sLN adaptation graveyard.
Part of the 2014-2016 'battle harem' boom alongside Infinite Stratos and Trinity Seven—studios realized teens with superpowers + exactly one male student = merchandise gold.
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