Tai-Ari deshita. Ojousama wa Kakutou Game nante Shinai

Well this one was a disappointment but to be honest I was expecting it the fighting game genre is just not something I care about at all and unfortunately it is a big part of this story especially in the second half. This show is a classic example of the B plot being so important it makes you question why the Yuri tag is even here like seriously there is barely any actual romance between the main couple and maybe a shadow of a side couple with their friends. I’ll give points for the impressive production quality and obvious passion the people making this series had and to be fair I really liked everything that just didn’t have anything to do with the fighting game stuff. The characters were deep, animation was crisp and I love the main couple’s character designs and dynamic it’s just a real shame I could not care about the gaming side plot at all. I would like to see more maybe it’ll improve in the romance department (Though manga readers have told me otherwise) but overall this was definitely your typical “This is romance?” anime.

Well I certainly do love a coming of age story about lesbians at an elite all girls school being into things considered “not lady like” so they have to sneak and engage in them. Rock is a lady’s modesty last year, and now Taiari this year. Both are now near and dear to my heart and while Taiari never reached the heights Rock Lady did, nor was it ever as gay, it was still a really time with some nice themes of self acceptance, going outside of your comfort zone, you know, the usual soppy stuff that works on me. I loved this cast of girls and how they came together despite being from radically different backgrounds, united by their love of street fighter, I loved the way the game was incorporated into the anime and most importantly, I wanna download and play it now! The 12 episode long advertisement worked on me. I’m generally a big sucker for stories that focus on women doing things are not conventionally “girlie” and learning to embrace those things as part of who they really are. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with playing or being good at video games as a girl, but while much progress has been made, there’s still this tendency to look down on female players, especially in fighting games. I think this story is just a nice pro female gamer propaganda piece that reminds you a girl can absolutely kick your ass in a video game. Had a lot of fun watching all the girls grow as people and gamers over the course of the season and I learned so much about what it means to be a high level competitive fighting gamer. This was all new to me since FPS have been my domain for over a decade now and my conclusion is that fighting games have to be the video game that require the most skill. The level of hand eye coordination and tactical maneuvering in such short amounts of time is insane. Not only are you trying to physically outmaneuver your opponent, but you’re also playing chess in your head, anticipating their reactions to movements you haven’t even made yet. Nothing but respect to anyone in this field and especially to the badass girlies who are not just keeping up with, but better than the boys. The show does a good job of showing the girls various philosophies about fighting games and their physical techniques which I thought was really interesting because again, all of this is new to me, so to see all the different ways you can approach and plan for a battle was so cool. Most importantly, the girls all have to change their established play styles at various points to get ahead which is a nice metaphor for going outside of your comfort zone in real life to move forward as well. Who says video games can’t be educational? There’s truly nothing cooler than meeting a group of people who just understand and appreciate the same things you do, or at least the things that are most important to you, so I totally empathized with Mio, Aya and the girls as they instantly became best friends with one another, because who wouldn’t when you find someone at school to consistently play your fave game with, lol? The one complaint I have here is that I felt there wasn’t enough yuri. Aya and Mio are def gay as hell for each other, well Aya is at least gay for Mio, but the others were just kinda strong friendships which maybe will develop into something more later? But I expected more yuri coming into this! If you’re gonna follow in rock lady’s footsteps, embrace the yuri baiting lol. Rather minor issue though because the girls are all great and their friendship really is beautiful. Most of the actual action in the show comes from street fighter 6 gameplay which looks like.. well.. SF6 gameplay, the actual 2D animation itself looks solid enough and I like the character designs. The voice acting is also really good! Really took some of those tense EVO moments to the next level. This is another one of those shows that just ends as the girls begin to take their next steps, but this is actually one I’d be motivated to go out and read at some point. I loved the girls’ friendship, their competitiveness and the level of attention that went into bringing competitive gaming to life in anime format. This was great! Just needed more yuri. Taiari gets 8 joycons out of 10.

i only watched this for the yuri story: 2/10 it basically follows the exact same premise of Rock Lady: an outsider commoner gal gets a chance to enter a super prestigious ojou-sama type school. she used to have this one hardcore, unladylike hobby but had to abandon it cause it's deemed way too unconventional for someone attending this kind of elite academy. eventually, she crosses paths with another girl at the school who shares the exact same hobby as she does. the funny part is the contrast between them: said girl is only doing it casually for fun, while our main girl is doing it out of pure, sweaty passion. seeing that casual approach instantly triggers the main character's suppressed tryhard energy, pulling her right back into the very thing she swore to give up. the premise itself is good, it's quite unique despite sharing similarities with an another series, but unlike Rock Lady the execution of the plot is a mess and the pacing is just painfully slow. what i really hate about the story is that it completely neglects the actual yuri. instead of developing their relationship, the story just drags because most of it is hyper-focused on the fighting itself. you'll end up spending way too much time stuck watching scenes inside the video game with avatars beating each other up and characters shouting about SF6 terminologies. it feels less like a romance and more like you're just watching a sweaty esports stream with some yuribait sprinkled on top to string you along. it completely wastes a perfectly good setup. characters: 1/10 the characters are generic and boring as fck. aya is your standard cliched tomboyish character who refuses to admit to her own feelings, practically every yuribait character that has ever been written. then you got mio the perfect embodiment of a princess heroine archetype like she's pretty and she's skilled but what else? oh i guess she's kinda "aho" too, like there is literally zero depth to her beyond being a pretty princess but a sweaty gamer in secret. and don't even get me started on tamaki and yuu. tamaki is just your standard anxious, crybaby younger sister trope. her entire character arc is just her being insecure, getting bullied by her older sister hana, and whining about wanting to get on aya and mio's level. and yuu is just the generic 'fun-loving' best friend who exists solely to be tamaki's emotional support animal. supposedly they are on the disciplinary committee, but yuu's only real purpose in the plot is to provide cheap yuri fanservice by holding tamaki's hand and stepping in to protect her. neither of them have any actual depth and they are just walking anime cliches designed to bait shippers. animation: 6/10 i really love mio's design, her being portrayed as the "white lily", the top most beautiful girl in their school, serves justice. aya doesn't fall flat either, she looks unique in her own way. her sharp eyes and long hair give her this perfect cool beauty vibe. tamaki has that flawless, fluffy, petite doll-like ojousama look with her short bob cut, which makes it absolutely hilarious when her cute face scrunches up in pure despair over dropped combos. then you have yuu, who rocks the twintails and has this super chill, fun-loving energy that perfectly contrasts tamaki's high-strung anxiety. all of the character expressions are totally on point too, especially when their elegant facades break and they get all toxic over the game. but despite the character art being top tier, the actual animation is what brings the score down. most of the time it's just panning across still frames, and like 2/3 of the scenes are literally just SF6 gameplay footage doing the heavy lifting instead of actual character animation. also, i really have to mention tamaki's older sister, hana. i absolutely love her design, she looks so intimidating and cool, it's such a massive shame they didn't show more of her. soundtrack: 7/10 i mean i like metal so im immediately biased towards the OP. ED is relaxing to listen to, a complete contrast to it's OP, and it's kinda catchy. enjoyment: 1/10 it's so boring that i ended up dozing off in the middle of episodes multiple times. i couldn't care less about any fighting games. overall: floor [(2+1+6+7+1)/5] = 3

Good aspects Awesome art Mostly likeable female cast, and I also love series that feature successful female characters. It doesn't matter what they are successful at. Sometimes funny I liked that they didn't win in the game tournament; it was a realistic choice. Bad aspects You will get quickly bored if you aren't into video games. No depth. It isn't the most superficial series (characters do have a voice), but they aren't deep. Boring at times. It's an okay series to watch and pass time. It isn't a bad series per se, but I wouldn't watch this anime if it weren't Girls' Love. Keep in mind that I'm not into video games that much; that also probably affected it.

When I picked up an anime about fighting games, I was expecting an animated representation of a fictional game. What I did not expect was that half of the show's footage would just be recordings of real-world fighting games, though in retrospect maybe I should've. This story follows Aya, a girl who attends a girls' academy with the goal of becoming more ladylike. After a chance encounter with the most graceful girl at school, Mio, she realizes that both of them play fighting games, and together they get roped into increasing hijinx. After additionally recruiting Yuu and Tamaki to their illicit gaming sessions, they eventually attend the EVO Japan tournament, which occupies the majority of the season. Adapting real gameplay into a twenty-minute episode is a tall task, but I think Taiari does a decent job at it. There's a lot of pauses to display the characters' thoughts and strategies or for bystanders to react to what's going on, but I think those aspects feel a lot more fitting here than in your typical action series, given the complex and technical nature of playing a video game at a high level. There's some inconsistency in which lingo is or isn't explained—the show definitely seems to assume you're already part of the FGC if you're watching this—but it explained enough that I was able to follow the action decently well. The characters are also great, and I particularly enjoyed Arisa's development at the end of the season; she's one of the main antagonists. With some slight yuri thrown into the mix, this is a pretty enjoyable watch, though perhaps not everyone's cup of tea.

Best gaming anime i have ever seen. Like I gotta gush about this anime. Its so fucking good but im gonna say this rn. THIS IS NOT A YURI. I REPEAT, DO NOT WATCH THIS FOR ITS YURI YOU WILL BE DISSAPOINTED. But anyways, the ball this anime knows about competitive gaming and the kindve players you meet is crazy. Like they got every single person you would see within a competitive scene. They got the potential mindsets theyll have. They even got the politics in what some deem as good or bad within competitive play and what it means to be a competitive gamer. This anime in its entirety combines what it means to have community and what it means to compete. In every facet genuinely this anime is incredible because honestly its a 2 in one package, a Cute girls doing cute things, and an amazing sports shounen anime. Its insane, because I believe this anime has done better in its hype and unpredictability than other sports anime (cough cough uma). Like bro I really couldn't tell where the matches would go or etc. And then the banter with the girls, its so fuckin peak. The way they all bounce off one another, or even when they intertwine different interactions like that is the kind of shit that I LOVE AND I MEAN LOVE TO SEE IN MY CGDCT BRO LIKE fuck theres so many layers here. This is a very Brief review as it is my first one but seriously and I mean seriously, if you ARENT here to see a developing yuri plotline, and if YOU ARE a CGDCT or Sports shounen fan, I beg for you to give this one a chance. It is truthfully and criminally misunderstood and underrated. Especially and I mean especially if you are a competitive gamer, you will be suprised in the in depth nature this anime goes into that niche of gaming. I'm giving it a 10/10 but in my ratings its like a 9.2/10 mainly because just y'know I gotta assess the recency bias n such but regardless it is amazing.

Honestly, when I pick up a random seasonal anime I know nothing about, I usually don't have expectations, since you genuinely don't know what you're getting into. What happened with this show is the best-case scenario: it turned out to be genuinely excellent, and I found myself excited every week waiting for the next episode. The characters are great, but what really got me was the relationship and dynamic between Mio and Aya — the way they play off each other is one of the highlights of the whole show. The way SF6 is portrayed is also excellent: this isn't some made-up fighting game that looks kind of like Street Fighter, it's literal SF6 gameplay, played by people who clearly know what they're doing, with clear technical explanations of what's happening on screen. That level of authenticity is a huge plus, and anyone who's played fighting games will immediately recognize the feelings the characters go through while playing. If you're into yuri and video games, this is a must-watch, no question about it. The opening is beautiful, too — it captures exactly what you should expect from the show before you even get into it. It never dragged or got boring. Quite the opposite — it always left me wanting the next episode, or at least wanting to know how the story continues. 9/10 — if you're into gaming in general, this is worth watching. If you're into yuri, even more reason to check it out. And honestly, if you just want an entertaining anime, this one delivers regardless.

Young ladies indeed shouldn't play fighting games. Because they made me relate a bit more than expected but hey at the core of it we all share the same interests. Lets get the typical stuff out of the way first The opening an absolute banger will definitely be listening to this one for a while. The animation surprising good albeit there's no animated fight scenes but the, expressions and stuff, zero complains. And to that I'd like to give huge props to the team for licensing games and real life accessory brands rather than just making it up. Shows they actually want to make this with as much authenticity as possible. Which leads me to why is enjoyed this show more than expected. Depending on what games you've played and how competitive you are at them, after a while you eventually want to get good. Just being a casual wouldn't be enough anymore. So you care about every loss, smalls wins progress etc. That's roughly why I related as much - albeit the anime did exaggerate this part a little bit (part of the fun). The second half of this show communicates that perfectly, that itch to get better, losses, wins, awakening your inner beast (a bit exaggerated lol). If see yourself in what is said above then absolutely watch this show and don't be fooled by the fact that the main cast involves girls. Doesn't matter in this case. It might not have the best story but for what it is....it absolutely delivers. Oh and if you don't see yourself in what I said? Just watch it It's gonna be a good binge.

I'M NEVER GOOD AT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, BUT THIS ANIME MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY STREET FIGHTER 6 AND BUY AN ARCADE CONTROLLER. Tiny Devil and Bloody Macaron are funny nicknames for a video game player. I never knew playing a fighting game could get so intense, they even include tragic backstories for each character playing in the tournament. The commentary I will say has a huge impact on how dramatic and exciting each fight could be. The terminologies they use are very technical and accurate to the video game mechanics. And yes, this anime is sponsored by Street Fighter 6, so I bet their sales would skyrocket after this anime airs.

I came for the yuri, but stayed for the FGC. As a yuri anime, it doesn't go much further than yuri bait in these 12 episodes, there's a very clear yuri undertone, but it's just that, an undertone, for now. But it's actually interesting as an action or even as a drama anime in the later episodes. If you watch this as a shounen (originally seinen), you're in for a great time, no joke. I find it very misleading that the tags suggest a funny yuri anime. In reality, it's an action heavy drama about young ladies sorting out their relationships, feelings, struggles and traumas through fighting games, and damn it is beautiful. It fires you up like a battle shounen, and I mean that in the best way possible. It really is a weird mix if you go in blind, you're expecting and searching for yuri and the fighting games take over completely, it's confusing, but it's so easy to appreciate how every element of the story is being told through SF6. So it really comes down to the characters and their story they have to tell, which are all great. Due to the nature of fighting games, these tend to be more "shounen-like" with the main themes revolving around pride, wanting to fight one another, being equals etc. stuff like you'd see in a battle shounen. It's a weird pairing with delicate young ladies, but if it works, it works. Each character (maybe except Tamaki) have an interesting story to tell, it felt like the season could be 24 episodes long and there'd be still enough depth to them to keep up the interest. I'm not gonna lie, many things will go over your head if you're not into fighting games, but it's okay, you will still get the full experience, maybe a bit less hype. Overall: meh yuri, great action/drama. Only pick up the anime for the yuri if you plan to pick up the manga too.

If you love fighting games - this is anime specifically made for you. If you love yuri - this is also anime made for you. Just to make a point how author takes care of this story - at some point a certain number of fans asked the author to remove "yuri" tag from the story and it was outright refused. Based author for based story. I was really worried for this anime as it was scheduled to be released in 2025 and was pushed to later half of this year, but I am glad to see that they really used that extra time to polish it into looking as good as it is now. Animation and music: great in all accords. Animation and solid and fluent and the fighting scenes are pure bliss. Fighting games fans will have a blast with it. Music is also good, no memorable tracks but when the music is heard it really fits the scenes. Overall - animation and music department is quite solid, nice job there. Characters: Our main lead is Aya, who just enrolled into ojou-sama's school on scholarship in order to improve her life and let fighting games behind. She is kind of a loner genius type of character, in a way that she excel in fighting games and love them as much as any nerd is. But becasue she is just too good other people eventually left her to her own devices and moved on. So she decided to leave all of that behind and move on... until that faithful encounter one day. There enters Mio, a person who has been engulfed by all the restrictions in her life in her pursue of excellence. It does not help that her mother also wants to push her in the right direction, sometimes even literally. It is in this school that she hoped to finally earn her long awaited freedom, but she found something even better - a friend and a rival. The dynamic between Mio and Aya is fantastic, their relationship is so deep and personal that it goes beyond the bounds of friendship. And how they work together to overcome their faults while giving their best to be worthy rival to each other is just cherry on top. Other two main leads are also great. We have Tamaki and Yuu, who are also ojou-sama school students who usurp their authority as hall monitors to secretly play games. They both have their own goal to achieve and that struggle was given proper care and explanation so that we actually cheer for them. Another great addition to all of them that appear in the later half of anime is Arisa, whose life story is also great and the struggle she face is well presented that audience can also feel with her and support her. Other characters are minor and didn't make any deeper impact on the story, but the main cast of our 4 girls + Arisa is more than enough to make this show enjoyable. Out of minor characters I will just mention Mio's mom, but I will not say anything except to watch episode 4 and then you will understand why I mentioned her. Overall - the cast is great and the characters are well developed. Enjoyable experience from first to last episode. Story: story start simple and then it evolves into character development. Aya and Mio discover their love for fighting games, secretly train to get better and deep their bond. They meet Tamaki and Yuu and then they train and deep their bonds a lot more. Second half of the anime is tournament arc which is highlight if this series. All in all, the focus of this story is characters and fighting games. If you are fighting games fan you will enjoy all the gaming tips and references in this show. If you are here for the yuri part, you will also enjoy it. Although fighting games are on 1st place so yuri is not exactly main dish but rather delicious sweet you get on side. But what little yuri moments we get are legendary, and you will see them in 1st two episodes. Other than that there is nothing else to say, story is simple and it keeps itself contained. In this case it is a good thing as the things the story focus itself on are the ones people enjoy the most. Overall - story is simple but decent, yuri and fighting games fans will for sure appreatiate it a lot more. Overall grade: 10 for me, as manga reader I am satisfied for the adapted. Realistically this show sits somewhere between 8.5 or 9. it is a well polished show about fighting games and girls for thirst for each other as much as they thirst for games. It will not be for everyone, but for target audience and people who sample want to have some fun this is an extremely good show to watch. Easy recommendation from me, especially if you are fighting games or yuri fan. As for season 2... the manga does have enough material for another season (6 were covered out of 11 in total) but seeing how this adaptation was a lot of time in production and how it was even pushed one year later I am not overly sceptical but I will watch it for sure if it releases one day.

As someone that has casually played fighting games for a long time (decades) this anime was something I wanted to watch just because the theme is in my wheel house. I was also wondering if it would exceed High Score Girl. Having finished it I can say that while it's good, it doesn't come close to reaching the heights of said show. This show is far less balanced in terms of plot and character development. Far too much time is spent during the EVO story arc in a fashion akin to tournament arcs from shonen shows. While this might sound appealing, what it boils down to is large chunks of the latter half of the show or so being spent watching somewhat incongruent gameplay clips from Street Fighter 6 while random people in the crowd watching opine on what's going on the screen. Thus a huge chunk of the show is wasted screentime that would have been better spent on actual character development or plot development. It doesn't help that the SF6 gameplay clips are not super consistent either. This is maybe a minor niggle to normal viewers but to someone that knows what's going on, watching a character go from being stuffed in the corner to side-swapped and having seemly recovered health was a little annoying. The yuri angle of this show is okay but again suffers due to the wasted screentime and, as is often the case with many shows of this sort, fails to commit. I guess one other strike against it could be considered to be that in some ways it resembles an extended advertising campaign for SF6 although whether or not you have a problem with that will be up to you, the viewer. Overall, it's a good-ish show (Honestly, I can't decide whether it's a 6 or a 7) that is entertaining and more-ish to watch but lacks the depth and heart of High Score Girl which is a little frustrating. A season 2 might help a lot but also seems unlikely at this point in time although if Capcom is involved to any degree then it might actually happen...

Summary: Best production committee ever, maximizing reality of fictional original comics. When you get familiar with Japanese animation, you'll notice the term "production committee" at the end of opening or ending. It consists of publisher who owns the original source comics or novel, animation studio who animates it, record label who makes OST, OP, and ED, TV or OTT who broadcasts the animation, and merchandise who makes goods based on the story or characters. There have been many examples that the committee ruins the original by interfering production to maximize their profit, such as forcing to cast unexperienced singers or voice actors, requesting increased appearance of certain character, or extending/cutting the volume to fit into broadcasting schedule, and so on. However, it cooperated perfectly in this animation. Diomedea assigned Shota Ibata as director, who is known to be a hardcore gamer and also well aware of fighting games. CAPCOM joined as a sponsor and changed fictional game in the original comics (based on Street Fighter 5) into real Street Fighter 6, not forgetting to replace flashbacks into SF4. KADOKAWA, the publisher and record label, used its game team FAV gaming to make gameplay, and inserted a historical song at the last episode to put old game fans into nostalgia. Also they licensed EVO JAPAN, changed venue to Tokyo, and put a hilarious original episode to request mother's permission for traveling. (EP 4 where the mother first appears was my favorite episode this season before MT3 EP 13 - the diary) I've started reading original comics after watching the animation, and I found what a great work was done by all of the related parties. It's really pity that it could not be more than a hidden gem among other titles in crazy 2026 summer season, like Mushoku Tensei, Bleach, ReZero, Slime, Tanya, Jaadugar, and Inept Villainess.