{"id":9107,"date":"2013-07-21T22:40:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T02:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=9107"},"modified":"2013-07-22T22:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T02:06:06","slug":"stella-womens-academy-anime-early-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2013\/07\/21\/stella-womens-academy-anime-early-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Women\u2019s Academy–Anime Early Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stella<\/a>Stella Women\u2019s Academy, High School Division Class C3<\/em> (Stella Jo-Gakuin Koutou-ka C3<\/sup>-bu<\/em>) (Crunchyroll<\/a>) sounds pretty generic on paper but it actually has a contagious enthusiasm that makes it fun to watch.\n<\/div>\n

This is an example of what seems to be an emerging genre: “schoolgirls playing games that resemble warfare.” Sort of a cross between a sports anime<\/a> and a fighting anime. Last year’s Girls und Panzer<\/em> had the girls playing tank warfare, which isn’t even a real sport.<\/p>\n

This one at least has the girls playing Airsoft<\/a> which is a real sport, sort of like Paintball without the paint. It’s particularly popular in Asia though I don’t know if there are really any high school teams.
\n
\n\"Yura\"<\/a>
\nThe protagonist, Yura Yamato, is thrilled to be admitted to an exclusive and very ritzy boarding school. Unfortunately she is very shy and timid and has trouble making friends.
\n\"Club<\/a>
\nFortunately or unfortunately she attracts the attention of some girls who are desperate to find new recruits for their club. This is the “C-Cubed Club” whose members enjoy tea and cake when they are not shooting at each other with plastic pellets.<\/p>\n

It is, in fact, pretty common for upper-class Japanese girls to practice traditional martial arts. (The Japanese longbow is considered particularly appropriate.) However the key word here is traditional<\/em>. It all fits in with the notion that women have a special role in preserving traditional Japanese culture. Something like Airsoft is not generally encouraged.<\/p>\n

\"Sonora\"<\/a>
\nSonora Kashima is Yura’s roommate and mentor. The president of the club, she has an aggressive style, often attacking with a pistol in each hand.
\n\"Rento\"<\/a>
\nRento Kirishima is a sweet by somewhat spacey girl who takes the lead in trying to befriend Yura.
\n\"Karila\"<\/a>
\nKarila Hatsuse (Carla?) is supposed to be 1\/4 foreign (which in anime is usually enough to make a girl blond.) She has a brash tomboyish personality and is considered the club’s ace fighter.
\n\"Hanoka\"<\/a>
\nHonoka Mutsu is calm and clear-headed, the club’s master tactician.
\n\"Yachiyo\"<\/a>
\nYachiyo Hinata is short and childish, though a skilled sniper.
\n\"Yura<\/a>
\nYura finds all of this rather terrifying. She is not at all sure that she wants to get involved in this.
\n\"Yura<\/a>
\nIn spite of all the silliness this show seems in many ways a conventional sports anime, emphasizing the value of the sport for team-building and personal growth.
\n\"Rin<\/a>
\nRin Haruna is a newly-introduced villain, or at least a rival. The captain of an Airsoft team from another school, she is a fierce and ruthless competitor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stella Women\u2019s Academy, High School Division Class C3 (Stella Jo-Gakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu) (Crunchyroll) sounds pretty generic on paper but it actually has a contagious enthusiasm that makes it fun to… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[572],"class_list":["post-9107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","tag-stella-womens-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9107"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9137,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9107\/revisions\/9137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}