History Manga / ArmedGirlsMachiavellism

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Nomura hands a well-deserved one to Satori in episode 7.

* DoubleStandard: The reason girls are armed to begin with is to keep boys from taking advantage of them, but the decide that still isn't enough so they force any boy who transfers into the school to look and act like a girl, pretty much taking away whatever makes the boys act like boys. In a sense, the girls are the ones taking advantage of the boys.

* DoubleStandard: The reason girls are armed to begin with is to keep boys from taking advantage of them, but the decide that still isn't enough so they force any boy who transfers into the school to look and act like a girl, pretty much taking away whatever makes the boys act like boys. In a since, the girls are the ones taking advantage of the boys.

* OneGenderSchool: Aiichi was originally an all-girl school and even after becoming co-ed, the female students still dominates the male student. [[spoiler: The other symbiosis school, Hokkai, was originally an all-boy school and like Aiichi, it's also recently become co-ed. It seems though, unlike Aiichi, Hokkai allows the female students to occupy important position. This is shown when one of the members of the "Roku Ou-Ken" (Six King Sword), Hokkai's counterpart to the Supreme Five Sword, is revealed to be a girl.]]

* MoralMyopia: The girls of Aiichi were armed to prevent the boys taking advantage of them, but the girls seem to attack the boys with little to no justification, which is rather ironic. [[spoiler:This is in deep contrast to Hokkai, a formerly all boys school that was also made co-ed. Unlike Aiichi, the Hokkai boys seem to treat girls with equal importance and respect and certainty don't take advantage of them like the Aiichi girls feared they would.]]

* MoralMyopia: The girls were armed to prevent the boys taking advantage of them, but the girls seem to attack the boys with little to no justification, which is rather ironic.

** Hokkai Arc: "Drunken King" Kigisu Nonomura.

** Hokkai Arc: "Drunkeng King" Kigisu Nonomura.

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: The manga generally averts this, but the anime still falls into this sometimes.

* BreatherEpisode: After Satori's defeat episode 8 is focused on the aftermath of Satori's plan, apologies, and a bit of secret swapping. The first half of episode 9 is an incident in with Choka's wig and Kyo-bo's cub going missing and most of cast banding together to find them both. The latter example though ends up distracting everyone from the instant [[spoiler: Amou finally makes her move]] and the shit really starts to hit the fan.

* CurbStompBattle: Amou dishes these out in rapid and merciless succession to [[spoiler: Satori, her sister, Warabi, and Kyo-bo]] in Episode 9 while Nomura is busy trying to get his last stamp.

* ShownTheirWork: Most of the martial arts used by the characters are actual school of japanese martial arts. The techniques shown are generally very accurate to how it's perform in real-life. This is because author is a martial arts practitioner with extensive knowledge of many martial arts form.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: By defeating Rin and Mary, Nomura has unwittingly left them infatuated with him. Warabi's feelings are more on the friendship side, more than happy to pal around with him and even join him on his escapades when she believes that one of the other Five Swords have crossed a line. Satori stride the line between wanting to kill him and developing feelings for him.

* NotSoDifferent: The girls were armed to prevent the boys taking advantage of them, but the girls seem to attack the boys with little to no justification, which is rather ironic.

* BrokenFaceplate: Nomura breaks Rin's mask at the end of their fight.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: By defeating Rin, Mary, and Satori Nomura has unwittingly left them infatuated with him. Warabi's feelings are more on the friendship side, more than happy to pal around with him and even join him on his escapades when she believes that one of the other Five Swords have crossed a line.

* CurbStompBattle: Amou dishes these out in rapid and merciless succession to [[spoiler Satori, her sister, Warabi, and Kyo-bo]] in Episode 9 while Nomura is busy trying to get his last stamp.

* AdaptationDistillation: The anime moved some scenes from the manga and sometimes combines two or more chapters for one episode.

* Irony: The girls were armed to prevent the boys taking advantage of them, but the girls seem to attack the boys with little to no justification which suggests NotSoDifferent.

* AllMenArePerverts: This is the reason why girls in school still go with weapons, and Nomura is immediately subjected to discrimination. Including, some students think that you can get pregnant even just by being near the guy.

AxesAtSchool: It started when Aiichi Symbiosis Academy went from an all-girls school to a co-ed school. It allowed the girls to carry weapons to defend themselves from the male student and they have so ever since. Members of the Supreme Five Swords are allowed to wield real swords.

* StealthSequel: While Tsukuyo being one of the main characters is the first hint that the series is set in the same universe as the author's and illustrator's previous work Shinakoi, it wasn't until [[spoiler: Koharu Narukami, Tsukuyo's older half-sister and the main antagonist of Shinakoi, appears that it's made clear that this series is set one year after Shinakoi's ending.]]
* StealthParody: To shounen about martial arts. Although this show features realistic martial art battles, thanks to the author being a martial arts practitioner with extensive knowledge of many martial arts form, between Nomura and the girls, the author clearly does not forget about self-irony. [[spoiler: Once Koharu appears and the Hokkai arc starts though, the tone becomes more serious, similar to Shinakoi, without ever abandoning the comedic elements.]]